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Everything is ready for greeting New Year 2016!! I have done a lot of tidying over the past week and it is always a time for reflection. I found these medals from 2004 - my last year of synchronized swimming - and it is very hard (impossible!) to convey how much they mean. How much "blood, sweat and tears", dreams and goals and striving and strife and personal victories are imbued in each.
Here are some lessons I learned from a lifetime of training - in my mind, for the Olympics - and competing in this graceful, mysterious, difficult and rewarding sport. Retrospect is always 20/20, but it is valuable nonetheless, as you apply the lessons to present and future endeavors.
1.) Your Team, your Coach, and the People who surround you are everything. Everything.
2.) Your family - and friends who are like "family" - are the only ones who will stick by you the whole time, no matter what. They truly are everything.
3.) Do what you love and love what you do. It is the number one "vitamin", "medicine", "anti-depressant", and your best "Superpower" in life. It is the channel through which you tune in to your inner voice; it is also the channel through which you learn to let others in to give you much-needed guidance and constructive help (both critical life skills). There is so much insane positive energy behind doing what you love and feel you are meant to do - the world needs this. Really. It MATTERS. Find your true passion, find out what you love to do - and do it. Insanely.
4.) Talent is important. It is that one thing that will stay with you no matter what. You have to find it. You have to develop it and use it very mindfully. If you do not, you might as well be committing a small crime against humanity. But, first of all, against yourself. If you have a talent - you are certainly meant to use it, and the world has a use for it. The better-attuned you are to this special quality or set of qualities within you, the more rewarding and magical your journey. It starts with you!
5.) Lighten up. If you are not loving the pursuit of the thing you love, explore new ways of doing things, try to re-shift your body, mind or attitude, regimen or surroundings. Try different things until you find your "sweet spot" again. Flexibility is not gained through strain, and success does not come primarily from strife. Failure and challenges are part of the package. However, there simply has to be a feeling of joy in pursuing your passion - and you find that you are able to share THIS feeling and energy with the rest of the world. When that feeling slips, you are not performing to the best of your potential. Enjoyment is your inner compass that tells you to keep going, and the best way! Trust me. You will go much farther.
As I reflect on my years immersed in the grace, challenge and extreme athleticism of synchronized swimming to the present, embarking on the magical world of aerial cirque, contortion and the art of the Lyra, it is as if I am the same force learning to move through different mediums. From water to air. Over-archingly (no pun intended), I simply cannot wait to experience and share endless Love and Light through movement, which consistent training and performing entail.
Friendship. Love. Balance. Equanimity. Cheers to a Healthy, Happy, Love and achievement-filled 2016 :))) !


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Syracuse University's alumni clubs make sure you never feel far from the Dome! The following is a list of game watch locations provided to us by our clubs. Please note: the clubs organize more formal gatherings for several games. You can find a list of all upcoming events here.
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|Honolulu, HI – O'Tooles Irish Pub, 902 Nuuanu Ave.
|Los Angeles, California: The Parlor, 7250 Melrose Avenue, Alta Vista
San Diego, California: Visit the club's Facebook page for current game watch locations
San Francisco, California: The Blue Light, 1979 Union Street
Portland, Oregon: Broadway Grill & Brewery, 1700 NE Broadway, or West Coast Drinkery, 4704 SW Scholls Ferry Road
Kirkland, Washington: Contact club president Jenn Dandrea at email@example.com
Seattle, Washington: Buckley's on Queen Anne, 232 1st Avenue West
|Phoenix, Arizona: Salty Senorita, 3748 North Scotsdale Road, Scottsdale, or Half Moon Windy City, 2121 East Highland Avenue, Phoenix
Denver, Colorado: Blake Street Tavern, 2301 Blake Street
|Chicago, Illinois: Tobacco Road Taproom, 2249 North Lincoln Avenue
New Orleans, Louisiana: Beachcorner Bar & Grill, 4905 Canal Street
Dallas Fort Worth, Texas: Duff's Famous Wings, 2787 East Southlake Blvd., Southlake
Houston, Texas: Lucky's, 801 St. Emanuel Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota: LynLake Brewery, 2934 Lyndale Avenue South
Summit, Missouri: Tiff N Jay's, 700 N.E. Woods Chapel Road
|Windsor, Connecticut: Buffalo Wild Wings, 703 Poquonock Avenue
Washington, DC: Penn Quarter Sports Tavern, 639 Indiana Ave., NW, Washington, DC
Delray Beach, Florida: Bru's Room, 35 N.E. 2nd Avenue
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida: Champps, 6401 North Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale
Jacksonville, Florida: Mellow Mushroom Pizza, 9734 Deer Lake Court
Miami, Florida: Mary Brickell Village, 999 S.W. 1st Avenue
Tampa Bay, Florida: Beef O'Brady's, 4516 South Dale Mabry Highway
Venice, Florida: Bogey's Restaurant of Venice, 652 East Venice Avenue, Venice
Naples, Florida: Bokampers, 8990 Fontana Del Sol Way, Naples
Sandy Springs, Georgia: Hudson Grille, 6317 Roswell Road
Boston, Massachusetts: The Pour House, 907 Boylston Street, Green Line at Prudential
Baltimore, Maryland: Dogwatch Tavern, 709 South Broadway, Fells Point
Royal Oak, Michigan: Blackfinn Ameripub, 530 S. Main Street
Princeton, New Jersey: Brick House Tavern, 3569 US Highway 1 (Sat.); Fox & Hound, 250 Menlo Park Drive, Edison (Mon.)
Hoboken, New Jersey: Hoboken Bar & Grill, Hoboken
East Hanover, New Jersey: Miami Mike's Sports Zone, 130 Route 10 FairBridge Hotel
West Windsor, New Jersey: Buffalo Wild Wings, 3465 US -1
Albany, New York: Junior's, 1094 Madison Avenue
Buffalo, New York: Pan American Grill & Brewery, 391 Washington Street. For the Duke game (Feb. 22): New York Beer Project, 6933 S. Transit Rd., Lockport.
Metro New York City: 5th and Mad, 7 East 36th Street
Rochester, New York: Champps, Eastview Mall, Victor
Charlotte, North Carolina: Dilworth Neighborhood Grille, 911 E. Moorehead Street at McDowell
Raleigh, North Carolina: Clouds Brewing, 126 North West Street
Independence, Ohio: Winking Lizard, 6111 Quarry Lane
Cincinnati, Ohio: O'Bryon's, 1998 Madison Road
Columbus, Ohio: Buffalo Wild Wings, 5240 Bethel Center Mall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Field House, 1150 Filbert Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Redbeards, 144 6th Street
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania: Buffalo Wild Wings, 119 Bear Creek Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre
Nashville, Tennessee: Riverfront Tavern, 101 Church Street
|This list is provided to us by our alumni clubs and, while we do our best to ensure accuracy, locations are subject to change. Please visit your club's Facebook page for the most up-to-date information.
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Title : The Gulf Stream's Western Surface Front in the South Atlantic Bight, 1976-78: Preliminary Results from an Empirical Orthogonal Function Analysis,
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Personal Author(s) : Cordova,Leonidas S.
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Abstract : Preliminary results from a study of 105 weekly Experimental Ocean Frontal Analysis Charts, produced by the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office between 2 June 1976 and 31 May 1978, are reported. Basic statistics of the excursions of the front (as measured from a 64-week mean axis extending from Cape Canaveral to Cape Hatteras) show appreciable changes between year-long subsets of the data. Estimates of standard deviations as well as extreme of the frontal amplitudes are presented. Empirical Orthogonal Function Analysis has provided 6 components of the front which account for 85% of the original variance. Their associated eigenvectors offer a more compact assessment of the spatial variability and are used to generate time series whose spectra contain significant peaks in frequency bands centered near periods of 2.3, 3.2, 4.4, 6.0 and 17 weeks. A yearly band seems also present in the first five principal components. (Author)
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The clay levels in the lovely trench 8 demonstrate their capacity for holding water, but Jon C and his courageous team dig on, removing large and rather impressive pieces of painted wall plaster, which we are assuming came from the buildings before the forum, or an earlier phase of forum. The traces of these pre-forum buildings seem to be present in various forms throughout the forum trenches which is a good discovery, although the world's media remain unmoved.
Archive | September, 2011It's Saturday (posting this somewhat after the fact due to lack of internet access), more or less après le déluge of Friday, although le déluge makes periodic returns throughout the day. This causes the forum trenches to run for cover and the north-west trenches to wish they had some cover to run to. They reason correctly that by the time they have spent 5 minutes climbing up the field to the marquee, it will have probably stopped raining so they stay down the hill and stay soggy. There are rumblings of thunder and rumblings of Elf 'n' Safety issues as being the tallest and most conductive thing in the middle of a field in a thunderstorm is usually frowned upon. The Glorious Leader, however, climbs his aluminium step-ladder to photograph the trenches, despite the dangers of being remembered as the idiot who climbed a metal ladder as the thunder rumbled.


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Our topic this month: Selling/Retaining Sponsors
This will be our first meeting of 2017.
We have ~30 organizations now synchronizing their calendar. This meeting is 100% open to anyone you think would add to the conversation, so please feel free to forward the invitation.
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Barbara King
I did my first Bikram class in 2004 and wish I had discovered it years earlier. My background has always been physical having been a dancer all my life. After training at the Arts Educational Schools I pursued a career in Musical Theatre and appeared in many West End Musicals. 'Cats' The Musical, was the show that put most strain on my body having clocked up ten years in it! Ankles, knees, back, neck, to name a few, I had injured them all. I remember in my first class I was terrified to drop my head back in Camel Pose as I had had so many neck problems and my teacher said "don't worry, (as he held my head) we'll heal your neck" and he was right. I burst into tears with emotional release after my first Camel. I haven't had a problem with my neck since. I love the challenges of Bikram Yoga, the discipline, the focus, the sweat and the reward of feeling great after. All really helps create balance in my life and with the wear and tear on my body of my dancing years Bikram Yoga works on keeping me flexible and making me stronger. I finally went to Teacher Training in Los Angeles, Fall 2013; and now very happy to be teaching here at Yoga In The Lanes for BA & Simon who both taught me and inspired me as a student.
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90 minutes, 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises practiced in 40% humidity and about 42 degrees Celsius so to be warmer than your internal body temperature thus increase oxygen levels in your blood, reduce inflammation, ease joint pain and increase circulation so to rinse & rejuvenate every cell in your body.


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ÒExcellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.Ó aristotle
Welcome to the 2017 edition of Profiles of Excellence, a very special publication of the Vancouver Courier. The women and men profiled in these pages come from a wide variety of backgrounds, education, experience and expertise. What they all share is what Aristotle describes in the quote above: a commitment to excellence – an attribute that is not born, but bred in training and repetition, in years of service to their profession and to their community. The
awards these business leaders have earned are hallmarks of excellence – but the most important mark of excellence is the respect and loyalty of their customers. As you will discover in these pages, Vancouver is a community steeped in excellence in a great many fields. We are very proud to tell some of those stories of excellence here. Tim Shoults Vice-president, Content & Audience Development, Glacer Media
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Gilbert Chang, President, AllCargo Express Inc. Right: Gilbert with his core team.
AllCargo Express Inc. Experts with Cars and so Much More
Hiring a travel agent for a trip to destinations near or far is relatively easy. Look online, call someone who was recommended or check out travel listings. But what about a travel agent for cars and cargo? Who do you call when you have valuable and important goods to travel to destinations near or far? Turn to AllCargo Express Inc., a freight forwarder that manages the process of getting cargo from point A to point Z. AllCargo has been around since 1978 and has built its reputation on the ability to move collector's vehicles, but all freight is fair game for this freight forwarder – via air, ocean or ground shipping. Gilbert Chang is the President of AllCargo. He worked as the business's manager, then left to learn other aspect of the industry, but came back in 2010 when the opportunity arose to buy the business. All-in-all he's been in the freight forwarding business since 1997 and knows how it works. "It's a big market, the classic cars," he says. "But that's not all we do. It's just one of the things we specialize in and what we're best known for." Gilbert explains that it takes a significant amount of expertise to ship more than one or two cars at a time in a container. At AllCargo, the team has the precision and experience to ship multiple cars in the same container safely, efficiently and cost-effectively. "There's a difference between us and others. We have our own warehouse so we can control the quality of every single loading," notes Gilbert. "Some forwarders load at a third party warehouse. They aren't set up for cars like we are. We put them in without any scratches and we get them out without any scratches.
Everything is cared for properly from the paint job and wheels to trim and side mirrors, AllCargo has the materials to protect a car during transit, no matter where in the world it's headed. The team at AllCargo uses that same philosophy on everything they ship. Cars or cargo are taken door to door or dock to dock to ensure the shipment is done exactly the way it needs to be. With so many different types of commercial freight, it can be challenging, but Gilbert knows his team is always up for it whether a client wants to ship a container of diapers or a flat rack of heavy equipment.
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"We organize the whole movement. We are a complete logistics solution," he says. Part of his vision for the long term growth and success of the company is to offer options to his customers, which include many large businesses throughout Vancouver. "We work as the shipping department for some small companies, picking up their delivery, putting it together in one container and arranging the shipping," notes Gilbert. "We save them money. They don't incur the expense of a number of small shipments." Because AllCargo is a mid-sized operation, they can give a more customized service experience by guiding the process and offering a single point of contact. AllCargo is a shipping partner that builds relationships on trust and the fact that they continually focus on their clients' best interests.
2251 No. 5 Rd., Richmond, BC t 604.606.0633 w allcargoexpress.com
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Dr. Beth Donaldson, Family Physician & Medical Director at Copeman Healthcare.
Copeman Healthcare Collaborative care model helps motivate work-life balance
Dr. Beth Donaldson need only consider her own challenge in achieving work-life balance to truly understand the value provided by Copeman Healthcare. She has worked for the private, primary care Centre for the past 11 years and currently serves as its Medical Director and strongest advocate. "I'm passionate about this organization," Dr. Donaldson says. "I've been here since day one. In fact, I was the first female physician and the first physician to take maternity leave." And through these experiences, she has learned firsthand how challenging it can be to have a demanding career and busy family life. It's something she hears from her patients who often struggle with making healthy choices for themselves when they're stretched for time and energy. One of the ways Copeman helps with this struggle is to offer a collaborative care model where physicians and other health care experts such as dietitians, psychologists and family health nurses all work together under the same roof. "Clients don't want to have to explain their situation over and over again to various caregivers – it adds to their stress levels and consumes their time - so we make every effort to ensure they don't have to," she notes. "We're very client-focused and this is demonstrated in our customization of care," Dr. Donaldson says. "It's about putting patient needs first. Collaboration is everything. We work together for the health of our clients, bringing together every piece of the puzzle – from complete lab diagnostics to nutrition and exercise." As Medical Director, Dr. Donaldson is not only tasked with taking care of her patients, she is also responsible for modeling a healthy and positive attitude for members of her collaborative care team.
"Physicians always want to do their best, it comes with the profession," she says. "I try to keep things light-hearted and fun. You have to let the team know that you're only human. They've all seen me at my strongest, and my weakest. They see that I have to be efficient at work if I want to make it to my son's hockey game, for example. It's good for my health to have that family time and ultimately it makes me more productive when I come back to the office."
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We work together for the health of our clients bringing together every piece of the puzzle. Dr. Beth Donaldson
She says that making her family a priority helps inspire others at Copeman to do the same. It's difficult to provide the best in care to clients if care givers are not taking care of their own health too. "I practice what I preach – to my clients and my team. I eat well, and work out every morning. And when I recommend this to my clients, I understand this is not easy to achieve. But in collaboration with a dietitian and kinesiologist, we're able to offer realistic ways to integrate good health habits into the lives of our clients." With family health nurses and nurse practitioners working as the quarterbacks to bring client needs to the team, each client (and their family) has a compassionate voice championing personal issues. "I'm so proud to work at Copeman Healthcare and of the care we provide. I'm blessed because Copeman allows for flexibility and holds our wellbeing in such high regard. The company understands that I care deeply for all my patients, so I'll always give my best."
suite 300, 808 Nelson St., Vancouver, BC t 604.707.2273 w copemanhealthcare.com
State-of-the-art upcoming retirement residence Ă'OPALĂ" in Vancouver. Right: Don Ho and Candy Ho of Element Retirement Lifestyle.
Opal – Element Lifestyle Retirement Intergenerational, socially engaged, lifestyle retirement
Facing a healthcare crisis is no time to be considering a move. Unfortunately many seniors wait until they simply cannot manage.
From this, Candy recognized many retirees need to stay close to their most important relationships to consider living in a retirement community.
What if there was a place where seniors could live well before there was ever an issue? What if that home included everything to allow for intergenerational living while celebrating the importance of family?
"We want whole families to enjoy life, and we want to eliminate the tension of unspoken duty or burden," Candy says. "We engage all ages in new playful, enriching experiences. There is nothing 'old' about this environment."
There soon will be, with OPAL, an element™ community at King Edward and Cambie, just steps from Queen Elizabeth Park and the Canada Line.
At Opal, there will be a rooftop patio with views, barbeque and fire pits; private dining rooms complete with board games; and an open chef's table for culinary classes. Facilitated programs in intergenerational spaces will let seniors play and do yoga with kids, share their life stories, and instill values and skills that would otherwise be lost.
Candy Ho, Director and VP, Marketing and Corporate Relations with element™ is the daughter of Don Ho, who had the vision of a real retirement community. Candy's father pioneered the Aging in Place concept in the 90's. He led the cofounding of BC Senior Living Association and influenced the government to form the Registrar of Assisted Living. Personal experience with his own parents and in-laws drove him to create something to prevent separating companions after a lifetime together. He wanted the active spouse to continue to live fully, and to not struggle to provide care without professional training. OPAL builds on Don's legacy and the Ho family's way of living. Candy knew the residence would become her parents' home and as soon as the design began, she had a moment of eureka. "For my parents it's a non-negotiable that we all continue to be part of their life. My mom can't bear to burden anyone. She wouldn't move unless she knew the kids would be excited to play there." Candy explains. Candy's mom lives with chronic challenges, yet chooses to spend on a chef to bring the family of 12 together every day, instead of hiring assistance for herself.
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OPAL offers peace of mind for all generations, removing the scramble of moving during an urgent state of need. Priority access to 24-hour licensed care means residents are not among many thousands waiting for a bed to open. More than that, Opal will be a home with a built-in clubhouse. At Opal, life will be full of vibrancy and warmth. Don, Candy and her sister, Wendy work collaboratively with a deeply experienced team to create Opal, expected to complete in early 2019. It's based on the intergenerational concept that won Element™ an international award out of 950 projects worldwide. "Element™ is founded on a shift in mindset. We are driven by shared values and purpose." notes Candy. "Retirement is not about age, need, or whether one works. It's about meaningful connection and a quality of life that people have earned."
1147 Homer St., Vancouver, BC t 604.676.1418 w Elementlifestyleretirement.com
Evelyn Chand-Caleb, Owner, Fairlane Collision at her state-of-the-art 15,000 square foot facility.
Fairlane Collision Repairs Ltd. At Fairlane, their reputation is your guarantee
Fairlane Collision Repairs is, in every sense of the term, a family business. Evelyn Chand-Caleb took on ownership and management of the business about a year and a half ago after her father passed away. She worked with him at Fairlane for 27 years, so the progression was a natural fit. "I grew up with this business," Evelyn says. "I loved coming here and gaining knowledge in the auto repair industry from my father. I worked through different roles like managing the office, accounting and customer relations." Customers are the core of the business and Evelyn stays focused on their needs in what can be a challenging time. "When a customer sees their repaired car, smiles and tells me how happy they are, that makes me feel great," she notes. "Helping people is a core value of this business." With customer satisfaction her number one priority, Evelyn has not only invested in renovating the office to make the environment more comfortable and modern, but she has also upgraded important elements behind the scenes. "We recently upgraded some of the vehicle repair equipment and we are supporting our employees in enhancing their education," she says. "Doing a great job for our customers is what we are known for and have been for more than 39 years." The 15,000 square foot facility at Fairlane includes some of the most high-tech vehicle repair equipment available. This includes two downdraft spray booths and a state-of-the-art bake oven which all lead to professional repairs to return your car to factory specifications. Every car is repaired with the utmost attention to detail.
"We will fix your car and make you happy," Evelyn says. "While our team is savvy in the computer-driven technology, old-fashioned craftsmanship comes into play as well." A mix of ongoing government training and licensing as well as the I-Car education keeps this team on top of all the latest vehicle repair needs. Their training also allows them to do an expert job with auto glass and windshield replacements.
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Fairlane is an ICBC accredited valet shop. They guarantee their repairs, do estimates on-site for the work required and arrange for alternative transportation during the repair process. Evelyn recognizes that being a woman in the car repair industry is something of a rarity, but she feels it gives Fairlane an advantage over other shops. "I want customers to feel comfortable coming here knowing that their vehicle will be repaired to their satisfaction," she says. Evelyn interacts with customers directly, much the same way her father did. He focused on listening to his customers and being honest with them in all dealings. Evelyn is proud to carry that tradition forward. Another important aspect Evelyn gained from her father is the need to support others in the community through donations to children's organizations and hospitals. She also encourages on-site participation of students from auto body work-experience programs. Fairlane is built on family values and is proud to share these values with their customers. That's why we say "Our Reputation is your Guarantee."
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right: Debra Hewson, President and Chief Executive Officer at Odlum Brown Limited.
Odlum Brown Limited People Genuinely Make All the Difference
A lot of businesses reference the idea that people are what make the difference to their operation. At Odlum Brown Limited, this isn't just a platitude or a catchphrase, it's a reality that permeates this employeeowned and people-focused organization.
because they are drawn to the fact that this is a relationship-based business that we're all partners in," says Debra. "Good people want to be able to make a difference, and that's a big part of our success."
Odlum Brown is a full-service investment firm focused on building relationships with clients seeking investment advice. Debra Hewson, President and Chief Executive Officer, notes that every client and prospective client is an individual and is appreciated as such.
Odlum Brown's environment is one where every team member knows they matter, and the firm's low employee turnover proves it. Nearly 50% of Odlum Brown's workforce has been with the firm for 10 years or longer, and 22% for at least 20 years.
"We create relationships with our clients that can only come from understanding what they want and what works for them," she says. "There is no cookie-cutter approach here. We provide investment advice tailored to the individual investor, and we're exceptional at it."
"Whether it's our clients or our team, we treat people the way they want to be treated," Debra notes. "That's also apparent in our long-standing tradition of community involvement."
This relationship-based approach isn't always possible at other firms, where operations are often pulled in numerous directions based on fluctuating, and even conflicting, company needs. As an independent firm that doesn't participate in investment banking or trade for its own account, Odlum Brown is solely focused on one activity: advising individual clients on how to grow and preserve their wealth. In fact, for over 93 years the firm's business model has centred on aligning the firm's interests with the interests of their clients. "We're employee-owned, so we're all invested in what happens here," Debra notes. "All of our key operational and administrative functions are performed in house. We encourage our research analysts to own the stocks they recommend because we wouldn't offer anything to a client that we wouldn't want to own ourselves." In addition to those relationships built with clients, the unique corporate culture at Odlum Brown also fosters positive internal relationships. "We're able to attract and retain such great people here
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Throughout the year, Odlum Brown team members across BC spearhead events and fundraising initiatives that benefit their communities. From United Way campaigns to the CIBC Run for the Cure, much of Odlum Brown's community presence is employee-driven and concentrated around making a difference in the areas where team members live and work. Odlum Brown supports over 100 charities and organizations throughout the province. "We're leaders in our communities," says Debra. "We don't just write a cheque – we have people actively involved in supporting causes that matter to them. It could be sitting on a board of directors, volunteering at a run's registration or even fundraising here in the office. Philanthropy and community involvement are in our DNA." Through building positive relationships with the community, with clients and with each other, Odlum Brown's people are the key ingredient to the firm's success in helping individual investors grow and preserve their wealth.
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AmherstÂŤs founder, Scott McFarlane and co-owner Christian Natadiredja (centre), with their team of directors and counselors: Ersilio Iacuitto, Laura Todd, Juliana Ho and Billy Chiew.
Amherst Funeral & Cremation Services Compassionate and Personalized Service
Most of us don't want to talk about death or dying. It's a time in life that is wrought with emotion, stress and sadness. Additionally, when it's time to lay your loved one to rest too often people are hit with expenses they didn't realize they would have to pay for. In the midst of grief, Amherst Funeral and Cremation Services is there to help. As a wholly Canadian owned and operated independent company, it was founded on a belief that they could still offer quality funeral services to all at affordable prices — without forfeiting compassion, respect and dignity for both the families and their deceased loved ones. "We offer genuine care and respect without the high costs often associated with funerals," says owner Scott McFarlane. "Every one of our employees lives by that mission. It's simply the right thing to do." Founded in 2008 by McFarlane, a licensed funeral director with more than 30 years in the industry, he sees his business as a vocation of caring for people at one of life's most difficult moments in a cost-effective way. With a dedicated staff and an array of services, Amherst Funeral and Cremation Services has built a reputation for offering superior funeral arrangements. McFarlane was motivated to open Amherst because he felt there was a better and more respectful way to help families make funeral arrangements. Amherst is committed to providing compassionate and thoughtful service to all the families that come to them in their time of need. It has earned the company numerous awards for best funeral home and best in the city by a number of local publications.
So how does one prepare for this eventuality? McFarlane says you can make it so much easier for grieving family and friends if you record your wishes ahead of the need. "When this is done it relieves the family of additional stress as to what type of service you want," he adds. "A prearranged funeral allows for all the necessary information to be recorded that will be required at the time of death."
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We offer genuine care and respect without the high costs often associated with funerals. Christian Natadiredja, co-owner
By pre-arranging your funeral, you let your family know exactly what type of service you wish for including the important details such as funeral or memorial, disposition (cremation or burial), casket, urn, scattering or burial of ashes as well as memorial items. In order to keep costs down, Amherst collaborates with the city-owned Mountain View Cemetery's Celebration Hall for funeral and memorial services. "For the value, it's a gorgeous facility and a perfect location, with the option for catered receptions following events and services," he adds. When the time comes, discover the surprising difference compassionate and personalized services, with no hidden fees, no hassle and no pressure, can be. For more information, call Amherst Funeral and Cremation Services at 604568-8112 or visit www.amherstcremation. com. Amherst serves the entire Lower Mainland and beyond. They are conveniently located at #1209-207 West Hastings, Vancouver. For all that they do, Amherst gets a nod of excellence.
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Owner Bill Dick at his office building in Coquitlam.
Phoenix Truck & Crane Service and safety are Key
From its humble beginnings operating out of a Coquitlam townhouse with just a few trucks, Bill Dick has spent the last 25 years building the Lower Mainland's leading same-day delivery company and premier crane service. Phoenix's fleet is now 150-strong and comprised of cube vans, flat decks, curtain sides and cranes of various sizes and capabilities. All working hard to move freight throughout the Lower Mainland in a timely manner. "I operated out of my townhouse for a couple of months before I moved it all to a 700 square foot office where it was just me and a few trucks," said Dick of the birth of Phoenix Truck & Crane, now based on Rogers Avenue." By the end of that first year, Bill had amassed a fleet of 20 vehicles. "After that, well I guess we were just in the right place at the right time. Everyone wanted to be the cheapest, offering discounts, while we operated at the full rate. We were all about quality of service and safety over price and we remain that way today." Year on year growth continued with fleet and client expansion. Establishing partners in the roofing, heating and plumbing and film industries solidified Phoenix as a reliable and safe choice when it comes to transporting goods throughout the lower mainland. Safety has always been a priority to Bill and the company proved that in 2016 when Phoenix Truck & Crane earned their certificate of recognition (COR). COR is a voluntary program that recognizes and rewards employers who go beyond the legal requirements of the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. Phoenix's commitment to health & safety goes well beyond the office. They have taken responsibility to train their 150+ owner operators. Phoenix is now spearheading a new method of delivering safety certification for owner-
operators. "Drivers built this company and we owe it to them to take every measure possible to send them back home safely every day" says Bill "The dedication of our team during the preparation for COR has made me nothing but prouder and confirmed that I have surrounded myself with exceptional people." The success of achieving COR, as well as sustaining and growing a company for 25 years, comes down to the team Bill has built.
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The dedication of our team during the preparation for COR has made me nothing but prouder and confirmed that I have surrounded myself with exceptional people. Bill Dick
Service for our customers and their clients is key. You can bring in as much business as you want, but if you can't control the movement, then it's all for nothing." All of the 50-strong staff at Phoenix play important roles in its success and are invaluable to help sustain and grow the company in today's economy. The operators delivering product, the dispatch team managing the flow of products, the sales staff who provide full service project management, and the office staff who ensure their customers' needs are met. Many of them have been with the company for the 20+ years – an indication of how well Phoenix treats its biggest asset, people. It's that focus on people that compels Bill and his Phoenix Truck & Crane team to continually give back to the community. Year after year, local charities and causes such as the Eagle Ridge Hospital Foundation and Cystic Fibrosis, benefit from Phoenix's generosity. And in 2016, when Syrian refugees began arriving in the Tri Cities, there was an immediate need to help with their integration into the community. Phoenix provided a BBQ lunch to celebrate Eid al-Fitr and hired one of the new Syrian-Canadians. "We are all about people and giving back is something I feel very strongly about," said Dick. 2320 Rogers Ave., Coquitlam, BC t 1.800.313.3370 W phoenixtruckcrane.com
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Rick Jackson treads through the debris-laden flow of the Kings River as water runs along its parched floor for the first time in six months.
Fishermen are dwarfed by the banks of Lake McClure, about 40 miles east of Modesto. The lake is at less than 10% of its capacity.
Vehicles are burned and homes are reduced to rubble in the community of Swall Meadows, Calif., Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015. California's top energy official realized it flying over the normally pristine, snow-cloaked Sierra Nevada at Christmas and seeing stark bare granite cloaked in dirty brown haze. The state's fire chief realized it when crews were fighting a raging wildfire consuming houses and tinder-dry forests at 7,000 feet in February. California, with snowpack at a record low this winter, and much of the West are becoming dirtier, more perilous places, with billions of dollars less hydroelectricity from runoff, greenhouse-gas emitting fossil fuels filling the gap and no melting spring snow to temper fire dangers. MICHELLE RINDELS AP
Desperate measures: Pleasanton resident Dan Green fills buckets with recycled water at the Dublin San Ramon Services District residential recycled water fill station on Wednesday
No more water: A gardener carries his tools following work at a South Pasadena home on April 8, 2015 in California, where a way of life once prized by homeowners throughout the state – the green grass lawn – is coming to an end with the realization there is no more water
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…But the most alarming feature of the state's water shortage remains hidden from view, scientists say. California is running low on groundwater, the vast pools of water stored in underground aquifers that took thousands of years to fill up but are now being drained to irrigate farm fields and run sink taps.
An aerial survey of select areas in Southern California and the south Sierra Nevada in early April showed that millions of trees have died and were "most severely drought impacted," said biologist Jeffrey Moore, acting regional aerial survey program manager for the U.S. Forest Service.
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Dying of thirst and hunger, critters search for sustenance.
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For the giant kangaroo rat, death by nature is normally swift and dramatic: a hopeless dash for safety followed by a blood-curdling squeak as their bellies are torn open by eagles, foxes, bobcats and owls.
They're not supposed to die the way they are today — emaciated and starved, their once abundant population dwindling to near nothing on California's sprawling Carrizo Plain about 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles, where the drought is turning hundreds of thousands of acres of grassland into desert.
Without grass, long-legged kangaroo rats can't eat. And as they go, so go a variety of threatened animals that depend on the keystone species to live. "That whole ecosystem changes without the giant kangaroo rat," said Justin Brasheres, an associate professor of wildlife ecology and conservation at the University of California at Berkeley.
Endangered kangaroo rats are just one falling tile in the drought's domino effect on wildlife in the lower Western states. Large fish kills are happening in several states as waters heated by higher temperatures drain and lose oxygen. In Northern California, salmon eggs have virtually disappeared as water levels fall. Thousands of migrating birds are crowding into wetland shrunk by drought, risking the spread of disease that can cause massive die-offs.
As the baking Western landscape becomes hotter and drier, land animals are being forced to seek water and food far outside their normal range. Herbivores such as deer and rabbits searching for a meal in urban gardens in Reno are sometimes pursued by hawks, bobcats and mountain lions. In Arizona, rattlesnakes have come to Flagstaff, joining bears and other animals in search of food that no longer exists in their habitat.
"You think about it. In our urban environments we have artificial water. We're not relying on creeks," said David Catalano, a supervisory biologist for the Nevada Department of Wildlife. "We have sprinkling systems. We water bushes with fruit and water gardens. That's just a magnet for everything.
"We've seen an increase in coyote calls, bear calls, mountain lion calls — all the way to mice and deer," Catalano said of residents placing distress calls to his department. "At your house everything is green and growing and flowering and they're being drawn to it."
The state wildlife agency said it's preparing for a deluge of calls reporting bear sightings from Lake Tahoe this summer when berries and other foods they eat disappear for lack of rain.
About 4,000 mule deer have disappeared from a mountain range near Reno between late last year and now, likely because of drought. "Our level of concern is very high," Catalano said. Nevada has placed low fiberglass pools called guzzlers that hold up to 3,600 gallons of water at more than a thousand wilderness areas across the state to provide water for wildlife.
The Arizona Game and Fish Department sent a message for a second year to residents in Flagstaff near Grand Canyon National Park: "Don't be surprised if you see more wild animals around town in the next few months. Drought conditions may cause creatures like elk, deer, bobcats, foxes, coyotes and even bears to wander further into town than normal, as they seek sources of food and water."
Don't feed them, the department warned. Remove pet food, water bowls, garbage and other items that attract wild animals. It does more harm than good.
In California, where mandatory water restrictions were passed by the state water board on Tuesday, humans are already coming into contact with desperate wildlife from the 250,000-acre Carrizo Plain National Monument in California's Central Valley, near Bakersfield.
"Just today, 20 minutes ago, four coyote cubs arrived" from the Bakersfield's outskirts, said Don Richardson, curator of animals for the California Living Museum, which has an animal shelter in the city.
"We actually get everything from reptiles to mammals," Richardson said.
"We have 13 San Joaquin kit fox, an endangered species. They were abandoned, orphaned. The kit foxes health was impacted by the struggle to make it with reduced resources. Then of course we see a lot of birds of prey — owls and golden eagles."
The animals are already suffering from the fragmentation of their habitat because of ranching and urban development. "It's looking to be a very, very difficult year for wildlife," Richardson said.
Endangered San Joaquin kit fox, coyotes and birds in the wildlands outside Bakersfield all rely on the giant kangaroo rat to survive. But those rodents are struggling themselves.
"We fear that a semi-arid grassland is becoming a desert," said Brasheres. "The giant kangaroo rat can't survive in desert."
A study by the university recorded a 95 percent population loss since 2010.
Before the drought, 60 percent of their habitat was covered in grasses they eat and seeds they store for hard times in a network of underground burrows, Brasheres said. Four years of little rain has reduced the cover to 18 percent.
"They simply lack food so they starve," Brasheres said. As the state wildfire season approaches, the remaining grasses could be wiped out.
For a study, biologist caught a few kangaroo rats this year to probe their condition. "They were skinny," Brasheres said. "We looked at females to see whether they had young, whether they were lactating." They weren't.
In this reality where food is scarce and births are few, kangaroo rats are still a top prey item, further shrinking their numbers.
The demise of this species would be unthinkable, Brasheres said. There's no overstating how important the rodent is in the ecosystem. Few others are around to feed snakes, badgers weasels and animals already mentioned. Even the soil kangaroo rats dig for burrows creates moist habitat for insects.
A worse situation is hard to imagine, said Stafford Lehr, chief of fisheries for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. But there is one.
Chinook salmon are in great danger, he said. For two years, only 5 percent of their eggs have survived winter and spring migrations because the cold water their eggs need to survive drains from rivers and reservoirs.
"If you draw down a reservoir, cold water at the bottom drains first," Lehr said.
To save them, wildlife officials tried to replenish cold water that drained from Shasta Lake north of Sacramento last year. "It didn't work," Lehr said.
"Ninety-five percent of eggs and juvenile brood in 2014 were killed," Lehr said. "Those would be expected to return three years later. We also had heavy mortality in 2013, expected back in 2016. The 2015 fish are spawning right now. We're trying everything in our power to have enough cold water in Shasta so we don't have what we had last year."
Salmon are only part of the problem. Smelt are at the lowest number ever recorded in the state. They are a major forage fish, feeding other fish and birds in the marine ecosystem.
"It's part of the heritage resource in the state of California. It's our responsibility to ensure they are protected," Lehr said. "Every time you lose something it puts pressure on the environment.
"You lose it, and something else will replace it but it will be lost. They're part of the ecosystem. Millions of dollars have been invested in their survival."
In this photo taken Friday March 27, 2015, farmer Rudy Mussi poses at one of his pumps that draws water from a slough to irrigate his farm land in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta near Stockton, Calif. As California enters the fourth year of drought, huge amounts of water are mysteriously vanishing from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and farmers whose families for generations have tilled fertile soil there are the prime suspects. Delta farmers deny they are stealing water, still, they have been asked to report how much water they are pumping and to prove their legal right. Mussi says he has senior water rights in a system more than a century old that puts him in line ahead of those with lower ranking, or junior, water rights. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
California farmers resign themselves to drought: 'Nobody's fault but God's'
Despite efforts to dig deeper into the earth to get at diminishing groundwater, the spectre of desertification may cost Central Valley farmers too much to carry on
Baked earth at Clarence Freitas' farm, outside Fresno. Photograph: Rory Carroll/the Guardian
Rory Carroll in Fresno, California
Saturday 7 March 2015 08.00 EST
Kim Hammond does not want responsibility for her neighbours' livelihoods, or for the crops which stretch in all directions as far as the eye can see, or for the earth itself in this corner of California.
But these days, her little bungalow office in the yard of her family's drilling company can feel like Mount Olympus.
"It's just way too stressful, playing God," said Hammond, a grandmother who co-owns the company and works as its secretary. "Every day we have people on the phone or here in person, pleading. It breaks your heart. But I always give it to them straight. I don't sugarcoat it."
It is her job to tell farmers when – or if – a team can visit their property to drill for groundwater and make a well which can save a crop, avert bankruptcy and, perhaps, preserve a way of life.
As California faces a likely fourth year of drought, demand for drilling in the Central Valley has exploded. Hammond's company, Arthur & Orum, can barely keep up: its seven rigs are working flat-out, yet a white folder with pending requests is thicker than three telephone books.
The waiting list has grown to three years, leaving many farmers to contemplate parched fields and ruin in what has been one of the world's most productive agricultural regions. It supplies half of America's fruit, nuts and vegetables.
"We're overwhelmed. We're going crazy," said Hammond. "Everyone is in a desperate situation. Everyone has a sad story."
Arthur & Orum has bought an additional rig for $1.2m, and out-of-state drillers have moved into the area. But as drills criss-cross the landscape, boring ever deeper into the earth, there is a haunting fear: what if they suck up all the groundwater? What if, one day, the water runs out?
"We're having to go deeper and deeper," said Hammond. "They say we're tapping water millions of years old. That boggles the mind. I can hardly grasp it."
Meagre rain has depressed the water table so much that in some areas drills bore more than 1,500ft. Sucking up water stored long underground can cause soil to subside and collapse. In some places the land has dropped by a foot. Hydrogeologists have warned that pumping out groundwater faster than it can recharge threatens springs, streams and ecosystems.
Hammond said she was conflicted that the family business was saving some neighbours' livelihoods for now but risked long-term devastation. "They say we're cutting our own throats. I live here. I don't want to live in the desert."
Sensing drama, a reality TV production company has asked the family company about doing a show.
Desperate times
The spectre of desertification inched closer this week. The Sierra Nevada snowpack, which supplies about a third of California's water, is paltry. The California Cooperative Snow Surveys Program found just 6.7in of snow – close to the lowest on record – at a survey spot near Echo Summit.
Storms in December and February mean reservoirs hold more water than this time last year, but they remain well below average. Conservation efforts are slipping. In January urban areas used 9% less water than January 2013, far below the official target of 20%.
El Niño, the weather system which often douses the western US, has returned after a five-year absence but promises little relief. Mike Halpert, deputy director of the Climate Prediction Center, said in a statement it is "likely too late and too weak to provide much relief for drought-stricken California".
Federal officials warned last week that for a second consecutive year irrigation projects were likely to allocate zero water to Central Valley farmers without senior water rights.
"This is an absolutely devastating shock," said Ryan Jacobsen, executive director for the Fresno County farm bureau. "Unless things change dramatically in the next six weeks, we expect 2015 to be much worse than last year."
Crisis is apparent as you drive through the valley. Many fields are fallow – some idled last year, others more recently. The earth is baked hard. Preliminary estimates suggest Fresno may have recorded its warmest-ever February, prolonging what has been dubbed the "time without winter". Roadside signs warn of the consequences. "No water = no food." "Food grows where water flows."
The American Meteorological Society has found no definitive link between climate change and California's drought, but a recent report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences said rising temperatures caused dry periods to overlap more often with warm periods.
'It's like frigging chemotherapy'
Computers and state-of-the-art irrigation have not spared Shawn Coburn, 46, who owns a farm near Dos Palos, in Merced County. Last year he abandoned alfalfa and pomegranates and cut his 1,000-acre tomato crop by two-thirds. "This year I'll fallow all of it. You'll see a lot more land fallowed this year."
Like many farmers, he assailed pumping restrictions aimed at protecting the delta smelt, a threatened fish, and other environmental regulations, branding them ruinous and futile. Environmentalists call them vital to the entire ecosystem.
Coburn has spent almost $4m on wells but said in some areas water plumbed from ever lower depths was often laden with salt and other minerals. "It's like frigging chemotherapy," he said. "You can get away with it for one year. By the third year you're basically killing the tree."
Even so, many farmers see no alternative.
Clarence Freitas, 56, who owns 70 acres of almonds and grapes, watched with relief as a team from Arthur & Orum drilled into his baked soil, boring through 80ft a day until reaching 440ft and an expensive, urgent replacement for his old 160ft-deep well.
"My heart hurts, my bank account hurts," he said, as muddy water gushed from pipes. Neighbours advised him to go deeper, in anticipation of the water table plunging further, but Freitas said the men in his family tended to die young – "I hope it'll last 20 years and by then I'll be gone." He was not optimistic about the valley. "This could go back to being desert, the way it was before irrigation."
Many farmers are descendants of migrants who fled here to escape the 1930s dust bowl, a trauma immortalised in John Steinbeck's novel The Grapes of Wrath. It could happen again, except this time in California's man-made Eden, said Matt Hammond, 51, Kim's husband, on his way to a drilling site.
"They'll keep growing crops around here until they pump the valley dry. If something doesn't change, everything will dry up and die. It won't be farmable anymore."
The community had hoped for a "miracle March" of bountiful rain but that seems unlikely, he said, scanning azure skies. "Nobody's fault but God's."
"The demand we're placing on the aquifer and the deep bedrock drilling, which is going on at an alarmingly fast pace, is really scary," said Tricia Blattler, executive director of the Tulare County Farm Bureau. "Folks are really concerned we're not going to be able find water in the groundwater system much longer. We are tapping it way too quickly."
California Towns Shrink Amid Drought, in More Ways Than One
Tony Azevedo's a third-generation farmer in California's Central Valley. For decades, his family has grown cantaloupes. This year, he won't — and he'll leave a third of his 11,500-acre farm fallow.
"This field would have been cantaloupes, had we had the water," he explained, pointing to some of his unplanted acres. "Tomatoes, garlic, beans — there are plenty of crops we could have grown."
Azevedo says he needs to be strategic with how he allocates his groundwater, which he pumps from underground aquifers to irrigate his crops.
"It's very unusual for us to use well water 100 percent like we're using today," he said. "You take a glass of water and you put one straw, two straws, three straws — eventually you're going to run out of it, right? Well, that's what the aquifer is. It's a big cup, and we're all pulling out of it."
Water levels in underground aquifers near the small farm town of Stratford have dropped an average of eighty feet in three years, according to California's Department of Water Resources.
Strain on groundwater resources can cause land above aquifers to drop. Some parts of the San Joaquin Valley are sinking as fast as a foot as year. It's not happening as quickly in Stratford — but the town is sinking in more ways than one.
"The local hardware store, the auto parts store, the tractor dealership: everybody counts on [farmers] to keep rolling and that's not happening right now," Azevedo said. "When we have a third of our ranch is idle, that's a third less we're spending in the community, and so it affects everybody."
Along the main drag in Stratford, many buildings are boarded up.
The gas station is gone and so are the restaurants, although you can find a fresh cup of coffee at the auto parts store where Wesley Rodrigues works.
"I wish it was better," he said, "like it used to be. But things happen, I guess."
At the grocery store across the street, Mahmod Almihiri watches business dry up. "No water, no workers," he said.
Some of the customers who do shop at his small market find it hard to make ends meet. Almihiri finds it hard to turn them away. "I can't say no," he explained. Instead of cash, he sometimes collects IOUs on slips of paper. Right now, he says he's owed about $7,000 dollars.
It's the price he pays to help his neighbors in need. He believes his business – and his town – will survive for the next generation.
"I have hope, but it's just a matter of getting water here," said customer David Hartsburg. "Water brings people. Without water you got nothing. Nobody can live. Nobody can survive. Its that's simple."
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