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Before England played the All Blacks at Twickenham on Dec 1 last year, the team lined up to face the haka, the New Zealanders' traditional Maori war dance.
It is an intimidating spectacle at any time, but the All Blacks were the reigning world champions, had triumphed in their previous nine encounters with England and were undefeated in 20 matches.
As boots stamped on turf, eyes bulged and guttural chants filled the air, England's players stared forward firmly, keen not to betray any trace of emotion. All except one: Manu Tuilagi, England's 21-year-old Samoan-born centre, licked his lips, smiled and nodded in eager acceptance of the invitation to battle.
The moment emphasised that Tuilagi is a unique character in English rugby, a player who approaches each game with the same joy, freedom and ferocity of spirit as he did when playing barefoot and bare-chested, using a plastic bottle stuffed full of grass as a ball, during his childhood in the South Pacific.
But what followed was a reminder of his unique talents, too. Tuilagi contributed to a magical team performance that brought three second-half tries in eight minutes – a delicate offload and a muscular run set up teammates Brad Barritt and Chris Ashton, and a sharp interception yielded a try for Tuilagi himself – to inspire England to a record 38-21 win.
Manu Tuilagi takes on New Zealand at Twickenham last December (GETTY IMAGES)
The shock victory made headlines around the world, gave hope to an exciting young England team planning for the home World Cup of 2015, and confirmed Tuilagi's world-class potential. Richard Cockerill, the director of rugby at his club side Leicester Tigers, believes he can become "the best No13 in world rugby". Jonny Wilkinson, the former England fly-half, has called him the "future of the game".
When we meet weeks later at Leicester's Welford Road stadium, Tuilagi is still smiling. "It was a special day and I was ready for the battle," he says. At 6ft and 17st, Tuilagi should be terrifying company, but youth and a boyish grin soften the impact. "Facing the haka was something special for me. Growing up in Samoa, I understand what a display like that means. It was a privilege to watch so I was just smiling and saying, I accept your challenge."
As the youngest of seven brothers – four of whom played rugby for Samoa – Tuilagi was destined to be up for a battle. "My full name is Manusamoa, which is the name of a great Samoan warrior," he explains. "They named the Samoan rugby team after him, the Manu Samoa. My eldest brother, Freddie, was picked for Samoa at the 1991 World Cup, in the year I was born, so my mum and dad named me Manusamoa in honour of the team."
Tuilagi has a puzzling mix of Samoan and English characteristics. He has a thin Polynesian ponytail that flicks against his broad shoulders and an ornate Samoan tattoo that covers his right arm, but he likes to watch Geordie Shore on television and strum Ed Sheeran ballads on his guitar. It is a freezing winter morning when we meet, but Tuilagi is defiantly wearing white plimsolls with no socks, as if still craving the shoeless comfort of his childhood. He fuses Midland slang ("proper full-on rugby, man") with an enduring Samoan accent (chores are pronounced "coors", Samoa a two-syllabled "Sa-mwa").
On the pitch, Tuilagi is a rampaging bundle of teak-hard muscle. His pace and power stem from his compact, low-slung thrust, but he combines these volcanic bursts with deceptive agility and ball-handling skills. If he offers different qualities to his England teammates, it is because he learnt the game in a different way.
Tuilagi was born on May 18 1991 in Fatausi-Fogapoa, a small beach village of 300 people on the Samoan island of Savai'i. His father, Tuilagi Vavae, was a former politician and the high chief of the village council; his mother, Aliitasi, ran the local food shop. Manu is the youngest of seven brothers, five of whom also went on to play for Leicester Tigers, where their names were simplified for English ears: Fereti (Freddie), Enele (Henry), Anitelea (Andy), Alesana (Alex) and Sanele Vavae (Vae).
Manu Tuilagi (far left), aged 15, with his brothers Henry, Andy, Vae, Freddie and Alex, in 2006 (REX FEATURES)
"I grew up playing rugby wearing just a pair of shorts, playing games on hard earth or on the beach," he says. "It was always full-on competitive stuff." Dodging rocks and pig dung improved his agility, but skill had to be matched with bravery. "The main thing in Samoan rugby is toughness, not skill," he goes on. "If you're tough, people want to know about you. Having brothers who played for Samoa meant people expected me to be tough. In the village, kids of eight years old would play adults. If you cried, you wouldn't be allowed to play."
Andy toughened him up by instructing him to run headfirst at Vae. "We were not allowed to sidestep," Tuilagi says. "You just had to take the hit."
"At school we weren't allowed to play rugby from Monday to Thursday," he continues. "We wore white shirts and blue and red sarongs to school, and if you were muddy you would get beaten massively with a big stick. So Friday was the big day. In year one we would play against year two and that kept going all through school. We would sometimes put our shorts on underneath our sarongs. As soon as the bell went we'd play rugby, then wait until our sweat dried before we put our clothes back on so the teacher didn't know."
He says his priorities were family, God and rugby. He attended Sunday Mass and was taught to be respectful by his parents. Being the youngest in the family had advantages and drawbacks. "I would get spoilt but I also had to do chores. Mum still thinks I'm the baby, it doesn't matter how big I get. When I go home, I say, 'Mum, I'm not a baby any more,' but it never changes.
"I would wake up early, sweep the leaves or get rid of the horse mess, then go to school, come home, see if there was any food on the table and eat it before my brothers got to it. We had taro [a root vegetable that has a similar taste to sweet potato and is rich in complex carbohydrates for energy] and Samoan corned beef, which is amazing. Sometimes I had to find coconuts for the pigs on the family farm. I would put the coconuts on a big stick – 16 coconuts, eight on one side and eight at the back – and carry them on my shoulders, back to the farm."
A decade later, at England's 2011 Rugby World Cup training camp, Tuilagi would triumph in the team's bench-press and wrestling contests. "I guess those coconuts might be why I am strong now," he says.
He can remember, aged 12, watching England win the 2003 Rugby World Cup in the middle of the Samoan night. "Vae said England would win and I said Australia would win," he says, dropping his head with mock shame. "I remember watching Jonny Wilkinson scoring the winning drop goal. When I made my England debut [against Wales in 2011] he passed me the ball and I scored a try. I couldn't believe how my life had changed."
Tuilagi's England debut, against Wales in August 2011 (REX FEATURES)
Weeks after watching that game, Tuilagi was told that he was moving to England with his mother and Vae so that the boys could be closer to their older brothers, who were by then in Europe.
His eldest brother, Freddie, had moved to England in 1995 after his displays for Samoa at the World Cup that year led to the offer of a professional contract with the English rugby league club Halifax.
At that time, professional rugby league was the best means for any rugby player to earn a living from the game, rugby union having only recently turned professional. In 2000 Freddie Tuilagi had switched back to rugby union and joined the now professional Leicester Tigers, where he stayed until 2004. Henry had also joined the club in 2003 (and stayed until 2007), Andy lived in Leicester and Alex was playing in Italy.
"I remember Mum saying, 'We're going to England.' I thought, what, for Christmas? I was confused, but she wanted us to be together."
As the high chief of the village, Tuilagi's father couldn't abandon his duties so remained in Samoa. "We left Samoa and I didn't return for seven or eight years," Tuilagi says. "So that picture of Samoa has always stayed the same in my head. Now, when I go back, everything seems small."
Swapping his sun-drenched Polynesian homeland for an English winter was not easy.
"My first memory was that the plane trip was too long," he says, chuckling. "I remember walking out of the airport, just freezing. The cold was so new to me, but I loved it." He looks wistful. "You can smell the cold, you know? Every winter, on days like today, that smell takes me back to when I first came here."
It is characteristic of Tuilagi to shift rapidly from boisterous banter to moments of reflection so quiet you can barely hear his words. "Moving to England was a massive change to island life. Just driving to Leicester on the motorway… these roads were unbelievable. And roundabouts! They were so strange. I am from Savai'i, which has one road. You could probably go around it in a day."
Tuilagi lived in Thorpe Astley, a suburb of Leicester, with his brothers, although in 2004 he temporarily moved to Cardiff when Freddie joined the Cardiff Blues. In south Wales he began playing rugby for Rumney RFC's youth team.
"The coach asked, 'What position do you play?' In Samoa we never played positions, so I just said 'winger' because my brother was a winger. For my first game, I couldn't believe how long the warm-up was. Back home, we never warmed up, we just played. I came on with 20 minutes to go and scored my first try."
When Freddie left Cardiff in 2005, Manu returned to live in Thorpe Astley. Alex had joined Leicester Tigers in 2004 (and would stay until 2012); then Andy arrived in 2005 to become the fourth Tuilagi to play for the club. "At our house it was a similar atmosphere to back home," Manu says. "I did the chores, we spoke Samoan unless we had friends over, and we cooked Samoan food."
Tuilagi celebrates his try in his debut international against Wales (REX FEATURES)
The most conspicuous Tuilagi in Leicester, however, was Olotuli, the second eldest brother, who had also moved to England. While his brothers played rugby, he preferred to dress in women's clothes and call himself Julie. In Samoa, men who dress as women are known as fa'afafine and are far from uncommon.
"It's just the way he is," Manu says, shrugging his shoulders. "He was born like that and he wants to dress up as a woman. But not just dress up, he lives the life of a woman – he has the eyelashes, eyebrows and make-up done and wears a bra. It doesn't matter. He's our brother and a great guy. He is just different." Olotuli recently returned to Samoa to look after their parents (their mother returned home in 2004).
School wasn't easy for a boy still learning English, but rugby became Tuilagi's means of expression. At under-15 and under-18 level he played at Twickenham in the final of the Daily Mail Vase – a prestigious rugby youth competition – for his school, John Cleveland College. Tuilagi also played for the local Hinckley RFC junior teams. When he was 15 he was invited for trials at the Leicester Tigers Academy and was one of five to receive an offer. "You got £1,000 a year and I thought, oh man, I'm rich."
Tuilagi spent three years at the academy and was on the verge of signing a professional contract when disaster struck. It was discovered that he had come to the country on a six-month tourist visa and stayed (the rest of his family having arrived with the correct paperwork), although he was oblivious to the rules. "I was pretty close to getting deported. I remember thinking, I might not be here tomorrow."
Local politicians lobbied on Tuilagi's behalf, the Leicester Mercury newspaper provided positive publicity and friends set up Facebook groups in support. He hasn't forgotten. "People said they believed in me. They said I would play for England. I will always remember that support."
A key aspect of Tuilagi's appeal to stay in Britain was to prove that he had the potential to play rugby for England. The critical moment arrived when he was selected for his first senior friendly match for Leicester against South Africa, then the world champions, in November 2009. It was a high-profile televised game, and rumours circulated that he would be arrested by immigration officers afterwards. His lawyers successfully delayed proceedings, and Tuilagi starred in Leicester's 22-17 win.
"It was frightening, but it never affected me on the pitch because I love rugby so much that when I step on the pitch there is nothing else," he says. "But that game changed things. If it had gone badly, I might have been deported."
The game provided evidence of his employment value and, along with his family and personal ties to England, led to the Home Office permitting him to stay indefinitely in July 2010. He was delighted to sign a professional contract with Leicester Tigers. "I grew up in Leicester so it means everything to play for my local club," he explains.
Tuilagi at Leicester, the club he joined as a 15-year-old (KATE PETERS)
In his first season was voted the Rugby Players' Association Young Player of the Year and, alongside his brother Alex, helped Leicester to the Premiership final (although he missed the match after being banned for punching Northampton's Chris Ashton, now his England teammate, in the semi-final).
In August 2011 he made his full England debut against Wales, scoring a 44th-minute try. "I discussed playing for England with my family but they were proud of me. This is where I belong. Before the game I spoke to my brothers and they just told me to play as if I was playing for Leicester or playing back home in Samoa." (When he plays for England, people from his village stay up to watch him and congratulate his family.)
Just over a year after turning professional, Tuilagi was selected for England at the 2011 World Cup in New Zealand. He scored two tries in the tournament, but England's ill-disciplined team, which attracted more headlines for behaviour off the pitch, was knocked out in the quarter-finals.
The next day Tuilagi jumped off a ferry in Auckland harbour after a trip to Waiheke Island. He was detained by police and fined £3,000 by the Rugby Football Union.
"I made a big mistake and let people down," he says of the incident now. "Respect is a massive part of our culture and my dad was the high chief of the village so it was even more so for me." It was a dangerous stunt, but the sharpest analysis came from Richard Cockerill. "He does not realise that he is important, which is why he does daft things."
When discussing his life off the pitch, you sense the truth in this statement. Tuilagi still lives in Thorpe Astley with his school friend Ryan Bower, who currently plays for Nottingham, his Samoan teammate at Leicester Logovi'i Mulipola, and his cousin Paul Chan Tung.
He likes to cook chicken and taro, drink coffee in Starbucks (he jokingly orders using the name 'James Bond'), play Xbox games and watch films. "Just four boys chilling out," he says, with a shrug. He has an English girlfriend, Chantelle, who is at university in Manchester, and he celebrates a try by cupping his hand into a "C".
"She is back some weekends so we get some food or go to the cinema – normal stuff." His life has changed enormously in a short space of time and he sometimes forgets. "I'll be walking around then think, wow, I play for England, and it just hits me."
Tuilagi's remarkable journey continues with England's Six Nations clash with Scotland next weekend (an ankle injury permitting) and England's No13 is hoping 2013 will be an unlucky year for his opponents. "We want to take that momentum from the All Blacks game into the Six Nations and make that our normal level," he says.
As you would expect from a man who shares the name of a Samoan warrior, the subject of fierce rivalries brings a smile to his face.
"That's what I love about the Six Nations," he nods, eyes sparkling. "For England, all the nations – Wales, Scotland, France, Ireland, Italy – are rivals. Every nation has age-old history with England and that makes it special. Win or lose, it matters. It's good to keep the traditions going but make your own mark on things."
Manu Tuilagi is a client of the sports management company Skillequal (skillequal.co.uk)


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I'm not sure how she handles, but Real Racing 3, sure looked fast today at Electronic Arts' summer showcase. The game is the sequel in the cutting edge racer from Fire Monkey, the joint operation of Firemint (creators of Real Racing, as well as iOS hit Flight Control) and EA's in-house studio Iron Monkey.
An EA announcement says the game will feature "a full lineup of real world tracks," including Laguna Seca, Silverstone, and Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Naturally, this video flaunts a Porsche, a make that has been exclusive to Electronic Arts racing games for some time.
Real Racing 3 is due later this year. There's more to see at the game's Facebook page.

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This opinion column first appeared at The Fort Morgan Times.
On Tuesday evening there was a public debate held on the subject of evolution vs. creationism. Ken Ham, founder of Answers in Genesis an organization dedicated to promoting the idea that the Earth is 6,000 years old, faced off against an icon from my childhood: Bill Nye "the Science Guy". It was billed as Religion vs. Science, Bible vs. Evolution, Christians vs. Atheists, but it was really a publicity stunt for Ken Ham's business that Bill Nye unfortunately fell into. We have been baited into the trap as well if we accept that Ken Ham represents the Biblical or Christian perspective on this subject.
Millions of Christians like myself do not subscribe to a forced literal reading of scripture that supposes the earth to be very young, flying in the face of overwhelming evidence from every field of science. In fact, the perspective Ham proposes is a relatively modern innovation born out of Fundamentalist-Modernist controversies of the 19th and 20th centuries that needlessly set religion and science up as enemies. Early Christians read the Bible allegorically. The 2nd century Church Father Origen of Alexandria famously wrote:
"For who that has understanding will suppose that the first, and second, and third day, and the evening and the morning, existed without a sun, and moon, and stars? And that the first day was, as it were, also without a sky? And who is so foolish as to suppose that God, after the manner of a husbandman, planted a paradise in Eden, towards the east, and placed in it a tree of life, visible and palpable, so that one tasting of the fruit by the bodily teeth obtained life?… I do not suppose that anyone doubts that these things figuratively indicate certain mysteries, the history having taken place in appearance, and not literally."
The creation narratives of the book of Genesis are works of poetry. Even when they were written they were not understood in the literal way that Ham wants us to read them. They were composed partly as a challenge to similar Babylonian myths that portray humanity as slaves to powerful but uncaring gods. By contrast the Hebrew story of creation portrays God as caring, creating us in God's own image to hold a special place of esteem. The point of the story is not whether it took six days, but that the God of Israel is powerful and compassionate.
To take allegorical and poetic works of ancient priests and turn them into a forensic laboratory for theories of human origin unsupported by a single shred of corresponding evidence from the natural world is extremely ham-handed. The biblical city of Jericho is over 11,000 years old for goodness sakes.
Christians do not need to believe that humans and dinosaurs coexisted in order to be faithful to scripture, but we do need to be lovers of the truth to be faithful followers of Jesus of Nazareth. When Ken Ham and Bill Nye were asked what it would take to persuade them to change their minds they responded, "nothing," and "evidence," respectively. Nye's answer is the more Christian answer. It requires humility to be willing to listen to the evidence and accept where it leads rather than to cling dogmatically to unfounded opinions.
Rev. Aric Clark is the pastor of United Presbyterian Church of Fort Morgan. Read more of his writing on his blog at http://twofriarsandafool.com


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Social workers are increasingly working in authoritative settings—that is, settings where they have the power to mandate conformity by the client to the normative and often legal requirements of the organization. Such settings may be residential, such as jails, prisons, and rehabilitation facilities, or community-based organizations that are part of the criminal justice system, the mental health system, the health system, and the child welfare system. The exercise of power derived from the authority vested in the setting's objectives may and often does alter the total life situation of an individual, such as when a client is compelled to move to supervised care without the client's consent. Under an outpatient civil commitment order or mental health court supervision, the patient may be told where to live and with whom to associate as well as be required to participate in interactive treatment and to take medication. In authoritative settings, social workers are working with "involuntary" clients—clients who understand, whether or not it is explicitly stated, that the social worker possesses the power to effect unwanted change in their life circumstance. Since the early 1990s, the field has been developing new ideas and skills that are equally useful in working with voluntary and involuntary clients. In the process, social worker authority is now viewed less as a way to gain client compliance and, instead, is understood more as an opportunity to build partnerships with clients that lead to changes that are enduring and more meaningful to clients.
Keywords: authority, mandated treatment, placement, client choice, involuntary clients, motivational interviewing, practice guidelines, resistance, solution-focused interviewing
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B.C. residents are once again being asked to pay more in health care premiums — another four per cent as of Jan. 1, 2014, on top of a four-per-cent increase that went into effect at the beginning of this year.
The rate will jump to $69.25 for a single person per month, and $138.50 for families of three or more.
Quebec is the only other province in Canada that assesses premiums. In its budget on Tuesday, the B.C. government said Medical Services Plan premiums are necessary to help fund increasing health care costs. Finance Minister Mike de Jong said the increase amounts to an additional $5 or $6 a month for individuals.
"I think people understand ... that health care is not free," he said.
About 25 to 30 per cent of premiums are paid through companies, as taxable employee benefits. The government says just over 800,000 residents pay no premiums because of their low-income status, and about 200,000 more are subsidized. There are about 4.6 million people registered with the Medical Services Plan.
Premiums raise about $2 billion a year for government coffers. But annual provincial health costs are currently just over $17 billion and are expected to rise to $19 billion in 2015.
The MSP increase comes as a new report shows that B.C. health consumers are among the heaviest out-of-pocket spenders in the country, fuelled largely by private-sector costs like health insurance premiums, prescription medications and long-term care.
Despite the perception that health care in Canada is "free," publicly funded coverage pertains only to doctors and hospitals. Out-of-pocket spending includes that spent on premiums if they aren't paid by employers, dentists and other non-medical health practitioners (such as massage, chiropractors, naturopaths), prescription drugs, vision (glasses, contacts), and nursing homes.
Such private spending is climbing across Canada, with annual per-capita spending in 2010 of $1,569 ($1,594 in B.C.), according to an online study by University of B.C. researchers. Per-capita health spending in B.C. (including public- and private-sector spending) is about $5,000 a year, just under the national average.
"Yes, there is always more to spend money on when it comes to health care services and providers," said co-author Michael Law in an interview.
"But prescription drug costs account for the bulk of that. I think the take-away message here is that individuals shouldn't be counting on the public program to pay for everything. It's prudent to retire with money.
"But hopefully, policy-makers will eventually implement a drug coverage program because many people can't afford prescription medications," said Law.
Using data from Statistics Canada's annual survey of household spending, the group from The Centre for Health Services and Policy Research at UBC calculated spending on health insurance premiums and payments on six different types of health care services.
They found there has been a 37-per-cent increase in such spending since 1998. Households in B.C. and the Atlantic provinces, and those that included a senior or with a low-income family, were more likely to spend more than 10 per cent of their after-tax income on health care.
Law said many people around the world would be surprised that Canadians shoulder a huge burden in private health care costs, the third highest of developed nations, after the United States and Switzerland.
"We found that health care expenditures faced by Canadian households are substantial and have increased considerably over the past decade," the study says, noting that B.C. residents are nearly twice as likely to experience private health care costs exceeding 10 per cent of their after-tax income than those in Ontario, largely because the Pharmacare program here is less generous.
A universal drug coverage program that helps fund generic and selected classes of popular drugs would go a long way to helping B.C. residents who are struggling with health care costs, Law said. As well, he said premiums should become more of a progressive tax, rising with income levels, so that millionaires aren't paying the same premiums as those earning far less.
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The most dramatic change in the last year, obviously, was the unveil of the new Kinja publishing system. We've expanded the number of people contributing to Jalopnik and harnessed the power of the community for good. OppositeLock is thriving and we've got /DRIVE and RideApart under our domain.
There are also great contributions from Hooniverse, Road & Track, Autoweek and others.
At this point I'm not planning a big "Awesomeness Manifesto" because I think we're fairly awesome as-is. Maybe I'm wrong? Let me know what you think and I'll do my best to explain my thinking.
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Barry Callebaut at a glance
This is Barry Callebaut -
We are shaping the world of chocolate and cocoa!
- We employ more than 12,000 people operating out of more than 40 countries
- We operate more than 60 production facilities and 23 CHOCOLATE ACADEMYTM Centers across the globe
- We generated annual sales of about CHF 7.3 billion (EUR 6.5 billion / USD 7.4 billion) in fiscal year 2018/19
- We have comprehensive competencies in the art of making chocolate and cocoa products - from sourcing and processing cocoa beans to producing the finest chocolates, including chocolate fillings, decorations and compounds.
- With more than 175 years of chocolate heritage, the Barry Callebaut Group has an unparalleled blend of expertise in cocoa and chocolate.
- With a comprehensive portfolio of brands & products, we are serving three main customer audiences:
- Food & Beverages Manufacturers: Global, regional and local food manufacturers use Barry Callebaut's chocolate and cocoa products as ingredients in their consumer products.
- Artisans & Chefs: Professional users such as chocolatiers, pastry chefs, bakeries, hotels, restaurants and caterers rely on Barry Callebaut's premium chocolate products and on its convenient, ready-to-use and ready-to-sell products offered under a variety of gourmet brands.
- Vending: Barry Callebaut's various beverage brands offer a rich variety of chocolate, cocoa and cappuccino vending mixes to its global customer base in the vending sector.
We are present in 1 out of 4 of all chocolate and cocoa products around the world
As a business-to-business company, the Barry Callebaut Group serves the entire food industry, from global and local food manufacturers to artisanal and professional users of chocolate, such as chocolatiers, pastry chefs, bakers, hotels, restaurants or caterers.
We are able to provide our customers with added-value products and services adapted to specific market needs, ahead of trends and at a competitive price.
We are present in one out of four of all chocolate and cocoa products consumed around the world.
Barry Callebaut is the outsourcing partner of choice for leading global and local food companies with which we have a number of long-term partnership agreements. We are also the world's largest supplier of gourmet chocolate and specialties products through our three global brands Callebaut® and Cacao Barry®, and Carma®.
We are present in all stages of the industrial chocolate value chain
The Barry Callebaut Group is mastering every step in the value chain from the sourcing of raw materials to the production of the finest chocolates.
As we do not own any cocoa plantations, we source our most important raw material, the cocoa bean, directly through well-established presences in cocoa origin countries from cooperatives, intermediaries and government bodies.
In order to accommodate price fluctuations in raw materials, most of our business is based on a cost-plus pricing system that passes on raw material costs directly to our customers.
Barry Callebaut uniquely positioned in industrial chocolate and cocoa markets
With more than 175 years of chocolate heritage, the Barry Callebaut Group has an unparalleled blend of expertise in cocoa and chocolate. Through our leadership in innovation and renovation of products, we help our customers grow their business. Combined with our cost leadership, this makes us the preferred outsourcing partner to the food industry.
A global manufacturing footprint and a local service
We are a fully vertically integrated company and have a unique global footprint with more than 60 factories. The Barry Callebaut Group runs cocoa factories in the main cocoa origin countries as well as chocolate factories close to our customers. We are able to provide our customers with added-value products and services adapted to specific market needs, ahead of trends and at a competitive price.
Our vision and values
Everything the Barry Callebaut Group does has deep and strong roots in the company's five core values - customer focus, passion, entrepreneurship, team spirit and integrity.
Our strategy
The Barry Callebaut Group aims to outperform the global chocolate and cocoa market. This ambitious long-term strategy is based on four pillars:
- Expansion
- Innovation
- Cost Leadership
- Sustainability
Geographical split (as per end of fiscal year 2018/19)
Barry Callebaut is organized into different Regions: Region EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Region Americas and Region Asia Pacific. The globally managed Global Cocoa business is reported as a separate segment like a Region.
Overall, Barry Callebaut operated 62 factories worldwide by the end of fiscal year 2018/19, selling its products to 140 countries.
Our Regional and Product split
Sales volume by Product Group
Barry Callebaut is serving various customers segments - from global and local food manufacturers to artisanal and professional users of chocolate - through three different Product Groups: Food Manufacturers Products, Cocoa Products and Gourmet & Specialties Products.
Key figures fiscal year 2018/19
|Sales volume
|2,139,758 tonnes
|Sales revenue
|CHF 7,309.0 mio
|Operating profit (EBIT)
|CHF 601.2 mio
|Total employees
|~ 12,000
|Total factories
The future of Barry Callebaut
Barry Callebaut will continue to strive for a smart balance between consistent, above-market volume growth and enhanced profitability - continuing our SMART growth strategy.
The mid-term guidance for the 2019/20 - 2021/22 period
- Average volume growth 4-6% and
- an EBIT growth on average above volume growth1
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Pop-up Color with Teal
Pop-up Color with Teal
I was totally going to do a neutral look, but I was wearing a teal shirt… so one thing led to another and I ended up going for subtle color. Is it really only Tuesday? I feel like it should be Friday already! No, seriously… 🙂
You will need the following…
- Eyes: MAC Soft Ochre Paint Pot (neutral beige base), MAC Indianwood Paint Pot (dark gold), MAC Nylon Eyeshadow (white-gold), MAC Patina Eyeshadow (antique gold), MAC Bottle Green Eyeshadow (matte blue-green), MAC Satin Taupe Eyeshadow (dark brown), MAC Ricepaper Eyeshadow (neutral highlighter), Make Up For Ever #20L Aqua Eye Liner (forest green), MAC Plushlash Mascara (black)
- Face: Korres Tinted Moisturizer (#2)
- Cheeks: Benefit Sugarbomb (soft beige-pink)
- Lips: Guerlain Gardenia Rouge G Lipstick (pink nude), MAC Gold Dust Lipglass (sheer orange-gold)
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- Another TCA, another round of tub-thumping by CBS: #1 in viewers for the 10th time in 11 years, #1 in adults 25-54 for the seventh time in the last nine seasons, etc. This time out however the Eye had something new to crow about: its first adults 18-49 season victory in 21 years.
It was the future though that took up the bulk of the network's executive session as Leslie Moonves, President and CEO of the CBS Corporation - filling in for Nina Tassler, who was attending a close friend's funeral - addressed the new financial models currently sweeping the industry. And while their wheelhouse of procedurals and multi-camera comedies tailor made for the syndication marketplace remains as successful as ever, a few new shows have seen them step out of that comfort zone:
"The network license fee, by definition, in the summer has to be small," he said about the just-renewed "Under the Dome." "So it was because of a huge international sale of the show, as well as the participation of Amazon. And we had to make a deal unlike any we've ever made, where they got the show four days later. They have not revealed what their numbers are."
Fall drama "Hostages" likewise presented some challenges. "We've generally avoided serialized shows in those shortened orders, although we watched with great interest at the success of, obviously, a '24.' 'The Following' did very well. So when, obviously, the Bruckheimer people brought us that project, we were very excited. We realized we needed a new model to do it. And I'm sure 'Hostages' will appear, after the 15-episode run, very shortly on the Netflixes and the Amazons, which enables people to catch up."
International sales are also helping fuel various co-productions, such as The CW's "Reign" with Canada's Whizbang Films and Take 5 Productions. "Six or seven years ago, our international revenue was about $400 million. Last year it was a billion two. So it's risen dramatically. The reasons for that are: multiple channels in our big markets, the pay cables and much more competition; the opening up of Eastern Europe, the opening up of Latin America, and the opening up of Asia. So that has grown immensely."
Speaking of The CW, Moonves admitted that while as an entity it "may lose some money, [it] is owned by two companies that produce the shows. The shows bring us more revenue than the losses do. So it's still valuable, and there's still a marketplace for it."
As for other topics covered today:
-- Lots of shows will hit big milestones during the upcoming season: "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (300 episodes), "NCIS" (250), "Criminal Minds" (200), "The Good Wife" (100) and "NCIS: Los Angeles" (100).
-- "I really don't want to negotiate in public," he said about the status of negotiations with Time Warner. "That's probably not the best way to do it. Conversations are going on, as recently as 15 minutes ago with me on the cell phone to New York."
-- "We do a lot of pilots and the best get on the air," Moonves said about their "Beverly Hills Cop" pilot. "And we felt we had better choices than that pilot."
-- "It was established as a social experiment," Moonves responded about "Big Brother's" current headline making season. "Clearly that's what's happening this year. I find some of the behavior absolutely appalling, personally. What you see there, I think it, unfortunately, is reflective of how certain people feel in America. It's what our show is. I think we've handled it properly."
-- "We offered Cote de Pablo a lot of money and then we offered her even more money because we really didn't want to lose her," the executive said about the actress's departure from "NCIS." "And ultimately she decided she didn't want to do the show. It was purely her decision." Adding, "We don't like losing anybody. But we did everything humanly possible. We feel like we exhausted every opportunity, and she just decided she didn't want to do the show."
-- And finally, we're told there's no plans to burn off its shelved midseason comedy "Friend Me."
-- "Hostages" isn't designed to be a limited series. "I mean, our show, we are doing 15, and we hope to get not only two seasons, but a lot more," Jerry Bruckheimer said. "So this is not a miniseries for us."
-- Aya Cash has been cast as Kal Penn's ex on newcomer "We Are Men," where she'll recur going forward. "Kal's wife is going to be a big part of the show," creator Rob Greenberg said during his session. "And in that instance he marries someone great, and he screwed up... And ultimately I'm not sure where it's going to go, but I think that relationship is one of the most grounding parts of the whole series."
-- Carrie Preston, Gary Cole and America Ferrera are all returning to "The Good Wife" this season. As for new faces, Robert King detailed that "Melissa George is a new person who is coming in to work in Peter's office; Juliet Rylance; Ben Rappaport, who is one of these rebel attorneys who are going to break off with Julianna I mean with Alicia and Cary; and Jeffrey Tambor is coming in as a judge."
-- "There's going to be a love interest in Christy's [Anna Faris] life played by Justin Long," Chuck Lorre revealed about his new series "Mom." "That's going to come up in the first few episodes. And poor bastard doesn't know what he's in for, but he is going to be her first shot at a meaningful relationship in this new chapter in her life." Also set to appear is Octavia Spencer in the fifth episode as "a woman who, it turns out, has bigger problems than Christy."


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While the majority of current robot architectures is based on a "perception-then-action" control strategy, the eSMCs project adopts a theoretical perspective that turns this classical view upside-down and emphasizes the constitutive role of action for perception. The key concept our project is based on is that of sensorimotor contingencies, that is, law-like relations between actions and associated changes in sensory input. We will advance this concept further and suggest that actions not only play a key role for perception, but also in developing more complex cognitive capabilities. We suggest that extended sensorimotor contingencies (eSMCs) may be exploited for the definition of object concepts and action plans and that their mastery can lead to goal-oriented behaviour.
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July 30, 2012 (Beverly Hills, CA) - As the competition heats up and with an Atlantic Records recording contract awaiting the winner, The CW will broadcast the final three episodes of its new music competition series THE NEXT live from Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 27 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET), Tuesday, Oct. 2 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET), and the special two-hour finale on Thursday, Oct. 4 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET). During these live performance episodes, viewers will be able to vote online and through social media for their favorites, narrowing the field until one is chosen as The Next.
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"It's not the band I hate, it's their fans."
Sloan's Coax Me incorporates one of the most famous song lines in Canadian music history, and also sums up a lot of concert experiences for music lovers.
Some of the best shows we've seen over the years have nearly been ruined by concert behaviours that have ranged from slight annoyances to pure idiocy.
Well, think of this as a public service announcement for some of those out there that either A) don't go to many shows, or B) go to a lot of shows and you don't know any better.
Cue the lights:
The over-excitable phone call
"DUDE, THEY SOUND SO AWESOME - YOU'RE MISSING SUCH A GOOOOOD SHOW!" We'd like be able to form our own opinion if we could hear the band over your personal call, which happens to be ten times louder than the group on the stage. Save it for the bathroom break or have a warm glass of shut the hell up.
Bladder blather
Speaking of bathrooms, you can always tell the male or female dominance of an artist by the length of the bathroom lineup. Here's a tip for venues -- if you're booking Rush or a band of that ilk, please re-purpose the ladies bathroom. I haven't left you out ladies -- same should go for any Justin Bieber or Robin Thicke concert.
The giant of the gen ads
Why is it that the Blake Griffin-sized gentleman feels the need to not be so jolly to those of us of smaller stature and go right up to the front of the general admission section? Also, guys, we know you feel the need to be the alpha-male, but lose the idea of putting your better half on your shoulders. Save it for the amusement park.
The beer wobbler
Beware the dreaded beer wobbler. You know the guy or gal -- singing along and swaying gently to the music while precariously holding a supersized beer and inevitably spilling it on everyone around them. We all remember our first beer, too - utilize the cup holder in your seat.
The selfish selfie
Just because you feel the need to get Eddie Vedder in the background of your personal shot, doesn't mean you should try to multiple times. It's a distraction to everyone around you - not to mention extremely annoying.
The concert t-shirt faux pas
While this isn't the most egregious thing to do, it's still a no-no. Like wearing white in winter or slipping on crocs outside the house, putting on the T-shirt of the band you're going to see is beyond tacky. We know you like them -- you're at the show.
Being late isn't great
Like waiting for a stoppage in play at the sporting event, if you're late, wait until the end of the song before you bring your late ass back to your seat. That also goes for anytime you leave your seat as well. There's nothing more aggravating than having your enjoyment of your favourite tune interrupted while you fumble about with your drinks or your jacket.
Please stop singing loud
We're here to watch the professional sing. If we wanted to hear you warble, we'd be at your karaoke night.
Don't try and imitate Mick Jagger's moves
You may think you have moves like Jagger, but lemme tell you, you don't. While you're aping Sir Mick's steps, the people around you are laughing inside thinking you look like a piece of wet spaghetti.
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The Marriage Problems First Aid Kit describes the most common problem syndromes that plague marriages and gives suggestions about what you can do to remedy them. This kit also allows access to Dr. Kaye's complete book. Each chapter contains in-depth analysis of relationship dynamics and many useful tools for managing them. We recommend that you start by reading chapters 4 and 8 first. In this kit you will also find various articles by Dr. Kaye as well as a question and answer forum discussing specific relationship problems brought in by visitors. You will be able to read about the various marriage problems raised by past visitors and what types of interventions were recommended. You can also use the integrity checklist to see where either of you might be fracturing your relationship's foundation. Review the Relationship Responsibility list to make sure that you're clear about essential responsibilities that require your disciplined character integrity and not just your passion. Watch the videos that explain some important relationship dynamics you should know. This kit is designed to give you practical tools and knowledge even before you come on our Love Odyssey marriage retreat.
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Dr. Bryce Kaye shares why he constructed the Marriage First Aid Kit and how you, as a married couple seeking to renew your relationship, can use it to create your own marriage retreat. Want to improve your marriage? That's what Dr. Bryce Kaye's Marriage Problems First Aid kit is for – it has value for young married couples, any couple with a longer relationship and is a good resource for people just beginning their marriage relationship and want guidance.
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Integrity Check
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Principles That Help Your Relationship
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Either partner is using frequent alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, or other mood altering chemical.
Third Party Contamination
Either partner is keeping contact with another person with whom they have previously had a sexual/emotional bond.
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Intentional Deception
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Role-Bound, Emotional Starvation Syndrome
Both parties have evolved to interact with each other like business managers, going about the business of managing everyday life but without mutual play or sentimental affirmation of each other. Special time is not allocated for intimate talking. No significant effort is made to share intimate time away from parenting roles. Each party feels "taken for granted." Arguments flare up about small control issues or events that are interpreted as indicating a lack of appreciation of each other.
Pursuer – Evader Syndrome
One party is more comfortable with the expression of intense feelings. The other party dreads intensity, especially heated conflict. The person who dreads intensity finds ways to emotionally withdraw by finding responsibilities to take up their time. The other person sees their partner withdrawing and reacts by aggressively pursuing contact. They often intrude by expressing their resentments in a derogatory manner. The pursuer/intruder may also openly interpret the withdrawing party's feelings and motives. The withdrawing party reacts by withdrawing further. The pursuer feels like they are being driven "crazy."
Initiator – Dependent Syndrome
One party (the initiator) has somehow wound up with all the responsibility for planning the fun part of the relationship. The dependent party may be very responsible in their job role. However, when it comes to family or relationship activity, they look to the initiator for ideas. The dependent party is "easy" and ready to agree. The initiator feels as if they have another child for a partner. They miss the excitement of another perspective besides their own and they feel lonely although they may cover it over with anger.
Delinquent Helper Syndrome
One party (the "task-master") has somehow wound up with all of the responsibility for overseeing the household chores. The other party often doesn't "help". The task-master frequently reminds the delinquent helper what needs to be done. The delinquent helper often forgets if they're not frequently reminded.
Unproductive Conflict
The couple starts a conflict over a specific issue but soon escalates to general blaming behavior. Past misdeeds are raised up in an attempt to invalidate the other. Nothing gets accomplished and the couple retreats from one another with much hostility. This syndrome does not refer to conflict which threatens violence or actually becomes violent.
"Sneaky" Spending Behavior
One party is trying to reduce spending to live within a realistic budget, the other party is often unmindful of what they spend. The less mindful person may not be forthcoming about what they buy.
Conflicting Levels of Sexual Interest
One party wants it more, the other party wants it less. This does not refer to syndromes in which there is emotional conflict or emotional alienation affecting sexual interest. Rather, this is merely referring to different levels of sexual drive.
Non-violent Raging Behavior
In a conflict situation, one part is more likely to yell and scream before retreating in a "huff." In some couples, the rager may disapprove of their own behavior but feel helpless to prevent it. They may try to avoid conflict situations altogether.
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Chapter 1 – The Great No-No
This chapter illustrates how our own fear of shame is the greatest obstacle to resolving marriage problems.
Chapter 2 – The Structure of Vital Relationships
Love based relationships do not have as much stability or resilience as do integrity based relationships. This chapter describes the strong foundation of a relationship that can stand the test of time.
Chapter 3 – Balance and Paradox
A vital relationship needs to be dynamic and not static. Opposing needs and emotional states must be kept balanced over time. This chapter unravels the paradox.
Chapter 4 – Nurturing Healthy Attachment
Relationships must be fed. It's not enough to just feel. This chapter explains the fundamentals about how attachment needs can be effectively met.
Chapter 5 – Love's Hidden Assassin
A very common relationship killer operates far below our awareness. It leads to the numbing loss of affection that accompanies many marriage problems.
Chapter 6 – The Other Usual Suspects
This chapter outlines the other most common relationship killers.
Chapter 7 – Freeing and Strengthening Your Hedonic Self
If you're starting to numb out and lose attraction, this chapter suggests what you do to start resuscitating the part of yourself that's going dormant.
Chapter 8 – Defending Autonomy
This chapter gives you tools to ward off sublte inhibition that can strangle your affection and cause marriage problems.
Chapter 9 – Managing Conflict
This chapter describes various forms of constructive and destructive conflict. Tools for appropriate management are provided.
Chapter 10 – Sharing Power and Responsibility
This chapter contains helpful tools for negotiating chores, structuring finances, and dealing with in-laws.
Chapter 11 – Great Sex
This chapter describes elements that foster great sex as well as some guidelines on how to get there.
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will loosen his voting grip slightly by selling Class A shares and exercising an option to buy Class B stock. Miriam Gottfried joins MoneyBeat. Photo: Getty Images.
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Jeff Gundlach has made quite a name for himself. After some trouble at TCW, the "it" manager in the mutual fund industry took his firm, DoubleLine Capital, to $43 billion in assets under management. He shares his rock-star strategy with Editor-in-Chief John Sullivan in the October issue of Investment Advisor.
Referrals have long been a major source of new business for advisors. Julie Littlechild, president of Advisor Impact and two-time honoree in Investment Advisor's IA 25, shares the results of her annual Economics of Loyalty research to show how advisors can efficiently gain more referrals and improve their relationships with clients.
In the October issue, we also bring you the follow-up to Olivia Mellan's September Graying of Divorce feature. Older women are more likely to initiate divorce than they ever have been: why? And, now that they're on their own, what do they need from you? Mellan looks at some of the factors that have changed the way women see marriage and divorce, and explains what advisors need to do to protect their relationship with clients who are ending their own.
Sure, Jeff Gundlach is given to loud suits, fast cars and quoting Shakespeare. He also has assets under management and a performance record that are the envy of the money management industry. Call him eccentric if you like, but you'd have to follow it with another accompanying superlative (Hint: It rhymes with "zenius").
The CEO and CIO of DoubleLine Capital is the "it" manager of the mutual fund space, a title he's enjoyed since being named 2006 Fixed Income Manager of the Year by Morningstar. He sat down with Editor-in-Chief John Sullivan to talk about what he's doing right.
Asked and Answered: How to Engage Clients
There is an assumption that if advisors focus on client satisfaction, they'll grow their business, but research from Advisor Impact finds that's not necessarily so. There is a tenuous relationship between satisfaction and referrals, but a very strong relationship between engagement and referrals, according to Julie Littlechild of Advisor Impact. She shares the results of her annual Economics of Loyalty research to challenge some long-held assumptions about the drivers of client engagement and satisfaction. That means that seemingly innocuous assumptions might stop us from focusing on those activities that will truly drive growth.
We all know the cliché of the older divorcing couple: The husband, in the throes of a midlife crisis, dumps his aging wife for a younger cutie who will shore up his self-esteem and rouse the envy of his peers.
In a follow-up to Olivia Mellan's September feature, "The Baby Boomer Bust-Up," Mellan and co-author Sherry Christie explore the motivations behind women leaving their marriages more frequently than men and shares some tips for advisors to keep these women as clients as they're dissolving their relationships with their husbands.
Three Washington-area advisors sit down with Group Editor-in-Chief Jamie Green to talk about what they learned about themselves and their firms from participating in Schwab Advisor Services' "Insights to Action" program. By many of the usual success measures used by RIA firms—growth in clients, in revenue and in assets under management—their three firms were already successful. But Dee Ann Remo, Michael Mussio and Barry Glassman and their colleagues suspected that they could do better, and that there might be different, unique ways to measure success for their firms. That is what participating in the ITAP program—present tense intended—taught them about themselves and their firms.
Growth is the lifeblood of the independent advisory industry. In addition to greater rewards to firm owners in the form of increasing returns and higher share value, the potential benefits of growth extend to employees as well as clients. Growth creates career opportunities and greater earning potential for staff. Growth can help broaden a firm's resources and deepen its technical expertise, resulting in improved quality of client service delivery.
Because sustainable growth is so important, "The 2012 FA Insight Study of Advisory Firms: Growth by Design" features a detailed examination of how firms grow and how they should grow. Here, in the first of four planned articles over the course of the next 12 months, study authors Eliza De Pardo and Dan Inveen provide an overview of study findings.


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LONDON - Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington isn't taking his sixth nomination for granted, saying he's just happy that people still value his work.
Washington, who is in London for the U.K. premiere of "Flight" on Thursday night, is a best actor contender at the Academy Awards for playing alcoholic pilot Whip Whitaker in the film.
The 58-year-old American already has two Oscars to his name for "Glory" (1989) and "Training Day" (2001). His other nominations came for "City Freedom," ''Malcolm X" and "The Hurricane."
Washington says "it still feels good to know that people appreciate what you're doing."
After adding pilot to his long list of on-screen professions, where can Washington go next?
"I don't know. What's left? Milkman?" he joked.
"Flight" is released in the UK and Ireland on Feb. 1.


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Producing a strong resume is both "art" and "science."
Our senior resume writer – Staci Collins – held an interactive Q & A session in January 2013 to de-mystify the essential resume components for the current job market. If a career transition is in your future in 2013 or beyond, you will need a strong resume to differentiate yourself from the masses.
This blog post is the last in a 4 part series sharing practical resume do's and dont's that will strengthen your resume. And, if you missed the Part I through Part III posts, just use our blog search tool above to quickly locate them. You'll definitely want to have the information from these 4 blogs in your resume refinement "arsenal."
Format-related Questions
Q: Why is there so much contradictory advice about how a good resume should look, or what information should be in it?
A: Everyone just disagrees!!! There is no single approach. Stay away from claims and assertions, e.g., Visionary team builder. Provide quantifiable, validated hard evidence. Everything needs to be substantiated. You need to provide proof that you CAN; otherwise you cast doubt on your overall credibility.
-Senior Marketing Director with 20 years' experience launching branded consumer electronics products for SONY and Panasonic into the U.S. and EMEA markets, generating over $60 MM in revenues.
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Q: Do you prefer a general leadership profile/summary at the top of resume, or a targeted grouping of achievements? Other? Is it necessary to have an "Objective" Statement? If so, what goes into a good one?
A: It is not necessary to have an Objective Statement but you must have a Summary Statement. The Summary Statement has to be very specific.
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Q: Resume writing and rewriting/customizing…do you recommend having it done professionally? This could be costly.
A: Yes…you should have this done professionally. It is a rigorous process, and it helps you prepare for interviews, too. But it doesn't have to be costly. Your achievements are your achievements. The rewrites are a matter of tweaking the core resume with industry specific wording after you have done the main body of work. The history of achievements/contributions is the difficult and time consuming part of crafting a stand out resume.
Q: How do I overcome age bias?
A: This is not easy. Some companies are looking for more senior people. Senior people can be viewed as helpful in guiding things. If you are more senior it's helpful to "own" a specialty so you can position yourself as a specialist – either working as an employee or as a consultant. Or, find something that is emerging that you can "own" and reliably deliver.
Q: What if your most recent work experience isn't what you want to do with your life? For instance, you left a full time position and are doing contract work until you find a full time position…
A: Employers understand 2008 and its aftermath. They "get" long term unemployment. You can include your interim work (highlighting contributions), but make it brief so they quickly land on your prior work. Try to find a way to make what you are currently doing seem valuable relative to the past. Demonstrate added value as best you can.
Q: I have a two year gap on my resume as a stay at home mom. How should I address this gap?
A: You could put maternity leave. This is understandable and even admired. A 2 year gap is not an issue. 7 years is a bigger issue. A 13 – 14 year gap is problematic. Meaningful volunteering – "Fundraiser" for a local youth organization generating $100 K, a 30% increase over prior year VERSUS "Class Mom" for your child's Kindergarten class — can close the gap somewhat. There is evidence that the longer one is out of the work force, the harder it is to re-enter, and if you do succeed you often don't re-enter at the level or salary you left. That being said, though, strategic volunteering can help you beat the odds.
Q: How do you mention achievements covered under a confidentiality agreement?
A: "Genericize" them. Demonstrate your contributions by addressing the scope of the project, promotions of team members, on time delivery, on budget delivery, etc. Speak about clients in terms of their industry position, brand position, category (e.g. Fortune 200 consumer package goods manufacturer….)


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Originally posted in The Vacaville Reporter: The drought we are currently experiencing raises serious questions about how we use a finite resource. The Mediterranean climate we enjoy means that we have long summers where no rain falls. In normal years, the snow that falls in the Sierra Nevada mountains has been our reservoir and provides the water we need in the summer. Much of the water is needed for agriculture because California has some of the most productive soil in the world. Our water system works well as long as snow falls in the mountains, but when a drought takes place, competition begins for the limited water available.
Residential consumers are urged to limit the amount of water they use. We may have green lawns and swimming pools, but many homes have drip irrigation, low-water landscaping, low-flow toilets and other technology to make effective use of the water they use. There are debates about how you compute the numbers, but urban water use is less than 20% of the total consumed in California. One third of the water used in the state goes for environmental purposes; making sure rivers have adequate fresh water to support a healthy environment. More than half the water the state consumes is used for agricultural purposes.
Residential consumers often wish that water could be saved in the agricultural and environmental areas. Some people argue that using "environmental" water to preserve fish should take second place to water for agriculture. The looming battle over the bypass tunnels proposed to move fresh water from rivers above the San Joaquin/Sacramento delta raises concerns about the impact that action would have on the environment of our local area. If we decide that environmental and urban uses are most important, what does that mean for agriculture?
Agriculture is a major part of California's economy. California farms and ranches generate over $42 billion worth of revenue. Of that revenue, over $18 billion is food we export to other countries. Over 11% of the food produced in the United States comes from California, and over half the fruits, nuts and vegetables consumed in the United States are grown in California. Our climate and our water make a major contribution to California's economy and the nation's food supply.
The work of the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano is possible to a certain extent because we are located in California. Because food grown in California sometimes does not meet marketing standards, the Food Bank can reclaim that food, allowing us to provide fresh produce to people in need in our community. Because of the drought, some of the crops we received in past years are not available to us currently, plus everything we receive costs more. Fresh fruits and vegetable prices will go up an estimated 6% in the coming months according to the federal government. In order to get the food we need, we depend on agriculture, and agriculture depends on water. Difficult decisions need to be made both by government and at home as we decide how we can best use the water on which we all depend, so people of all income levels have access to fresh fruits and vegetables.


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I would like to know when a unit is consider to be "in combat". Mainly, im interested in knowing how long it takes to get from "in combat" to "out of combat" state.
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Apple Unveils Two New iPhones, and More
What's News: Apple Unveils a new high end iPhone called the 5S and is offering a lower end model called the 5C. White House and key senators weigh new Syria options. India convicts four in Delhi rape case. Intel unveils tiny Quark chips for wearable devices. Joanne Po reports.
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Before you spend $1000 a month on another marketing tactic why not look at your current system and find a way to take that $1000 and improve your product or quality of service. Its a slower burning fire but the results are much more far reaching.
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Rosetta launch delayed for technical reasons
Today's launch of Flight 158 with the Rosetta spacecraft will be delayed by a few days to allow for a minor repair to the external thermal protection on Ariane 5's core cryogenic stage.
Arianespace reports that a visual inspection of the cryogenic core stage detected that a 10 X 15-cm piece of the protection was missing, giving reason for the countdown to be stopped. The inspection was made prior to the start of the stage's fuelling. This thermal protection insulates the stage's cold cryogenic propellants against the warmer external environment.
To replace the missing piece of insulation, Ariane 5 will be moved on its mobile launch table back to the Spaceport's Final Assembly Building, where a new block of thermal protection will be installed. Once the new piece is in place, the adhesive requires approximately 36 hours for its drying/curing process.
Both the launcher and the Rosetta spacecraft remain in a 'safe' mode.
Resumption of the Flight 158 countdown is planned for the beginning of next week.


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