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It was a case of 'like father, like sons' when Dungannon-based McCaffrey Transport took delivery of its first four Mercedes-Benz vans.
Supplied by Dealer Mercedes-Benz Truck & Van (NI), the three Citans and a Sprinter are now being used as multi-purpose workhorses and general runarounds by Martin McCaffrey and three of his five sons, Owen, Stephen and Michael, who run the company between them.
The Citans are all 109 CDI Long models, which incorporate a number of fuel-saving BlueEFFICIENCY measures as standard. These include the ECO start/stop function – which turns off the engine whenever the vehicle is stopped in traffic, then restarts it as soon as the driver depresses the clutch – low rolling resistance tyres, and optimised alternator and battery management systems. The result is an impressive economy figure of up to 65.7 mpg (combined cycle).
The Sprinter, meanwhile, is a Short-bodied 314 CDI. As a special 'Premium Edition' version, it came with additional features including a satellite navigation system, Comfort seats, chrome-effect grille and air-conditioning as part of its standard equipment. As an optional extra McCaffrey Transport also specified the slick-shifting 7G-TRONIC PLUS seven-speed automatic transmission.
"We work our vans hard," said Stephen McCaffrey. "We only had three vehicles between us previously, and it was often the case that they would all be out at the same time, so you had to wait until one returned before you could set off on your own journey."
The Mercedes-Benz vehicles have replaced French and Japanese models. "What's really noticeable is the big step up in quality," he continued. "Switching to the three-pointed star is one of the best things we've ever done, as our new vans are better in every way than those they've replaced. The fuel economy, comfort, driveability and general build quality are all in a different league."
This is also the first time that McCaffrey Transport has done business with Mercedes-Benz Truck & Van (NI). "We've been highly impressed with Dealer's customer service," said Mr McCaffrey. "The whole set-up seems very professional. They're real commercial vehicle people so they fully understand the needs of a fast-moving business like ours."
As with all Mercedes-Benz vans, McCaffrey's vehicles are covered by three-year, unlimited mileage warranties, and by the manufacturer's MobiloVan scheme, which includes free emergency roadside assistance for up to 30 years, provided maintenance is undertaken within its official Dealer Network.
"That level of back-up is superb and demonstrates how much faith Mercedes-Benz has in its products," Mr McCaffrey added. "It certainly gives us great peace of mind."
McCaffrey Transport runs a fleet of 12 heavy trucks and 20 trailers, which carry full and part loads, abnormal consignments, containers and refrigerated goods throughout the UK and Europe. The family also runs a groundworks and plant hire operation. Its vans are employed on a variety of tasks including urgent collections and deliveries for local customers, pick-ups of parts for trucks which the company maintains in its own workshop, and visits to clients' premises and job sites.
Father and sons use their Mercedes-Benz vans for personal and leisure trips too. "These vehicles are so nice to drive that we often use them to run around at the weekend, especially Martin, who is a keen angler and uses the Sprinter for fishing trips all over Ireland," concluded Mr McCaffrey. "We just love them."
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PICA Group (Prudential Investment Company of Australia) plays a significant role in the local property landscape by delivering a full range of strata management services, including facilities and receivables management. It has over 700 staff and 30 branch offices across 11,000 strata properties which include residential, commercial, resorts, and mixed-use properties. As an industry leader and the largest strata management company in Australia, we aim to continuously redefine our customers' experience of managing their property. We're big enough to use our strength and size of business to offer security and protection for your most important asset, exclusive benefits and value-add services, and small enough to offer direct and personalised services through our local branch network and staff who live and work in the local area. And, by empowering our people to be their best and living by our company values, we aim to become one of Australia's most professional and valued property services companies.
About PICA Group
As a leading property services company we maintain strata and community-title properties to enhance community living for the local residents of Australia
Our global partners
PICA Group is owned via joint venture between FEXCO, an Irish based financial services company, and Nippon Kanzai Co. Ltd, Japan's leading property management and engineering services company. Together with our strong global partners we are able to gain greater momentum in the growth of our business, while maintaining financial stability and developing significant advances in technology.
FEXCO, a shareholder of PICA Group is an Irish-based financial services company focusing on bureau de change and payment card services. FEXCO is Ireland's most successful multinational finance and business solutions provider, with operations in 28 countries worldwide. Founded and headquartered in Ireland in 1981, FEXCO employs more than 2,000 people across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, North America, Latin America and Australasia. FEXCO serves some of the world's biggest brands across multiple industries through a wide range of innovative products and services, including Dynamic Currency Conversion, Commercial and Retail FX, Managed Business Solutions and Tax Free Retail Services, processing more than US$10 billion in transactions annually. For more information, visit www.fexco.com
Nippon Kanzai Co. Ltd, a shareholder of PICA Group is a leading facilities management and engineering services company in Japan. It is a full range property services company, with key services across building management, public facility management, residential building management, real estate investment management and building consulting. Establishing itself in the Australian market, Nippon Kanzai brings with it advanced Japanese expertise in facilities management & engineering services as part of PICA Group offering. In Japan, Nippon Kanzai also offers a range of services from building equipment administration, cleaning, security service, fire prevention, environmental sanitary management, tenant services, along with property management and construction management. They were the first company to offer this kind of integrated building management in Japan. For more information, visit www.nkanzai.co.jp

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Margu was just nine years old when she was sold into captivity, marched 80 miles to the West African coast, held in the notorious Dunbomo slave pens on Lomboko Island, and then shipped to Cuba. In 1839, she was one of four children among the 53 captives aboard the schooner Amistad, headed toward a life of slavery. She ended up in Connecticut. Margu, as portrayed by storyteller and actress, Tammy Denease, will visit the New Haven Museum on Thursday, March 10, 2016, at 5:30 p.m., commemorating the 175th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision that gave the Amistad captives their freedom. The presentation, "Sarah Margu: A Child of the Amistad," will share the moving details of Margu's life in the Northeast, and Africa, and tell how she became the first African to graduate college in the United States. Margu will also share how she became a deeply conflicted woman rooted in two different cultures, on two different continents. The free event is sponsored by the Amistad Committee, Inc., Friends of Grove Street Cemetery, and the New Haven Museum.
Following a revolt on board the Amistad, and seizure of the vessel off the shores of Long Island, New York, the captives were imprisoned in New Haven, Connecticut. Margu and the other children were held in the home of the jailer, in New London. After gaining her freedom through a landmark legal victory on March 9, 1841, Margu lived in Farmington, Connecticut, and was educated by abolitionists. She was one of the 39 former Amistad captives who returned to their homeland. But in 1846, 14-year-old Margu returned to the United States, and later graduated from Oberlin College, the first U.S. college to admit African students
Noting that many people are aware of the legal aspects of the Amistad saga, Denease says that she will share the human side of the story. "After my performances people have a different outlook and appreciation for the Amistad captives as being human, and not just cargo."
Denease was born in Columbus, Mississippi, where she spent countless hours with her great-grandmother, a former enslaved person, and her grandmother. Both women were centenarians and noted storytellers. Denease's upbringing instilled in her a passion for history. As a storyteller in her own right, she brings history to life, taking viewers back in time to more fully understand the past, and how it led to the present. Denease specializes in strengthening public appreciation for noteworthy black women, holding her enlightening presentations at museums, schools and historical sites across New England. As a historical tour guide for Connecticut museums, she teaches children colonial history, health, medicine, and slavery and Native-American history.
The New Haven Museum is home to the Amistad Gallery, which exhibits a significant collection of materials from the Amistad rebellion and trial. Subtitled "Cinque Lives Here," the Amistad Gallery includes a portrait of Cinque, leader of the Amistad rebellion, by New Haven painter Nathaniel Jocelyn. The painting is generally understood to be the first, and one of the finest, early portrayals of an African in American art. The collection also includes a comprehensive timeline of the Amistad narrative, notable ephemera from the period-including a letter from one of the Amistad captives and a letter from John Quincy Adams-the keys to the New Haven jail cell where the captives were held during the trial, and the law-office sign of Roger Sherman Baldwin, attorney for the captives.
About The Amistad Committee Inc.
Established in 1988, The Amistad Committee, Inc. is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization. The original Amistad Committee formed to raise funds for the legal defense and return voyage of the subsequently liberated Africans who were involved in the Amistad Incident of 1839. Today, The Amistad Committee, Inc. is dedicated to the preservation and honoring of African and American history in Connecticut. The preservation of this history and its lessons are imperative and shall not be forgotten, diminished, erased or go unrecognized. "The work to be done is not to be completed in a day or a year; it will require a long time to remove the evils which slavery and habit have so deeply engraved upon the very foundation of everything." Reverend Amos G. Beeman, Middletown, Sept. 6, 1862, letter to the editor of The Weekly Anglo-African newspaper.
About the Friends of Grove Street Cemetery
The Friends organization was founded in 1997 in response to growing public interest in the New Haven Burial Ground, better known as the Grove Street Cemetery, as an historic and cultural resource for the community and the nation. Grove Street Cemetery is the oldest incorporated cemetery in the United States, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been designated as a National Historic Landmark.
About the New Haven Museum
The New Haven Museum, founded in 1862 as the New Haven Colony Historical Society, is located in downtown New Haven at 114 Whitney Avenue. The Museum is currently celebrating 150 years of collecting, preserving and interpreting the history and heritage of Greater New Haven. Through its collections, exhibitions, programs and outreach, the Museum brings 375 years of New Haven history to life. For more information visit www.newhavenmuseum.org or facebook.com/NewHavenMuseum.
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
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Comic Book Men Encores the Premiere Episode Throughout the Week
By now you've seen the first episode of Comic Book Men on-air this past Sunday. What do you mean, no? Don't waste another minute. Check out AMC's new show about the guys at Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash on AMC later this week on Wed., Feb. 15 at 12:30AM/1:30c, Thu., Feb. 16 at 9AM/10c and 1:30AM/2:30c, Fri., Feb. 17 at 11/10c or Sat., Feb. 18 at 3AM/2c. Click here for a full schedule.
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MusicXPC introduces Core 2 Duo media production workhorses
Professional C5 and C5x are Windows-based computers specially tweaked for media production. The computers are configured from the BIOS up to handle dozens of audio tracks, effects and virtual instruments with ease.
The Professional C5 features an Intel Core 2 Duo processor running at 2.13 GHz on a 1,066 MHz front side bus. The machine comes with 1GB of DDR2-667MHz (Dual Channel) custom-built RAM, a 18X dual-layer DVD-/+RW and two separate 7200RPM hard drives providing a total of 570GB of storage. The hard drives [250GB and 320GB] also have 16MB cache for fast throughput and high track counts.
The Professional C5x features a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo processor on a 1,066 MHz bus and ships with 2GB of DDR2-667MHz (Dual Channel) custom-built RAM. In addition the C5x provides a 256MB DDR2 PCI-E x 16 Dual Channel Graphics Card (Dual DVI/ VGA). Supports Dual-Link DVI- DVI-I, TV-Out, HDTV Ready.
The Professional C5 and C5x come with virtually all popular interfaces, ports and connectors including FireWire®, USB 2.0, PCI and Gigabit LAN.
Both computers feature an innovative Heat-pipe technology which ferries heat away from the CPU without the use of the large noisy fans that usually reside about the processor. The result is very quiet computer operation, ideal for music production and recording spaces where noise is public enemy number one.
The C5 and C5x come with the most comprehensive back-up and restore system available on any media computer to date. The back-up/restore system allows the user to restore the computer to factory setting even after a catastrophic failure, a drive crash or even a re-formatting. The factory state is stored in an invisible part of the main hard drive. This feature will allow musicians to minimize downtime caused by system failures.
"The Core 2 Duo has really delivered. This engine has made for one of our quietest and coolest running MusicXPC computers ever. Running large projects in ProTools, Cubase and Sonar are now easier than ever, even when you add video. The Seagate 16MB cache drives deliver awesome throughput for the really professional customers." says Chief Technology Officer Les Bateman.
The Professional C5 and C5x are available at music retailers and retail for USD $1,449.00 and $1,749.00 respectively.
MusicXPC: MusicXPC is a manufacturer of computers for the media production industry. Based in Toronto, MusicXPC is dedicated to making and marketing computers and peripherals to media professionals through traditional music retail channels.
More Information:
Please visit www.musicxpc.com or www.musicmarketing.ca for more information.


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Jesus Did It!
By: Mary E. Adams
"Great trials seem to be necessary preparation for great duties." ---Confucius
It is sometimes difficult when we find ourselves seemingly misplaced. Our plans often are overturned by God's...which fit into His will.
Such was the case with the Apostle Paul. Shut up in prison, he could not be out evangelizing and establishing churches, but it was during those times that he wrote epistles which now comprise most of the New Testament...revelations of truth upon which we base our faith in the Lord. Paul surely prayed for God to help, and it would have been easy for God to send his angel to release Paul, but He didn't...there was a more pressing need for Paul to write. "Not my will, but Thine be done".
During these past months, I have had some exciting times...in solitude. It is when we are still long enough, we can know God in another deeper revelation of His truth. Like looking into a kaleidoscope, we must allow ourselves time to turn the barrel and aim toward the light to see that truly, we only know "in part." Such has been my experience with prayer. I thought I knew about all there was to know on this subject, having read hundreds of books and listened to many sermons regarding our need to pray, and myself having had many, many wonderful answers and miraculous manifestations. Yet God knew I needed a deeper enlightenment, and it could only come as I was put aside for a season so He might teach me. What I will share with you, my dear friends, might be something you already know....but possibly you were like me, needing to gather up the loose ends and strip away my fragile shell of faith in order to walk the way I always wished for, but thought unobtainable. I pray you will share my joy at this discovery of mine.
Hebrews 1:14 says about angels, "Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?" Ministering spirits! Jesus had angels come and minister to him after his 40 days of fasting and temptation. And it was during this time that the devil had brought up the subject of angels when he suggested Jesus prove a quote from Psalm 91:11 by leaping off the pinnacle of the temple: "He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone." Of course Jesus replied, "Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." All of us, at one time or another, go through trials in which we stand upon His Word for our healing or for a deliverance of some kind. It is during these times that Satan taunts us the most...for he seeks to destroy our faith in God.
But our subject is on these ministering spirits Paul talked about in Hebrews. The Bible tells us plainly that God gives them "charge" over us...this word meaning "to command". This same powerful Psalm 91 gives us four requirements we must meet for these ministering spirits to receive such a "charge": We must 1. Dwell (or live) in His secret place. (verse 1 and 2)., Make God our refuge (verse 9). 3. Set our love upon Him (verse 14) and 4., call upon Him (verse 15).
In Psalm 35,
David cried unto the Lord concerning his enemies who relentlessly persecuted
him. "They rewarded me evil for good...when they were sick, my
clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting...I behaved myself as
though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that
mourneth for his mother. But in mine adversity they rejoiced...with
hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth...Lord,
how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions."
David was in the midst of great anguish in his prayer. He cried to the Lord, "let them be as chaff before the wind, and let the angel of the Lord chase them...let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the Lord persecute them, for without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul..."
The psalmist David wrote in Psalm 34:6: "This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them."
A host of angels surround each of us who know Him and walk in His ways...but, as I have come to understand, they only respond to a "charge" from our heavenly Father in response to His will AND OUR PRAYERS!
We find a good example of this in the book of Daniel, when Daniel prayed for God to reveal something to him, and twenty one days later the angel of God appeared to him and said these words: "Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand and chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words."
The angel went on to explain that he had been sent, but had a mighty battle to fight with the prince of the kingdom of Persia...a HEAVENLY BATTLE! How many times do we pray, yet when the answers to do not come soon, we literally abandon the angels of God? As James says, "he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive anything of the Lord."
In another instance, Daniel was preserved in a den of lions, but the very next day the king found him unhurt. "My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lion's mouth, that they have not hurt me." By praying for God to protect him with his angels, Daniel was not touched.
Neither were the three Hebrew children, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego destroyed in the fiery furnace. King Nebuchadnezzar was astonished to see "four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they were not hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. He cried out, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego who hath sent his angel and delivered his servants that trusted in him.."
Abraham knew much about angels. When sending his servant to find a wife for his son Isaac, the servant was very apprehensive he might make a mistake. But Abraham told him: "The Lord God of heaven shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence." How did Abraham know this? Because he had prayed and asked the Lord to send His angel to guide his servant, and he knew God would do it!
Elisha's servant was fearful as he saw the Syrian army compassing the city. But Elisha had prayed. He knew what unseen presence was about them. He asked the Lord to open his servant's eyes to see what he saw. "Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them." Elisha knew he could pray, and the ministering spirits would respond. "And the Lord opened his servant's eyes to behold that the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha."
Prayer was made for Peter "without ceasing" when he was shut up in prison, sleeping between two soldiers and bound with two chains! "And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison; and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands." Peter was led past the first and second ward, then to an iron gate which opened by itself and released him into the street a free man.
Jesus was well acquainted with the ministering spirits that surrounded him. When Peter drew his sword to defend Jesus, he was told to put up his weapon. "Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?"
As I studied these things, I realized that my prayers had often failed to ask God to order His ministering angels to do their work. I had assumed it was an automatic thing. Didn't they encamp around me? Yes, but waiting for His orders...a "charge" from God. And the element I was missing? My legal right to ask, as an heir of salvation, they be sent forth with God's command.
And so I began to do a little experimentation.
On the day of our first big snowfall, I had to drive 40 miles into Anchorage on slick, icy roads. So I got into my car, prayed, and asked the Lord to dispatch his angels to protect me, my friend who went with me, and my car...to deliver us there and back with no harm. It so happened we picked the worst road to get onto the highway. It was clogged with fishtailing, slipping cars and trucks. One was completely upside down...but we inched along safely until we reached the highway. And then...a sand truck pulled in front of us, as if ORDERED and TIMED to be on the worst part of the highway...across the river bridges, and to drive IN FRONT OF US! We followed that large truck until it ran out of sand. No skidding, no sliding, no danger at all. The rest of the trip we saw seven vehicles in the ditch, many others sliding around...but not us! We drove there safely coming and going. I am convinced it was the angels that preserved us.
Again, we had an urgent email from a missionary-friend in Guatemala. She and her family were about to leave for the States and were coming to Alaska, but vouchers for their airfare had been lost or misplaced. They could not come without them! Immediately I went once again and asked God to dispatch his angels to find them and get them into their hands. I somehow KNEW God would do it! I was so convinced of it, that on our Wednesday night prayer service, our Pastor mentioned we should pray for their vouchers. My immediate reaction stunned even myself, "there is no need...I have prayed and God's angels are taking care of it!" I was not trying to be arrogant...it was just that my faith had grabbed hold of this thing and I believed it was already done...and if the vouchers did not come, then God had another plan that was better than ours! And sure enough...it happened! Two days later another email came. The vouchers had been located!
This was beginning to be fun! So last Tuesday I again had to go into Anchorage...to the military base. As I was waiting around, I began to think about a tooth that had been bothering me. I wondered if they might take a look at it for me and I would save money going to a dentist in Wasilla. They did. The dentist was a very nice man, but after examining my tooth he told me it was loose and needed to come out. I thought to myself, "No, I will once again ask for my ministering angels to be charged with this situation...I needed that tooth!"
And so I did...while waiting for the x-ray. As soon as it was developed, the dentist looked at it and said, "Wow! Look at this! There is a wisdom tooth underneath that seems to be causing the problem. But the root is very long and intact. Perhaps I can scrape under the gums and it would be okay". And so he did. I had no pain whatsoever...and I still have my tooth! Hallelujah!
So now my prayers have changed dramatically. I have learned a great lesson. Now I can pray just like Jesus prayed when He stood at Lazarus' tomb: "Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always..." He hears us! And we can say, like Jesus, "Be of good cheer!" truly knowing nothing is impossible with Him. And when we pray for His perfect will, the outcome cannot possibly ever be anything less than good...whether we see it as good or not.
This assurance has increased my faith immeasurably over these past few weeks. I no longer think of my prayers as being answered on a "maybe" proposition. If I have asked Him to command His angels in behalf of my prayers, and if He, in His great wisdom does not have a better plan in mind...then they will most certainly do their job! I might sometimes have to wait a bit, as Daniel. But they are nevertheless fighting and battling to get to me and "come for my words." The only way I could possibly lose, was to quit believing.
Friend, are you discouraged at the battle raging in your life? Do you face an uncertain future with overwhelming problems? Have you suffered unjustly when those you tried to help became your enemy? Our ministering spirits, our angels, are surrounding you this very moment...but they need an assignment. Once you have met the requirements, submitted to God's will, ask that the angels of God be charged with answering your prayer.
Then wait patiently and see what happens.
Mary E. Adams
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Centreville Layton School takes advantage of everything in its students' world to help them learn. This is especially evident in our teaching of science and natural studies, where we use the school's surroundings to show science in action. Centreville Layton School's science program introduces students to plants, animals, and people, which illustrate how science animates our world.
At Centreville Layton, science is "project-based" reinforced by Delta Science kits, textbooks and other hands-on original lessons predicated on the National Science Standards. Project-based learning allows the students to develop not only science skills but teaches lifelong skills such as problem-solving, planning, cooperation, and independence.
Centreville Layton School also boasts a unique habitat in which students can actively take part in the world around them. With the help of organizations such as Mt. Cuba and the Stroud Water research, our habitat is currently being upgraded, to model the Pre-Columbia habitat of Northern Delaware and Southern Pennsylvania. This project offers multiple opportunities for students to observe first hand how the habitat in their community has been altered.
Centreville Layton School also participates in the National Feeder Watch program. In coordination with the Cornell Lab, students track the species of birds on the grounds.


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The actual balloon is described as The Envelope, which is constructed from long nylon sections called gores. The main part of the envelope (the bottom two thirds) is normally made from a combination of nylon or polyester. It is very tightly woven and is coated with a material that makes it extremely air tight and durable. Nylon works very well in balloons because it is lightweight, but it is also fairly sturdy and has a high melting temperature.
The bottom part of the envelope, nearest to the burner, is made from a material called Nomex. Nomex is an industry standard flame resistant material used in other industries such as Formula 1 Racing and also in the suits of Firefighters.
The material used nearer the top of the envelope is known as Hyperlast. It has been around for many years and is generally used in the top 3rd of the envelope. What makes Hyperlast desirable to use is that the nylon base fabric is woven from a heavier yarn, which increases the strength a great deal. Also Hyperlast has a silicone coating added to both sides of the fabric which helps to protect the envelope from the growth of mould or fungi.


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Ah Coffee, is there anything it can't do?
If I don't have my cup in the morning, I get a little, well, let's just say the Hulk is nothing compared to me without a cup of Joe for the day. I used to work in a mall and just about every morning (my wallet hated me) I used to visit the Starbucks and rock out a fantastic Venti iced Caramel Macchiato. I had an extra shot of espresso in there, of course, I'm no featherweight here.
If that opening paragraph got your hands twitching and your mind rushing to remember the nearest location, I think you're the perfect person to fill out a Starbucks application. Lucky for you, it won't be hard to find one.
In a previous job I had a location in the store, and one in the parking lot! True story, I couldn't believe it. Anyway, let's find out how you can start a career here, along with the benefits and salary options coming your way.
Company History & Overview
Starbucks Coffee or Corporation is you prefer, is an American coffeehouse chain based out of Seattle, Washington. Funny story, they apparently have rivals, who would have thought? In the UK, there's a chain called Costa Coffee that competes with them, but our team is still ahead. Here's the score:
- Starbucks has 20,737 locations in 63 countries
- 11,910 are in the United States
- 1,496 are in China
- 1,442 in Canada
- 1,052 in Japan
- And finally, 772 locations in the United Kingdom
You have no excuse to say that you can't find one. Unless of our course you're that friend of mine who lives in the Midwest and swears he can't find a single Starbucks location.
This company is known for their coffee, of course, but they also sell tea, pastries, sandwiches, and even tumblers and coffee mugs. Certain locations even sell wine and beers! They've seriously got it all.
The first Starbucks opened in Seattle Washington on March 30, 1971. It's hard to believe it was that long ago. Three partners who met as students at the University of San Francisco decided to make it happen. One was an English teacher named Jerry Baldwin, one was a history teacher by the name of Zev Siegl, and one was a write (like me!) named Jerry Baldwin.
I feel a joke coming on here: so an English teacher, a history teacher, and a writer walk into a bar and one says to the other "hey, let's start a coffee company!" They all love the idea and next thing you know, they're rolling in more money that I've ever seen in one location.
I guess that was more of a story, but I imagine that's how it went down. The three actually got their inspiration from a coffee roasting entrepreneur by the name of Alfred Peet.
He taught them how he liked to roast coffee beans and the idea hit them like a Venti Red Eye with three extra shots of espresso. The original name of the company was actually going to be Pequod named after the whaling ship from Moby-Dick, but the name didn't jive with everyone.
Instead the named the company after the ship's chief mate and you'll never guess what his name was! It was Starbuck, which I'm sure you didn't see coming.
The company started expanding almost immediately after it opened and in 1987 the original owners sold the company to a former employee by the name of Howard Schultz and at that point Starbucks was opening an average of two locations per day!
Things are going good for this company, which means a Starbucks job is not only a wise career decision, but one that could turn out to be quite lucrative. If you're a coffee lover, or you just like mixing up good drinks, let's find out how to make this dream a reality.
Direct Competitors
The world of coffee is roasted, it's blazing, it comes in various sizes, and it always asks you if you want cream and sugar.
Starbucks may have it down to a science, but like any kind of science, everyone has their own version. Check out our in-depth article on Dunkin' Donuts for a sweet and savory job option and good coffee to boot. Visit the Panera Bread page and experience a massive menu. Don't forget about McDonald's, they serve coffee too.
Starbucks Application Online
If you have sixteen years of time on this Earth, (you're sixteen years old) then you've got a shot at working for Starbucks.
The company is flexible when it comes to the hiring process. You can submit your employment forms online or you can fill them out in person. There's advantages to both. If you're looking to go the online route, you need only visit the careers page of the website.
That being said, Starbucks jobs are awarded to those who can showcase a strong sense of customer service and work ethic. It's hard to convey that with an online employment form, but it's very easy to showcase these things during a short conversation in person.
I've been to Starbucks enough times to know what kinds of people they like to hire, and it's the people who are always happy, energetic and ready to work. I know that's you, but the best way to show them is to show up and fill out the physical form, or follow up at the store when you've finished filling out the online one.
If you have a specific location that you frequent, that also represents a big plus. If the people working there (the manager especially) knows you and likes your personality, the job process is going to be a lot smoother.
In a situation like that, you'll have a Starbucks career going to for you in no time!
Benefits and Salary Options
Even the entry-level position at Starbucks, the barista, is one that requires a good amount of training.
You do, after all, need to learn how to make a lot of different types of drinks. Don't worry though, I had a small stint here and I can assure you that they do a great job training their people, and they have a handy book that showcases all the recipes.
As a barista, you can expect to earn around minimum wage to start, with higher levels of tenure bringing you up to $11.00 per hour.
In some locations there are cashier positions where you simply handle business transactions. These will offer minimum wage pay.
There are also several tiers of management opportunities which bring up to $12.00 hourly pay and up to $60,000 in yearly salaries if you make your way up to store manager. While these could be considered benefits in and of themselves, Starbucks doesn't stop there. Here is the suite of job benefits for people who start a career with the company:
- Flexible Schedules
- Training Compensation
- Financial Savings, Health and Wellness assistance
- Paid Time off
- Discounted Stock Purchase Plans
- Healthcare Coverage
- Tuition Assistance
- 30% Discount in store
With so many discounts and job opportunities across the 20,000+ locations, filling out your Starbucks application is one of the best career choices you can make.
This company is on the rise and doesn't seem to be slowing down, so jump on board and grab yourself a coffee because this is the career for your! As always, thanks for reading and best of luck to you in your career!


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The cupcakes arrived at their destinations!! Both packages arrived yesterday as expected and the cupcakes were intact!
The box was $5 and the overnight shipping through Canada Post was $10. The box was the perfect size, I wanted room to put packing material around all sides including the top and bottom of the box. I used flyers from our recycling bin as well as a few pieces of styrofoam to keep them safe.
This experiment was a success! Later this week the2scoops will be blogging about the cupcakes he received. For now here are some pictures the2scoops took of the packaging (thanks for the pics!):


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Follow Your Convictions – And Sack the Stylist!
There have been a number of blog posts about Bob Geldof's campaign with Maurice Lacroix and how those two brands go together. They even made a video clip – though in my mind it doesn't really help change the perception that Bob has perhaps gone for the bucks rather than the ethos.
This blog post by merrick describes the moral dilemma rather nicely.
There is however another issue in this – one where I question the watch brand's choice to use Bob Geldof as their ambassador – and the main question why they could not manage to create a better image of him representing their high quality products! Greasy hair, bags under the eyes, unhealthy looking skin, a rather cynical look – the whole poster shouts everything other than individualism, integrity and high quality.
Perhaps they are appealing to an audience I do not understand but it would put me off considering their watches as desirable no matter what the price tag.
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MADRID, Spain – (February 1, 2016) –
Odeon Multicines Girona is the second film theatre in Spain – following La Maquinista in Barcelona – to offer Star Wars: The Force Awakens in 3D using a
Christie® dual-head 6-Primary (6P) laser projection system. This multiscreen complex joins a growing band worldwide to offer Christie
6P laser projections, the solution of choice for the world's best film theatres. Sala 4 at the multiscreen complex, which already had Dolby Atmos® sound, was equipped for the occasion with the impressive
Christie CP42LH HFR 3DLP® 4K
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Luis Carlos Millán López, owner of Odeon Multicines, said, "We are bowled over by the
Christie 6P laser projection technology. It is giving our audiences a unique cinema experience. We believe that this is the future of 3D film projection and that it will be a key factor in boosting 3D box office returns around the world."
Carmen Millán, manager of Odeon Multicines Girona, pointed out that, "The quality and realism of the 3D with this system are absolutely fantastic. And the light on the screen is equally spectacular. So much so, that a few days ago, just before the beginning of the movie, we thought that we had forgotten to dim the lights in the theatre, and when we went to turn them off we realised that the light was coming from the screen itself."
Anchored by the Christie Freedom® laser lighting system, the CP42LH reproduces a colour spectrum that exceeds DCI P3 specifications and matches the
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Located in Espai Gironès, a huge shopping centre in Salt, a town just outside Girona, Multicines Odeon has ten screens with a total capacity of 1,700. Seating 277 people, Sala 4, where the dual-head Christie system has been installed, is the theatre's main screen, measuring 14.3 metres wide and 6.1 high and is also equipped with Dolby Atmos sound.
System Shines The system installed in this theatre includes two 4K
Christie CP42LH laser projection heads with integrated media block (IMB) connected via fibre optic to two racks, each one with six RGB laser modules that provide a total of 60,000 lumens –double what current
digital projectors with lamps are able to offer.
The scalability of the platform allows up to 12 modules per rack. And with each laser module generating 5,000 lumens of light, a potential of up to 60,000 lumens per rack, and a total of 120,000 lumens is possible. The system, designed to achieve over 14 foot lamberts in 3D screens, uses Dolby® 3D glasses specifically engineered to exactly match the 6 primary laser light wavelengths, thus yielding very high light efficiency.
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Odeon Multicines Girona is now the second film theatre in Spain to offer Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a dual-head 6P laser projection system, following in the footsteps of Dolby Cinema La Maquinista in Barcelona which is equipped with the Dolby Vision projection system. Christie worked closely with Dolby in co-developing the new proprietary HDR and wider color gamut technology that leverages customized, high-frame-rate (HFR) capable Christie 4K
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Every now and then, we see regulators trying the most asinine move toward the Internet: banning encryption, requiring this, prohibiting that. They seem to be trying things at random, and a lot of it can be explained with regulators not being permitted to allow the Internet to come into being in the first place.
Regulators remain utterly confused when it comes to the Internet – everything from what it is (it's an agreement about a communications network with endpoints only) via who is responsible for it (no one, it is an organic agreement between millions much like a language) to whether human rights should apply as usual when using it (yes, very yes).
Much of this confusion can be traced back to the fact that regulators weren't involved in the Internet's creation. They never agreed to create something, so they don't know what previous agreement of theirs can be reversed, extended, or changed. The Internet itself is the first large-scale example of permissionless innovation.
The classic model for creating something new basically goes like this: the three groups of inventors, investors and regulators get together and decide to allow something new temporarily, to try it out. If it works, its permit is made permanent. For an example, see how drone delivery and self-driving cars are being given temporary permissions in some limited areas right now: that's how practically everything used to get developed.
The notion that the Internet doesn't need regulation to work is utterly confusing to regulators. The notion that nothing on the Internet needs regulation to work, even the Internet services outcompeting analog services that are tightly regulated, is not just confusing but almost aggravating.
In addition, these are analog regulators we're talking about. Offline-borns. People who get their e-mails printed for them by their secretary and believe that makes them understand what the Internet is about (and I wish I was making that part up, but I'm not).
Perhaps the best part is that the Internet not only works just fine without regulation, the Internet as an organism is also going to completely ignore any regulation that it doesn't like. Not only is regulation not needed, it's also completely ineffective, not to say ignored.
While mostly positive, that's also why privacy remains your own responsibility.
About Rick Falkvinge
Rick is Head of Privacy at Private Internet Access. He is also the founder of the first Pirate Party and is a political evangelist, traveling around Europe and the world to talk and write about ideas of a sensible information policy. Additionally, he has a tech entrepreneur background and loves good whisky and fast motorcycles.
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Dear Parents and Guardians,
Choosing the right school for your child is vitally important, possibly the most important decision you have yet made as a parent.
Most of us want a good education for our children but we also want them to be happy and to feel valued and safe.
At Ysgol Llandrillo we believe that we can offer our pupils the experiences which will provide these things, a good quality learning experience and a happy, safe environment.
We pride ourselves in the broad, balanced and full education programme we provide at all stages, Foundation Phase (Nursery, Reception, Years 1 & 2), and Key Stage 2 (Years 3 – 6).
The high standards of teaching and learning at Ysgol Llandrillo are a credit to the hard work of both staff and pupils.
We are equally proud of the ethos and atmosphere which pervade every aspect of school; friendliness, respect and co-operation are of great importance to us all.
Visitors often comment on the warm welcome they receive and the politeness of our children: staff enjoy taking them on out-of-school activities because they are proud of them.
We value our pupils and work to ensure that their time in school is fulfilling and rewarding, to this end, we encourage a close working relationship with all
I look forward to meeting you soon, but in the meantime, should you have any queries; please contact me at the school at any time.
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Minneapolis has Prince, the Jesse Johnson Revue and Tamara & the Scene. New York has Run-D.M.C., L.L. Cool J, Kurtis Blow and the Fat Boys.
And now Los Angeles has a homegrown funk cult of its own, led by such young rappers and hip-hop wizards as the L.A. Dream Team, the World Class Wreckin' Cru, the Egyptian Lover and Greg Mack's Mixmasters.
The flourishing scene hasn't gone unnoticed, either. Epic Records has signed a pair of local groups, the World Class Wreckin' Cru and Toddy Tee, while MCA has signed the Mixmasters and is in negotiations with the L.A. Dream Team, whose recent single In the House has sold more than 100,000 copies in Los Angeles alone.
According to Jheryl Busby, head of R&B; at MCA records, much of the credit goes to locally based Macola Records - which has released many of the groups' singles - and KDAY-AM, whose music director, Greg Mack, has touted many of the groups on the local airwaves.
"Every record company is always trying to find access to the streets," Busby said. "And God bless KDAY, which has targeted that marketplace and shown that L.A. can be a very happening place. Without the radio exposure, the rap scene would have never happened so fast and now that KDAY has gotten behind these groups, I think we're really going to see this whole local scene come alive."


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Effective Budgeting and Cash Flow Management
Effective Budgeting and Cash Flow Management (2 days Course)
Although today's finance professionals are still required to fulfil their traditional role of maintaining good financial control, sound corporate governance and best practice, there is an increasing expectation
that the best finance executives also support the organization by providing relevant systems and information that enables strategic decision-making, adding value to the business and providing focused support to the Board. Two of the key areas where the finance executive can add real value to the organization include budgeting and cash flow management and planning. This course looks at
the key principles, best practice and up to date thinking in these two important areas and will provide delegates with the basis on which they can add further value to their own organization.
Cash Flow
The statistics for corporate failures highlight the many companies that collapse every year because they did not pay heed to economic management practices. Effective cash flow management is the key to business survival and growth, yet many managers and business owners are unclear about the key drivers of strong cash flow and do not know the most important measures to monitor and control it. This course covers all aspects of cash flow management: What it is, how to measure and monitor it, and how to effectively control and improve it.
Success in any organization depends on being able to develop and implement effective plans to achieve the organization's objectives. Although some see budgeting as a burden, the most successful organizations use the budget process to produce powerful plans to keep them on track to deliver their goals and vision. This course provides you with an up-to-date guide to the effective budgeting of your business including tailored cost control techniques.
Course Objectives / Take away of the Training
Cash Flow Management
Learn why cash flow is the key to business survival and growth
Get practical tips to improve working capital management and profit
Identify critical success factors for strong results
Understand how winning organizations use powerful KPIs
Develop KPIs that help you deliver results
Learn how to tie your strategy to effective annual budgets
Get practical tips to improve budgeting in your organization
Identify critical success factors for your organization
Understand how winning organizations harness the power of the Balanced Scorecard
Develop KPIs that will help you to deliver results
Who Should Attend? / Designed for
Finance managers and accountants;
any manager responsible for key commercial aspects of their business;
Business owners and bankers.
Any manager responsible for delivering organizational objectives and targets, managers in charge of developing frameworks for improving public or private sector performance,
Professionals responsible for preparing and controlling departmental budgets.
Facilitator; Khurram A. Khan
Versatile and highly accomplished Senior Executive Management Professional offering over 20 years of experience in the areas of accounting and financial management, strategic planning and marketing, cost reduction programmes, enterprise resource planning, business partnering and business development, staff performance mentoring and improvement, and due diligence within industry best practices.
Professional Accountant having certification from Pakistan and USA, Masters in Economics and Business Administration and Doctorate in Financial management with extensive leadership and management skills and rich exposure to change management and coaching teams to support process implementation and improvement. Skilled in leading business transformations by utilizing finance management knowledge and meeting top line and bottom line objectives.
Key Note Speaker / Presenter conducted 50+ seminars, training sessions, workshops, CPD sessions on Cash flow management, Budgeting, Balanced score cards, and financial management & reporting analysis, and Internal Audits in Dubai, Malaysia, Nigeria, Dammam, Riyadh, Colombo and Thailand.


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When Trying to Conceive Again Is Stressful
Besides the psychological and physical toll infertility treatments can take, appointments for blood tests, sonograms and related procedures can cumulatively consume hours, days and weeks of your life. But as all-consuming as it is, infertility treatment doesn't have to disrupt your entire life. Here are sanity-saving strategies for managing responsibilities during this particularly challenging time.
Seek support from others
With secondary infertility, you may be less inclined to confide in others about your situation than if you were trying to conceive for the first time. And for good reason. "Secondary people often don't get the understanding they need from coworkers, friends and relatives. The sense is, 'What are you complaining about? You already have a child,'" says Harriette Rovner-Ferguson, clinical social worker, co-author of Experiencing Infertility and a support group leader for RESOLVE, a national infertility organization. But as a result, you're apt to feel even more disenfranchised than those with primary infertility.
But getting others' understanding and empathy can be helpful, especially through a secondary infertility support group of those going through a similar experience. Studies show that the emotional support these groups provide may even improve pregnancy rates in infertile women. (To find a support group, preferably one that specializes in secondary infertility, visit www.resolve.org.) Online support communities and discussion boards such as www.fertilethoughts.com are available, too.
You may wish to seek individual psychological counseling, especially if you're depressed because of your infertility or if it's creating marital conflicts and other deeply personal problems a support group can't really address, says Linda D. Applegarth, director of psychological services at the Center for Reproductive Medicine and Infertility in New York City.
Choose a doctor with job-friendly office hours
If you travel for business, it's tough. Your whole month can be ruined if you're away when you need to be at the doctor's office for baseline hormone tests and other procedures, such as ultrasound exams to monitor ovarian follicle development—not to mention the actual infertility procedure, all of which track with your menstrual cycle. In which case, the best you can do is to coordinate your business travel schedule with your cycle, if possible. Otherwise, try to seek an infertility specialist with office hours before or after the traditional workday.
Confide in colleagues, selectively
At work, keeping your infertility a secret can jeopardize your career. For example, unexplained frequent absence can make your boss think you're out job hunting. But the other extreme — using your boss and colleagues as a sounding board — can also backfire.
Besides risking not getting the empathy you need, "coworkers can grow weary of hearing about your treatment and become resentful of the fact you're out so much," says career coach Laura Berman Fortgang, president of InterCoach Inc. and author of Living Your Best Life.
Or your coworkers may start tracking your treatment cycle and know exactly when you should be pregnant, which can feel eerily invasive, especially when treatment isn't successful.
Your best bet: Don't give your coworkers the play-by-play, but do brief your supervisor on why you'll need to be out the office frequently (unless, of course, your medical appointments don't interfere with your workday). If they do bleed into company time, emphasize that you'll stay late, work through your lunch hour or take work home, if necessary, to get your job done.
If you aren't comfortable mentioning your treatments to your supervisor, you don't need to disclose even that much. "To legitimize your absences, you can justsay, 'I'm having female troubles.' That catch phrase buys you a lot of privacy," says Mary Casey Jacob, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry and obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She suggests then saying something like, "It requires treatment and it's hard to predict because it's based on my menstrual cycle. I'm going to have to pop in and out of the doctor's office for a while and I'll do my best to keep you informed. How can we work this out?"
Know your baby limits
When undergoing infertility treatments, you're sensitive to anything about babies. "Seeing pregnant women or babies, or holding babies, can make me depressed," admits Donna Williamson, 33, a legal administrative assistant who underwent treatment to conceive a child with her second husband. (Williamson has two daughters from her first marriage.) "And going into the baby department is a big no-no," she says.
Whether or not to attend baby showers may depend on what's best for you that day, Rovner-Ferguson says. The same applies to visiting friends and relatives with babies and anything else in your life in which babies are involved.
You can't just blow off important events, however, or you risk harming relationships, says psychologist Casey Jacob. "If it's somebody you want to maintain a good relationship with, you either need to just pop into the shower briefly or privately take her a gift and say congratulations," she says.
Polish your comeback
Throughout the infertility process, you're bound to get your share of intrusive, albeit innocent, questions and comments, such as "Do you want more children? Are you trying?" Even, "You should just be happy with one (or the number of children you already have)." To keep from losing your cool, develop an arsenal of short answers that curtail the topic.
When are you going to have another child? "Well, gosh, I wish I knew" or "Still practicing." Do you want more children? A simple, "Yes, we do," is sufficient.
Keep a journal
Throughout your infertility treatments, keeping a journal (either daily or weekly) can help vent any negative feelings that can cast a shadow on your life. To keep it in perspective, also write down at least three things you're grateful for at the end of each journal entry, such as the wonderful events and milestones occurring in your children's lives. Otherwise, they're easy to overlook because you're so involved in your infertility treatments.
Give back to your body
Because infertility treatments can be so physically and emotionally demanding, it's important to pamper yourself throughout the process. Manicures, facials or pedicures and/or stress management techniques, such as meditation, exercise and yoga, can also give you a much-needed emotional boost.
"When I was going through in-vitro, I had to give myself injections of progesterone, which made my muscles sore. So I gave myself permission to get massages during that part of the in-vitro cycle. Even though it felt extravagant, the massages really helped my muscles," says Shelli Fidell, a psychologist in private practice who specializes in helping women deal with infertility and other pregnancy-related issues. "The fact that I was taking care of myself helped me get through it."
Sandra Gordon is a mother of two and the author of Consumer Reports Best Baby Products.


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Regardless of the whether you are a beginner or advanced, if your goal is to learn a skill, such as the handstand or muscle up, you should train for that skill at least 4 times a week for no more than an hour. The duration of your skill training session could be anywhere between 25 and 60 minutes long. Some skills require more effort than others and that's why it makes sense to train them for a short period of time once a day, multiple times a week. Prolonging a workout could be detrimental to performance. Shorter but frequent session ensure you don't overtrain your muscles and keep your central nervous system (CNS) stimulated.
Focus on learning one skill at a time but do a combination of exercises that'll help you acquire strength you can eventually transfer to doing that chosen skill. These are called accessory exercises and recruit the same muscles your chosen skill does but in a less intense way. For example, if you want to learn an L-sit hold, prepare the triceps and shoulders by doing press ups, the core and hips with V-sit holds on flat surface (acclimation sets). In your working sets, focus on training the same muscles by doing harder exercises like leg rases or knee tucks to L-sit on parallel dip bars until exhaustion. Finish off with chest dips or more press ups if there's any energy left.
Allow yourself plenty of rest in between the sets – 5 minutes max and no less than 30 seconds. It's ok to rest when strength training. It gives the CNS a break before it has to fire at full speed and signal the muscles to work as hard as possible. Every time you train a skill, such as a lever or planche, you need to be fully rested so you can give it your best shot. When the quality of the attempts descreases or you can no longer execute an exercise with adequate form despite being fully rested, either move onto an easier but transferable skill or end the session to avoid injury.
Let's take a look at my handstand training as an example. I warm up for 5 to 10 minutes with a combination of dynamic stretching and light exercises such as press ups and frog pose holds. That prepares my wrists, triceps and shoulders. Then, I do handstands for as long as I can perform them with good form, resting 1 minute in between. That usually lasts 10-15 minutes and tires my shoulders the most. Next, I move onto pressing to a handstand from a frog pose hold for another 5 to 10 minutes with 1 minute rest in between. That gets my triceps and shoulders tired even further. When I get too tired to press myself up, I go back to holding handstands in a straddle position, or finish off with a few 30-second L-sit holds. Then I'm done and I go home to eat.
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A forty-paw adventure through the Stillwater State Forest with one man's best friends
It's the far off sound of howling and yelping that has us winding up a snow-packed, narrow road with curiosity. Within moments, the dense, flake-dusted trees give way to a field of huts and perches where dogs with golden eyes and thick coats jostle against their chains and point their noses to the skies and let out a long, loud whine as we put the car in park in front of a small lodge.
At first glance you might be fearful for them, out here where our noses are blushing red and running—where the heat from the tips of our fingers is already retreating inward. But they are waiting for us, celebrating our arrival because the time for work has finally come. We are at their home and the home of Jeff Ulsamer—their master, friend, and loving co-worker—to indulge in the adventure of dog sledding. It feels primitive and wild as if we are thousands of miles into the depths of the forest, soaking in the chaos of dogs at every turn as we traverse our way through them, petting those that are lunging at us in excitement.
Jeff and a few young men make up the team that readies these dogs for action, unclipping them from their cave-like homes and walking them to their designated places along the line leading to a sled where we are about to take our seats. The sled we will ride in is hand built by Jeff—wood that creaks and sings with each movement the team is making to prepare for our ride. It's an inviting place for our jittering limbs now covered in a heap of blankets and furs.
It seems the energy has changed. The dogs clipped to our sled are wide-eyed and thrusting forward and those still chained to their homes are screaming in jealousy. Our dogs know what they are about to do, each of them looking ahead at the snowy path that leads to a cathedral of trees.
And we're off—lurching forward as if by motor and not the sheer power of 40 paws peppering us with bits of snow as we get underway. We are whisked away into a near silent winter wonderland where the air is biting at us and our bellies are in our throats, stirring our laughter and igniting our adrenaline. The dogs have quieted and allowed for the low thumping of the sled on snow around curves and down long straightaways. We are here, winding through the Stillwater State Forest, because of the twists and turns Jeff has taken in his own life. After having been raised in Brooklyn, New York, Jeff moved to Colorado following his love of skiing until he broke his leg on a visit back East.
"I couldn't get out skiing with my friends so I had dogs pulling me around on cross-country skis and that's really how I started," said Jeff.
He leans into the turns and calls to them. Good dogs, good dogs.
"You can never think of having a job this crazy," said Jeff, recounting his time in Colorado and stumbling upon Montana on the way to Alaska one year, pleasantly detoured by the friendly natured people and stunning scenery. He had a business of giving dog sled rides to people in Steamboat Springs with 11 of his own personal dogs, all of which came from the pound, but that number climbed upward to 42 dogs before he purchased land in Olney, Montana, where he and his dogs (and two horses) would call home.
Jeff has never had the itch to compete in dog sled races. Instead, he thrives on the dogs' passion for the sport, for their love of life, and the work that they long to do.
"Dogs just love to work. They're so honest, they love their jobs. …Some dogs may not have been as good as others but they all try as hard as they can try. They're just like people," said Jeff. "A lot of people don't understand how much a dog can love their work because they never did. That's what gives me the inspiration to do this because I could never do this if I had to make the dogs do it. I'm just enabling the dogs to do something that they love."
Good boys, good girls, that's a good dog. Jeff speaks to them and they seem to give us a new gear, heaving themselves into a steep hill, their shoulders rising and falling, their heads turning to look at us and each other.
Jeff's passion and dedication are an important part of what sets his dog sled adventure business apart but it's also the point at which this whole journey began—for Jeff and his dogs. From his 11 rescues, Jeff's pack has grown to a rowdy and loving 125, most of which have been rescued from the less desirable chapters of their lives. He currently homes 30 retired dogs that are reaping their hard-earned benefits, living out their days (sometimes into their 20s) under the light of the starry big sky.
We can hear the familiar cries as our path starts to widen and the dogs begin to slow. The thrill of our return can be seen in the steamy clouds of dog breath, their tongues long and flickering beneath their smiles. We watch our dogs take their places back in their homes as Jeff readies their meals—25 pounds of salmon, plus vitamins, minerals, and stabilized rice bran for their coats. It is a dog's favorite song set on repeat. And it is for Jeff, too.
"I could never get paid for the amount of hours I've got into it. I do it because I love it and if you really love what you do," said Jeff, "it's not work."
We cheer beneath the warm glow of the lodge, to the fresh oatmeal cookies, hot chocolate, good dogs, and a good life.


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Just couldn't resist answering to this particular one. 2004-11-04T14:01:19+03:00 Jukka K. Korpela <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > On Wed, 3 Nov 2004, Asbjørn Ulsberg wrote: >> I agree that by design,
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 is structural, though with a misleading name: > "The HR element is a divider between sections of text" > http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_5.html#SEC5.9 > (and admittedly the designers added: "typically a full > width horizontal rule or equivalent graphic"; but they also described > typical rendering of headings, and yet nobody claims they designed > h1, h2 etc. to be presentational). As I have said many times before the hr element (and even its name) is purely presentational. A separator alone cannot have meaning. A separator needs to separate *something* from *something*. The pieces that are separated should be marked up, it's an error to mark up some mystical space between them, in my opinion. >> I don't think
 is very useful in XHTML 2.0, but in XHTML 1.x and HTML >> it certainly was, to some respect. Not just as a visual horisontal ruler, >> but also as a content separator or divider. > Just dropping
 is a mistake. It can be omitted, if equivalent or > better markup is available. But sectioning is a different issue. Sectioning is not an issue, as I see it, but a step forward. > Consider a page that currently ends with some notes about the history > of the page, author, last update, etc., preceded by >
 > which helps the user note that there's a change of topic even though there > is no heading. What would you do in XHTML 2.0? It's really not a >
, is it? Why not? It is a small section. The role of the hr element in this case is mimicing the heading element. Why don't you write it as:
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...your stuff...

 or

...your stuff...

 > Besides, even if you use
 markup, so what? So nothing, you just use the
 markup. > Are > browsers expected to indicate start of section in a particular way? The spec should describe this. > Will that be useful in general? Rhetorical one? > Of course you can use CSS to draw a line or > something, just as you can do now (a top border for a
 element, > for example). But then you would rely on CSS in separating parts of the > content. That's wrong, you're rather relying on the markup in this case. The text is made independent from the medium. Today it is a line between the sections that separates them, tomorrow you decide that a smaller font size will help to distinguish one from another etc. Alexander -- Alexander Savenkov http://www.xmlhack.ru/ firstname.lastname@example.com http://www.xmlhack.ru/authors/croll/Received on Thursday, 4 November 2004 21:28:30 UTC
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The best bird I've seen in a while, the Long-eared Owl
presented itself two evenings ago along the Matadero Creek
Trail off of Frontage Road in Palo Alto. This trail, which
begins with a short gravel driveway and a metal fence, leads
out toward the Bay. It turn sharply to the left after about
100 yards and then again to the right. At the first turn
a wooden platform overlooking the marsh and old radio station
appears. A little farther the trail forks. At this fork,
look to the right toward the coyote bush and eucalyptus
trees bordering the creek and you might be rewarded
with a view of one of the rarer owls in our area. The bird
was perching quite low in the coyote bush on the opposite
side of the small marshy area on the right-hand side of
the trail. Good luck!
Apparently, a few people have been able to relocate the
bird, which looks rather like a small, slender Great Horned
Owl. I saw it again this afternoon, but be prepared for
disappointment; it's very skilled at blending in with the
foliage. Who knows how long it's been in this spot, or how
long we can expect it to stay. From the records, it seems
this is the first sighting of the species in Santa Clara
County in three years.
If you were not able to attend the field trip today, you
missed my announcement that the Red-necked Phalaropes
are now present in good numbers in the South Bay. While
driving to Coyote Hills Regional Park this morning I saw
many hundreds of these small shorebirds swimming in the
shallows on the east end of the Dumbarton Bridge. The Ravenswood
Wildlife Preserve is a good spot to stop and look for this
spring and summer visitor. It can be accessed from either
direction. Look for the telltale swimming and spinning behavior
of these beautifully colored birds. The Wilson's Phalarope
will also arrive soon but its numbers will be below those
of the RNPH until summer. A sharp observer might be able
to pick out a few of these more slender birds among the
many RNPHs.
I've noticed a lot of nesting activity in and around my
apartment complex. Down the hall, in the walkway that overlooks
the pool, there is a pair of European Starlings that
is determined to use last year's nest site, a small ventilation
hole above one of the windows. The Anna's Hummingbirds
seem to be setting up home in an exotic silktree across
the yard and Dark-eyed Juncos are building in another
sweet-smelling ornamental tree. Most exciting however, is
a pair of House Sparrows nesting directly over my
door. While I have mixed feelings about these non-native
birds, somehow, seeing them building their home so close
to mine makes me happy. I certainly hope the complex grounds
keeper doesn't find out, because I'm sure he wouldn't approve.
Someone recently told me about some Cliff Swallows
that were building a mud nest on the side of their newly
painted home. I immediately thought, "how wonderful!". So
when she asked me what she could do about it, I was baffled.
As a bird watching instructor all I could really recommend
was to enjoy the birds. Few people are lucky enough to have
swallows right in their back yard...
An afternoon trip to the Palo Alto Duck Pond and Yacht Club
area in preparation for tomorrrow's field trip produced
the following birds. If we're lucky, we may see all of these
and more on our group trip: Ruddy Duck, Greater
Scaup, Gadwall, Northern Shoveler, White-tailed
Kite, Ring-billed Gull, Western Gull,
Glaucous-winged Gull, Bonaparte's Gull, Caspian
Tern, Forster's Tern, Black-bellied Plover,
Semi-palmated Plover, Whimbrel, Long-billed
Curlew, Marbled Godwit, Willet, Dowitchers,
Western Sandpiper, Dunlin and Brown-headed
There was also a Merlin at the intersection of San
Antonio and 101.
This afternoon, in the quarry area of Old Pagemill Road,
I had an emphatically singing House Wren and perhaps
four Blue-gray Gnatcatchers in the willows. Many
Western Bluebirds, and Lesser Goldfinch were
present as well. There were at least two Pine Siskin
that flew overhead, but I did not get a satisfactory look
at them; I only heard their calls. I heard an unfamiliar
oriole and looked all over for it. When I finally found
the singing bird, it turned out to be a Northern Mockingbird
doing an uncanny impersonation of an oriole. Barn,
Cliff, Tree, Violet-green and Northern
Rough-winged Swallows were foraging overhead. A pair
of White-throated Swifts flew by quickly, twittering
loudly. Hamilton Avenue in downtown Palo Alto still seems
to be a dependable location for this species.