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A "Dropbox" for Your Company? It Could Happen Sooner Than You Think
Improved management of data storage costs has quickly become a top operational priority due to the significant role technology plays in the success of businesses. The vast amount of data growth experienced by
companies each year is causing several businesses to rethink how they are currently utilizing their available storage capacity and how processes affect the amount of resources available at a given moment. Companies who choose to allocate storage by following traditional methods typically lose money as data is tied to a particular tier rather than provisioned based on resource allocation needs. The introduction of "the cloud" among various additional technology elements has caused businesses to seek more cost effective, reliable choices with the capability to utilize resources in a manner that does not waste their IT dollars. This desire for improvement leads to an important question: If you had the opportunity to introduce and use the same technology offered by applications like Dropbox in your company while maintaining control in a secure environment, would you do it?
The most experienced engineers recommend implementing these technologies because it helps companies to cut costs, provision data between tiers correctly, and make certain information is only written to utilized blocks of storage. "Big Data" is the new trend for a reason and Headwaters engineers are among the best when it comes to this type of implementation. Headwaters has executed over thirty dynamic tiering and provisioning projects in the past twenty-four months to aid companies in reaching the goal of a private, secure cloud environment with all the benefits of the technology utilized by applications such as Dropbox. Regardless of utilized systems or the total amount of resources required by a business, storage virtualization, dynamic tiering, and thin provisioning are the next step toward improving information management capabilities, decreasing costs, and creating the secure cloud environment sought out by large-scale companies today.
What Are The Most Advantageous, Storage Trends of Today?
How do businesses put allocated funds to best use while having what is necessary to properly manage large amounts of continuously growing data? The answer can be found by implementing and using these three approaches to creating a secure, reliable private cloud environment:
- Storage Virtualization
- Dynamic Tiering
- Dynamic (Thin) Provisioning
A public cloud such as Dropbox does not offer the security or reliability required by businesses handling vast amounts of sensitive, private information. While beneficial to the typical individual user, large-scale companies require increased storage capabilities and a secure environment. A private cloud setup becomes beneficial in this situation and these three technologies form the perfect environment where businesses can decrease costs by as much as 70% while gaining the ability to properly provision data for quick, reliable access.
The benefits of these concepts, commonly referred to as "Big Data," have caused a number of data rich companies as well as service providers to seek the perfect dynamically tiered private cloud with the ability to intelligently route and access information based on the amount of required storage and speed. As a result, the least accessed data is not stored on the fastest, most expensive resource but instead moved to a lower tier. The approach makes it easy for a business to properly manage costs and guarantee the right amount of resources are made available at the time of need. These concepts have not only proven to be useful for physical storage, but also boost the capabilities of defined storage architectures, data center virtualization technologies, and disaster recovery approaches.
The IDC or International Data Corporation performed a recent study on "Big Data" technology on a worldwide scale. As part of the findings, the IDC expects this growing market to experience rapid acceleration in the next five years with a growth rate of just below 40%.Companies choosing this technology not only receive the benefits of deploying a Dropbox-like environment to their internal users, but also gain a competitive advantage by removing the guesswork behind data storage component utilization. The decision to implement this technology now ensures that actions are taken based on accurate, timely, and secure data rather than by less informed judgment calls. Please refer to this link http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=233485 to learn more information about the report findings.
Understanding the Benefits of Forward Thinking Storage Concepts
Virtualization is no new concept, but it has begun to turn heads as companies realize they can redefine available resources to make certain information is stored, accessed, and maintained in the most cost effective manner. The concept allows for better resource utilization across multiple systems or tiers. In previous days, a business would allocate a specific server, tier, or amount of data to a defined system or block of storage regardless of access needs. Block virtualization involves the separation of partitions from the actual physical space to create a dynamically accessible environment capable of operating as if it is a single storage unit. Often set up as a SAN or Storage Area Network, the approach supplies a greater amount of flexibility to administrators in regards to how storage is managed among end users and available systems.
Dynamic tiering boosts automation to deliver astounding performance increases and to optimize the use of tiered storage within an infrastructure by positioning records based on the required workload rather than what has been allocated to a defined process or set of data. In the end, businesses choosing to implement dynamic tiering are able to maximize provided levels of service in addition to reduce associated costs. Virtualization concepts can be combined with dynamic tiering to move data between each tier based on needs rather than allocated resources. The two concepts provide these specific benefits:
- Improved Utilization of Fast and Slow Drives
- Decreased Need for Human Intervention
- Immediate Storage Utilization
- Creation of a Stronger, More Dependable Structure
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- Data Moves Between Locations Based on Usage
- Takes the Guesswork Out of Storage
By combining these two concepts with thin provisioning, companies are able to implement today's hottest technology to gain a significant increase in storage utilization at a reduced cost. Dynamic or thin provisioning uses virtualization, consolidation, and automation to create an increased number of physical resources than what is available. It is a highly efficient implementation choice at times when utilized resources are far less than what has been allocated. The approach allows a company to allocate the required amount of storage based on needs rather than by setting up a defined block of storage, which will most likely never be used efficiently. Companies are better able to keep the cost of virtualization in check by managing required resources through thin provisioning practices.
Putting It All into Perspective
The desire lies in taking advantage of the benefits offered by consumer oriented, free public cloud solutions; however, these options create specific security, usability, and efficiency concerns. Storage virtualization, dynamic tiering, and thin provisioning are a viable answer to these issues because they create the highly desired environment offered by public cloud providers such as Dropbox without the fallbacks of putting sensitive information into someone else's hands. These elements produce a secure, private cloud environment that is easy to use, efficient, and ready for growth. Enterprise solutions based on these concepts form a private cloud environment capable of eliminating several problems experienced by large companies today.
Companies not have to worry about someone else controlling their data or resources becoming inefficient due to a vast amount of content duplication when this technology is in place. Additionally, better utilization allows for increased employee productivity while drastically decreasing the cost of data management across multiple systems. A virtualized environment decreases the end cost and makes information accessible from any location without the fallbacks of reduced security or control. Tier management as a single entity where only the required resources are allocated makes it easy to maintain peak performance optimization among all information management resources. If you are an engineer who desires the opportunity to level up your technology game in a team oriented environment or a company desiring to implement this beneficial solution, please click here to contact Headwaters about this revolutionary concept.
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In April 2017, Zaltech, was ready to celebrate the opening of their headquarters in Moosdorf, Austria. The company's product range includes mixed spices, flavours and marinades for the food industry, all of which are natural, pure and healthy. The assembly of the new headquarters was designed to be a modern, low-energy construction which required a connection to nature, mirroring the products that the company stands for.
The daylight illumination of the new building presented not only planning but also aesthetic challenges, due to the curved shapes of some of the corridors and rooms. LAMILUX's solution was to integrate nine LAMILUX Glass Skylights F100 with top roof edge sizes of 100cm x 100cm to 120cm x 120cm, as well as twenty-five LAMILUX Glass Elements type F in round design with diameters of 100cm to 120cm into the roof. Both shaped versions complimented each room they were installed above, offering not only stylish lighting accents but also excellent energy values.
In addition to the aluminium framed rooflights, LAMILUX supplied over 100 Rooflights F100 with top roof edge sizes of 120cm x 120cm and 120cm x 180cm.
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Coun. Pierre Rioux is serving his fourth term as Councillor. Pierre was first elected to Quispamsis Town Council in 2004.
Pierre and his wife, Nancy, moved to Quispamsis in 1974 and raised their four children, Paula, Marc, Robert and Adam. During that time, Pierre has seen Quispamsis grow from a small village to the wonderful community that it is today. After long and successful careers, both Pierre and Nancy retired from teaching in 2002.
In 1989-91, Pierre served on the Town's Planning Advisory Committee and was reappointed in 2002. Since 2004, he has continued to serve as the Council representative on this committee.
Pierre also serves on the Climate Change and Scholarship committees. He has been involved with the Cancer Society, The Heart and Stroke Foundation, the 24 Hour Relay, Skate to Care and since 2004 has been a volunteer at the Imperial Theatre and an active member of the KV Old Boys assisting in their charitable work in the Kennebecasis Valley.
Known in local music circles as the "Councillor of Jazz", Pierre has performed in the live music scene in southern N.B. for over fifty years. He is co-founder (2006) and promoter of the KV Jazz/Blues Fest that is held annually on the Labour Day weekend in the Kennebecasis Valley.
He has been an active volunteer and supporter of our youth programs, especially hockey, baseball and basketball. Pierre has been a proud advocate of developing in Quispamsis some of the finest recreational facilities in the province.
In the future, Pierre is hoping to work towards improved infrastructure – road maintenance and sidewalk implementation and continued advancement in our municipal water and sewerage programs..
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Friday nights pot luck put me to bed, I woke up early the next day. Occasionally I sleep better in my bus than I do in my bed.
Most people were still asleep, so I made my coffee silently. It was my intention to take pictures of buses, but somehow, the dogs got my attention. Maupin is a family campout, people bring their families. For some, that means their dogs.
I haven't seen cats or birds on these trips yet, but I suspect that I'm only counting down the days.
It was too overcast on Saturday to go white water rafting, so most of us settled with drinking beer. I spent time adjusting Joes exhaust, most of his connections had rattled loose, and he lost an exhaust header stud.
I had the help of the lovely Patricia, while her patient husband looked on with both amusement and horror.
Later that afternoon we did the annual beer tasting
And like any good campout, the sun set,
the lights came on
Up next. Just how big is that tent?
Thursday, June 30, 2011
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Spire Studio is a portable, wireless, professional-quality recording studio designed to keep you in the creative zone. Use the Spire Studio's built-in Wi-Fi network to pair with the Spire app, and start recording, editing, mixing, and sharing your music with the world.
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The trauma of being told that your husband has cancer can't be put into words easily. I want to soothe his pain. I want someone to fix it. I want the years to jump backwards to when we first met in college, when the babies woke us up in the night, when we poured over house plans to build our first home, when the kids were in confirmation and quiet evenings on the first deck we built together.
It all came crashing down on July 6th.
David has battled lung and heart changes for 18 months, a path that surprised us at every turn. A horrible tunnel of tests, surgeries and pain. And waiting; to find answers, to understand. And by the end of 2014 there was closure. The answers were found. His body repaired and healed.
It genuinely felt like the worst was behind us.
Then a new CT Scan indicates something is still wrong six months later. Surgery and pathology results confirm the fear. What had been labelled as benign became characterized as cancer. It feels unfair. This kind and loving man has been through too much. And now more medical appointments, more procedures, more anxiety.
But we are not alone. Too many others are faced with this same realization that life is delicate and can change without warning.
The blessings come in the shape of family and friendships and the grace of God.
Our kids rallied around us last week like eagles over a nest. The littlest ones bring smiles and laughter. They are beautiful distractions.
We are walking with Sophie, thankful for warm weather that is filled with possibilities. We cry. We try to keep busy. We are busy. We pray for guidance. We rest.
We look to the future with a huge sense of urgency and a sense that we have many more things to accomplish.
It has taken time to absorb the initial shock. Time to find our voices again.
The weight is lightened because others share the burden with us. We know we are loved by God, family and friends and that is a wonderful thing.


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N.W.A Reunite at Coachella for the First Time in 27 Years
As promised, Ice Cube delivered an epic performance during his set a Coachella. In addition to bringing out Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar and Common to the stage, the rapper/actor sent the crowd into a wild frenzy when he invited his former group-mates MC Ren and DJ Yella for a performance of "Straight Outta Compton." To everyone's surprise, Dr. Dre joined them after the song, marking the first time in 27 years the living members of N.W.A took the stage together. Dre delivered some classic hits of his own including "Still D.R.E." and his collaboration with Tupac "California Love." Check out some of the clips below and head over to HYPETRAK for more Coachella performances.
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Hail, Caesar! Written and directed The Coen Brothers
I am one of the Coen Brother's original fans and I was supposed to see it with my daughter, but could not wait to see it. Too many trailers taunting me. I was a bad mother and went to see it without her on the opening Friday. My first impression was that it lacked a […]More


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Well readers, I have decided to go ahead and move on to start reading Francis Chan's Forgotten God. I think it will be something we can all take part in and get something out of. Not that you can't get anything out of reading God's word or from reading the book of Job, I just think we need a change.
So what did I learn from reading the book of Job?
Although we may never understand why there is suffering in our world and in our lives, we can always learn from it.
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The Abominable Snowman on MonsterQuest!
– – MonsterQuest finally came up with their long-awaited episode on the Yeti on October 25th after previous ho-hum episodes on wild dogs and rats.- – Here at last is a cryptid worthy of consideration! The Abominable Snowman differs from his North American Bigfoot cousin in being more aggressive and carnivorous; he's nocturnal, and goes after both people and their livestock in the Himalayas.- – You gotta give the big guy credit for that!
Examined were hair and footprint evidence as well as images from cameras. The most recent footprint from 2008 was actually regarded to be a hoofprint, kind of a drag-impression in the snow distorted by multiple freeze and thaw cycles. Fifty-year old hair samples supposedly from the skullcap of a Yeti were also analyzed, and found to be from a deer-like creature. Picture images from cameras set up at different locations were of the usual birds with perhaps an antlered beast or two thrown in. Lastly, eyewitness accounts of the Yeti were chalked off as being misidentified bears!
There were some interesting sidebars; apparently, the Nazis had sent teams out in pursuit of the Yeti, and locals led the Nazis to a supposed lair where they shot…a bear! I also loved a scene where an investigative team came upon a slaughtered and partly-eaten goat, perhaps consumed by the Yeti; the lead investigator indulged himself in the treat, which had been lying out for five or six days, and found it to be like jerky…"rather tasty, actually," he proclaimed.–Anyone else up for five-day old goat, partly eaten by who knows what?–Didn't think so…
It's well been pointed out that even known identified species are hard to track over wild terrain, so I'm really not surprised by the lack of Yeti evidence. –And why do we call him Abominable, together with "terrifying" and "ferocious?" – – Doesn't the Yeti just need a good spin doctor?–Why not as in the Tundra cartoon, come up with an Amiable Snowman?Explore posts in the same categories: anomalies, cool things, cryptozoology, furry, rare animal, television, unexplained, unidentified
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So, you've got a show coming up, or maybe you're just about to reveal a new collection. Perhaps you've updated your website or have an online shop to launch. Quite rightly, social media is going to be high on your list of ways to promote this event, but how to keep it from sounding rather same-y after a while, and saturating your audience with the same information? Tell the story ten ways.
Effective marketing works by repeat exposure – you need to remind your audience many times before the information sinks in. But, this doesn't mean it has to be exactly the same each time. By using varied text and images, you'll create awareness of your work in a way that is dynamic and interesting without that feeling of 'seen it before'. [It's probably worth mentioning here that I believe each social media outlet has its own distinct strength in reaching your audience. As such, I don't really agree with simultaneous cross-posting on all your social media platforms – you should be tailoring your content to the situation and your audience. If I follow you on Instagram and Twitter and Facebook (chances are I will if I like your work) then I don't want to see the same post on all platforms at the same time: it feels like lazy communication.]
With this technique - Tell it ten ways – you'll generate a lot of different posts, so there will be no need to use the same text everywhere at the same time (it's not a problem to re-use the posts on other platforms, on another day, so long as the content is relevant to the audience).
What to do
Start by identifying the main points you need to highlight: what is the essential information (eg dates, times, location, theme, details about products etc)? Write a list of key words or phrases.
Now, try writing 10 versions of this information (the shorter the better: tweet length or 2-3 sentences is ideal, even for Instagram and Facebook). Make sure you cover everything that is essential.
Once you've written 10 posts with this basic, essential information, try writing 10 more that focus on the emotive, sensory and storytelling aspects of the work/event.
[This is really hard to do! It will be challenging and frustrating, but stick with it. By pushing past where you would normally stop, you should find ways to describe your work that go beyond the old familiar words you rely on. This is how fresh ideas are born.]
Now you have 20 completely different social media posts ready to go!
Draw up a social media plan/timetable, create your list of hashtags (your keywords will help with this), draft and schedule your posts (in an app like Hootsuite) and your promotion will take care of itself.
*If you are looking for support with your social media marketing, I can whole-heartedly recommend seeking the help of Rosalind Davis. Rosalind runs courses and masterclasses in social media marketing and I find her approach, which is to foster an online culture of connection, authenticity and empowerment, beyond mere self-promotion, really positive.


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Become a Speaker
We're always looking for our next great speakers! Do you have an interesting story to tell? Have a look at our Speaker Expression of Interest. You could be part of our fundraiser!
Our Speakers – November 15th, 2018
Rachel Harrison
Navigating the Uncharted: Being Confident in the Face of Fear
Rachel Harrison is a peak performance expert and the Founder of Blue Dragon Coaching. Having worked on six continents and in over 15 countries, she has a wealth of experience and knowledge to help leaders navigate the unknowns in their business to increase their impact and results. This speaker and coach knows how to increase leadership capabilities, build impressive revenue streams and create high performance outcomes. With her vast background in information technology, competitive intelligence and sales she recently started working with a Motivindex as the lead Sales Research Manager for the UK and US. She loves supporting community and is the host and emcee of a monthly speaking event based in Halifax called Momondays.
Laura Simpson
Laura Simpson is the CEO and co-founder (along with artist, Dan Mangan ) of Side Door , a Canadian startup with the mission to create greater value and opportunities for performing artists by facilitating shows in houses and other alternative venues. The online platform matches artists and hosts based on preferences, then books and tickets shows. Side Door's mission is to give audiences instant access to intimate and unique events happening in their own neighborhoods, hosted by passionate community curators. Laura also founded The Syrup Factory , which began (and continues to be) a concert venue in her home and evolved to include artist consultation. Although she's lived in and travelled to various places, she's always returned home to Nova Scotia. She believes experiencing amazing live art in intimate community settings leads to stronger human connection, greater empathy and improved mental health.
Amy Schwartz
Amy is the loyal but mischievous friend who convinced you to go nightswimming, sing in math class, eat too many mangoes, tell the whole truth, start the dance floor, stand up for justice, show some love and take the plane rather than the job. Her secret-not-secret passion is finding herself at home everywhere: from a 43 ft sailboat en route from Cape-Town to Florida, to the local matriarch's front lawn on Easter Island, a first-edition VW bus in Argentine Patagonia, a raft on the Karnali river in Nepal, a bike in the Peruvian Amazon, her hammock-tent on a Mozambiqe beach, next to more surf-breaks than she cares.
Before launching UnleashSurf – a remote-working and travel experience for surfers with wanderlust, Amy was a specialist in creating healthy and active places that you'd like to linger in, developing government policy for community-led renewable energy, running the Nova Scotia Sea School and guiding outdoor adventures. She's gotten accolades as an Agent of Change by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce and her founder story has been featured in fantastic publications like Forbes, Inc and Cooler Mag. She grew up on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia.
Kathryn MacKinnon
From Ordinary to Legendary
Kathryn helps women stop comparing and competing so they can let go of Ordinary and discover their Legendary. For her, this means finishing 19 Ironman triathlons (each of which consists of a 3.8 km swim, 180 km bike ride and a 42.2 km run (full marathon) to be completed in 17 hours).
Over twenty years ago Kathryn got off the couch and started swimming. She could barely swim 50m before needing to stop and catch her breath. From there she added cycling to her repertoire then taught herself to run and entered her first triathlon.
Fast forward to two years ago; Kathryn qualified to compete at the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii, which, for her, was a dream come true. Sadly, she got sick on the bike, missed the cut-off and wasn't allowed to continue the race.
This year, she's back in Hawaii to give it another shot and is facing the fear of not finishing again.
There were many reasons why she "should" have waited until next year to make her comeback but something inside her told her to go this year.
If there is one thing Kathryn has learned in her life, it's to…Trust the voice inside her, as it will never lie!
April 19th, 2018
Pernille Fischer Boulter
As the founder of Kisserup International Trade Roots Canada Inc., Kisserup Europe and Kisserup Arctic, Pernille has over 25 years of international business experience. She provides advisory services, project management, trade training and consulting services to public and private sector organizations worldwide. She is facilitating public/private partnership development, consulting and export development services and has established successful joint ventures across the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia, Pacific, Latin, South and North America. With comprehensive experience conducting global projects she has worked on contracts funded by the European Development Fund (EDF), Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), the Caribbean Development Bank and the United Nations Development Program.
Several of her projects have been showcased as Best Practices on SME Development in ACP by European Union funded Donors. She has worked on projects in over 90 countries, on 6 continents and in 25 sectors. She is frequently retained as a keynote speaker on international trade, investment and entrepreneurship in both private and public sectors and she is an internationally recognised Subject Matter Expert on SME development.
Bridget Williams
Bridget Williams has been CEO, Author, and Proprietress since July 2016. She is the business owner of Adjusting Your Life Style Frugal Spending B. Williams.
Bridget returned to Nova Scotia in 2013 as a Stage 4 cancer Survivor who in fact thought she was coming home to die. It has been 5 years. She actually wrote a book about Transitioning After Stage 4 Cancer-Going Home to Die.
Bridget is enormously grateful. After her diagnosis, she decided to fight back, by transforming her lifestyle and entire self. She challenged herself with determination, diligence and patience began to rebuild her life piece by piece. Her life lesson is a blessing and she is a vessel of restoration.
Since July 2016 she has written 20 books which are currently available on Barnes and Noble and Amazon. She had to champion positive beliefs and remove sabotage/hindrances from her life. She believes in mentoring and helping others through her personal experiences and transparency. Bridget felt it was necessary to help others through her personal story, challenges, staring over, removing the shadows, time waits for no one, and taking back what was stolen with in her spirit. She believes in providing others with the necessary tools to begin again which is a dedication of service and education.
When Bridget received emails from others locally and from other countries whom she has never met, she took it as an indication of how she has helped, impacted, empowered, and inspired. This was the WOW factor or AHA moment for her.
Bridget had the opportunity to be employed for a number of different industries from banking, education, corporate, health, not for profit, private sector, insurance, timeshares, property management, and the list goes on. Her books help students to seniors.
Beth McKay
Beth has always lived life driven by her curiosity & courage. From finance, to film, to successful Entrepreneur, today, as a Professional Co-Active Coach, she serves women by being open and vulnerable. Through one-on- one coaching, workshops and speaking, Beth champions women to let go of the 'to-do's' and stories that are holding them back from living a Brave and Bodacious Life, without apology.
November 16th, 2017
Jen Nicholson
Jen Nicholson is a mom of four teenage girls, a Chartered Professional Accountant and a partner with Executive Finance. Jen has climbed up – and then down the corporate ladder and now helps finance professionals become executives and move from the cubicle to the corner office. She has over 20 years of experience – some good and some bad in public and private energy, mining and shipping companies as well as academia. She is now building a successful business and life on her terms.
Hon. Joanne Bernard E.C.N.S
Joanne Bernard has been building communities for over 15 years in Nova Scotia. She is currently CEO and President of Easter Seals Nova Scotia and sits on the Board of Directors of MSVU Alumni Association.
In 2002, Joanne established the Marguerite Centre, the only residential facility for women recovering from addictions and abuse in Nova Scotia. Her leadership in the women's community continued in 2005 as she was tasked to lead Alice Housing, which offers second stage housing for women and children leaving abusive relationships. In 2008, she developed Healing the Bruises, the only interventionist therapy program in Atlantic Canada for child witnesses of domestic violence.
Ms. Bernard has been recognized for her work in the non-profit field, having led Alice Housing to multiple Donner Awards. Professionally she has received the Peter F. Drucker award for Non Profit Management in Canada in 2011, the Holly House Award for her work on the issue of homelessness and in 2015 the Inspire Award for her Public Service
Elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in 2013, Ms. Bernard was immediately appointed to the Executive Council of Nova Scotia where she served as Minister of Community Services, Housing Nova Scotia, Disabled Persons Commission and Advisory Council for the Status of Women.
Ms. Bernard holds of Bachelor of Arts (Political Science with Distinction) from Mount Saint Vincent University, Masters of Arts (Political Science) from Acadia University and a Certificate of Leadership from Saint Mary's University.
Joanne is married to Annette, mother to grown son Taylor and proud owner of 5 rescued cats.
Lori Anne Jones
Lori Anne is the founder and CEO of SHIFT Strategies – a Change Consulting firm where she and her team help organizations and individuals activate their transformation potential and evolved to their next level of brilliance. LoriAnne is a dynamic entrepreneur with a over 20 years of experience supporting transformation and creating positive space for personal and organizational evolution. She believes that everyone has, at a core level, the courage and capacity to overcome and emerge from challenges and adversity stronger and more resilient. Lori Anne is also an artist with a prismatic world view able to see the possibility of many views, perspectives and possibilities which serves her well in her business as she works with individuals and organizations to realize their full potential and maximize their impact. She has a passion for and a commitment to assisting young women realize their potential and has created an empowerment program called SPARK where she creates the opportunity for young women to harness their gifts and activate their brilliance.
C.C. Dorrie
C.C. Dorrie spent the first eight years of her life in Hnusta, Slovakia living in a world of fear and violence, until she was abducted by her father. Eventually settling in Canada, she did not see her mother again until she was a teenager. After their emotional reunion, she spent many years running from her past in search of something just out of reach. Along the way, she met both angels and devils in disguise, before finding the courage to open her Pandora Box.
She has enjoyed living peacefully on the coast of Nova Scotia with her husband and two children since 2005. Every day, she wakes up and looks out at the Atlantic Ocean and its glittering blue waters—much like the waters of the majestic Mediterranean, into which she poured her heart all those years ago. This is her first book.
Speakers from our 2018 Spring Fundraiser:
Rachel Sovka
Rachel is a bold believer in love and resilience. Across 20 countries, through journalism and international development, she has helped people embrace lives of meaning, tap danced, and consumed unhealthy amounts of hot sauce – in that order.
Rachel studied anthropology and philosophy in British Columbia and Quebec before falling in love and spontaneously hitchhiking across the country to Halifax where she was hired at CTV News. When she's not in the newsroom, Rachel leads community engagement projects from flashmob music videos to teaching classes of refugees, and volunteers with influential organizations from Global Shapers to Symphony Nova Scotia. Rachel is an advocate for women's rights and literacy in prisons; she currently serves on the board of directors for Halifax's roller derby league and Youth Art Connection. Lately, she can be found running marathons, becoming a certified hot air balloon pilot, and working to launch a company that makes spreading love more central, creative, and accessible – because she believes in love, and so do you.
Natalie Frederick-Wilson
Natalie launched House of Auto Details and Krown Rust Control with her husband David in 2013. This Bedford, Nova Scotia business has built an innovative and holistic approach to automotive detailing, vehicle reconditioning, and rust protection, helping clients protect their vehicles and preserve antique and exotic cars. Clients include Luckett Vineyards, Tim Hortons, Ford Canada, and BMW Halifax. House of Auto Details has won two Silver Awards from the Halifax Chamber of Commerce: New Business of the Year in 2015 and Small Business of the Year in 2017.
An American immigrant of Afro-Caribbean descent, Natalie believes that helping others succeed is the greatest form of service. She encourages other small business to take calculated risks, mentors international students and newcomers, and enjoys speaking on panels and at networking events. She also sits on the marketing board for Sandy Lake Academy, represents the Halifax Chamber as an ambassador, and volunteers for various community health initiatives.
Denika Coakley
Denika is a woodworker and artist with a lifelong love for design and carpentry. She has loved to paint for as long as she can remember and as a child built boats with her grandfather and older brother. She incorporates her love of painting and building into her one-of-a-kind custom furniture and design.
Today, Denika runs her own company, DC Woodworks, from her home in Dartmouth while raising two young daughters. Her vision is to inspire women of all ages, especially her daughters, to go after their dreams and have the confidence to venture into male-dominated careers.
Lianne Perry
Lianne is an award-winning freelance writer and performer with extensive experience in theatre. In 2015, she received funding to tour her original one-woman comedy show in Nova Scotia. She's Got Mono chronicles Lianne's personal experiences of living with bipolar disorder. In addition to her creative pursuits, Lianne has worked with the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary's University since 2010, where she administers employability programs for youth and provides consulting services in online marketing and technology efficiency for businesses in Atlantic Canada. Lianne is a Faculty Advisor for the Enactus team at Saint Mary's University, a founding member of the Nova Scotia Women in Technology task force, and member of the Techsploration Advisory Board.
A keen and driven entrepreneur, Lianne is also co-founder of two technology companies. PinPoint Virtual Solutions creates mobile apps and online solutions for the event market, and Karmabuy is a start-up focusing on community purchasing power, connecting companies that care with social enterprises creating unique handmade gifts. Lianne loves being in business, and always has more ideas than time to implement them.


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The well-documented and lamented Higher Education tuition fees rise has forced many English students to consider undertaking their studies at Irish and Scottish institutions as this article suggests. Tuition fees in Ireland prove to be less costly than those in England following the forthcoming tuition fees hike.
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland looks likely to see an increase in applications from English students wishing to avoid next year's higher tuition fees.
In Ireland, UK students can secure a top-class degree which would cost zero for tuition. Under EU rules, all students from EU countries who attend EU universities are treated the same as local applicants, who in Ireland, pay nothing. So, English students who wish to attend Trinity College Dublin, potentially, foot the bill only for living costs and an annual administration charge of €2,000 (£1,723) for student services and exams.
This prospect compares favourably with the prospect of facing up to £9,000 per year on tuition fees and potentially £27,000 worth of debt for a three-year degree programme.
Meanwhile, Scottish universities are also drawing-in English students looking for a cheaper but good quality education. An estimated 22,500 English students currently study at Scottish universities and pay annual fees of £1,820 for course typically lasting four years.
With a record 583,500 students applying to university this year, with no extra places created, many of them who are hoping to beat the tuition fees hike in 2012, are more likely than ever to fail to secure a place at university even with the prospect of cheaper tuition fees offered elsewhere.
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text: Share: Comments Print April 15, 2014 at 4:31 PM With social media training, Huskies hope to put their best tweet forward Posted by Adam Jude When he was at Boise State, Chris Petersen banned players from using Twitter, the popular social media networking site. At Washington, Petersen has relaxed his stance a bit — though he hasn't quite jumped in completely. The Huskies' new head man is the only Pac-12 coach without a Twitter profile, but he hasn't ruled out the idea of a first Coach Pete tweet. On Saturday, UW players participated in a seminar with a social media strategist to educate them about "the right way" to use Twitter and the like, Petersen said. "That's the world we live in," he said. "We've got to be able to operate in it, do it the right way, open our eyes, see what kind of message we're throwing (out) about ourselves, the university, what our brand is going to be. Very good talk, and hopefully our guys got something out of it. I think they enjoyed it. I think they liked it. I think it was informative. I think it was right on the money." Twitter has become a powerful tool to use for coaches in recruiting — per NCAA rules, coaches can send private messages to recruits, and many recruits now announce their college destinations on Twitter — and everyone on UW's staff created a new Twitter profile upon arriving at UW. Everyone, that is, but Petersen. "The only way I'm (going to do) that is because of recruiting," he said, smiling. "So we'll see." Great Media Training Session today for the #dawgs social media is a tremendous platform for future business opportunities!!! #postsmart — Jordan Paopao (@CoachPaopao) April 12, 2014 Last week of Spring practice! #FinishStrong #GoDawgs — Brent Pease (@CoachPease) April 15, 2014 The Huskies have a tradition of excellence! Rose Bowl champs '38, '60, '61, '78, '79, '81, '82, '91, 92, 01 #TBT #DawgLife #UWHistory — Peter Kwiatkowski (@CoachK_UW) April 10, 2014 What a great view to start the day! Another beautiful morning in Seattle! #GoDawgs #HuskyNation LBP! pic.twitter.com/1v6WpA9LMc — Bob Gregory (@CoachGregoryUW) April 9, 2014 Hard Work Always Pays Off #determination #grind #HuskyNation — Jimmy Lake (@coachlakeudub) April 10, 2014 Comments


text: Share: Comments Print August 22, 2011 at 11:18 AM Skype buying group text-messaging and calling service GroupMe Posted by Janet I. Tu Internet phone company Skype announced today that it's buying GroupMe, which provides group text messaging and calling. Skype did not say how much it will pay. The Luxembourg-based Skype, founded in 2003, is used by more than 170 million customers a month to make phone and video calls and send text messages via the Internet, for free or at a fraction of the cost of landline and wireless calls. Recently, it's looked to expand its services to different platforms, introducing group video and buying a mobile video provider called Qik, according to The Associated Press. GroupMe, a New York-based startup, is one of Microsoft's BizSpark partners, which provides selected fledgling companies with free software and coaching, according to Mary Jo Foley at ZDNet. GroupMe allows users to have multiple "disposable" groups, and works on a variety of phones, reports Foley, who adds that company backers had big plans to port their application to the upcoming Windows Phone update, codenamed "Mango." Skype itself is being acquired by Microsoft, which announced in May an $8.5 billion deal to buy Skype. The deal — the largest acquisition in Microsoft's history — is awaiting final approval from international regulators. Comments


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Mrs. Pratt has become quite enamored with Flickr.com She's on her page practically every night now adding photos. I'm glad she is- for a few months I wanted her to write a blog but she declined. She does however like to use her camera, so inspired by a few of my friends and their awesome flickr pages- she started her own.
Now last weekend we went to a car show. She was snapping away with her camera and I was happy because then maybe that night when I wrote a post I would be able to use some of the car pics.
She's got a little arty with some of her photos lately. They are taken at odd angles and generally unusuable by me. If I'm writing about a car show I'd like to show you the whole car not a quarter of a fender.
So I was teasing my Ansel Adams about this and then declared I would take arty flickr pics around the kitchen...my results:
Silly Greyton.
Shot Glasses.
Cupboard invasion.
I got the Look of Death then from her. I tried to take a picture of it but she was cursing at me worth a thousand words.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
I Am A Camera...
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I've been known to watch the occasional cat video online or to sometimes partake in viewing compilations of motorcycle jump fails. Of course, I'll waste time on dumb stuff, too, such as online quizzes that serve no purpose other than providing advertisers a place to reach me.
One of those quizzes sucked me in, and I normally wouldn't share my results or admit that I used valuable work time to complete it, but today, being Friday and all, I'll make an exception.
The quiz was titled, "Can You Match the Car to the Movie?"
Well, of course I can. I am, after all, a car guy, so I expected a hundred percent. As it turns out, to know your movie cars, it's also good to know a thing or two about movies.
Which I apparently I don't.
Out of 30 questions, I got 24 right for a score of 80 percent. That's not bad on the surface, but there were also about 4 I randomly guessed and got right. The ones I got wrong are pictured below. Then below that I'll tell you what they are so you can study before you go play.
1. This 1949 Buick Roadmaster was in "Rain Man."
2. The Porsche 944 was Jake's car in "Sixteen Candles."
3. The famous Aston Martin DB5 as seen in"Goldfinger."
4. The 1970 Dodge Charger R/T from "The Fast and the Furious." (Nope, I've never seen it.)
5. The 1965 Mercedes-Benz 220SE from "The Hangover" (I would have guessed "Driving Miss Daisy" had it been an option.)
6. This fully operational self-propelled submarine is also a Lotus Esprit and was in "The Spy Who Loved Me."
The link to play is here. If you give it a try, come back, leave a comment, and let me know if you beat me!
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Where God Leads, He Provides For Your Needs
Do You Believe It?
Other versions of this motto are:
"God's will done in God's way never lacks God's supply!"
"Where He guides, He provides!"
While it seems irreverent to disagree, I confess that I find these statements to be dangerous half-truths, maybe even shallow intellectually. I wonder if they come from a misunderstanding of the George Mueller "principle" of telling no one but God about your finances.
The missionary mis-application boils down to this:
Do your ministry faithfully and the money will come in.
No need to muddy your hands with fundraising. Furthermore, if the money does not come in, you may not be doing your ministry well enough. Hmmmm….
Do the Scriptures actually teach this?
Psalm 104 says that God provides for all His works. He sends water and food for wild donkeys, birds and man. But look at verse 14 and 15:
"He makes grass grow for the cattle and plants for man to cultivate—bringing forth food from the earth: wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil to make his face shine and bread that sustains his heart." (NIV)
Instead of the word "cultivate" the New American Standard uses the phrase "for the labor of man." Labor! Work is needed!
The food is there in raw form, but man must cultivate it! It doesn't fall into his mouth from heaven! From the beginning God set it up this way. Adam and Eve had work to do in order to thrive physically. Even the animals must "gather it up" (verse 28).
As a bird-watcher, I appreciate Jesus' references to birds in Matthew 6:26 where he says that our "heavenly father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they?" But what do birds spend most of their waking hours doing?
I have seen Robin Chats in Kenya energetically scratching at the ground and digging around under bushes. I have seen Black Kites in Kampala soaring low across the city swooping down over garbage dumps or tourist picnic areas! I have seen Northern Gannets a mile off the coast of Prince Edward Island diving repeatedly into the cold ocean waters.
What are these birds doing? They are working hard seeking food their heavenly father has "provided!" Some biologists say birds spend 60% of their waking hours looking for food.
Animals instinctively know they have a role to play or they starve. Similarly, as missionaries you and I have a "food seeking" role to play too.
Isn't it interesting that businessmen or farmers or factory workers do not expect that God will provide for them without their directly working on an economic plan? But missionaries have gotten the wrong idea that they needn't bother with financial stuff.
However, we all have heard miraculous stories of how God provided for missionaries without the missionaries doing anything financial. True. It has happened to me too. But it doesn't happen all the time as the norm for all missionaries.
It is time to look below the surface of these half-truths:
- How many ministry workers leave the field because they do not experience last-second-miraculous-financial-deliveries?
- What is the pressure on mission wives who must provide hospitality for many guests?
- What is the discouragement quotient for those who "don't have enough faith" to live this way?
I find it takes more faith to pick up the phone to courageously ask for a meeting with a friend to invite him to join my ministry financial team than to wait by the mailbox for money to appear miraculously!
Okay, a conclusion: I can accept these rich theological statements if we add a caveat.
Where God leads, He will provide for your needs when you participate with Him by doing your part financially.
I am not suggesting we trust God less! Actually, I am suggesting we trust God more wisely by doing our part in His provision for us. And when you do your part financially, that is true ministry that blesses you as well as others.
Now, what is your part?


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Divorce And Family Law In Cyprus
Divorce is on the rise in Cyprus and there are calls for reform to make it more efficient. At present there is a fault-based system and the church retains some influence. Cyprus is also a popular destination for British citizens to marry.
Divorce in Cyprus
A petitioner must rely on one or more of a number of grounds to demonstrate the irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. These include inexcusable absence and the refusal of one spouse to have children. If spouses have been 'continuously estranged' for more than four years it's not necessary to prove irretrievable breakdown.
A petition following a civil marriage may be presented at any time provided one spouse has been resident in Cyprus for at least 3 months. If there was a religious marriage the petitioner must inform a bishop of the grounds for divorce and wait three months from this notification before issuing the petition.
Although the Cypriot courts can make interim orders in relation to property and the family home while the divorce is ongoing, for the substantive resolution of disputes it's necessary to issue separate applications. The courts only have power to divide property that was acquired jointly after the marriage.
In relation to child arrangements, direct relatives as well as parents are permitted to make applications to the court.
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Worthwhile List Building Through A Worth it Relationship
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By Ellen Fussell Policastro
"There's a conflict between safety and productivity – sometimes referred to as war," Pat Barry said.
Barry, the regional marketing lead for safety at Rockwell Automation, described ways to achieve a safe and productive environment with machinery in a Rockwell/ISSSource webcast last Wednesday. Click here to download an on demand version of the webcast.
Rockwell Achieves Machine Safety
Safety Excellence Award Nominations Open
Automating Machine Safety Design
Safety, Security Meet at Automation Forum
Forum: Safety as a Business Driver
But the conflict doesn't have to occur. There is a place where safety and productivity can coexist with each other. Sometimes safety can even enhance productivity if you do it the right way.
"We live by two rules to keep people safe. The first rule is, if you need access to a machine, you turn it off. Second, if a machine is running you keep away from it," Barry said. The term Lockout/Tagout (LOTO) refers to isolation of energy and machine guarding. But when we resort to LOTO, "we end up with a well-guarded machine that nobody can work with while it's operating," Barry said. That of course is not practical, so we need to revisit how to run machinery safely and be as productive as possible at the same time.
Active vs. Passive
LOTO, an active safe guard, lets you perform maintenance tasks, "but we also have this medium space known as a minor service exception that says for certain tasks we are allowed to use something other than LOTO and allow someone to access a machine without going through the formal LOTO process," he said.
So if we have to access the machine, we have two choices: LOTO or an alternate means of hazardous energy control. LOTO is an active safe guard. That means an employee has to take action to implement that safeguard. When we use alternative means, we design the safeguard so it's passive. That means an employee doesn't have to do anything to take advantage of that safeguard. It's kind of like the seat belt versus the air bag in an automobile, Barry said. "With a seat belt, somebody has to take action to implement that safeguard. In an airbag system, they are protected by that safeguard just by driving; they don't have to do anything extra." This is the same principal we want to apply when talking about safeguarding people around machinery.
Safety Can Enhance Productivity
The first goal of machine safety system is to keep people safe naturally, and it has always been about that. But this has led to a perception that safety equals LOTO. People think safety means stop. That perception has continued despite advances in standards and technology.
If you believe safety means stop, that would lead to the safest companies being the least productive. "But we have data that shows the opposite is true. The companies with the best operational performance also have the best safety performance," Barry said. "So that perception is something we continually have to fight against."
How do these companies implement safety so they can stay productive? They design safety at the start of the recipes, thinking about how humans interact with machines, and they streamline that process. Then they do a true risk assessment. They evaluate risks with hazards and choose safeguards to match that level of risk.
One important concept is the hazard control hierarchy. "If you have to reach in and clear a jam, first you have to figure out why there's a jam and then try to get rid of it," Barry said. "When you think of it that way, you're not just going through a safeguard exercise but a productivity exercise. But you start from the aspect of safety."
So how does this process lead to productivity improvements?
• Design tasks out of the process. If there's a jam, and we can eliminate the source, the machine stays up longer.
• Make improvements through industrial automation. Give the system some intelligence and make it react to situations better than in the past. This gives more information to operators and allows them to resolve problems faster.
• Implement alternative methods of control. If we do have to get into the machine, we design a system that allows someone to perform a task using safeguarding systems.
Good Risk Assessment
How do we use a good sound safeguarding process to find improvements? The standards all say the same thing and describe a safe guarding project through design and installation, Barry said. Then over time you can monitor and make sure the system doesn't change. But one common mistake is to place safeguards without considering how it will affect people trying to do their jobs. This ends up hurting productivity.
Before you step into a good safeguarding process, make a decision about how to prioritize your machines, he said. Don't skip steps; go through the prioritizing activity.
To decide which machines to attack first, look at which ones have had incidents or near misses. Which ones are oldest or being replaced? It's much less important how you decide than it is to just have a methodology to make that decision, he said. So go through the prioritization exercise first.
Then you can move into the detailed process. The first step is a risk assessment. One example is a slicer, Barry said. The task is to clean the cutting section three times per day. The hazard is the potential to cut or sever something due to an unexpected start. The current safeguard is LOTO. Pick a standard for your assessment. That will help you rate the risk in a consistent fashion and measure the level of risk that a person encounters as he or she goes through that task.
Here's where the user can decide which safeguard he'll put into place, Barry said. "Can I design the hazard out? What about a guard, monitoring process, or interlocked gates? If we can do nothing to the machine to protect this person, then we look at protective equipment. It's all about coming up with options. What if we use an alternate method? We'll put a locking guard. Here's where standards can help."
If you're using an alternate method, make sure you're designing this safeguard according to the level of risk, Barry said. Pick a standard and go with it. But watch out for red flags — minor service exceptions for certain tasks. We can use alternative energy methods and design circuits to address that level of risk. We need to control the circuit that powers the motor, not the one that tells the motor to stop and go.
The slicer example is an actual incidence in which someone moved from LOTO to an alternate measure — an interlocking guard that removed energy when it was open and resolved the problem, he said. Rockwell met the standards for safety and reduced the duration of shutdown. "We allowed the user to increase their daily production by 17 percent. That's a significant difference in their productivity," he said. "Again, it was the result of using a good safety process and understanding how people will interact with machinery."
Invest in Technology
While generating the best operational and safety performance involves use of good risk management strategy, robust procedures to figure out risks, and standards, it is also based on a good safety culture and a company's willingness to invest in new safety technology.
But remember a good safety program is a progression, not an event. You don't sign up to use contemporary safety technologies and just have them work. It doesn't happen instantaneously, but it doesn't have to take years to generate. Buy-in has to come from the top and cascade down through the rest of the company, and it has to be enforced. It can't be without reward or without consequence.
"One of the places we see a common thread is where people have LOTO processes, they have to make sure they enforce the policies in place," Barry said. "Also make sure you involve people working on machines, and make sure they're rewarded for their involvement. Nobody knows a machine better than those people working on it." If you get their buy-in, you go a long way helping them do their jobs safely and efficiently.
Click here to view Barry's presentation.


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He operates a stable of just seven or eight horses at Parx Racing, but 44-year-old trainer Luis Carvajal Jr. is currently on his way to contest the biggest race of his career. Imperial Hint, a 4-year-old son of Imperialism, is taking his connections on the ride of a lifetime as they travel to Del Mar for the Breeders' Cup Sprint.
"It's not just a one-in-a-million opportunity," said Carvajal, "it's like one in two million."
Undefeated through four starts in 2017, Imperial Hint gave Carvajal and owner Raymond Mamone their first graded stakes victory in the G3 General George at Laurel Park in February. That led to an invitation to contest the Dubai Golden Shaheen, but the colt had a fever after the overseas flight and had to miss the race. Carvajal kept him there for a couple months, training him easily, and by the time the pair returned to the United States Imperial Hint was back in perfect health.
On July 1, Imperial Hint won the "Win and You're In" Smile Sprint at Gulfstream by 4 ¾ lengths, and in September he took the listed Donald LeVine Memorial at Parx by 6 ¾ lengths "under wraps," according to the Equibase chart. He completed six furlongs in 1:07.55 in the LeVine, and has earned triple-digit Beyer figures in his last five consecutive starts.
The only issue has been Imperial Hint's diminutive size; even today, the colt stands only 15 hands tall.
"He did grow, eventually," Carvajal laughed. "Just not taller. He grew out to the sides, like me."
A native of Chile, Carvajal first thought he might follow his father into the saddle as a jockey. Luis Carvajal Sr. won approximately a thousand races in Chile, a significant number considering the limited racing opportunities. Carvajal Jr. quickly grew too tall for those aspirations but had already fallen in love with horse racing.
Seeing his son's interest in the sport, in 1988 Carvajal Sr. decided to bring him to the United States, where the opportunities for a career would be much better than in Chile. Carvajal Jr. was just 15 years old at the time. It would be a short-lived move for Carvajal Sr., who returned to Chile to ride after a few years.
Carvajal Jr., however, found work at the track for trainer Angel Penna, Jr. He galloped horses in the mornings and quickly learned the ropes as an assistant trainer, soaking in all Penna had to teach him.
"He is a classy, classy man," Carvajal said of Penna. "Still today, if I have a question about something, I can always call him and he is happy to help me."
Imperial Hint will be ridden in the TwinSpires Sprint by Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano and will leave the starting gate from post 10.
"It's a perfect match," the trainer said, noting that Castellano has ridden him in his last two wins. "My horse isn't too big, and neither is Javier. But they both have big hearts."
Behind the Scenes with a first-time Breeders' Cup Stable
With a pair of entrants in the Breeders' Cup for the first time, trainer Tim Glyshaw has gotten more media coverage in the past month than he has over the course of his entire career. His cell phone, which rang pretty consistently with calls from owners and jockey agents before Bucchero and Bullards Alley won their respective races at Keeneland and Woodbine, is now ringing nearly non-stop.
On Wednesday, Glyshaw attended the Breeders' Cup Media Day, essentially a free-for-all in which trainers and jockeys are lined up to answer any and all questions from the media. A room full of cameras and microphones and tape recorders in front of eager faces, there's no question the media can be intimidating.
As a former high school teacher, Glyshaw isn't afraid to talk in front of an audience, but he admits there is certainly some pressure on him at the Breeders' Cup.
"Sure, it's exciting," said Glyshaw. "But it's like Vince Lombardi said, 'when you get into the endzone, act like you've been there before.' So that's what I try to do."
Aidan O'Brien has a pair in the Classic?
He just broke Bobby Frankel's record for Grade 1 wins in a single season, but trainer Aidan O'Brien isn't one to rest on his laurels.
The Ballydoyle conditioner has never won the Breeders' Cup Classic, and he enters this weekend's World Championships with two contenders in the 1 ¼-mile dirt contest.
From 14 entrants, O'Brien finished second in the Classic twice, in 2000 with Giant's Causeway and in 2008 with Henrythenavigator. In 2013, Declaration of War was a heart-wrenching third in the Classic, beaten just a head in a three-way photo for the win. Most recently Gleneagles ran eighth in the 2015 Classic.
"You can never be completely sure when you try something you haven't tried (with a horse) before," O'Brien said. "All you can do is hope. I think for the Classic, you have to be tactically quick from the gate, you have to be tactically quick the first half of the race, and then you have to be able to tough it out."
Rather than changing up the training methods, O'Brien has been working to pick out the right kind of horse for the Breeders' Cup Classic.
"We really always hope to have a horse that has kind of miler speed, and that gets a mile and a quarter, and obviously then they have to break well and do everything through the race right and they have to handle the dirt," he explained. "So there's a lot of variables that we're not really sure of."
This year's two entrants are led by Churchill, a 3-year-old son of Galileo who won both the English and Irish 2000 Guineas earlier this season. Churchill hasn't found the winner's circle since then, but he has finished well in three of his four most recent starts. Last out, the colt was third in the QEII at Ascot on Oct. 21, meaning he enters the Classic on just two weeks' rest.
"(The dirt) could help him, it could help get his blood running, get his blood up," said O'Brien. "He can be a little bit laid back. It's not a bad thing as long as he doesn't get back too far, or he's too lazy the first half of the race. So you hope that he jumps then, that he charges in the first half of the race."
War Decree is O'Brien's other Classic entrant. The intriguing sophomore son of War Front last raced over the synthetic surface at Dundalk, winning the Group 3 Koffy Diamond Stakes by an authoritative 2 ¼ lengths.
"We had (the Classic) in our head from a long time back," O'Brien said. "After the French Derby he was having a break and it was always possible that he could do that. But things have to go right, and he has to come through the trial and error. And he did that at Dundalk."
After a season of 26 Group One wins (so far), O'Brien remains competitive.
"Yes, we've gotten close, but we haven't won it yet," he said of the Breeders' Cup Classic. "It would be really special, obviously. We've been trying for 20 years, so we don't take anything for granted."
Del Mar History: Best Pal's Pacific Classic — Natalie Voss
These days, the Grade 1 Pacific Classic has a reputation for great performances, with recent winners including California Chrome, Beholder, Shared Belief, and Game On Dude. But every race must start somewhere.
In August 1991, the race for top 3-year-old was far from clear cut, with Kentucky Derby winner Strike the Gold and Preakness/Belmont winner Hansel putting vying for the title. While the two were building their 3-year-old resumes, Owner/breeder John Mabee homebred Best Pal was experiencing a dry spell. After racking up six wins in his first eight starts, including three at Del Mar, the gelding had gone winless for seven months. He had earned his keep, with a third in the G2 San Rafael and seconds in the G1 Santa Anita Derby and Kentucky Derby, but it wasn't until the G2 Swaps in July that he found the finish line first once more.
Mabee was chairman of Del Mar's board and it was he who pushed for the creation of the $1 million Pacific Classic. The Mabees and their Golden Eagle Farm had been fixtures on the California racing scene for two decades.
"We just wanted to run a horse in this race that wouldn't disgrace us," Mabee told the Los Angeles Times. "I thought he was better coming into this race than the press gave him credit for, but maybe this was just owner prejudice.
"There's no question that he's got a fan base. He would have been 15-1 instead of 9-2 if they had paid attention to the handicappers in the papers."
Best Pal was the lone 3-year-old facing older horses in the Pacific Classic, and on top of that, had a hiccup in his training for the race. Two weeks beforehand, jockey Pat Valenzuela dropped a stirrup during a workout and lost control of the horse, who whipped around rivals on the track like a Ferrari on the California freeway. He ended up clocking :57 2/5 for five furlongs, which was not what trainer Gary Jones had in mind.
The hometown hero still had plenty of run when the field turned for home and drew away for a one-length victory.
Del Mar closed its 1991 season with the best daily average handle in the nation (over $7.8 million) and daily average attendance (37,072). At the end of the summer, management tore down the old grandstand and set about building a new one, which would open in 1993.
The Pacific Classic was just the beginning for Mabee and Best Pal. The son of Habitony (IRE) would go on to collect 17 stakes wins in total, $5.6 million in earnings, and three California Horse of the Year titles. He was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2010.
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