I just caught up to this story from the Tennessean.com – Photo of boy’s grief, courage touches nation. This is a moving story with a tremendous picture of courage from a young boy at his father’s funeral. Please don’t miss this article or fail to remember our troops this Memorial Day. “All gave some and some gave all.”
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We’re set to enjoy the unofficial start of summer here at The Hire Sense by doing what most Americans do this day – fire up the barby. Being the slaves to pop culture that we are, I have to share this article from foxnews.com with you – Coming Soon to a Barbecue Near You: Infrared Burners. I wasn’t aware of this technology but now my interest (and hopefully yours, too) is piqued. For a quarter century, chefs at pricey steakhouses have been searing meat on burners that cook with infrared energy. Now the high-temperature technology may be coming to a backyard barbecue near you. With the expiration of a key… Read More
Continue ReadingThe History of Memorial Day
The unofficial start of summer is this weekend. With such an an important day to remember the valiant people who have died in the service of our nation, I thought it would be appropriate to give a little history to the Memorial Day holiday. For more information please visit this website devoted to Memorial Day. May 5th, 1868 – General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11, Memorial Day was officially proclaimed, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. 1873 – New York is the first state to recognize Memorial Day… Read More
Continue ReadingA Year Of Sense
Today marks The Hire Sense’s first anniversary so without much pomp and circumstance, let’s get a proper perspective: Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event. -Oscar Wilde We may have to use that quote every year on this date! Thanks to all of our readers and to the acquaintances we have made through this expanding channel.
Continue ReadingThe Benefits Of Coffee
From the stack of information that my only interest me comes this important article – Coffee can be good for you, experts say. My passion for coffee knows no bounds so this is welcome news: Drinking coffee can help ward off type 2 diabetes and may even help prevent certain cancers, according to panelists discussing the benefits — and risks — of the beverage at a scientific meeting. And later: There’s evidence, Arab noted, that the beverage may protect against certain types of colon cancer, as well as rectal and liver cancer, possibly by reducing the amount of cholesterol, bile acid and natural sterol secretion in the colon, speeding up… Read More
Continue ReadingCoffee On The Brain
Great news from Yahoo! Health – Salmon and Coffee – for Ultimate Brain Power: Listen up! Your morning cup of coffee and dinner delight can help sharpen your memory.…Researchers from the University of Innsbruck in Austria used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the brain activity of people working on a memory task. The volunteers were tested twice, once after receiving the caffeine equivalent of about two cups of coffee, and once without any caffeine. Caffeine improved the memory skills and reactions times of the volunteers. In addition, caffeine increased brain activity in two locations-the memory-rich frontal lobe and the attention-controlling anterior cingulum. Without caffeine, there was no increase… Read More
Continue ReadingApril Fool’s A Day Late
April Fool’s went by this year uneventful for me, no practical jokes and no annoying pranks. At least so I thought. I have a group of guys that I lead in a bible study on Monday nights. Since it is Spring break this week, we talked about moving our usual meeting day and time. After several emails and conversations everyone agreed that we would keep it our normal time. I showed up, as usual, about 15 minutes early to shoot the breeze with some of the guys. Our 7pm meeting time came and went and no one showed up. I thought out of my 8 guys that at least half… Read More
Continue ReadingC.Y.A. Excuses
Clayton at Salesopedia has a short, entertaining post that provides 5 excellent excuses to use if you are caught napping in a meeting (I have been). Read the post, I guarantee you will laugh. My personal favorite: €œThey told me at the blood bank that this might happen.€
Continue ReadingEspresso U
We are coffee house aficionados as I have mentioned in previous posts. One of my goals is to be a barista some day. Now a Pioneer Press article describes a coffee university – Enrollment grows at Espresso U. I now have a new motivator! In case you doubted the appeal of coffee: Nationally, the number of coffee houses has nearly doubled in the past six years. According to the Specialty Coffee Association of America, there are almost 24,000 coffee houses in the U.S., up from 13,800 in 2001. The addition of wireless internet has made them a business hot spot. Yesterday the Rock Star and myself were working at Panera… Read More
Continue ReadingCoffee and Blizzards
As a proud coffee addict, I am please to see this Managesmarter.com article titled Coffee, Please. For the past 2 days, we’ve been dealing with blizzard conditions, thunder snow (seriously – there is such a thing), well over a foot of snow and closed interstate highways. Yet it is all quite tolerable as long as I have good coffee. I think these people share that perspective with me: What would you give up to hold on to your morning cup of coffee? * 42 percent would forgo AM radio, television or newspaper. * One-fifth said they’d be willing to skip lunch. * 12 percent said they’d trade three hours of… Read More
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