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Supply Chain Transparency
H.B. Fuller Company does not knowingly purchase goods or services produced using forced labor, child labor or in violation of any applicable local labor laws. Our standard purchase order requires that our suppliers comply with all applicable Federal, State or Local Laws, Rules, Regulations, Ordinances and Executive Orders. Employees are required to abide by H.B. Fuller's Code of Business Conduct.
Conflict Minerals Policy
This document contains H.B. Fuller's statement regarding the use of conflict minerals in our products. As used in this policy, "H.B. Fuller" includes H.B. Fuller Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries, as applicable, unless otherwise noted.
Regulatory Background
On August 22nd, 2012, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted a final rule pursuant to Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (the "Conflict Minerals Rule"). The Conflict Minerals Rule is intended to reduce a significant source of funding for armed groups that are committing human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo (the "DRC") and its adjoining countries.
Under the Conflict Minerals Rule, to the extent that "conflict minerals" are necessary to the functionality or production of products that H.B. Fuller manufactures or contracts to manufacture (the "Covered Products"), the SEC requires H.B. Fuller to conduct supply chain due diligence to determine whether the conflict minerals originated in the DRC or one of its adjoining countries. The DRC and its adjoining countries are collectively referred to under the rule as "covered countries." In addition to the DRC, the covered countries include: Angola; Burundi; Central African Republic; the Republic of the Congo; Rwanda; South Sudan; Tanzania; Uganda; and Zambia. The minerals (and derivative metals) covered by the Conflict Mineral Rule include: Cassiterite (Tin); Columbite-tantalite (Tantalum); Wolframite (Tungsten); and Gold. The Conflict Minerals Rule defines these minerals (sometimes referred to as "three Ts and gold" or "3TG") as "conflict minerals," regardless of their country of origin.
Publicly traded companies must report annually to the SEC the presence of conflict minerals originating in the DRC and its adjoining countries in products that they manufacture or contract to manufacture if those conflict minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of the products.
H.B. Fuller's Policy with regard to the Conflict Minerals Rule
H.B. Fuller Company is committed to ethical practices and compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including SEC regulations and the Conflict Minerals Rule. As a public company that manufactures or contracts to manufacture products that may contain conflict minerals, H.B. Fuller is working with its suppliers to determine whether the conflict minerals in its products originated from a covered country and if so, to determine if it is a source of funding for armed groups. We recognize that there may be multiple layers in the supply chain between our suppliers and the smelter of the conflict minerals that are in or may be in the goods that are supplied. Most of our products are not Covered Products, but for the small number that are, we do not generally source conflict minerals directly from the source of supply (mines, smelters, refiners). Therefore, we are generally removed by several levels from the ultimate source of conflict minerals. Because of this, we will use reasonable due diligence to identify the source of the conflict minerals, realizing that this will require the cooperation of our suppliers to meet our compliance obligations.
H.B. Fuller does not knowingly support any action which provides funding, or any form of support, for armed groups that are committing human rights abuses in the DRC and its adjoining countries. Our goal is to comply with the Conflict Minerals Rule and continually gain more transparency in our supply chain. We recognize that, due to the complexity of our supply chain, this goal will take time and effort. To comply with the requirements of the Conflict Minerals Rule, we will: understand the Conflict Minerals Rule and its background;
communicate and educate our personnel, suppliers and customers regarding the Conflict Minerals Rule and we will urge our suppliers to establish policies to ensure that any conflict minerals used in our products are conflict-free and to comply with this rule and provide all necessary declarations; create processes and procedures to conduct a reasonable level of supply chain due diligence and to comply with applicable SEC reporting requirements; and endeavor efforts to source from conflict-free suppliers. H.B. Fuller values its supplier and customer relationships. H.B. Fuller is initially focusing most of its efforts on its most significant top-tier suppliers of goods that contain conflict minerals, and over time expects to extend that focus to small suppliers deeper in the supply chain. Suppliers who are materially non-compliant will be reviewed by our sourcing managers for future business.
This policy will be reviewed and revised from time to time, as needed.
Last revised: May 30, 2014
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement
H.B. Fuller Company is committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chain or in any part of our business. Our Code of Business Conduct, which includes our Fair Treatment Core Policy, reflects our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships. Ultimately, as part of this drive and commitment, we will continue to implement effective systems and controls to ensure that slavery and human trafficking are not taking place anywhere in our business or supply chain.
As part of our initiative to mitigate risk regarding the modern slavery issue, we again updated our Conditions of Purchase, through which we do business with our suppliers, to reference our requirements specifically. We further emphasize our requirements within a Supplier Expectations letter, updated this year, a copy of which is attached. This letter was issued first in May 2016 to current suppliers comprising 80% of our annual spend in each of the regions (The Americas, EIMEA and Asia Pacific) and is included within the Welcome Pack issued to all new suppliers. The letter also forms part of all new supplier contracts, so far as we are able to negotiate this with suppliers.
To ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain and our business, we have provided training to our staff and will continue to do so in the future. The training is conducted either directly in appropriate team meetings (focusing on the Sourcing group) or via on-line modules where questions are embedded for the participant to answer before being deemed to have passed the module.
We will continue to work with our Sourcing group to identify, assess and monitor potential risk areas across our supply chain, in order to mitigate the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring (among other best practice items). We will review our due diligence and ongoing assessment of suppliers.
Our HBF Path Employee Helpline process also aims to protect and support reporting and whistle blowing by our employees. We will consider expanding access to our Helpline to other individuals in order to enhance potential reporting of noncompliance with our Code of Business Conduct.
Our goal for next year will focus on ensuring that the H.B. Fuller wider group around the world, including more recently acquired businesses, is consistent in its approach and that all our companies replicate or join in with the above principles and documents.
This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes H.B. Fuller Company's slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending December 3, 2019.


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My friend Esther Saada sent me these fabulous pictures from her daughter Paulina's bridal shower. I'm sure that you will enjoy the creativity and detail that went into this sweet and stylish event.- Marlene M.
"Paulina's bridal shower theme was sparked by a Dress A Bride charity bake-off. Esther Chrem, (Paulina's sister in law) called Paulina and asked if Paulina would like to come over and help come up with the theme of a cake for Esther to design for the charity. They spoke about what could be a cool, sharp new theme and they came up with "Fashion 2010″. The bake off consisted of 4 teams of bakers. Each designed a beautiful cake, but Esther Chrem won first place!
During the bake-off the attendees had the opportunity to bid on a cake, so of course I bid on the one that Esther baked and I won the bid! The bottom of the cake was a leopard animal print. The second layer was black studded , and the next layer was a red Hermes crocodile bag. The top tier was a black studded Louboutin shoe. In the close up picture you can see that Esther even wrote out the name inside the shoe and also made the red heel just like the original shoe! Surrounding the cake are fashion trends from 2010 such as the fingerless glove and the jeweled bib necklace. The cake was done with edible fondant, edible silver beads and edible rock candy.
To coordinate with the theme of the shower , Esther created mini red Hermes handbag cookies, mini jeweled bib necklaces, and an assortment of shoe cookies. To pick up the red in the cake, I ordered flowers in red, and draped a leopard silk tablecloth topper over the table. I also scattered some pages from Vogue magazine, and photos of designer shoes and placed them around the table.Hope you enjoy these pics as much as I enjoyed hosting the shower!" Esther Saada
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Pizza is my favorite food of all time. I probably eat it at least two times a week (I know, it is a big problem). I love trying new pizza recipes at home and this is a new family favorite!
Chicken Bacon Alfredo Pizza Recipe
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 Tablespoon flour, plus more for dusting
- 1/2 cup + 2 Tablespoons heavy cream (could be substituted for half and half)
- 1/2 cup + 2 Tablespoons milk
- 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 1 (16 ounce) tube refrigerated pizza dough
- 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken, cubed
- 8 slices bacon, cooked and chopped
- 2 Tablespoons chopped green onions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. In a sauce pan over medium heat, melt butter and mix in garlic powder and onion powder. Whisk in flour and stir constantly for one minute. Slowly whisk in cream and milk. Bring mixture to a gentle bubble and allow to gently boil for 20 seconds, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, add Parmesan, season with salt and pepper then return to warm heat, stirring occasionally until ready to use.
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out pizza dough into a 13-14 inch round crust. Place dough on a greased (using nonstick cooking spray) pizza pan or baking dish. Spread Alfredo sauce over dough coming within about 1 inch of the edge. Sprinkle on Mozzarella and top with chicken, bacon and green onion. Bake for 14-16 minutes or until crust is golden brown. Cut into slices and serve.
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If the supply chain was ready, we could have fuel cells in our mobile phone handsets tomorrow, according to handset manufacturer, Nokia.
Early last year, the company said it was calling time on developing the technology which it then described as "immature".
But 18-months later, Nokia research centre head Tapani Ryhanen told reporters at a seminar celebrating the 20th anniversary of the facility that Nokia had tested the technology underlying fuel cells and is confident it is ready.
Fuel cells generate electricity as a by-product of the oxidisation of dilute methanol. Although this technology has been well understood, the problem has always been making a small enough cell to provide a phone with decent battery life.
But now, Nokia seems confident it has overcome this barrier: "It is not a technology question, it is more like a supply-chain issue at the moment," Ryhanen said.
The issue that has still to be resolved is how to get the fuel to consumers, Reuters reports. Initially this is the one issue the company said would be reasonably easy to solve: it proposed refilling the cells in much the same way as a cigarette lighter can be refilled when it runs out of butane.
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Data newly released by Commercial Radio Australia indicates that more than 400,000 DAB+ digital radios have been sold in Australia since the service's launch in 2009, with more than 700,000 listeners tuning into Australian digital radio stations every week.
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The Commercial Radio Australia data (PDF) indicates that 5.6 per cent of the radio listening market is digital — up from 3.7 per cent throughout 2010. The results, which include information gathered by Nielsen and market researcher GfK, show that the average price of a digital radio in Australia is $105 — a far cry from the near-$200 price tags of basic digital radios sold in 2009. Digital radio consumers listen to DAB+ radio for an average of 11hr 11min every week, twice the amount of time spent listening by Internet radio users.
Consumers are also increasingly conscious of digital radio services around the country, with 78 per cent of survey respondents aware of the availability of DAB+ stations and radios — a 15 per cent rise in awareness since the start of 2010. A 'conservative' estimate of 14 per cent uptake of digital radio in Australian homes is forecast for 2014.
Commercial Radio Australia's chief executive officer Joan Warner believes that the DAB+ service is still in its infancy: "We're very pleased with these latest figures but recognise there is still much work to be done, particularly in relation to the roll-out of digital radio to the rest of Australia.
"Our priorities over the next 12 months will be to build the growing metropolitan audience and the range of receivers available to them, [to] work on specific promotions with retailers, [to] work with car manufacturers to get DAB+ radios into cars, and work with the government to plan the regional rollout."
Almost 40 digital radio stations operate in metropolitan areas around Australia. In some areas up to 20 of these are digital-only stations, producing content not heard on FM or AM broadcasts.


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A young Palestinian man was shot dead and another injured by Israeli soldiers near Nablus last Saturday.
According to Ma'an, locals said Israeli troops opened fire on a group of Palestinian youth after they threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at Israeli settler cars, driving on a bypass road near the village of Burin south of Nablus.
Soldiers responded by shooting live fire at the Palestinians' "lower extremities," an Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an News Agency.
19-year-old Ahmed Ibrahim Jaber al-Najjar was shot in the neck and died, and another young man was lightly injured.
On Sunday, one day after the incident, thousands of mourners attended the funeral march as Ahmad al-Najjar's corpse was carried from the Burin mosque through the streets to the village cemetery. Palestinian flags, Fatah flags, and flags of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) were waved by mourners. They chanted slogans against the Israeli occupation, urging Palestinian factions to take revenge for al-Najjar's death.
Burin belongs to the long list of Palestinian villages that came under Israeli occupation after the 1967 Six-Day war. According to a 2012 UN report, the land and water resources of Burin have been steadily reduced due to continuous land expropriation for Israeli settlements and military bases.
Since 1982, more than 2,000 dunams of Burin's land was first declared "state land," and then handed over to the settlements built encircling the village. Most villagers' olive trees are either on annexed land, and therefore out of reach, or have been destroyed by settlers.
Along with the annexation of land and resources, there have been a number of provocative actions toward the villagers by the Israeli military and settlers. In August last year, for example, the Israeli military fired tear gas at 6-year old school children on their way to school.
While not wanting to belittle the seriousness of throwing Molotov cocktails, the act has to be seen in the context of the insidious nature of Israel's steadily encroaching occupation and the on-going harassment by both the Israeli military and settlers.
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Whatever your story, whatever your industry, little businesses in a post-recession economy are often advised to be apocalyptically ruthless. It may work for some, but what if we all took a different approach to try and dig ourselves out of the financial hole we're stuck in? This alternative philosophy has been successfully practised by Tenessee-based burger brand Pal's Sudden Service since 2000, when a Business Institute was launched to provide practical advice and workshops to promote their company amongst competitors, and it has made waves in the restaurant industry, with others following suit. As the Institute's President, David J, McClasky states, welcoming your competitors with open arms can be more than just a philanthropic gesture: "No matter where a customer goes, if they have a good experience eating out, then they eat out more often," he says. "We figure everybody wins when businesses are run at excellent levels."
This mantra can be especially important in creative industries and an artistic approach to the 21st century's financial challenges could be your most unexpected source of inspiration. If you have spent time previously studying the arts, you'll understand the importance of co-operation, critique and collaboration, so just how should that be different once you have left education?
Collaboration in Practice: The Freelance Photographer
Take freelance photography as a strong example. It's a demanding field which requires extensive technical knowledge and relentless passion from the individual, plus an unwavering desire to achieve outstanding results for each and every client. Working alone or perhaps with a micro-team around them, a freelance photographer will be responsible for all areas of his or her business, from booking shoots and meeting clients to more mundane tasks like banking and bookkeeping. Everyone has their own strengths and being required to fill such a variety of roles can take its toll, so it's no wonder that many photographers in this position often feel overwhelmed. If this scenario sounds familiar, discussing your business with others can help you assess your approach to your work, enable you to get to know cameras and setups for use in your own projects, tackle common working issues, or even just help you offload the general stresses and strains of working on a freelance basis. You'll be putting your work into perspective and developing valuable bonds with others around you.
Learning To Give and Take as a Business
So why should you take the time to forge reciprocal relationships with those who would traditionally pose a threat to your business? Well, being generous enough to share knowledge, experience and, crucially, contacts may equate to naivety and foolishness in some people's minds, but consider your own personal benefit. Networking is paramount to establishing oneself as a professional company or brand, and open, assured lines of communication inspire confidence, helping boost your income and get clients. If old friends suddenly become your competition, shunning them can be counterproductive.
Furthermore if there is an ambitious job you don't quite feel ready for, recommending a rival photographer rather than putting your own reputation into jeopardy is just common sense. As an artist may collaborate with somebody working in another medium to execute the best piece of work, this could be applied to business. Working together on a project with a competitor will allow you to combine your specialist skills to make for a more rounded enterprise, even if it is only temporary.
On a broader scale, however, a healthy business climate needs to be at the forefront of industry for a more stable future. Shying away from banker-esque cut-throat gluttony could be the first (deceptively simple) step in achieving great opportunities for every small business.
Where would we all be without a little help from our 'friends'? Anna Layne knows first-hand the tribulations facing small businesses and how important it is to glean as much help and information from her competitors. She currently works on behalf of Trinity Photography, a Glasgow-based wedding photography firm that's risen from small foundations to achieve a great reputation in the local area.


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Dayton to Visit Winona for Governor's Deer Opener
WINONA (AP) - Gov. Mark Dayton will be in scenic southeastern Minnesota for the 10th annual Minnesota Governor's Deer Opener.
Dayton will be a lunch speaker at the Winona Sportsmen's Club as part of Friday's festivities before the firearms deer season opens on Saturday morning. Other events include an archery competition, a shooting exhibition, and several exhibits.
Dayton's a pheasant hunter, not a deer hunter, so he won't be about the nearly 500,000 people heading into the Minnesota woods this season. But he's otherwise carrying on the tradition started by his predecessor, Tim Pawlenty.
Dayton will be joined at Friday's events by Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Landwehr, Director of Explore Minnesota Tourism John Edman, Minnesota Deer Hunters Association Vice President Denis Quarberg, legislators, local leaders and other guests.
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The holidays are upon us and with the season comes the hustle and bustle of family gatherings, shopping and cooking. Personal, family and religious traditions are an important part of the festivities for seniors. But, with the "busyness" of the season, these cherished traditions can be forgotten or diminished at times if family caregivers get pulled in too many directions or if a senior doesn't have family nearby.Professional CAREGiversSM can bring hope and be a shining light for seniors during the holidays.
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In addition to offering hope and companionship during the season, CAREGivers are a key component in helping seniors maintain important daily routines. Many senior's health routines can be disrupted to accommodate holiday happenings. And, all the activity may bring unnecessary stress.CAREGivers are trained to keep basic care needs top of mind. This seemingly simple task is actually very important. If seniors are out and about more than normal over the holidays, it's possible that medication may not be taken at the right time or even at all. When on the go, nutrition and hydration can also vary from what a senior may be accustomed to.
A CAREGiver can work closely with a senior's family to ensure his or her needs are being met and adapted to accommodate holiday happenings.
Professional CAREGivers can light up the holiday spirit by helping recreate family traditions, decorating the home, baking treats and flipping through family photo albums letting seniors re-live precious memories. These acts are especially meaningful to seniors who are alone during the holidays or those with family who are unable to visit. As wonderful as these interactions are for seniors, they are equally impactful for CAREGivers.
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I don't see why you couldn't use the expression in both of its senses in the same sentence. Example: "He bolted the door then he bolted."
There is a clear difference in usage between the two. There is little chance of getting them confused. One always takes an object; the other never does. One bolts a door or (less often) a gate or a window. OTOH (on the other hand), in the other sense (running away), one simply bolts.
That should do it. :wink:
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Grilled: Mike Im of Mike's Burger House in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Burger-centric interviews with chefs, writers, and other food lovers.
Mike Im is the burger mayor of Phnom Penh. He greets guests by name, welcomes the friends they've brought from near and far to sample burgers, takes pictures to print on business cards, and checks on tables to see how everything tastes.
But he's doing more than just serving up burgers and fries. Mike is also educating the community about health and food safety: he's the guy teaching his staff about American practices for maintaining a clean kitchen and restaurant, from storing meat at the right temperature to washing vegetables to carrying food orders high above the shoulder so they're away from the server's nose and mouth. He trains workers to wash their hands with soap each time they walk into the kitchen, and to sanitize the restaurant from top to bottom every night before closing. In a country without restaurant safety codes, and a widespread lack of health education, he's filling a critical need.
Opened in 2009, Mike's Burger House (AHT review) brings together Mike's Cambodian life and his American life. A native of Battambang, he survived the Khmer Rouge's regime, which killed 1.7 million people, including Mike's sister and two brothers. After the Khmer Rouge fell, 19-year-old Mike and his family made their way toward Thailand. When they thought they'd reached safety at the border, the Thai army rounded up the refugees and returned them to the northern Cambodia jungle in an area littered with land mines. They walked single file to avoid stepping in the wrong spot, passing bodies of people killed by the mines, women giving birth, and elderly people too tired to walk on. They ate what they could find, or what they could purchase by trading items they were carrying or wearing, including hair clips and gold. After several months, they made it to the UN refugee camp, and with the sponsorship of family in Long Beach, California, immigrated to the US.
With that came enough food to eat, and a comfortable place to live. Mike enrolled at Long Beach City College, studied English, and started working for the US Postal Service as a mail carrier. He married, had children, divorced. After 22 years with USPS, he took early retirement, tired of the early morning hours and physical strain. It was then, while on a phone call with an old friend in Cambodia, that Mike was connected with the woman who ultimately brought him back to his home country—and when he arrived, he brought American burgers with him.
Name: Mike Im
Location: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Occupation: Owner, Chef, Creator, Mike's Burger House
What makes Mike's Burger House a new kind of burger restaurant? I concentrate on the products that I make. I make sure it's clean and fresh. The taste is the taste I had for 30 years in America. Good, clean, and taste—those are the three things that are part of the restaurant.
How did you first come up with the idea for a restaurant like this? In 2007, I decided to come and live in Cambodia. [Mike had met and was planning to marry Borey, who already lived there.] We traveled around the country, had experience with lots of food, lots of burgers, lots of things. In 2009 I took my wife to California. We went to a lot of restaurants and a lot of burger chains: Carl's Jr, Arby's, and she loved In-N-Out Burger! We ate there almost every day. When we came back to Cambodia, my wife was craving a burger, and she wanted In-N-Out; she missed it. We went around to local burger places, and none were very good. You know what, one burger, I'll make one and see how she likes it. First bite she said, "Oh my god! This is it!" She's happy, I'm happy, because nothing else makes a man happy than something that pleases your wife.
Do you see your restaurant expanding? New locations? I'm planning to expand slowly. I'm not in a hurry. I want to expand within Phnom Penh, where I can be part of daily business.
All right, let's talk burgers:
How often do you eat one? Twice a week, I have to check up what I'm making! It looks good, but I still have to check it up.
Cheese: American, cheddar, other? Cheddar
Ketchup or mustard? The secret sauce! And then ketchup, and banana pepper.
Preferred bun: Regular, buttered bun—soft. Sesame seeds or no sesame seeds, both are ok. Sesame just looks good. It's got be the meat and the sauce that hits you the most. And the cheese! The first couple bites—they will remember for the next two days.
Grilled, griddled, or broiled? Grilled
And how would you like that done, sir? Medium
Would you do us the favor of describing your perfect burger: When you open your mouth, you have to sink your teeth inside a soft warm bun, then hit the crunch of the iceberg lettuce. Then the meat, then all the way through. Sink, sink, sink, sink all the way down. Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch all the way down. But first the soft bun! Then you've got the taste.
The hamburger is a food item with which most Americans have strong childhood associations. Do you remember your earliest encounter with this delicious dish? I had my first bacon cheeseburger, a classic American burger, in California. It was from Carl's Jr.
What's your favorite fast-food burger? In-N-Out Burger for taste, Carl's Jr. Six Dollar Burger burger for size.
What topping or condiment, in your opinion, should never grace a burger? I don't like pickles—I don't think they should be on the burgers.
What are some cooking tips you can offer when preparing a burger? You have to know to keep everything fresh, from the bun to the sauce to the vegetables.
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The Washington Post's Erica Werner details some of the mounting worries among Republicans trying to pitch their tax overhaul to voters: "Party leaders remain convinced the law remains their hope for November success, but some Republicans have begun expressing frustration at how difficult the law has been to sell to the public, and question whether that will turn around in time to help them in the November midterms."
A number of factors are driving that frustration, including poor polling numbers for the tax law and a president who repeatedly veers off message. And, in perhaps a rich bit of irony, some Republicans also cite a broader public skepticism of anything Washington does: "We're in an era where voters, whether on the left or the right, don't think anything good ever comes out of government," Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) says.
While outside groups like the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity are still working to promote the tax cuts, Republican leaders are trying in various ways — both "serious" and "symbolic," Werner says — to get their members to focus on the law. One example: "House leaders each week award a jar of Jelly Belly candy to the member of their caucus deemed to have worked the hardest to promote the law."
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The Benefits of Hiring a Program Director
As the health and fitness industry grows, so do the professional needs of each club or facility and the career opportunities for those who enter the business.
Program management 25 years ago generally consisted of a racquetball instructor. He or she was hired to teach the lessons and fill the leagues. The job description was clear, and the interest and focus of the programmer was simple and direct.
When aerobics hit the industry, the person in charge needed to be energetic and coordinated, and go through a crash course in physiology and biomechanics. At this point, the programmer was on his/her own to keep the menu of classes available and attractive. Programming was a very separate part of the business and the membership.
Next came the fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment. We started to get sophisticated. The person in charge of fitness programming and training needed a degree in exercise physiology. Technically, this was a good thing. Advancement in technology and education meant advancement in the business and industry. Or did it?
As the clubs and activity departments expanded, our "department heads" became so single-minded and engrossed in their own field of interest and knowledge that they often went through months of employment without even entering the domain of their fellow department heads. Many never even took the time or opportunity to meet each other, let alone understand the various roles in the business and growth of the club.
The result? A drop in retention and a rise in attrition.
The member is the one who becomes alienated when a breakdown in communication and respect occurs between department heads. We tell our members that they should cross-train, but we don't help them. In reality most of our own program managers don't cross-train, and they certainly don't cross-market the many and varied fitness opportunities within the club.
For this reason, it may be time to consider the advantages of adding a professional "program director" to your club — a manager of program managers, a manager of the members' activity and participation, a manager held accountable for the performance of each activity director.
The qualities of a program director must include leadership capabilities and the ability to communicate with management and staff (the internal customer), as well as the ability to relate to your members (the external customer). Telephone, teaching and selling skills should be a huge part of the résumé; these skills are more important than an advanced title in a specific sport or an obvious interest to an individual fitness activity.
The director's job description isn't about teaching a class, running a league, giving a lesson or working one-on-one with a client. Instead, the description calls for a person who is success-oriented and business-minded.
Here's what the job entails. The program director measures the percent of occupancy of each group, class or client list. Working with the sales team and the department heads, the program director is held accountable for integrating a goal number of new members into each activity area every month. The director helps the instructors and trainers in every department to organize and implement programs that will specifically reactivate inactive members and diversify existing members. Once the programs are in place and the instructors are available, the program director promotes, markets and tracks participation to ensure activity opportunities for all the niches.
Meeting and measuring program goals in a health club could easily keep 50 to 100 members from dropping out every year. In fact, these people would use your club regularly. That would account for $25,000 to $75,000 of additional revenue realized in one year in retained membership fees alone.
As our industry has grown, most clubs have moved to hiring and training a sales manager to handle the sales team and bring cohesiveness to the sales department. In a sense, the position of sales manager is comparable to the position of a program director, who sets goals and bringing cohesiveness to the programming departments.
It definitely takes a lot of effort to hire the right person, write a new job description, define the expectations and provide quality training, but in my opinion, the pros of having a program director on board far outweigh the cons. In fact, I can't think of any cons.
Sandy Coffman, president of Programming For Profit, is available for presentations, consultations or training. She can be contacted at 9216 Kingston Road, Bradenton, FL 34210; (941) 795-0509; or [email protected].
Whom Do You Hire?
If all fitness areas will be involved in the program director's job description, does the director need to have all the degrees and certifications of each department head? No. Although that would be the ideal scenario, here's what a good director should possess:


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Children among the most giving for Africa mission
Omaha children are among the most caring and generous volunteers as part of Seven Can Help's Mission to Africa project.
A group of Omaha doctors will leave for South Sudan in two weeks, accompanied by KETV Newswatch 7's Julie Cornell and Andrew Ozaki. Cornell and Ozaki will produce a documentary about the trip.
It's a mission that has inspired thousands across the metro area, including some of our community's youngest.
"People in different countries need things and God's word says you're supposed to share," explained Kaitlyn Van Hoorst at Evangelical Bible Church. She helped donate one of her favorite things; crayons.
"They are going to feel like it's Christmas for them when they get this," explained mission volunteer Amy Anderson. "It's three crayons."
Anderson will bring tiny bags, each filled with three crayons, on her medical mission trip to South Sudan.
"We're going to give out 9,000 crayons," said Anderson. "We'll see over 3,000 kids."
Children in South Sudan don't have the basics, including crayons, so two Omaha churches combined efforts to make it happen.
The sharing continues in Council Bluffs.
"We are citizens of the world and we need to help take care of each other all over the world," said Mary Aney, a teacher at College View Elementary School. Her service and enrollment club invited Cornell to share the South Sudan story. Kids there then collected three huge boxes of vitamins and pain medicine to go to remote African villages.
"They aren't as rich as us and don't have enough money," said student Emily Sharp. "They can't afford all their stuff."
The children listened with wide eyes and offered help with compassion, knowing they did their part to make someone far away healthier and happier.


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Details of a deadly attack on an 80-year-old Royal Oak woman were revealed Tuesday in court at the arraignment of the two people who stand accused.
Nancy Dailey was found dead Nov. 20 in her home on Trafford Road. She had been bound and her throat cut.
A homeless couple, 48-year-old Alan Craig Wood and 40-year-old Tonia Michelle Watson, were taken into custody just days after Dailey's death when they were caught allgedly using the victim's stolen credit card at Meijer in Canton. They had been being held as parole absconders. But on Monday the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office issued charges against them in connection with Dailey's death.
Police said Watson told them she knocked on the door of the victim, while her accomplice broke into a side door.
"Watson stated that Wood threw Nancy Dailey down to the floor and began punching, stomping and kicking her," said Royal Oak Detective Carl Barretto. "Watson then stated that Wood then also attempted to break Dailey's neck. Watson stated that Wood pulled out and unfolded his knife and told her, 'You know what I have to do.'"
Wood is charged with first-degree murder, felony murder, unauthorized use and possession of a financial transaction device and larceny in a building.
Watson is charged with felony murder and unauthorized use and possession of a financial transaction device and larceny in a building.
Both first-degree murder and felony murder carry a mandatory life imprisonment penalty.
Investigators said the couple had been hired by Dailey to do work around her house just days before her killing.
They are both being held without bail.


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Last week, the guy who created the Dilbert comic strip created a stir when he likened investment advisers to palm readers. We couldn't help wondering: If the two professions are so similar, would they give you similar advice?
It goes without saying that Scott Adams's comparison wasn't meant as a compliment to financial pros. "The reason it is legal to open a palm reading shop is that the public understands it to be entertainment and not prediction," Adams wrote on his blog. "You can buy investment advice if you want it, but not until you sign a document acknowledging that science says no one has magical stock-picking skills."
With this in mind, I chatted with a midtown Manhattan palm reader about how I should handle my money (she wasn't privy to the fact that I'm a reporter, so she'll remain anonymous). Then I called Christopher Van Slyke, an investment adviser and founder of a wealth management firm in Austin, Texas (he did know that I was a reporter, and that his advice would be compared with that of the palm reader). Both were aware that I'm a millennial with a steady job.
The bottom line: The financial advice they gave me had an alarming number of similarities—though only one of them recommended using "The Force."
Here are the details:
1. Where's the market going — can we expect a correction or crash?
Palm reader: "No, I don't feel that at all," she said, because "that's what my senses are telling me."
Adviser: "I don't know any of my clients who need their money like, next week," said Van Slyke, founder of the firm WorthPointe. "So it's irrelevant what the market is going to do in the short term. Yes, there will be a correction. I have no way of knowing when it is. Does it matter? No."
2. Should I be an active or passive investor?
Palm reader: "You're not good at taking advice," she said. She added that her reading indicates I am the kind of person who should own my own business — meaning I am more suited to picking my own stocks.
Adviser: "There's no evidence that anybody can outperform the market in the long run by trying to forecast the short-term prices. I do not see the case for active management," Van Slyke said. Buying the whole market through indexing is "like The Force in Star Wars. Accept The Force."
3. Where should I put my money?
Palm reader: I should buy stocks, and pick medium-sized companies rather than big companies, she said. "Right now, I think you should find something that's going to grow your money. I don't feel like Apple or Google will do anything big right now," she said, adding that she's not a stock picker and "this is just my psychic feeling about it and my psychic feeling toward you."
(Of course, this advice was based on the lines on my palm — not yours — so you may be more comfortable with the advice in MarketWatch columnist Jeff Reeves' "9 reasons Apple's stock will keep rising".)
Adviser: "If I'm a millennial, I'm not interested in anything but stocks or equities," Van Slyke said. The ideal portfolio would consist of just small companies, which he said offer higher returns, and be globally diversified, with about half U.S. companies and half foreign. "I want to not trade much and hold it and keep adding to it."
4. How much should I save for retirement?
Palm reader: I should put 15% to 20% of my money aside for investing and "just to have." As for specifically retirement saving, I shouldn't sweat it, even as I get older. "You'll have children, you'll have everything and you'll always be supported. You'll always be successful," she said. "So around your 70s, 80s, that's when you start to worry about money for retirement." She did not offer a prediction of what kind of job I could get to bulk up my savings when I'm, say, 75. She did, however, note that I should get a raise.
Adviser: "If you can save 15% of what you make your entire life and put that into index funds and mutual funds, you'll be just fine," he said. "The key is to start doing that when you're 18, 19, 21, 22, 23. Unless you want to make it hard on yourself and start when you're older. What you're trading for more beer and more partying is a secure future."


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Corporate Responsibility
Groups We Support
Ever since Doug Robinson's visionary essay espousing the virtues of clean climbing ran in the '72 Chouinard Equipment catalog, our company ethos has been rooted in the idea that the style in which we accomplish our goals is as important as achieving them at all. We believe this applies as much to business as it does to climbing, so we have paired an innovative approach to building equipment with a unique approach to running a company—one that supports the preservation of, and access to, the places we love.
Today, we make the world's best mountain equipment in a low impact way, and our business practices follow suit. More than 20 years after the creation of Black Diamond in 1989, we're a global industry leader, and our commitment to good style is still our driving force.
Building on years of organic, independent efforts, we strive in all of our endeavors to ensure that our communities, environment and business continue to thrive for years to come. .
"Conservation and preservation are foundational to Black Diamond. These tenets are part of the mission of BD. We will always strive to protect access to the mountains, crags and desert landscapes where we pursue our sports."—John Walbrecht, President of Black Diamond
Black Diamond has become a globally recognized voice for conservation and preservation ethics, particularly in Utah, where Black Diamond's global headquarters sit at the foot of the Wasatch Mountains. We view the Utah landscape as an asset. Whether backcountry skiing in the Wasatch, rock climbing in Indian Creek or hiking in Zion, Black Diamond has always been and will continue to be committed to accessing the public lands and National Parks that make Utah unique.
Wilderness should be protected and valued, rather than exploited and abused. Working with government agencies, landowners and advocacy groups, Black Diamond has led the way in showing that wilderness preservation and business success can be symbiotic.
Black Diamond is proud of the awards we have received as a company for our advocacy initiatives and commitment to preservation. Some of these include: the Zions Bank's Global Pacesetter Award, Summit Land Conservancy's Conservation and Sustainability Award, Colorado Environmental Coalition's Rebel With A Cause Award, Save Our Canyons' Lone Peak Award for Wasatch conservation leadership, the Access Fund's Sharp End Award and the Utah River Council's Headwater's Award.
Recognizing the important work of those before us, and committed to preserving the environment for the generations to come, Black Diamond also supports numerous organizations and efforts to preserve the places where we climb, ski and trek. In addition to financial support, we also offer consulting services, employee volunteers, product and publicity to ensure the effectiveness of these groups far into the future.
"To champion the preservation of, and access to, mountain, crag and canyon environments while minimizing our own environmental footprint."—BD founding commitments
Building world-class product requires exceptional design and ceaseless innovation. We apply these principles to our material selection, manufacturing processes and environmental compliance program. Black Diamond products are synonymous with outstanding performance—but not at the expense of destroying the lands where we recreate. We believe it is our responsibility not only to deliver the best performing gear, but to do so while minimizing adverse environmental effects.
Environmental Compliance
Innovation in equipment requires developing new technologies and materials. At Black Diamond, we believe that reducing the environmental impact of a product—through design, engineering and efficiency—is an equally vital part of innovation. Research shows that approximately 60-70% of a product's environmental impact comes from the raw material and manufacturing supply chain. With this knowledge, Black Diamond has adopted the best available tools in the industry to responsibly manage the environmental impact and consumer safety of our raw materials, chemistries and manufacturing processes. These tools guide the production of all Black Diamond products, whether manufactured by us or an outside vendor.
"Even though I'm very proud of the products we make, it is the style in which we conduct our business that means the most to me.—Peter Metcalf, Black Diamond Founder
From our headquarters in Utah to our factory in China, we are committed to complying with the highest standards of social responsibility at all our operations. We take care choosing our vendors and partners, and maintain a strict Vendor Code of Conduct, collaborating with our partners to make continuous improvements, apply best practices and conduct annual audits to ensure the safety and fair treatment of all those who work for or manufacture Black Diamond product.
We care deeply about the health, welfare and safety of all those who manufacture our products, and believe the most effective way to ensure this is by selecting the right partners. For more than twenty years we have chosen vendors who share our commitment to Corporate Responsibility: professionals equally invested in their people and their craft. In addition to an extensive vetting process, we require each vendor who supplies Black Diamond product to adhere to the standards and regulations outlined in our Vendor Code of Conduct.
In accordance with the International Labour Organization Conventions, the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN's Conventions on Children's Rights and the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women, our Vendor Code of Conduct defines standards to ensure that working conditions in our entire supply chain are safe, that workers are treated with respect and dignity, and that our manufacturing processes are environmentally responsible. We believe in these standards, and are committed to providing assistance and training to our partners so that together we can meet them.
Social responsibility has always been a fundamental value and focus at Black Diamond. As a founding member of the Outdoor Industry Association's Fair Labor Working Group in 2005, we helped to tackle the need for greater education of best practices in social compliance in the Outdoor Industry, drafting the OIA's first Fair Labor Toolkit used by companies throughout the outdoor industry to establish social compliance programs.
Historically, we relied on this Toolkit and our Vendor Code of Conduct to carry out routine social compliance audits of our partners. This has since given way to our current model of unannounced, third-party social audits to check in and review how our partners are performing. These professional audits provide a snapshot of a factory's working conditions, management systems and compliance with local and international labor laws. We use the audit reports to highlight areas for improvement and to create Corrective Action Plans. Like the rest of us, our partners are not perfect; these audits provide specific direction for continuous progress.
"A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way."—John C. Maxwell
As part of our commitment to promote social and environmental responsibility, we support dozens of conservation, education and recreation groups dedicated to protecting, preserving and ensuring public access to the wild lands we love. We also believe that businesses have a role to play in shaping the discourse on social and environmental responsibility. We endeavor to lead by example by reducing the environmental impacts of our products, engaging in public advocacy, and bending our business towards sustainability over the long term.
While there are many ways to give back to and promote conservation, at Black Diamond we prefer to lead by example and walk our talk. From chemical management programs to energy efficiency to employee transportation, we are constantly looking at new ways to reduce our footprint. Learn more about some of the efforts going on across our global campuses below.
In 2009, we initiated a closed-loop anodization process at Black Diamond Asia that reuses and recycles 2000 tons of wastewater. One of the first processes of its kind in Asia, it delivered a dramatic improvement over traditional anodization practices where wastewater is dumped back into the water table. Similarly, all of the wastewater from our tumble and polish process (used in the manufacturing of everything from carabiners to crampons) is recycled. Black Diamond also boils off water from oil/water mixes used in production and sends the oil out to be recycled.
All of our scrap metal and excess cardboard from the Salt Lake City, Utah and Zhuhai, China manufacturing facilities is recycled. We purchase cardboard containing an average of 35% post-consumer recycled material, saving approximately 370 trees from being cut down. During the baseline year in Salt Lake City, Black Diamond and Waste Management recycled an estimated 25 tons of Black Diamond's waste—approximately 60% of the organization's total solid waste stream. This included approximately 138 tons of cardboard, 43 tons of metals, 28 tons of paper, 26 tons of plastics and 1,776 lbs of computer waste. This recycling effort amounted to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of approximately 510 tons CO2—roughly equivalent to not driving 720,000 miles each year.
Our European office also does its part to encourage personal recycling. At both the office and the warehouse, all waste is separated down into minute categories for recycling. From paper, to cardboard, to cans, to plastic, to individual glass separated by color, Black Diamond Europe leads by example.
For the past two years, Black Diamond Europe has also organized Chasin' the Rubbish in Fontainebleau, France. Over the four-day Easter holiday, the Black Diamond team, Black Diamond athletes and numerous boulderers come together to clean up rubbish and raise awareness about adopting respectful attitudes toward nature and rock. With 1.2 million climbers visiting Fountainbleau each year, the area can get littered with trash. This four-day activity helps keep the remarkable area as clean as it is stunning.
Black Diamond is a Blue Sky Program "Champion Level" participant, purchasing 180,000 kWh of Blue Sky wind power offsets each year. Twenty percent of the power used at our Salt Lake City office—home to our headquarters and manufacturing facilities—is wind generated, a significant amount for a manufacturing operation with laser cutters, CNCs, EDM wire cutters, big automated equipment, heat treating, and more. We also have a 2,200 Watt solar photovoltaic system that generates approximately 3,000 kWh of electricity each year, supplying roughly 7% of the retail store's electricity needs. All together, our energy conservation and renewable energy efforts eliminate over 220 tons of CO2 greenhouse gas emissions annually, equivalent to not driving over 320,000 miles each year.
Our newly expanded & renovated 12,000 square feet of space in the SLC headquarters is extremely energy efficient: if this expansion/renovation was a free-standing building it would qualify for LEED Certification. It will draw an impressively low level of power and water, and was constructed with many recycled and new high-tech super insulative materials.
Black Diamond employees in Salt Lake City commuted an estimated 410,000 miles via carpool, bus, TRAX, bicycle and foot during the baseline year, or approximately 34% of the year's total commute miles. These actions reduced greenhouse gasses by an estimated 190 tons CO2.
Each Year Black Diamond participates in the Clear Air Challenge here in Salt Lake City. In 2010, Team Black Diamond eliminated 1259 trips and 8659 miles as part of the Clean Air Challenge. Check out the latest at cleartheairchallenge.org
The BD Asia global distribution center is a 70,000-square-foot warehouse attached to our BD-operated manufacturing and office facilities, and allows us to aggregate the shipping of all of the BD goods made by or for us throughout Asia. This means fewer shipments, greater efficiency, higher inventory turns and a blessing for our global distributors and key retailers. It also greatly reduces the size of our global shipping energy footprint.
The product manufactured by our subsidiary in China is sea-freighted to our Europe warehouse in The Netherlands. The product is first transported by container ship to Rotterdam and then transferred to canal barges. The CO2 footprint is several times lower than for air-freighted product.
Groups We Support
Recognizing the important work of those before us, and committed to preserving the environment for the generations to come, Black Diamond, Inc. supports numerous organizations and efforts to preserve the places where we climb, ski and trek. In addition to financial support, we also offer consulting services, employee volunteers, product and publicity to ensure the effectiveness of these groups far into the future.
|The Access Fund
Access Fund is the national advocacy organization that keeps climbing areas open and conserves the climbing environment. Founded in 1991, the Access Fund supports and represents millions of climbers nationwide in all forms of climbing: rock climbing, ice climbing, mountaineering, and bouldering. Six core programs support the mission on national and local levels: climbing policy and advocacy, stewardship and conservation, local support and mobilization, land acquisition and protection, risk management and landowner support, and education.
|Protect Our Winters
POW helps passionate outdoor people protect the places and lifestyles they love from climate change. We are a community of athletes, scientists, creatives, and business leaders advancing non-partisan policies that protect our world today and for future generations.
|American Institue for Avalanche Research & Education
AIARE is a non-profit with a simple mission, "to save lives through avalanche education". AIARE creates avalanche education curriculum and trains instructors to teach that curriculum. More than 7000 students enroll in classes each year using the AIARE avalanche education curriculum.
|The Conservation Alliance
The Conservation Alliance is a group of outdoor industry companies that disburses its collective annual membership dues to grassroots environmental organizations. We direct our funding to community-based campaigns to protect threatened wild habitat and outdoor recreation. The Alliance was founded in 1989 by industry leaders, who shared the goal of increasing outdoor industry support for conservation efforts. We now have more than 200 member companies, and have disbursed close to $17.5 million since our inception.
|Honnold Foundation
Promoting solar energy for a more equitable world.
American Alpine Club
To share and support our passion for climbing and respect for the places we climb.
Outdoor Industry Association
The Outdoor Industry Association is a membership-driven trade organization for the outdoor industry. In collaboration with our members, we are a force for the industry in recreation and trade policy, sustainable business innovation and increasing outdoor participation.
|Chicks Climbing & Skiing
Our mission is to empower women through mountain sports, develop community and foster environmental stewardship.
|American Mountain Guides Association
To inspire and support a culture of American mountain craft. The American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA) is a 501(c)(3) educational non‐profit that is dedicated to supporting the American mountain guiding and climbing instructor community. As the leading organization of America's most vibrant, inspiring community of climbers and skiers, the AMGA offers you cutting edge knowledge and hundreds of years of collective experience that you won't get from any other climbing organization. AMGA guides and staff are the experts in the business of being a guide. We spent 30 years setting standards for American guiding instruction, protecting the guiding environment, and organizing a powerful, unified community of guides and clients. And we will spend the next 30 supporting you as you pursue your passion.
|Association of outdoor Recreation and Education (AORE)
The mission of the Association is to provide opportunities for professionals and students in the field of outdoor recreation and education to exchange information, promote the preservation and conservation of the natural environment, and address issues common to college, university, community, military, and other not-for-profit outdoor recreation and education programs.
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What happens to the body when you go deep? This infographic explains some of the physiological changes that the body goes through on a dive. But one thing it can't explain – and that's the feeling.
Says Will Trubridge: "I love freediving because it's an opportunity to escape from gravity, sound, light (if you go deep) and even the sensation of time passing. A deep freedive can be like a dream, in that all the rules of reality seem changed."
Dive in below to discover more about the sport, the physiology and the different disciplines...
infographic created by: zooom.at/Adi Sumic
The Dive Reflex
It is often said that humans are perfectly adapted for diving underwater thanks to the 'mammalian or dive reflex' – something we share with other aquatic mammals such as whales and dolphins. The main feature of this is the way the heart rate automatically slows once the face is submerged in water to reduce oxygen consumption.
The dive reflex kicks in again after approximately 25 m: the heart rate slows by as much as 50% and vasoconstriction takes place. This is where warm blood retreats from the body's extremities to protect core organs.
At this depth most divers can stop swimming. "Here I have lost enough buoyancy from lung shrinkage under pressure that I can stop swimming and freefall for the rest of the descent," says Will.
Freediving Disciplines:
There are three main depth disciplines in competition freediving:
Constant Weight No Fins (CNF): The freediver descends and ascends without any assistance (only using arms and legs without fins).
Constant Weight with Fins (CWT): The freediver descends and ascends using fins/monofin and the use of arms.
Free Immersion (FIM): The freediver dives without the use of fins/monofin, but pulls a rope during descent and ascent.
Says Trubridge: "CNF and CWT are the two most popular disciplines. CWT gives the deepest performances, while CNF is seen as the purest expression of human aquatic potential. FIM is more of a relaxed discipline, but there are definitely some very serious practitioners there as well!"


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"It hurts me when customers say they don't want to try beef cheek," said Hugo's bartender Francisco Castillo, holding his hand to his heart. I could well imagine, since the dish of cachetes de res he had set before me was the single best thing I had ever tasted at the regional Mexican restaurant.
And that's saying something. It takes a lot to top my veneration for Hugo's octopus al carbon, for instance; or the wintertime oxtail soup; or the dearly departed-from-the-menu pan de cazon, a sort of soft, stacked tostada of wood-grilled shark in a red salsa of chile arbol.
There's a reason why beef cheek is prized by Mexicans, and why it's often the first thing to sell out in Houston barbacoa establishments on the weekends. The cut is marvelously tender and yielding, with a softly gelatinous quality that makes the meat slip and slide apart at the touch of a fork, or a tooth.
Hugo's version strikes just the right textural notes, then takes the beef a step further with a pasilla chile sauce that's all earth and warming heat, with a bare touch of sweetness. It is mole-like in its richness and complexity.
Wrapped in one of the restaurant's little house-made blue corn tortillas, the cachetes de res make sublime tacos. Eat a $12 order with one of the house margaritas (I go for the mescal version, the Oaxacan, and ask them to hold the simple syrup) and finish up with one of pastry chef Ruben Ortega's fine desserts.
Or do what I did, in a fit of gluttony, and go on to one of Hugo's interesting fixed-price menus designed for Houston Restaurant Weeks. Each three-course menu is made for pairing with agave spirits, white or red wine. (There's a vegetarian menu as well, plus separate lunchtime options.)
The white wine Restaurant Weeks menu yielded a shrimp tostada draped with gently braised and pickled squash blossoms, a great touch; and dewy catfish fillets that had been fried in crushed chicharrones, or pork cracklings. The technique works astonishingly well, and the accompaniments of salsas and an escabeche of avocado, corn and radish gives the dish its Latin character. Catfish in pulverized chicharrones? Puro Houston.
So are those cachetes de res. Go check them out. Don't hurt Francisco Castillo's heart.
(Hugo's, 1600 Westeimer Rd., 713-524-7744. Monday — Thursday 11 a.m. — 10 p.m.; Friday & Saturday 11 a.m. — 11 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. — 9 p.m.)


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Elanco celebrated World Hunger Day on May 28 by announcing a $500,000 commitment to Heifer International's East Africa Dairy Development Project (EADD), continuing the company's long-term partnership aimed at breaking the cycle of hunger for those most in need.
EADD aims to provide sustainable livelihoods for one million people in Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya by 2018. Initiated in 2008, the EADD project has provided extensive training on dairy husbandry, business practices and operations as well as the marketing of dairy products for 179,000 farming families in the region. EADD has grown to be one of the leading market-oriented development initiatives in eastern Africa, earning the farming families more than $131 million.
The next phase will employ new technologies and practices around feed production, alternative energy sources and milk transport systems. The project will prioritize social capital and gender equity to increase impact, and will reach 136,000 primary beneficiaries. Elanco's commitment includes the donation of product to help dairy farmers improve the health of their cows, the talents of Elanco employees to provide on-site training in cow health, value-chain and policy engagement, and financial support through 2018, including $500,000 this year.
This continues Elanco's ongoing partnership with Heifer International started in 2007. To date, Elanco has contributed more than $3 million to Heifer, providing the gift of training and animals to break the cycle of hunger for families in Indonesia, Zambia and China. In fact, Elanco is currently active in efforts to break the cycle in nearly 40 communities around the world.
"Heifer International is very excited about this generous contribution to support the important work in Phase II of our East Africa Dairy Development project," said Pierre Ferrari, Heifer International president and CEO. Our vision is to provide 136,000 smallholder dairy farmers in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda with the opportunities to create financial independence and social equality. More than 1 million people will have better access to food, jobs, income, education, financial and medical service, breaking the cycle of extreme poverty throughout the region. With this gift, Elanco will have a hand in the success of these dairy farmers, and for that we are grateful."
"We're particularly excited about the EADD project because it represents an evolution in sustainable development," said Jeff Simmons, president of Elanco. "Moving beyond individual gifts of animals to offering connections to technology and marketplaces can deliver social, economic, and environmental benefits that will build stronger communities throughout the entire region. Not only will we help provide better diets with access to animal protein, but greater human potential will be realized as we improve livelihoods."


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Looking for some last minute Purim ideas for Mishloach Manot? Here are some easy ones that you can use for inspiration this Purim holiday. If you are not really sure about the meaning of mishloach manot, just click here, and then continue reading below!
1- Make a ton of mini biscotti and pile into a small or medium mason jar. Tie a decorative ribbon and silk flower around a bottle of inexpensive kosher sweet wine and have your kids deliver the combo to all of your friends and neighbors.
2- Give out warm kosher hot chocolate, skewered marshmallows, pink chocolate dipped rice krispy treats that are rolled into a ball (right after cooking the mixture)in a cute Wilton Striped Cupcake Box. Very cozy!:
3- My niece Shirley who is a professional baker, was inspired by Bakerella's cookie mix in a jar, and turned the idea into a fabulous mishloach manot. Their entire family stood in an assembly line and filled and scooped until they were done with all of their beautifully filled jars. It really was one of the prettiest mishloach manot that I received last year. You can also find more cookie mix-in-a-jar recipes from allrecipes.com.
Download pretty instructions to attach to your cookie-mix filled jar with this PDF from Bakerella.
4-Bake orange juice cakes in mini loaf pans and send them with a mini bottle of fresh orange juice or a mini Tropicana juice box from your local grocer. You can find fruit themed tissue paper from Bags and Bows and for a real home squeezed feel, use a crate from an empty clementine box, or a Purim basket that was stashed in a storage bin during last year's Passover cleaning.
5- Last year my sister in-law invited us to her annual gala Purim party with a printed potholder that held a note explaining that all the moms invited were to be united in a cooking contest. What a great way to invite the family over without not actually having to cook anything! (lol…) Each family was given a rolled up note with what main dish or salad to bring. The "judges" chose the winner who received a gift certificate to Kitchen Kaboodles on Avenue U in Brooklyn. All in all, it was so much fun and easy to for everyone to walk in with part of the Purim seuda.
6- Need an adorable Purim card to attatch to your mishloach manot? My very creative friend Erika Sabbagh sent in this unforgettable idea. Dress your kids up in their Purim costumes, take a pic, print it on cardstock within a card making or a label software, print, and you are done!
7- Make an sweet treat, pile into food bags, tie with raffia or a pretty ribbon, add a bottle of kosher grape juice, a fresh daisy, place a decorative napkin inside a disposable
paper loaf pan and deliver!
8-Borrow some of Martha Stewart's Valentine's Day ideas and transform them into your Purim Jewish hostess treats!
9- Be inspired by The Kitchn's skillet toffee and 39 other homemade gifts. It's a mouthwatering roundup of melt in your mouth treats. Any one of these delectables would make a unique Purim gift to send. Make sure to add two different items in your package so that your recipient can make two prayers according to the Purim custom.
10- My good friend Allison Srour made this healthy mishloach manor: baby spinach salad with balsamic vinaigrette,
and veggie burgers with tehine!
Allison also asked me to tell you about her elegant tablecloths that she has for sale for Purim. They are elegant AND washable. Contact Allison at email@example.com
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- Egg, Nut, and Dairy Free (Vegan) Hammentashen for Purim (thejewishhostess.com)
- Two Perfect Mishloach Manot Ideas From Gourmet Kosher Cooking (thejewishhostess.com)
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Wikiquote:Transwiki/American History Primary Sources Clash of Civilizations
The World After the Cold War
The Kuwait War (1990-1991)
1991 The skies over Baghdad have been illuminated. We're seeing bright flashes going off all over the sky. CNN correspondent Bernard Shaw, reporting from Baghdad on the start of the air phase of Operation Desert Storm (January 16, 1991).
1991 The world could wait no longer.... While the world waited, Saddam Hussein met every overture of peace with open contempt. President George H. W. Bush (January 16, 1991)
What Will the New World Look Like?
1989 America is to entertainment what... Saudi Arabia is to oil. The Economist.
1991 Now we can see... the very real prospect of a new world order, a world in which freedom and a respect for human rights find a home among all nations. President George H. W. Bush
1992 Just as wars — two World Wars and, equally important, the Cold War — dominated the geopolitical map of the 20th century, economics will rule over the 21st. All the big questions confronting the world in the century ahead are basically economic. Journalist Bruce W. Nelan
1991 The defense of freedom and the promotion of democracy around the world aren't merely a reflection of our deepest values; they are vital to our national interests. Global democracy means nations at peace with one another, open to one another's ideas and one another's commerce. Former Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, candidate for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination.
1992 It was, it is, an unparalleled situation in history, one which presents us with the rarest opportunities to shape the world to do so wisely. President George H. W. Bush and National Security Brent Scowcroft in A World Transformed, the statement of national security strategy.
1993 We know that it's not just the United States, no wealthy country in the world today can create new jobs without expanding trade. It cannot be done. President Bill Clinton, speech supporting passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which removed trade barriers between The United States, Canada, and Mexico (October 20, 1993).
1993 In the post-Cold War world, we will no longer require our people to carry an unfair burden for the rest of humanity. Representative Dana Rorabacher (Republican-California)
1995 The United States must lead, period. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (Republican-Georgia).
2001 I see water and buildings.... Oh, my God! Final words of Madeline Amy Sweeney, flight attendant on American Airlines Flight 11, calling her supervisor in Boston on a cell phone in the plane's galley, as the plane headed down the Hudson River toward New York City. Moments later, at 8:46 A.M., Islamic terrorists crashed the plane into the 96th floor of the north tower of the World Trade Center.
2001 Let's roll. Final words of Todd Beamer, a passenger on the American Airlines Flight 93 that was crash-landed in western Pennsylvania. Beamer led passengers -- who had learned of the other plane crashes on 9/11 -- in an attack on the terrorist hijackers, preventing them from crashing the plane into either the White House or the capitol in Washington.
2001 We have a lot of heroes and we lost a lot of good people. New York City firefighter after the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
2001 The New York City firefighters who lost their lives will be remembered among the greatest heroes of American history. Like the brave soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy and those who raised the flag over Iwo Jima, our firefighters... gave their lives defending our liberty. Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mayor of New York on September 11, 2001, in Brotherhood.
2001 We are all Americans Headline in the French newspaper Le Monde, the day following the attacks of 9/11.
2001 al Qaeda "The Base" (name of the Islamic terrorist organization headed by Osama bin Laden, which was responsible for the attacks of 9/11).
2001 On September the eleventh, enemies of freedom committed an act of war against our country. Americans have known wars — but for the past 136 years, they have been wars on foreign soil, except for one Sunday in 1941. Americans have known the casualties of war — but not at the center of a great city on a peaceful morning. Americans have known surprise attacks — but never before on thousands of civilians. All of this was brought upon us in a single day — and night fell on a different world, a world in which freedom itself is under attack.... The terrorists practice a fringe form of Islamic extremism that has been rejected by Muslim scholars and the vast majority of Muslim clerics — a fringe movement that perverts the peaceful teachings of Islam.... This group [al-Qaeda] and its leader, a person named Osama bin Laden, are linked to many other organizations in different countries.... [The terrorists] hate what they see right here in this chamber — a democratically elected government. Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms — our freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other.... This is not, however, just America's fight. This is civilization's fight. This is the fight of all who believe in progress and pluralism, tolerance, and freedom.... The civilized world is rallying to America's side. They understand that if this terror goes unpunished, their own cities, their own citizens may be next. Terror, unanswered, can not only bring down buildings, it can threaten the stability of legitimate governments.... I ask you to uphold the values of America, and remember why so many have come here. We are in a fight for our principles, and our first responsibility is to live by them. No one should be singled out for unfair treatment or unkind words because of their ethnic background or religious faith.... We have seen the state of our union in the endurance of rescuers working past exhaustion. We've seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers in English, Hebrew, and Arabic.... The entire world has seen the state of our union, and it is strong. Tonight we are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom. Our grief has turned to anger, and anger to resolution. Whether we bring our enemies to justice or justice to our enemies, justice will be done.... Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists. From this day forward, and nation that continues to harbor of support terrorism will be regarded by the United States as a hostile regime.... Great harm has been done to us. We have suffered great loss. And in our grief and anger we have found our mission and our moment. Freedom and fear are at war. The advance of human freedom — the great achievement of our time, and the great hope of every time — now depends on us. Our Nation — this generation — will lift a dark threat of violence from our people and our future. We will rally the world to this cause, by our efforts and by our courage. We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail. Pres. George W. Bush, address before a joint session of Congress nine days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks (September 20, 2001).
2001 GWOT Global War on Terror (term used by the Department of Defense).
2001 Our spirit is unbroken. In fact, it is stronger than ever. Today we reaffirm our faith in the essential dignity of every individual. What we share as Americans and as human beings is far greater than what divides us. Actor James Earl Jones (voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars) and former U.S. Army officer, in a prayer service after 9/11 (September 23, 2001).
2002 Our war on terror is well begun, but it is only begun. This campaign may not be finished on our watch — yet it must be and it will be waged on our watch. Pres. Bush, 2002 State of the Union address (January 29, 2002)
2004 The terrorists continue to plot against America and the civilized world.... We must continue to give homeland security and law enforcement personnel every tool they need to defend us. And one of those essential tools is the Patriot Act, which allows federal law enforcement to better share information, to track terrorists, to disrupt our cells, and to seize their assets. President George W. Bush, State of the Union address (January 20, 2004).


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Crowd-Sourcing the Electric CarBy Reuters - Print
Taking its cue from the open-source movement in technology--the approach that collective wisdom is better than one designed by a closed group--eCars Now! is a group in Finland looking to shake up the automobile industry from the grassroots.
HELSINKI (Reuters) - After the wikipedia, the wikicar.
"eCars - Now!" is a Finnish Internet community seeking to apply the collective approach taken by online collaborators like the authors of Wikipedia to start converting used petrol-fuelled cars to electric ones, with the first roll-out due this year.
The Finnish-language forum claims to be first of its kind in the world, and wants to provide an alternative to what its members perceive as foot-dragging in the oil and auto industries.
The group is working in the tradition of "open source" projects laid down by information technology -- like the Linux computer operating system which was started by a Finn and challenged Microsoft's dominance.
"If we succeed very well it will create similar projects across the world with whom we can share what we know," said project participant Jukka Jarvinen, adding that a similar scheme was launching in Denmark.
"We're hoping to create a global movement."
Electric cars have struggled to shake off a quirky image with tiny sales of often fantastical vehicles at prohibitive prices, or economy-sized "golf carts" with limited range.
But because they are charged from the power grid and make more efficient use of energy, they produce fewer emissions and are seen as a promising clean-air alternative to petrol-powered vehicles.
When it comes to promises, auto-makers are keen to capitalize on mounting consumer concern about high gasoline prices which is prompting trade-ins of gas-guzzling SUVs.
Chrysler LLC was one of the latest to say it plans to launch all-electric vehicles in the next three to five years.
General Motors is rushing to complete the design of its Chevy Volt, which is a plug-in hybrid, Mitsubishi Motors plans to launch its electric compact car "i-MiEV" in Japan in 2009, and in Europe Daimler's electric Smart and Mercedes models are touted for 2010.
But the Finnish group offers an outlet for fans who have so far been disappointed by the car industry. Some experts say it will still take 5-10 years for alternatives to petrol-fuelled cars to take root, given the capacity challenge for an auto industry that is adding 65 million new cars a year to a fleet of 1 billion.
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