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Guide to SBA's Definitions of Small Business
The U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has prepared this Guide to SBA's Definitions of Small Business (Guide) to help the public understand how SBA defines a small business and how it establishes its small business size standards. A small business size standard is numerical and represents the largest a concern can be and still be considered a small business. This Guide provides general information on size standard requirements and addresses most typical concerns about using size standards.
This Guide is advisory only, and carries no legal weight. SBA has written it in non-technical language. For further information, the user of this Guide should contact the sources listed at the end or consult the applicable regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations.
The regulations specifying size standards and governing their use are set forth in Title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, part 121 (13 CFR part 121), Small Business Size Regulations. SBA's size regulations pertaining to Federal procurement are also found in the Federal Acquisition Regulation, 48 CFR part 19.
The Small Business Act (Act) established SBA to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise, to insure that small businesses receive a fair portion of the Federal Government's purchases, and to maintain and strengthen the Nation's overall economy. The Act defines a small business concern as one that "is independently owned and operated and which is not dominant in its field of operation." The Act states that the definition of a small business shall vary from industry to industry to the extent necessary to reflect industry differences.
Since SBA's inception, the fundamental question has been what should be the numerical definition of small business, industry-by-industry, to establish eligibility for SBA's programs. This numerical definition is called the "Size Standard" and is usually stated in either number of employees or average annual receipts.
Small business size standards define the maximum size that a concern, together with all of its affiliates, may be if it is to be eligible for Federal small business programs.
Besides establishing eligibility for SBA's programs, all Federal agencies use them to determine eligibility for Federal contracts specifically designated for small business,
and for their own programs and regulations. Other laws or programs may require the use of the SBA's definition of small business as well.
These definitions help clarify terms in this Guide. SBA's Small Business Size Regulations also contain the definitions, usually in more detail.
8(a) Business Development Program – An SBA program for small concerns owned by socially and economically disadvantaged persons. Firms admitted to the program can receive Federal contracts designated for 8(a) Business Development Program participants, as well as management and technical assistance. (See SDB Program, below.)
Affiliates – Affiliation with another business concern is based on the power to control, whether exercised or not. Such factors as common ownership, common management and identity of interest (often found in members of the same family), among others, are indicators of affiliation. Power to control exists when a party or parties have 50 percent or more ownership. It may also exist with considerably less than 50 percent ownership by contractual arrangement or when one or more parties own a large share compared to other parties. Affiliated business concerns need not be in the same line of business. The calculation of a concern's size includes the employees or receipts of all affiliates. SBA has provided further explanation in its "Affiliation Discussion," with examples.
Annual Receipts – Receipts means "total income" (or in the case of a sole proprietorship, "gross income") plus "cost of goods sold" as these terms are defined and reported on Internal Revenue Service tax return forms. The term does not include net capital gains or losses; taxes collected for and remitted to a taxing authority if included in gross or total income, such as sales or other taxes collected from customers and excluding taxes levied on the concern or its employees; proceeds from transactions between a concern and its domestic or foreign affiliates; and amounts collected for another by a travel agent, real estate agent, advertising agent, conference management service provider, freight forwarder or customs broker. For size determination purposes, the only exclusions from receipts are those specifically provided for in this paragraph. All other items, such as subcontractor costs, reimbursements for purchases a contractor makes at a customer's request, and employee-based costs such as payroll taxes, may not be excluded from receipts. Receipts are averaged over a concern's latest three (3) completed fiscal years to determine its average annual receipts. If a concern has not been in business for three (3) years, the average weekly revenue for the number of weeks the concern has been in business is multiplied by 52 to determine its average annual receipts.
Business Concern – A business concern eligible for assistance as a small business is a business entity organized for profit, have a place of business located in the United States, and operate primarily within the United States or makes a significant contribution to the US economy through payment of taxes or use of American products, materials, or labor. A business concern can also be a small agricultural cooperative.
Central Contractor Registration – Central Contractor Registration (CCR) is the primary vendor database for the U.S. Federal Government. CCR collects, validates, stores, and disseminates data in support of agency acquisition missions.
Both current and potential federal government vendors are required to register in CCR in order to be awarded contracts by the federal government. Vendors are required to complete a one-time registration to provide basic information relevant to procurement and financial transactions. Vendors must update or renew their registration at least once per year to maintain an active status.
Dynamic Small Business Search (DSBS) – A Federal Government database for small businesses to register and increase their opportunities to provide goods and services to the Federal Government. It is part of the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database. A small business only needs to enter its business information in CCR, which will then automatically populate the Dynamic Small Business Search. Firms may supplement their DSBS profiles with additional information to enhance their marketing efforts to the Federal government and larger prime contractors. Concerns interested in receiving Small Disadvantaged Business, HUBZone, 8(a), or any other certification(s), must apply separately to SBA to complete that process. It is important to note that both current and potential federal government vendors must register in CCR to be awarded contracts by the Federal Government.
Employees – The number of employees of a concern is its average number of persons employed for each pay period over the concern's latest 12 months. Any person on the payroll must be included as one employee regardless of hours worked or temporary status. That is, it is a "head count." The number of employees of a concern in business under 12 months is based on the average for each pay period it has been in business.
HUBZone – The HUBZone Empowerment Contracting Program, which is included in the Small Business Reauthorization Act of 1997, stimulates economic development and creates jobs in urban and rural communities by providing contracting preferences to small businesses that are located in a HUBZone and that hire employees who live in a HUBZone. SBA is responsible for regulating and implementing the HUBZone Program. It certifies concerns for eligibility to receive HUBZone contracts and maintains a listing of qualified HUBZone small businesses federal agencies can use to locate prospective vendors.
Industry – Concerns primarily engaged in the same kind of economic activity are classified in the same industry regardless of their types of ownership (such as sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation). OMB classifies approximately 1,200 activities as industries under NAICS. For each industry, except those in the Public Administration Sector, SBA has established a size standard. Industries are described in detail in North American Industry Classification System – United States, 2007. It can be found in many libraries or purchased from the National Technical Information Service, by calling (800) 553-6847 or (703) 605-6000.
Nonmanufacturer – For Federal government contracts, a concern that supplies a product it did not manufacture is termed a nonmanufacturer. To qualify for Federal government contracting, a nonmanufacturer must have 500 or fewer employees, be primarily in the wholesale or retail trade, and supply the product of a US small manufacturer, if the contract is set aside for a small business. This requirement is called the "nonmanufacturer rule." This rule does not apply to supply contracts of $25,000 or less that are processed under Simplified Acquisition Procedures. The requirement may also be waived through formal procedure by the Associate Administrator for Government Contracting if there is no small manufacturer in the Federal market for a class of products. The nonmanufacturer rule is more detailed in paragraph (b) of 13 CFR §121.406
Not Dominant – A concern is not dominant in its field of operation when it does not exercise a controlling or major influence on an industry. As part of its review of a size standard, SBA investigates whether a concern at or below a particular standard would dominate the industry on a national basis. Thus, a concern at or below the size standard is presumed not to be dominant in its field of operation.
Online Representations and Certifications Application (ORCA) – An internet application of representations and certifications that apply to Federal government procurements. Firms must maintain complete and accurate ORCA records. ORCS records are considered public information.
Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business – A small business concern that is at least 51 percent unconditionally and directly owned by one or more service-disabled veterans may represent itself as a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern in the Central Contractor Registry at www .ccr.gov. To participate in the Federal marketplace, the Veteran must have a service-connected disability that has been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs or his or her respective military branch of service. For more information, please go to www.sba.gov/GC and www.sba.gov/vets.
Set-aside Contract – A "set-aside" is a restricted Federal contract for which only small business may submit offers.
Small Agricultural Cooperative – A small agricultural cooperative is an association (corporate or otherwise) acting pursuant to the provisions of the Agricultural Marketing Act (12 U.S.C.A. 1141j) whose size does not exceed the size standard established by SBA for other similar agricultural small business concerns. A small agricultural cooperative's member shareholders are not considered to be affiliates of the cooperative by virtue of their membership in the cooperative. However, a business concern or cooperative that does not qualify as small under part 121 of SBA's Small Business Size Regulations may not be a member of a small agricultural cooperative.
Small Disadvantaged Program (SDB) Program – While the 8(a) Business Development Program (above) offers a broad scope of assistance to socially and economically disadvantaged concerns, SDB certification strictly pertains to benefits in Federal procurement. 8(a) concerns automatically qualify for SDB certification. SBA certifies SDBs to make them eligible for special bidding benefits. Evaluation credits available to prime contractors boost subcontracting opportunities for SDBs.
Woman owned small business – A business concern in which one or more women have 51 percent or more stock ownership. Women business owners are critically important to the American economy. America's 9.1 million women-owned businesses employ
27.5 million people and contribute $3.6 trillion to the economy. However, women continue to face unique obstacles in the world of business. SBA is a very strong advocate for women entrepreneurs and offers many programs and services to help them succeed.
To qualify as a small business concern for most SBA programs, small business size standards define the maximum size that a firm, including all of its affiliates, may be. The SBA has established two widely used size standards – 500 employees for most manufacturing and mining industries and $7.0 million in average annual receipts for most nonmanufacturing industries. However, many exceptions exist. For the applicable size standard, see the SBA's Small Business Size Regulations, 13 CFR §121 or the Table of Small Business Size Standards matched to NAICS industries for which SBA has established standards. (SBA periodically changes a size standard for an industry. The process for changing a size standard is discussed later in this Guide.) The general range of size standards by industry division follows:
Construction – General building and heavy construction contractors have a size standard of $33.5 million in average annual receipts. Special trade construction contractors have a size standard of $14.0 million. The size standard for Land Subdivision is $7.0 million in average annual receipts. The size standard for Dredging is $20.0 million in average annual receipts.
Manufacturing – For approximately 75 percent of the manufacturing industries, the size standard is 500 employees. A small number have a 1,500 employee size standard and the balance have a size standard of either 750 or 1,000 employees.
Mining – All mining industries, except mining services, have a size standard of 500 employees.
Retail Trade – The size standard for most retail trade industries is $7.0 million in average annual receipts. A few, such as grocery stores, department stores, motor vehicle dealers and electrical appliance dealers, have higher size standards. None are above $29.0 million.
Services – For the service industries, the most common size standard is $7.0 million in average annual receipts. Computer programming, data processing and systems design have a size standard of $25.0 million. Engineering and architectural services have different size standards, as do a few other service industries. The highest annual receipts
size standard in any service industry is $35.5 million. Research and development and environmental remediation services are the only service industries with size standards stated in number of employees.
Wholesale Trade – For all wholesale trade industries, a size standard of 100 employees is applicable for loans and other financial programs. When acting as a dealer on Federal contracts set aside for small business or issued under the 8(a) program, the size standard is 500 employees and the firm must deliver the product of a small domestic manufacturer, as set forth in SBA's nonmanufacturer rule, unless waived by the SBA for a particular class of product. However, for those procurements made under the Simplified Acquisition Procedures of the FAR and where the purchase does not exceed $25,000, the nonmanufacturer may deliver the goods of any domestic manufacturer.
Other Industries – Other industry divisions include: Agriculture; transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services; and finance, insurance and real estate. Because of wide variation in the industry structure of the industries in these divisions, there is no common pattern of size standards. For specific size standards as of January 1 of each year refer to the size regulations in 13 CFR §121.201. SBA's table of small business size standards includes all changes and modifications made since January 1 of the most recent year.
For SBA business loans the concern must meet the size standard for the industry in which it, including its affiliates, is primarily engaged as well as the size standard for the primary industry of the applicant concern, not including its affiliates. The SBA determines whether the loan applicant is an eligible small business. Applicants for financial assistance under the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) and Development Company (504) Programs, must meet the size standard for business loans (see above), or as an alternative, not exceed the following criteria:
SBIC Program 504 Program
Tangible Net Worth $18 million $8.5 million
Average (2 year) Net Income $6.0 million $3.0 million
after Federal Income Taxes
(excluding any carry-over loses)
For Surety Bond Guaranty Assistance, the concern, including its affiliates, may not have receipts in excess of $7.0 million for construction and service contracts. For other concerns, including manufacturing, the size standard of the applicant's primary industry applies (including affiliates).
SBA amended the Surety Bond Guarantee Program size standard for construction (general or special trades) or service concerns performing contracts in the Presidentially declared disaster areas resulting from the 2005 Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, or Wilma. Under those circumstances the concerns must meet either the size standard for the primary industry in which it, together with its affiliates, is engaged, or the current $7.0 million standard for the SBG Program, whichever is higher. Please see SBA's amendment for details.
USE OF SIZE STANDARDS FOR SBA's SMALL BUSINESS INNOVATION RESEARCH PROGRAM
The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program provides small concerns a competitive opportunity to propose innovative concepts to meet the research and development needs of the Federal government. To be eligible, a business concern must be either
at least 51 percent owned and controlled by US citizens or lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens, and, including affiliates, not exceed 500 employees; or,
at least 51% owned and controlled by another business concern that is itself at least 51% owned and controlled by individuals who are citizens of, or permanent resident aliens in the United States.
To determine the SBIR firm's size, you must include the employees of all of its affiliates, wherever they are, and whether they are for-profit or not-for-profit entities. Many SBIR participants and applicants for participation have one or more Venture Capital Operating Company (VCOC) investors. This has raised questions about the relationship of the SBIR Company to the VCOCs and about the relationships among the VCOCs themselves. Because determining the SBIR company's eligibility as a small business involves counting the employees of all of its affiliates, SBA has provided further explanation in its "Affiliation Discussion", with examples, of affiliation relationships, and how a company could be affected.
For purposes of the SBIR and STTR program, SBA's affiliation regulations can be found at 13 C.F.R. § 121.702. Further information about the specific affiliation rules for the SBIR and STTR programs, including a compliance guide and FAQs, is available at www.sbir.gov.
The contracting officer will designate, as part of the solicitation, the applicable size standard for the government procurement. The size standard is based on the industry classification of the goods or services being procured. The proper NAICS industry is that which best describes the principal purpose of the procurement, considering the industry description in NAICS. When more than one NAICS is involved in a contract, consideration is to be given to the function of the goods and services being purchased and the relative value and importance of each. To bid on Federal contracts, the concern must self-certify in ORCA (and above) that it is a small business under the appropriate size standard set forth in the solicitation. The size of the concern at the time of self-certification prevails for that contract. A concern may grow above the size standard before or after award without loss of eligibility to perform on that contract. In the 8(a), HUBZone and SDB Programs, the concern must meet the size standard for its primary industry to be admitted to the program. Then it must meet the size standard for the NAICS industry assigned to each individual contract. If a procurement calls for two or more items with different size standards and the offeror must bid on all end items, it may qualify as a small business if it meets the common size standard for those items accounting for the greatest percentage of total contract value. If the offeror is not required to bid on all items, it may bid only on items for which it meets the size standard. To be awarded a Government small business set-aside or 8(a) contract, the concern must perform at least a given percentage of the contract. This provision limits the amount of subcontracting a concern may enter into with other firms when performing these types of contracts. The provisions are as follow:
Construction – For general and heavy construction contractors, the prime contractor with its own employees must perform at least 15 percent of the cost of the contract, not including the cost of materials. For special trade construction, such as plumbing, electrical or tile work, this requirement is 25 percent.
Manufacturing – The prime contractor must do at least 50 percent of the cost of manufacturing, not including the cost of materials.
Services – The prime contractor's own employees must perform at least 50 percent of the contract cost for personnel.
See 13 CFR §125.6, Prime contractor performance requirements (limitations on subcontracting), for more information.
In addition to other laws that may be applicable, section 16(d) of the Small Business Act, 15 U.S.C. 645(d) provides severe criminal penalties for knowingly misrepresenting the small business size status of a concern in connection with procurement programs. Section 16(a) of the Act also provides, in part, for criminal penalties for knowingly making false statements or misrepresentations to SBA for influencing in any way the actions of the Agency. (13 CFR §121.108)
Any party to a procurement may protest the self-certification of a bidder as a small business. The protest must follow certain procedures and shall include the specific reason(s) why the protester believes the challenged firm is not a small business. A protest must be sent to the contracting officer, who transmits it to an SBA Office of Government Contracting Area Office for a size determination of the challenged firm. Procedures for protest and appeal of size determinations are detailed in 13 CFR §121.1001 through §121.1010. Size determination and appeal procedures for SBA's financial assistance programs are found at the same citation. An interested party may appeal an NAICS designation made by the contracting officer on a specific procurement that has been set aside for small business. The most likely reason for such an appeal would be to correct an NAICS classification to one with a different size standard. These appeals are sent directly to SBA's Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) and must follow the required procedures. (Different rules apply to NAICS designations of 8(a) contracts.)
Parties interested in making a protest of appeal should avail themselves of the procedures governing the time limitations for appeals in effect at that time. These procedures are contained in 13 CFR § 121.1001 through §121.1103, and 13 CFR §134 (Office of Hearings and Appeals).
The SBA's Administrator has responsibility for establishing small business size standards. Requests to change existing or to establish a new size standard should be addressed to the Assistant Administrator for Size Standards in Washington, DC. The Office of Size Standards has the responsibility of reviewing industry and other relevant information and making recommendations to the Administrator. Important factors are the structure of the industry and the affect of the size standard on Federal procurement. Changes to size standards must follow the rulemaking procedures of the Administrative Procedure Act. A proposed rule changing a size standard is first published in the Federal Register allowing for public comment. Documentation establishing that a significant problem exists requiring a revision of a size standard, plus an economic analysis of the change, must be included in a proposed rule. Comments from the public, plus any other new information, are reviewed and evaluated before a final rule is promulgated which establishes a new size standard.
Small business regulations are contained in 13 CFR § 121 and the Federal Acquisition Regulation 48 CFR §19. For the applicable size standard and for size standard questions, you may contact SBA in one of the Area Offices of the Office of Government Contracting, or in Washington, DC. The full table of small business size standards matched to NAICS codes is available on the SBA's Internet Web Site. Please visit http://www.sba.gov/size/. There are six area offices in SBA's Office of Government Contracting, listed below. Each has someone designated as a Size Specialist.
Area 1
Office of Government Contracting
Boston Area Office
Small Business Administration
10 Causeway Street
Room 265
Boston, MA 02222-1093
Tel: (617) 565-5622 or (631) 454-0750
Area II
Office of Government Contracting
Philadelphia Area Office
Small Business Administration
Parkview Tower 1150 First Avenue
Suite 1001
King of Prussia, PA 19406
Tel: (610) 382-3190
Area III
Office of Government Contracting
Atlanta Area Office
Small Business Administration
233 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 1805
Atlanta, GA 3030
Tel: (404) 331-7587, x 208
Area IV
Office of Government Contracting
Chicago Area Office
Small Business Administration
500 West Madison Street
Suite 1150
Chicago, IL 60661-2511
Tel: (312) 353-7674
Area V
Office Government Contracting
Dallas Area Office
Small Business Administration
4300 Amon Carter Boulevard
Suite 116
Fort Worth, TX 76155
Tel: (817) 684-5302
Area VI
Office of Government Contracting
San Francisco Area Office
Small Business Administration
455 Market Street
6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Tel: (415) 744-6844
Office of Size Standards
U.S. Small Business Administration
409 3rd Street, SW
Washington, DC 20416
Tel: (202) 205-6618
Office of Contracting Assistance
U.S. Small Business Administration
409 3rd Street, SW
Washington, DC 20416
Tel: (202) 205-6460
As stated above in the Introduction, this guidance paper is advisory only and summarizes in simplified form the most basic provisions of the complete regulations found in 13 CFR §121. Part 121 regulations are legally controlling.
The term "person" used throughout this document and the regulations includes an individual, entity, or business concern. § 121.103(c)(1).


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adamschneider | Early spring wildflowers Date Climbed: Apr 19, 2006 | |
We took advantage of nearly perfect weather and hiked Dog Mountain today, April 19. It was a little windy at the trailhead and at the first viewpoint (at 1600'), but the summit meadow was dead calm (probably because the true summit was blocking the eastern breeze) under clear blue skies. The famous wildflower displays up top hadn't really started yet; there was no balsamroot at all, and the lupines were just starting to get leaves. But all along the trail, there were plenty of less-showy early spring wildflowers: buttercups, blue-eyed mary, filaree, prairie stars, spring beauty, etc.; and trillium and calypso in the woods. Update: finally got my photos "processed": http://adamschneider.net/photos/2006-04-dm/ | ||
Posted Apr 19, 2006 11:15 pm |
thetathrees | Were going to practice navigation... Date Climbed: Apr 2, 2006 | |
Did this hike as a conditioner for the Mazamas BCEP. We were going to practice navigation, but clouds and fog obscured all our landmarks. :) Quite windy and c o l d at the top, so we ate lunch a little ways down, away from the wind. | ||
Posted Apr 17, 2006 7:22 pm |
Karl Helser | Dog of a Mtn. Date Climbed: Apr 1, 2006 | |
Not the best time of the year to do this one but a good Mazama BCEP conditioner anyway... Sunshine at the bottom and fog, rain, & snow at the top. | ||
Posted Apr 5, 2006 1:00 pm |
LCannon | Route Climbed: Old and Newer Ways Dates: 1989, 1990, 2005 | |
My sister and I first tried this in about 1989, we came to the sign that said Difficult and Most Difficult and silly girls that we are chose the Most Difficult way. We later learned that this was the "old" route and it was VERY steep. I joked that if you fell while going uphill you wouldn't hurt yourself as the trail in front of you was only a foot from your nose! We came down the "Difficult" more scenic route. I got a bit nervous on the climb towards the summit while turning around and looking down, not a good idea when you're afraid of heights. We had a nice picnic lunch at the top. It was a bit too early in the spring for the Balsam flowers to be in bloom yet, but some of the early wildflowers were out. The next time we climbed it, was just a few days too late for the "yellow show" and it was HOT, rocky and dry. I took my 13 year old daughter in 2005 again and we only made it half way up before returning. For all it's popularity it's not my favorite gorge hike. Too many rocks, too exposed to sun and weather, too many people, not the trail if you enjoy solitude, and the views are nice but I find Hamilton Mountain just as lovely. Then there's the rattlesnakes.......every year someone seems to need rescueing after getting bitten by one. All in all a fun trail, I'm glad I did it....but I think I'll do Indian Point on the Oregon side again, or Hamilton Mountain, or Starvation Ridge..... | ||
Posted Mar 1, 2006 3:22 am |
Garon Coriz | Short Getaway Up The Scenic Route Date Climbed: Feb 25, 2006 | |
There were a lot of people (+22) and a half dozen dogs. Everyone was nice, including the dogs. There wasn't much snow until the top 100 feet or so, but there was crusted ice beneath the vegetation the whole way. The view is great. | ||
Posted Feb 25, 2006 9:16 pm |
Levi | Route Climbed: More Difficult up, less difficult down Date Climbed: Feb 13, 2006 | |
Stared at 7:30AM expecting snow (but there was none). Reached the summit at 9:30AM. We took our time on the trip down, back to the TH at 12:40PM. Great hike. The weather was good except for all the clouds | ||
Posted Feb 14, 2006 12:14 am |
MtnTroll | Route Climbed: Standard Date Climbed: May 1996 | |
Great hike. Windy, and caught in a nice little storm at the sumit, but this was a good one. Not the best hike to break in new boots, but... | ||
Posted Jan 6, 2006 1:42 pm |
esullender | Date Climbed: April 9, 2005 | |
Good training hike. | ||
Posted Oct 12, 2005 1:59 pm |
OmachePDX | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: July 2004 mid-day | |
This was a fun little hike, with great views of the Gorge. Hike up, lunch, and hike down seemed like a good idea. I recommend doing this hike early in the morning, what a trip that could be! (Note to self: do not hike in the afternoon on the hottest day of the year!) | ||
Posted Jul 29, 2005 3:41 pm |
jdstrong | Route Climbed: South Route (Easy Option) Date Climbed: 5/7/2005 | |
Early in the spring the entire moutain blooms with wild flowers for some of the best photo opportunities. An excellent training hike for the early season. | ||
Posted Jul 12, 2005 12:46 am |
Meredith Rose | Date Climbed: June 13, 2005 | |
I have climbed this many times over the last 4 years, but the most recent was June 13th. There was a sign at the trailhead that warned of aggressive cougar activity and said "hike at your own risk". However I always hike with my 2 large dogs so I rarely see any wildlife. The wildflowers are just past their peak, but still impressive. I never get tired of this hike. It is steep enough to get my heart pumping, and the view from the top is always worthwhile. | ||
Posted Jun 17, 2005 9:37 am |
charlatan | Date Climbed: 3 May 2005 | |
Second time on Dog Mountain. Both times I have seen a bear (the first, a little one on Augspurger last June and this time a big one on the Augspurger trail on Dog Mountain itself). What is the probability of that? Decent views over the Gorge and of semi-obscured Adams and St Helens this time. | ||
Posted Jun 12, 2005 11:20 pm |
leedog12 | Route Climbed: All Date Climbed: April 23, 2005 | |
This was my 5th Dog Mountain summit hike. Great training mountain with a bit of weight in my pack. 1:12 up for a total round trip time of 2:10. Could have gone a bit faster on the descent if it were not so darn rainy!! | ||
Posted Jun 12, 2005 2:28 pm |
sauron93 | Route Climbed: Trail Date Climbed: April 2, 2005 | |
fun convenient hike with a great view! | ||
Posted May 10, 2005 1:51 am |
wildstar | Route Climbed: Old Trail Date Climbed: April 21, 2005 | |
Fun hike with nice views of the gorge. Did as a hike to stretch our legs before a Mt. Hood attempt. | ||
Posted Apr 21, 2005 8:47 pm |
lostman | Route Climbed: Scenic up / Augspurger down Date Climbed: November 11, 2004 | |
Great hike on a really nice day. Lots of atmospheric haze in the Gorge and an amazing sunset. | ||
Posted Nov 12, 2004 12:31 am |
Don Nelsen | Route Climbed: south side trail Date Climbed: June 25th, 1999 | |
I'd climbed this as early as the late 70's but failed to log it. Done it about 12 times over the years and it's always a great little hike. Saw a couple of baby rattlesnakes on the trail on the west side last year. | ||
Posted Nov 10, 2004 11:40 pm |
Dundeel | Route Climbed: Old Trail Date Climbed: 1980s | |
Rain and wind but good exercise. | ||
Posted Sep 22, 2004 11:44 pm |
rpc | Route Climbed: all the established trails Date Climbed: 4X | |
This is a great hike! Have done it four times (always with our dog) in winter and early spring. Will make it out there sometime in late spring to check out the wild flower displays. | ||
Posted Aug 30, 2004 4:13 pm |
Soup | Route Climbed: Scenic Up/ old trail down Date Climbed: June 17, 2004 | |
I was on the trail by 5:30 am to beat the heat and huffed on up a nice and quiet trail. The wildflowers looked like they were sufferin' from our coming summer sun; about a quarter were burned out, but the three-fourths remaining were great! There were clear skies like crazy; Hood, Adams, and St. Helens all showed up. When I was eating breakfast up top, two deer crossed the meadow not more then 25 feet away from me. On my decent, I walked right up on a rattle snake eating his own chipmunk breakfast. I do believe that there is nothing like the sound of that rattle! | ||
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Confinement Drink: Longan and Red Date Tea
Apologies that I have neglected my blogs and my dear readers, but it's not without a good reason. As many of you have known, I recently gave birth to my son baby G, and have since been "sentenced" to a month-long Chinese birth confinement. As I am writing this post, I am eagerly counting down to the end of the confinement period, which is next Tuesday, Oct 19.
So, what is confinement, or 坐月?
According to the Chinese, a woman's body is the weakest and most vulnerable to future ailments after childbirth, and thus a confinement period of at least 30-40 days will ensure great recovery and long term health. During confinement, the confining mother will have to observe, follow, and endure a series of taboos, traditional rituals, and consumed a strict confinement cuisine…
Confinement cuisine basically consists of heating ingredients: old ginger, sesame oil, wine, black vinegar, etc., which are used excessively in almost every confinement meal. Chinese herbs such as ginseng and dong qui (当归) are also vital tonics to help the body heal. Water is a no-no as it will cause water retention, hence hot drinks such as ginger & date tea and longan & date tea are prescribed. Wine such as DOM is indispensable even though there are debates that nursing mothers shouldn't have wine as the wine passes to the milk.
Other than the above, certain dishes are must-have's during the confinement period. The most common ones are ginger and black vinegar pig trotters (猪脚醋), sesame oil chicken (麻油鸡), pork liver and kidneys cooked with ginger and sesame oil, pig stomach soup, etc. The dishes also have to be consumed while hot/warm. Suffice it to say, confinement meals are not your regular day-to-day cooking, but a series of concoctions prepared the traditional way to nourish the body.
Chinese confinement also comes with a laundry list of taboos but the most unbearable of all to a confining mother is not being able to shower and wash the hair during the confinement period, which means an average of 30-40 days!!! In present day, it's hard to fathom that such belief still exists but the contact of cold water is said to cause the penetration of "wind" (风) into the body, and will lead to severe body ache and future ailment. (Just between you and me, let's just say that I didn't exactly follow this practice.) The concept of "wind" also extends to not leaving the house during the confinement, no air-condition, no fan, no sleeveless top, etc. Precisely, the confining mother has to be wrapped up with layers of clothing, socks, and not to expose the body to the "wind."
So, here you have it, a quick snapshot of what I am going through. I have to say that it's an exceedingly challenging time for me as I am not 100% sold on the concept. I do believe that eating well is very important but when you are fed with sesame oil + ginger + wine every single day, it's a completely different story. I miss my favorite seafood and sambal-laden dishes. I miss being normal, I guess, but I know in no time, I will be back to my regular lifestyle and eating my favorite food.
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You know when My wife had our two kids, they go through a very similar diet. The only thing they can eat is chicken. Not the store bought one, but the one you slaughter live. So yes, I had to stock up on them in my freezer for my wife to eat. Herbs for the chicken soup are duck feet herb, lemon grass, and some other type of herb that looks like grass but gives the soup a nice flavor.
53I've never heard of confinement after giving birth. I enjoyed reading your blog. Thanks!
54Wow. Hello and Congrats. I'm Cambodian and had my little tiger in April. We have very similar customs. The wine mixtures and tonics (though I think we used vodka), lots of layers of clothes to stay warm, and other traditions. It's really interesting and I pretty much pretended to follow some parts too just to please my elders. I just wanted to say, love your recipes and pictures. They look so yummy and delicious.
55To follow strictly to the rules during confinement is only applicable to Southern China's climate which is extremely humid & damp during Spring and cold during Winter. Since most of us overseas Chinese came from Guangdong & Fujian, that's why our ancestors carried the rituals with them. I'm pretty sure not all of us need to follow it strictly because most parts of world are not as humid and damp as the climate in South China.
56It's been a while since I last visited your website. Congrats on your new born! Sorry abit late but better be late than never…what the name of your baby? what does baby G stand for? any chinese name? I clicked on the link above Baby G but returned page not found?
57Congratulations Bee! I haven't checked this website for a while and am really glad to hear about your good news – better late than never rite? :)I am due in a few weeks and am feeling rather anxious about this confinement business. Having said that I have been on restricted diet due to gestational diabetes so very much looking forward to being able to eat all the yummy Malaysian food again with rice as I am not allowed to have very much rice at all with the diabetes.
Please do post up some interesting and yummy confinement recipes when you can.
Hope you are enjoying motherhood and congrats again!
58Bee, parabéns pelo seu bebê. Agora, com 3 meses de idade, ele deve estar uma gracinha.
Também passei pelo confinamento na ocasião do nascimento de minha filha mais velha. Mas não sei fazer as comidas "quentes", de confinamento. Sugiro que você faça um tópico com receitas de confinamento. Assim manteremos a tradição para futuras gerações.59Visite o meu site. Está lindo.
60Visitem o meu site.
61Congratulations re your new baby!
I'm interested in your confinement rules and food…Thanks for sharing!
62Wow -I had never heard of anything like this! Fascinating (and yes I agree not showering for 30-40 does not sound appealing).
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What did you think of the big twist at the end of the book? Did you see it coming?
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It's funny - I did NOT see that ending coming... and it made me like the book more! There were a couple of times where I thought I knew what was coming, but the "big twist" was not it. I made some notes as I read the book but I think I left that list in the book - which I have already passed on to a sibling to read with the advice to not give up, finish the book, and don't scan the ending.
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I loved the ending and absolutely did not see it coming at all. That really surprised me because I have read so many books and very often have it figured out ahead of time. Not this time, and that is just one of the many reasons why I loved The Secret Keeper so much!
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I certainly did not see that coming. I was more leaning toward thinking that Dorothy had suffered a terrible trauma during the war and combined with the loss of her parents had just blocked it all out. The Dorothy Laurel knew had suffered horribly during the war but not in the way I was thinking. Sure did make me appreciate the ability of Kate Morton to tell a story.
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I kind of did see it coming. About 2/3 of the way through the book, I suddenly started feeling that young Dolly and Dorothy the mom didn't seem like they could be the same person and the idea that it could be Vivien kind of popped into my head. I was just sure that Vivien was being abused and it made more sense that her husband would not have stopped trying to find her than that he would have bothered tracking down Dolly. It didn't detract from the end at all; in fact, it kept me racing through the book to see how it happened. The tatty white fur coat threw me off because I couldn't find a way to get it into Vivien's hands.
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No way. In fact I felt a bit manipulated by the sudden twist, because I found the pace of the story as it developed a bit frustrating - lots of descriptive stuff that seemed to no purpose (in fact I still feel there were lots of rabbit trails, and I hate that). All of a sudden the last 70 pages hit and bam!
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Yes, but it was late enough in the book that it didn't interfere with my enjoying the story. In fact, it made perfect sense and because of it, I think I enjoyed the ending even more because it was absolutely satisfying.
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I'd read somewhere that there was a twist, and at some point I wondered about the two women switching places... but I couldn't make it work, forgot about it, & then was shocked at the ending after all.
This is one of those books where the ending really made it for me. My biggest issue, as others have posted, was that young Dolly and old Dorothy seemed like two completely different people all along, and I was frustrated with the author for not demonstrating how Dolly could have changed so completely. And then I hit the ending and... well, it all made perfect sense, everything clicked into place and I ended up liking the book after all.
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Like "jeannew" I felt the disconnect with the early Dolly and Dorothy the mother. But I kept looking for the defining moment that changed Dolly rather than catching on to the switch in the characters. I think the author masked the ending very well. It surprised me and I liked the book because I was surprised. The ending also made it all make sense. It's satisfying when the author brings closure and it felt good to see the two "nice" people survived.
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No I didn't at all, and I am usually pretty good at figuring out plot twists. That said I felt it was a great way to pull the story together and answer some questions I had. Those questions included "How did such a self-absorbed Dolly turn into a caring Dorothy?" Also, "If Dolly was so in love with Jimmy, how did she fall so completely for Laurel's father?"
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No, I did not. I figured out that Vivien was being abused by her husband, and that was why she rejected Dorothy so coldly, and I could not believe that the very shallow and immature Dorothy could possibly be Laurel's loving mother, or that the loving mother could kill a man so easily. But I didn't put the clues together before the author revealed all. Kate Morton is a deft and gifted writer.
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Because most of HMR's products are prescription drugs IG+M closely interviewed "customers" who are pharmacists doctors nurses and other members of the medical community around the world. "After all" says Lucas "these are the people that interact with the product and the package."
These healthcare professionals expected the manufacturer's name to be clearly visible on the package because it establishes a product's "reputation" even before the brand or product identification. "They wanted to understand this quickly rather than having to find it on a back panel. At the same time they didn't want the manufacturer's name to overwhelm the actual brand and product information" Lucas reports.
The research then uncovered that next in importance was the brand name. This was a surprise because HMR and IG+M didn't expect these medical people to be as brand-sensitive as consumers. "They told us it was easier to refer to a drug by a known brand rather than by its chemical name" Lucas says.
In recognition of regional differences and opinions a global steering committee was established to help reconcile regional and cultural issues relating to the graphics. The committee also assisted in guiding the approval process.
As well the consultants analyzed the legacies in copy and art of the three companies' previous brand identities along with the packaging systems in place. Finally all of this information was compared to what the medical professionals revealed were the trends in global pharmaceutical and healthcare packaging.
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The graphic redesign includes far more than just the front panel points out David Sullivan HMR's director of international standards whose office is in Frankfurt am Main. "Since pharmaceutical labeling is very highly regulated around the world it has been impossible to be able to standardize as much on other panels. Every package of every product manufactured for HMR in all the sites and countries around the world will be changed to this new graphic standard over a two-year period" ending in October 2002.
Even Sullivan isn't sure how many packages will be involved. "We don't have a total count of all of our worldwide stockkeeping units. We do know we have in excess of 20 products and sizes."
In part the uncertainty is due to the continuing changes as the new company works to integrate all three partners. "We're in the process of 'rationalization' of the combined organization" Sullivan says. For example the three separate companies operated about 100 manufacturing and packaging facilities around the world before the merger. That number will likely be reduced as the "rationalization" permits HMR to consolidate certain production.
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Just as the goal to create "efficiencies of scale" in manufacturing and packaging will dictate the closing of smaller inefficient operations the same philosophy is being applied to HMR's products too.
"It's important to divide the questions of Global Packaging Standards into two separate parts" Sullivan tells PW. "The project we undertook with Interbrand Gerstman+Meyers was for the unifying of the graphic standards. First it concentrated on changing the graphic image for the new company and we have now defined global graphics standards. We are now in the implementation stage around the world.
"The second phase is to create more efficient ways to produce the package artwork that will be used to manufacture these new packages.
"However totally separate from our project with the design company the second part of HMR's plan in packaging standardization involves the physical standardizing of packaging materials.
"Up to now" Sullivan continues "this has been handled by HMR on a country-by-country basis.
"The sites that manufacture packages for us in individual countries have begun to standardize their packaging formats and sizes. In many cases this involves a change from as many as sixteen to twenty different package format types to just a handful. In the most extreme cases these converters are ending up with only two or three formats." What Sullivan calls formats include both primary package style (blister pack vs bottle for tablets and capsules) but also attempts to standardize on counts and package sizes.
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Unlike the production "rationalization" program Sullivan says this program to reduce the variety of packages and sizes is not being implemented from the perspective of "economy of scale." It's not a cost-cutting program devised by HMR suppliers and converters he points out.
The impetus behind this effort at standardization comes from HMR's facilities and the new company's plan to increase productivity and efficiency. "What's driving this is internal pressure to increase our production and packaging line efficiency and to reduce our packaging downtime" Sullivan reports.
However he adds that in the future it's possible that HMR will look to create stronger bonds with certain suppliers around the world in a program to concentrate larger portions of its business with fewer suppliers. "We are evaluating the possibility of reducing the supplier partnerships we have in the individual countries of Europe just as we've done in the past in North America. Up to now though the standardization drivers are more related to internal efficiency rather than external third-party costs."
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Whether there will soon be fewer companies and locations producing packaging for HMR plants the second part of the IG+M project should help make it easier. This relates to the graphics management system that Michael Lucas mentioned.
IG+M recommended its own Brand Wizard(TM) computer software program to help automate artwork retrieval and formats for HMR plants around the globe. A team at IG+M led by James Terry technology director has been customizing the software for HMR.
"What's revolutionary about this program is the creation of virtual templates and artwork for HMR that will allow future consistency of package appearance. Previously the various regions each had different ways to create packaging. And some of them weren't even computerized" Terry says.
The software will allow artists to select the appropriate media language and dimensions to apply the correct data onto the package. "When we shift to the Brand Wizard program it will add more automation to the process but it won't completely automate it" Sullivan says. "It's far more than just displaying design templates. There is logic in the program so it can make some calculations for the artist."
Initially the software will be issued only to HMR's strategic sites. "After we gain some experience using it and feel comfortable then it will be forwarded on to our smaller sites as well. However we just received the latest modifications in early May so we really haven't evaluated it yet."
Physically Sullivan says all the graphic elements will be loaded onto CD-Rom disks as well as on HMR's company intranet. Together these two methods of transferring artwork and designs onto HMR's package-design computers will replace what could have been a 150-page manual. "The use of Brand Wizard will permit the computer operator to create package artwork in Adobe Illustrator" says Sullivan.
The graphics part of the project with IG+M has worked well so far Sullivan states. "Most of the difficulties we've had to date relate to our ability to communicate effectively some of these complicated standards to some of our sites that are located in diverse parts of the globe."


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