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Another SEIU President Pleads Guilty to Embezzlement
'Member NAGE?
It's an SEIU affiliated union based in Boston. It's leader, Dave Holway, has long been criticized by his members for his big money, horse breeding, flashy ways. Holway is an SEIU Vice President and serves on the SEIU International Executive Board. Last year, Holway earned $270,000 for leading NAGE's 43,000 members. Aside from his love for horse racing, Holway is also known for striking up a romantic relationship with SEIU staffer Susana Segat, who was appointed the trustee of SEIU Local 888 in Massachusetts.
And Dave isn't the only one in NAGE who likes being bankrolled by his members. The president of a NAGE local in Missouri pleaded guilty to improperly writing more than 104 checks to himself or his grandson. Over the years Garold Lawson embezzled more than $70,000--a big chunk of the funds for a local union with only a couple hundred members.
File him away with Byron Hobbs, Tyrone Freeman, Paul Varacalli, Rickman Jackson, Annelle Grajeda, etc.
Posted by SternBurger at 4:03 PM
Labels: Annelle Grajeda, Rickman Jackson, SEIU, Tyrone Freeman
Sarah Palin would say that the Workers Refudiated SEIU.
And she would be right!
SEIU held elections in Ohio at a Catholic hospital chain called CHP. And they lost, big time.
They won 4 units.
They lost 39 units.
They are waiting to resolve 1 unit, because of challenge ballots.
That's right: less than 10% of workers chose to have a union, with just SEIU on the ballot.
So, why does this matter? The election with CHP was supposed to be the feather in the hat of the current leadership of SEIU, and signal a new day in union organizing. This election was Mary Kay's baby.
A little history--SEIU has long supported bargaining neutrality agreements, which are bargained with an employer to make the process of organizing less intimidating to workers. In this case, the employer is not allowed to intimidate the workers, but unlike most agreements--SEIU was also not allowed to talk to the workers about the union except in leaflets and letters that the employer and SEIU write together and on a 1-800 number that workers can call if they wanna! In other words, the workers were not allowed to form an organization of themselves--the most basic description of what a union does. Learn more about the agreement here.
SEIU has faced a lot of criticism in the labor movement for bargaining very weak agreements that waived a lot of their members' rights and treated the union as a 3rd party. Of course, pre-trusteeship SEIU-UHW leaders were amongst the most critical of such watered down agreements--like the Alliance agreement in California. And we all know how SEIU dealt with them.
In fact, this agreement with CHP was negotiated years ago, and in 2008 SEIU and CHP informed workers by letter that they would have union election in a matter of days. The California Nurses Association leafleted the hospital just days before the election, and many workers became concerned with what CNA called a "sweetheart deal." SEIU pulled out of the election and blamed the CNA--including a violent confrontation where an SEIU member lost his life and SEIU staff assaulted attendees of a Labor Notes conference.
But SEIU didn't give up in the agreement. CHP was considered the test case--if it worked SEIU could use it to run similar elections in Catholic health care facilities all over the country. SEIU leadership from Ohio (Scott Courtney, Dave Regan, Joyce Moscato, etc) had spent millions of dues dollars and years working on this agreement, and Mary Kay had negotiated it herself. So, SEIU waited a few years after the CNA intervention, and tried again this past week.
And lost terribly.
But, Tasty guesses that SEIU won't be admitting their failure anytime soon--it would endanger the rest of the deal with Catholic hospitals. According to Modern Healthcare: "We remain convinced that our agreement produced a fair and balanced process for employees to choose whether or not to form a union," Wright said Friday. "We believe our agreement … sets an example for how to avoid the tension and conflict that often accompanies organizing campaigns."
Fair and Balanced says it all, right?
Labels: CHP, Mary Kay Henry, SEIU
Sayonara, Josie Mooney.
Tasty hears that another top SEIU official is out of a job. Josie Mooney was the top dog at SEIU Local 790 in San Francisco, a former member of SEIU's International Executive Board, and is a close ally of Andy Stern, Anna Burger, Mary Kay Henry, Tom Debruin and others. In fact, until recently, Josie served as Stern's "special envoy" to China... meaning she tagged along on Andy's many junkets overseas. In fact, she may have been one of the special few who accompanied Andy on his union-paid trip to the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Readers may remember Josie for her role in an infamous SEIU scandal in 2008. Josie and SEIU Vice President Tom Debruin were part of a secret group of SEIU staffers called the "Skunk Team" that was directed by Stern to wage a smear campaign against UHW's former leaders prior to the SEIU convention in Puerto Rico. Josie and DeBruin used expensive media consultants, political operatives and even anti-union consultants to run a cloak-and-dagger campaign against former UHW leaders, who had dared to criticize SEIU's unethical practices and presented a set of reform proposals for the SEIU convention.
Josie and DeBruin's "Skunk Team" campaign was in full swing until a disgusted SEIU staffer couldn't stomach it any longer, and blew the whistle on the operation. In this sworn declaration, the staffer describes how the smear campaign was carried out, including Josie's effort to hook him in: "You can be known as the guy who helped save Andy's ass in California." You can read more gory details in the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Josie later left SEIU and took a job as the Executive Director at the California School Employees Association, an independent union representing 220,000 school support staff. Josie quickly ran into problems as leaders accused her of trying to merge the independent union into SEIU. Check out this blog that captures Josie's misdeeds in vivid color, including comments like these:
"The only way we can take our CSEA back (the member-run organization that we know of and love dearly) is to remove HER. A vote of no confidence for the highest paid staffer in CSEA ($200,000+ salary – our money, our dues). I feel that she really never left SEIU. She's just on hiatus from it while she plans to convert CSEA to SEIU."
"Josie and her crew are dictators (as you have pointed out) and they will squash anyone who brings up this topic even if its just while venting."
"Josie is driving CSEA, and she is driving us off a cliff."
"You all better get a backbone and step against the PURPLE Devil."
"We need to take a stand and stop this before it is too late. Rally the troops – we need to slay the purple dragon."
"This purple people eater needs to be cut loose fast. The Board needs to make a decision. My greatest trepidation is that they will sign a new contract with this megalomaniac."
"FIRE THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATER!"
In December, busloads of CSEA members and staff attended CSEA's Board meeting in San Jose and expressed fears about the "CSEA turning purple." Check out this leaflet about the meeting.
Well, the board eventually put Josie on administrative leave. And then, on January 15, they terminated her.
So what's next for Josie? If she were still in SEIU, she'd be heading for Switzerland. That's what happened to Paul Varacalli, who used to work with Josie at SEIU Local 790. Varacalli, who was the local's Executive Director, apparently had a bad habit of stealing money from the union's members. Meanwhile, Josie -- who was the local's Number 2 -- was reportedly continuing to live out the 1960s ideal of "free love"... with politicians and union officials alike. Apparently, one day at the union's headquarters, a staffer famously walked into Varacalli's office and found Josie doing the Big Nasty with big Paul Varacalli (and Tasty does mean "The Big Nasty").
When a group of the local's senior staff members complained to SEIU International about Varacalli's stealing, the union fired the whistleblowers, leaving Josie and Bill Lloyd to run the local. Varacalli was quickly sent into "exile" in Switzerland for three years. When he returned, SEIU higher-ups engineered a soft landing at SEIU's Purple Palace where Varacalli was given the job of "Special Assistant to the President for Pensions." (Sound familiar, Rickman and Annelle?)
Which brings us back to Josie. After getting the boot from CSEA, will top SEIU officials engineer Josie's own "soft landing" at the Purple Palace in DC? Will she and Varacalli reunite in a Swiss chalet? Or will Josie's romance with an SEIU lawyer leave Varacalli out in the cold? Stay tuned, readers!
Posted by SternBurger at 10:47 AM
Labels: Andy Stern, Anna Burger, CSEA, josie mooney, Mary Kay Henry, SEIU
Sutter/Alta Bates Summit Election Results
Quite remarkable that after SEIU delayed the election for two years, and workers were subjected to a joint campaign by SEIU and Sutter, and SEIU poured resources into the campaign, that it narrowly eked out more votes than NUHW supporters.
Tasty hears that SEIU and Sutter committed huge violations of federal labor law during the campaign and that NUHW will file objections to seek a re-run of the election.
NUHW 448
No Union 21
Labels: NUHW, SEIU, Sutter
Nice Tie, Spy.
Yesterday, Tasty described how Sutter is illegally surveilling NUHW supporters inside the hospitals. Check out this picture of a Sutter security guard photographing NUHW supporters inside the hospital's cafeteria.
Labels: SEIU, Sutter
Not Even a Phone Call?
Remember this post about 150 workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center who reportedly are trying to leave SEIU-UHW?
At the end of the post, Tasty mentioned he'd heard rumors about a similar decert effort in the Bay Area but didn't have details.
Well, readers say the decert effort is happening at San Jose Medical Group, a chain of outpatient clinics that serves 125,000 patients in the Bay Area and employs 250 SEIU-UHW members. The decert petition, which has already been filed with the NLRB, covers dozens of classifications including Medical Assistants, LVNs, Rad Techs, Cardiac Sonographers, Patient Services Reps, Switchboard Operators, Clerks, etc. According to the reports, the workers got fed up after they got zero help -- not even a phone call -- from the trusteed union.
Well, with two more decerts filed in just the first few weeks of January, it's not shaping up to be much of a happy new year for the trustees...
Posted by SternBurger at 7:41 AM
Labels: San Jose Medical Group, SEIU
Sutter Election Today and Tomorrow!
Tasty is getting lots of reports from Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, where workers are voting today and tomorrow in an NLRB election. Two years ago, workers filed petitions for the election to join NUHW, but SEIU has been using bogus legal appeals to block the election since then. The hospital -- located in Oakland and Berkeley -- is, as most of you know, owned by the giant Sutter Health corporation, one of California's most anti-union hospital companies.
According to workers, SEIU has rolled out its usual strategy: jump in bed with the boss, hand over contract concessions to the company, and then use all of management's resources -- and lots of misinformation and threats -- to try to beat back workers' efforts to actually, you know, choose their own union. Charming, as usual.
After SEIU removed all of the workers' elected Shop Stewards, SEIU's Cass Gualvez, Erica McDuffy and Carrie Cianchetti colluded with Sutter's executives to fire a 31-year rank-and-file leader because she supports NUHW. Eventually, Sutter was ordered to return her to work after an Administrative Law Judge ruled that she was illegally fired simply because of her support for NUHW. Check out this article as well as the full 50-page ALJ ruling for details about plain-clothed security guards hired to surveil NUHW supporters.
So why is Sutter so supportive of SEIU? Well, last year SEIU let Sutter cut workers' health benefits, forcing workers to pay 15% of a health insurance plan that used to be free. In exchange for SEIU's gift of millions, Sutter is pulling out all stops to help SEIU try to win the election. The company has allowed dozens of SEIU organizers to campaign freely throughout the hospital -- even offering up conference rooms for SEIU's campaign.
Each day, management lets SEIU bring truckloads of food into hospital conference rooms where SEIU organizers buttonhole workers who're trying to sample some of the food funded by their dues dollars. (Apparently, SEIU is literally spending tens of thousands of dollars on everything from BBQ ribs to gourmet deli sandwiches to mongolian beef.)
And while Sutter gives free rein to SEIU, management routinely calls the cops on NUHW supporters attempting to talk to co-workers in the hospital's public cafeterias. In fact, Sutter has even assigned security guards in blue blazers to follow and surveil supporters.
So the battle lines are drawn! Tasty sends out huge props to workers who have waited TWO YEARS for an election and have confronted firings, threats and security guards, not to mention SEIU's scare tactics aimed at convincing workers they'll lose their wages and benefits if they vote for NUHW. Tasty is with you!
Even CNA Knows that SEIU Sold Out the Sutter Workers!
Jeez...Look at the flyer CNA put out at Alta Bates Summit about their new contract.
The nurses' union fought back against significant take-aways...too bad SEIU didn't do the same. Paying 15% of their healthcare costs is tantamount to a pretty big paycut for all those SEIU members.
Where is that bargaining power, Dave?
Labels: Dave Regan, SEIU, Sutter
Members Charge Regan with Violations in Officer Elections aka I DON'T THINK SO.
While it seems like being SEIU-UHW President isn't really that fun of a job, SEIU's trustees have launched their campaign for the upcoming officer elections at SEIU-UHW, and charges are already flying about election violations committed by Dave Regan and the other trustees.
And get this… the charges of illegal electioneering are coming from inside SEIU's own team. In mid-December, UHW member Sophia Sims filed a formal complaint with SEIU President Mary Kay Henry claiming that Regan is using the union's own resources to fund his election campaign.
For those who don't know Sophia, SEIU recruited her to be part of its pre-trusteeship implosion campaign. Fast forward a couple of years, and it sounds like Sims's opinion about SEIU's DC officials has changed a bit… Sims's take on Regan: "We don't need this lying and cheating and we don't need or want him."
Sims says that in December the trustees held a conference of hundreds of UHW's rank-and-file leaders at a Radisson hotel in Fresno where union staffers handed out leaflets and held meetings supporting the trustees' slate of candidates in the upcoming election. Sims says that Regan – who soon after the trusteeship fired thousands of elected Shop Stewards when they refused to sign loyalty oaths to SEIU – has apparently dusted off a new set of loyalty oaths for union members who want to run on the trustees' slate. Sims says that a member who expressed interest in joining the trustees' slate during the Fresno conference was told "to fill out a form saying she will be loyal to them only."
Sims says things only got worse: "Later that evening [Regan's] slate gave a reception at the Fresno Convention Center, which was right across the street from where we were meeting, how convenient. Our members asked where did they get the money from to hold such an event and there was no answer. Well this is suspect and cheating also. He has used his position to have the upper hand in running in this election and I want him disqualified now. To allow him to get away with this behavior will be sending a very wrong message to a membership that is trying to heal. We don't need this lying and cheating and we don't need or want him. Our members asked question after question and he didn't have the decency to attempt to get on the stage and answer, he sent his stand in Debbie Schneider who had no answers."
Sims concludes her email to Mary Kay Henry this way: "The remedy is to have [Regan] withdraw now, if you don't then we get the Office of Labor-Management Standards to come do an investigation. Can SEIU really afford another scandal, I DON'T THINK SO."
And just as a bit of insurance, Sims cc'd an official from the U.S. Department of Labor on her complaint. Here's the response from SEIU's Michael H. Holland:
From: "Michael Holland" <hollandsfour@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 19:15:53 -0600
To: <sophiasims2002@yahoo.com>; 'Debbie M. Schneider'<dmschneider@seiu-uhw.org>; <dregan@seiu-uhw.org> Cc: 'Patricia Thomas'<pthomas@seiu-uhw.org>
Subject: FW: Dave Regans Presidential campaign/ 2011 UHW Election Protest #1
Dear Ms. Sims, Ms. Schneider and Mr. Regan:
I have been appointed by International President Henry as her personal representative to SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West (UHW) to serve as Election Officer, responsible for handling election-related complaints and protests in connection with the upcoming election of officers in UHW. That appointment has been confirmed by UHW Deputy Trustee Debbie Schneider.
In this connection, I acknowledge receipt of Ms. Sims' pre-election protest of December 12, 2010 (transmitted electronically to International President Henry at 10:25 PM EST), a copy of which is attached. I have assigned the protest the number indicated above; please use this number on all communications with me concerning the protest. I will be investigating the protest, and can be reached at hollandsfour@sbcglobal.net.
As you will note, I am providing a copy of the protest to Ms. Schneider, in her capacity as Deputy Trustee, and to Mr. Regan, the subject of the protest. I am also providing the Election Committee, by way of Ms. Thomas, a copy of the protest.
I request each of you to provide me with all information relevant to the allegation contained in the protest, including the names and contact information of witnesses and persons with information concerning the allegations of the protest, and all relevant documents. Please provide me, at the electronic address noted above, the information and/or documents no later than January 17, 2011.
Michael H Holland,
UHW Election Officer
(All those SEIU people get ipads now?! Must be nice...)
Labels: Dave Regan, Mary Kay Henry, SEIU, Sophia Sims
NUHW Wins Big!
Today, workers at Kindred Hospital San Leandro voted by a two-to-one margin to leave SEIU-UHW and join NUHW in an NLRB election.
The facility is a small acute-care hospital in the Bay Area that specializes in treating and rehabilitating patients who need an extended stay in a hospital setting.
Like in virtually every facility, SEIU's attorneys have been blocking the election for a long long time, and then decided to look the other way as management targeted rank-and-file leaders who supported NUHW.
But, in the end, workers stood strong and beat the boss and SEIU! Congrats to all the workers at Kindred San Leandro! Here's the final vote count:
NUHW: 46
SEIU: 25
No Union: 0
Labels: California, NUHW, SEIU
Shasta Healthcare Workers Look to Leave SEIU-UHW!
But who would want to leave such a democratic awesome local union?
I guess Shasta workers--Tasty ran across this news article, which says that 150 workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center just signed a petition to leave SEIU-UHW. AKA, the hospital believes that the majority of the workers no longer wish to be represented by their union and the hospital is refusing to continue to recognize the worker's union. This is the most anti-union step a company can take, and it shows just how few of the workers are willing to fight to stay in SEIU-UHW.
NUHW wasn't even involved -- the hospital's workers simply signed a petition to leave SEIU-UHW. It's a bad loss for SEIU because the hospital's parent corporation is the fastest growing hospital chain in the state.
According to one local news report:
The hospital said more than half of the employees signed a petition, which is just as good as a vote.
"They signed a decertification petition. So there was no actual vote. There was a petition that the employees signed and generated themselves and over 50% of the involved employees signed the petition to no longer have the union represent them," SAID Cyndy Gordon, Chief Nursing Officer of Shasta Regional Medical Center.
Hubbard said nothing has been formalized with the national labor relations board. Hoyt argues that because the petition was generated by the employees, the hospital only needed to send a notification letter to SEIU.
Btw, Tasty hears rumors that another group of workers in the Bay Area recently filed a petition to leave SEIU-UHW. Anyone got more details?
Posted by SternBurger at 12:12 PM
Labels: SEIU, Shasta Regional Medical Center, SRMC
Dysfunction in your stocking!
Wanna get a taste of the dysfunction inside SEIU? Check out this tale of Christmas woe...
In Southern California, SEIU Local 121 announced a 5-day strike against two HCA hospitals beginning on December 23. At the hospitals, Local 121 represents the Registered Nurses while trusteed SEIU-UHW represents the rest of the workers.
Just before the strike, Local 121's website gushed with excitement as it announced that the local had received "strike sanction" from the area's central labor councils. Local 121's website proudly explained: "Strike sanction" means that LA Federation of Labor and Central Labor Council of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties member unions will not cross our picket line. Many delivery drivers, electricians, repairmen and others will not serve Riverside Community Hospital or West Hills Hospital & Medical Center during our strike.
Well, even though SoCal's electricians and delivery drivers honored the strike, SEIU-UHW's trustees told that local's members to cross Local 121's picket lines and to report to work.
Incredible, right?
So what does it mean when unions of electricians and delivery drivers show greater coordination and solidarity than SEIU's own locals? Let's just say it's a reflection of the disastrous dysfunction that reigns inside SEIU. What's especially crazy is that SEIU's DC officials have appointed the leaders of virtually every SEIU local in California (either thru trusteeships or mega-mergers), meaning that the dysfunction runs deep inside the Purple Palace. Instead of industry-wide coordination, SEIU is a showcase for gratuitous scabbing of one SEIU local against another. Not a pretty sight.
Labels: 121, SEIU
Get Those Ballots In!
Some links you might wanna check out...
A Workers Guide to Workplace Wellness Programs
SEIU's Tyrone Freeman Convicted on 14 Counts
CNA and SEIU-UHW Battle Over Labor's Future
Unions in CA Split Over Nurse-to-Patient Ratios
On Left Criticism of Unions
NLRB Overturns Kaiser Election
Perez Stern website
Hospital Wkrs Launch Counterattack vs Execs
SEIU's Violations in the Kaiser Election
SEIU Leader Sentenced to Prison for Fraud
The SEIU Stern Leaves Behind
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La Deutsche Höhere Privatschule, o por sus siglas DHPS como se conoce comúnmente,o bien en  español Escuela privada superior alemana Windhoek es una escuela privada en Namibia. Situada en la capital Windhoek, es la escuela secundaria privada más antigua del país. Siendo una escuela de encuentro namibio-alemana y una de las 140 escuelas alemanas en el extranjero, el DHPS es también una de las escuelas internacionales alemanas más grandes de África. El director es Kristin Eichholz.

El DHPS también ofrece instalaciones de internado, un jardín de infancia y preescolar y grados primarios y secundarios desde el 1.º al 12.º grado. Diversas instalaciones deportivas forman parte del espacioso campus en el centro de la ciudad, por ejemplo, piscina, canchas de baloncesto, campos de fútbol, campo de voleibol de playa y pista de hockey sobre patines. Los becarios tienen la opción de salir con el NSSC, el «Certificado de Secundaria Superior de Namibia», en el grado 12, que los exime para las universidades de África del Sur y otras instituciones de África del Sur, o hacer el Deutsche Internationale Abiturprüfung (DIAP), el Examen de «Abiturismo Internacional Alemán», también en el grado 12.

Historia
La escuela fue establecida en 1909 bajo el nombre de Kaiserliche Realschule o «Escuela Secundaria Imperial». Su nombre cambió a Deutsche Höhere Privatschule (Escuela Privada Superior Alemana) tras la abdicación del emperador alemán  Guillermo II. La escuela celebró su centenario en 2009 con la realización de muchos eventos durante el año. La DHPS está financiada por el Gobierno Federal Alemán, así como por las cuotas escolares.

Campus
El campus de la escuela está en el centro de la ciudad y ofrece una gran variedad para cada grupo de edad. El jardín de infancia, el preescolar, el internado y el campo de deportes están a un lado y ofrecen, junto con la cafetería y el escenario al aire libre, una gran zona de entretenimiento (exterior) con parques infantiles, etc.

El internado ofrece diferentes secciones para los alumnos de los grados 1º a 4º, 5º a 9º y 10º a 12º, y los alumnos del grado 12º tienen el privilegio de tener menos supervisión en sus instalaciones.

El «edificio Kreutzberger» alberga a los grados 1º y 2º y el Centro Infantil y Juvenil del DHPS. El campo de hockey y el campo de deportes también están frente al edificio Kreutzberger. El campus principal consiste en aulas para los grados 3º-12º, los talleres de habilidades técnicas, el gimnasio, la biblioteca, etc.

Véase también
  Relaciones germano-namibianas
 Idioma alemán en Namibia
 Inmigración alemana en Namibia

Referencias

Enlaces externos
  Escuela privada superior alemana Windhoek
 (en alemán) escuela privada superior alemana Windhoek

Relaciones Alemania-Namibia
Escuelas internacionales
Instituciones educativas establecidas en 1909
Namibia en 1915

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Unlocking ABUS UK – 21st Century Security Solutions
Report by Peter Brett
History Means a Lot
The ABUS story starts in the village of Volmarstein, Germany, in 1924 when August Bremicker and his sons (hence AB und S = ABUS) founded the company. Initially they made padlocks and accompanying hasps and staples in the cellar of the family home, but 92 years later ABUS production is based in five different German locations, and two Chinese plants with worldwide partnerships and subsidiaries. Its 3000 or so employees are urged to live up to ABUS' motto of "Security built on quality" so ABUS is justifiably proud of its market-leading security solutions for homes and mobile objects aimed to provide 'the good feeling of security'
Founder August Bremicker and his family had very strong Christian values and these principles still guide his great grandsons who head the company today. Honesty and integrity in dealing with customers, suppliers and staff are very important, as well as more current preoccupations like "green" issues and energy usage that have strong implications for the future of next generations. For example, ABUS production methods are so stringent that pollution from its factories is a fraction of current EU targets.
The UK's current debate over a living wage has not been an issue at any ABUS operations.
There have been many milestones along the way since production restarted in 1947 after World War II. These include the iconic Diskus Padlock in 1949 – still an icon today set apart by its German production and trademark 'Diskus' logo.
Increasing demand and market share made it necessary to open the Rehe factory in 1957 in Westerwald, which is now also the centre for developing and testing commercial, domestic and mobile security products. Rehe is the production base for the ABUS 'Granit' padlock range.
1957 also saw the introduction of the first brass padlocks on the market, the ABUS no 75, followed swiftly in 1958 by the first ABUS bicycle lock and a telephone lock. I remember my mum had one to stop my elder sister from having long teenage telephone conversations while she was at work!
The first bicycle U-lock was launched in 1971 and has been much copied, as was ABUS' first additional retrofit window lock.
With the demand for extra home security solutions in the seventies, ABUS produced a range of retrofit domestic door locking products and the oil tank lock from 1981 again reflected the needs of consumers during the 2nd oil crisis.
In the "noughties" ABUS acquired the Pfaffenhain cylinder system company based in Saxony and later the Security Centre Company that enabled it to expand its competence into video surveillance and alarms as well. By 2008 modern security needs required the development of the Secvest 2WAY danger detection system which combined fire and intruder protection and in 2011 ABUS was selected as a security system "best for children" for its range of "child friendly" locks.
A relatively new development, also located at the Westerwald factory, is the ABUS Academy. Its modern facilities are used to train and inform ABUS' distributors and installers about ABUS security products and general security issues, so their business partners have the best information about both ABUS security solutions and the security industry in general.
This lightning tour of ABUS' past history is complemented with the introduction of the new series of TITALIUM padlocks in 2012 – a brand new alloy developed by ABUS using, amongst other metals, titanium and aluminium, to create a padlock body that provides a lower cost alternative to brass, but with equal or higher security rating – and the image of solid steel!. This month sees the launch of shutter and closed shackle TITALIUM padlocks offering further high value and security.
ABUS in the UK – Markets, Marketing and Products
Inevitably there are always differences in the way that markets operate in different countries and Nick Vanderhoest, MD of the UK subsidiary of ABUS has had the job of managing ABUS' growth since 2006 when CK stopped marketing ABUS and started marketing its own brand of locks independently. Today the bulk of ABUS UK's padlock business is been managed via wholesale partners Toolbank, Hoppe and Aldridge.
However, markets don't stay the same. Increasing internet sales and the introduction of more complicated electronic security products using smart technology and video recording, has meant that ABUS has had to develop its own team of experts and additional specialised distribution.
ABUS has not ignored the impact of the likes of Amazon and other internet sales companies, nor have they ignored the big retailers like Screwfix and B&Q and this has meant the development of a range of strategies to keep customers happy.
The sizeable premises in Avonmouth near Bristol, is home to a team of sales and support staff who manage all the functions of a modern subsidiary. IT, as we would expect, is a key area, with roles in communication, accounts and product development. Each area of ABUS' security products has its own dedicated Product Manager, whose role it is to explain and develop products and markets, support sales staff and all the other 101 things that come up.
Marketing is also an inevitable part of explaining and expanding awareness of products, and this important role is filled by Sarah Utley, the lady with the "In" tray that is constantly being filled with new demands – some from this magazine.
The building also houses a substantial warehouse space needed for stock as well as cylinder system assembly, servicing and demonstration space for new products and ranges.
Nick is a mine of information about the UK market for security products and how it differs from other markets – particularly the continental market, where security needs differ greatly than in some sectors of the UK.
One example he quoted was window security, where screw type sash locks are considered enough for most purposes in the UK. However, Germany and continental Europe they have floor to ceiling windows that can be tilted or fully open for ventilation and for easy cleaning. These windows provide a significant security risk, because they are easily big enough for an adult to enter through, and big enough to manoeuvre a giant flat screen TV through as well. ABUS has been providing both inbuilt and retrofit window locks for these types of windows for many years and continental householders think nothing of spending €100 or more for secure locks on each window. Hard to imagine an average UK householder spending £80 on door or window locks…… And yet with the more and more modern buildings with walls of glass being built in the UK, it will be only a matter of time, so perhaps specialist security retailers will need to start looking around at the products needed to fulfil the demand.
It is a similar story with UK home security. As some readers may know already from continental holidays, each European manufacturer may have a range of different keyways to fit a continental euro cylinder lock. This means that European potential thieves would have to have literally hundreds of "bump keys" if trying to access a home via the 'bumping' method. However, in the UK, 95% of us use the 1A Yale keyway. While this is convenient for distributors cutting extra keys, limiting the range of key blanks distributors have to stock, it also means that a potential thief has to carry only one "bump key" to potentially gain entry to most UK domestic locks.
ABUS promotes it's high quality cylinders as the 'brain' of the door, and rather promotes correct size cylinders protected by internally fitted strong door furniture across many often patented different key profiles as the better door cylinder security solution. ABUS has just developed and launched a solution to consumers' varying cylinder size requirements with its 'Modular' cylinder lock system that both minimises the sizes of cylinders distributors need to stock while adding extra strength against 'snapping' type break ins.
But as we would expect, Nick is also keen to tell us about the latest developments that ABUS has been making in "Mechatronic" (access control via a combination of top class mechanical security with electronic programming) and video security. Ironically this area has grown in the UK because some ABUS dealers have asked the company to help them install their own security system. The knowledge gained with involvement in installing the system has then led to the dealer to be able to confidently recommend and manage the more complicated sales process involved in installing a mechatronic system.
ABUS cylinder systems are already used in a number of high profile buildings like the Burj al Arab Hotel in Dubai, Wembley Stadium and the Gherkin, and ABUS confidently predicts their Mechtronic solutions will be exploited in similar icons. Security issue in large organisations will be complex, with staff needing access to clean and service, while clients need the reassurance of security for themselves and their possessions.
This can now be achieved via electronic key fobs using 6 digit pin numbers that are almost impregnable to either manipulation due to the millions of combinations they offer, and their inherent mechanical strength and quality.
Either commercial or domestic needs can take advantage of this system, but it is not too much of a stretch to see that as the systems become more common (and therefore cheaper) these simple to operate systems will become the norm for "ordinary" householders to programme in unique numbers to allow a plumber access at a certain time, enable the Ocado delivery and let the kids in after school. Done remotely via a smartphone, AirBnB owners could manage a unique access time and code for their individual guests. ABUS successfully sells many thousands of "key garages" for carer or holiday homes access. But the mechatronic solution eliminates the potential "key garage" risk where actual house keys could be stolen or copied, and where guests inadvertently or deliberately reset a new "key garage" combination.
Increasingly, even home security now involves the use of video cameras to record movements and events. ABUS' latest contribution to this are high technology low cost camera systems that are able to use existing analogue cabling to record high resolution digital images that can be used to identify individuals or car number plates.
The ABUS Academy can help provide extra information and training and ABUS' team of individual Product Managers and Sales team can all be involved in helping clients choose and install a security system that is suitable for particular premises.
By now, readers should be able to gauge that ABUS' knowledge of security is in-depth and extensive and this is reflected in the range of security solutions the company offers. Whether it is a cylinder lock for a front door, a disc brake lock for an expensive motorcycle or a surveillance and security system for a luxury house, the ABUS people have the expertise to recommend and supply a system that suits – whether this is in the UK or pretty well anywhere else in the world.
My big realization after our visit to ABUS UK is that I need to wake up a bit when it comes to my home and workshop security. And perhaps this is also a message that ABUS dealers could be passing on to customers. Increased security may not always cost that much extra, but as Nick told us, security is only as good as the weakest link and even a determined thief can be put off by the extra time that that extra bit of security might buy us. Time for a security evaluation I think.
ABUS' Security Viewpoint
I'd like to firstly stress the vital point of ABUS' Christian belief. We live today in a multi-faith country and world, but whatever one's personal creed, faith or doctrine, we hope all our customers recognise, as do all ABUS staff, the very real benefit of the high ethical code on which all ABUS business is conducted.
This links strongly with the ABUS' insistence on constant high quality of material and manufacture, and as Peter has already pointed out our founding statement is "Security built on quality".
While on links, I also pick up and emphasise Peter's point on security being as strong as the weakest link. We see unbalanced situations where containers full of high value merchandise are secured by a brass padlock, or where a garden shed with high value leisure goods is secured with a Granite padlock, but the shed door needs only a screwdriver to take off the hinges. So the fundamental rule of security is recognising all potential points of entry, and ensuring balanced appropriate security for the risk and value is comprehensively applied. Police advise on cycle and motorcycle security is to spend at least 10% of the value you are protecting on security devises. This commercial advice can be applied to all security applications.
I also stress Peter's comments on the varying security needs in different countries, which as an international manufacturer and supplier of security solutions leaves ABUS with the continual challenge, to think global and act local.
I am very proud to work for the brand ABUS, and while we strive for perfection, recognise we sometimes may fall short of all expectations. We none the less genuinely believe that ABUS, through our valued customers and UK distribution does make a genuine valuable contribution to 'the good feeling of security'.
Nick Vanderhoest – Managing Director - ABUS UK
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India's top shuttler PV Sindhu on Saturday defeated Japan's Sung Ji Hyun in semi-final contest of Indian Open 2017 at the Siri Fort stadium in New Delhi.
Sindhu won by score of 21-18, 14-18, 21-14 to set up the title clash with Spanish star Carolina Marin.
Sindhu now qualifies for the final of Indian Open where she will contest against world's best badminton player Carolina Marin.
Cheered on by a sizable crowd at the Siri Fort SportsComplex, Sindhu dished out a superb game of badminton to outwit second seeded Hyun 21-18 14-21 21-14 in a battle of nerves where fortunes fluctuated frequently.
The fans will get a chance to witness an exciting finale, which will be a rematch of the Olympic final which was watched by millions of fans across the globe.
Earlier, two-time World Champion Marin of Spain defeated Japan's Akane Yamaguchi, seeded fourth, 21-16 21-14 in an easy contest to reach the finals.
Coming into the match with a 6-4 head-to-head record, Sindhu displayed nerves of steel as she produced some scintillating low lifts and dominated the nets to see off her opponent.
Earlier on Friday, PV Sindhu overcame a stiff resistance from her fellow Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal to win her quarterfinal encounter 21-16, 22-20 and sail into the semifinals of the tournament.


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Remember when one million dollars seemed such a large amount of money? Not that I'd sneeze at it if someone offered it to me now, but it wouldn't go as far as the good old days!
What would you do with a windfall like that? Buy a house? A boat? Retire? Pay off debts? Give money to loved ones or charities?
Personally I'd buy myself a campervan and travel. For as long and as far as I could – Australia and overseas. There are so many places I want to visit and experience. I'd keep writing but definitely ditch the day job.
Ah, I can but dream! Let me know what you'd do with the money!
I'd buy a flash new apartment to live in and rent the one I own now. Then I'd travel around Aus and overseas. I'd also buy two new cars.
Not a hard question to answer at all!
My hubby would say invest it and live on the interest. We would probably buy a pop top caravan for adventures, and take the kids to Vanuatu and Fiji. And buy Mum a new car. And anonymously surprise a few friends with what they need (again, it'd be cars for at least two people I know of).
In my dreams, I'd upgrade to a house that has room for an art studio and office (just for me, lol). By the beach, of course. And I'd hire a weekly cleaner. Yeah, that million would disappear quickly.
Not surprisingly, I love your house idea – particularly the studio office and cleaner!


Kafka Streams : Real-time Stream Processing!
The book Kafka Streams: Real-time Stream Processing! helps you understand the stream processing in general and apply that skill to Kafka streams programming. This book is focusing mainly on the new generation of the Kafka Streams library available in the Apache Kafka 2.1.
The primary focus of this book is on Kafka Streams. However, the book also touches on the other Kafka capabilities and concepts that are necessary to grasp the Kafka Streams programming.
Apache Kafka is currently one of the most popular and necessary components of any Big Data solution. Initially conceived as a messaging queue, Kafka has quickly evolved into a full-fledged streaming platform. As a streaming platform, Kafka provides a highly scalable, fault tolerant, publish and subscribe pipeline of streams of events. With the addition of Kafka Streams library, it is now able to process the streams of events in real-time with millisecond responses to support a variety of business use cases. This book gives you a solid foundation to write modern real-time stream processing applications using Apache Kafka and Kafka Streams library.
Kafka Streams: Real-time Stream Processing! is written for software engineers willing to develop stream processing application using Kafka streams library. I am also writing this book for data architects and data engineers who are responsible for designing and building the organization's data-centric infrastructure. Another group of people is the managers and architects who don't directly work with Kafka implementation, but they work with the people who implement Kafka Streams at the ground level.
This book assumes that the reader is familiar with the basics of Java programming language. The source code and examples in this book are using Java 8, and I will be using Java 8 lambda syntax, so experience with lambda will be helpful.
Kafka Streams is a library that runs on Kafka. Having good fundamental knowledge of Kafka is essential to get the most out of Kafka Streams. I will touch base on the mandatory Kafka concepts for those who are new to Kafka, and you should be able to learn Kafka Streams that is the main subject of the book.
The book also assumes that you have some familiarity and experience in running and working on the Linux operating system.
This book is based on Kafka Streams library available in Apache Kafka 2.1. All the source code and examples in this book are tested on Apache Kafka 2.1 open source distribution.
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An LGBTQ Athlete's Story: Mark McCabe
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The amount of vile, degrading homophobic hate spewed and shouted from the terrace every game, everywhere, and non-stop gradually wore down Mark McCabe's will, determination and desire to continue to play professional soccer in Europe.
Growing up in soccer crazed Ireland, McCabe knew only one sport. Starting at the age of five, he had a soccer ball in hand or on foot anytime and anywhere, and everything else mattered little. McCabe was not just another kid who loved soccer; he was not only good, he was exceptional.
McCabe played and practiced every available hour, more so than even the next most dedicated kid. His supportive parents drove him often times over 60 miles just so that he could play more games and gave in to his every soccer demand and need. Rising quickly through the ranks, barely a teenager McCabe competed at the highest amateur level in Ireland: the premiere division. Armed with a strong sense of goal and purpose, he was going to be someone special, a revered professional soccer player.
His ascension did not go unnoticed. Scouts from Chelsea F.C., a professional soccer club in London, invited him for a trial period and everything went accordingly. At fourteen, McCabe was already a talented, driven developmental professional player in one of the most renowned soccer clubs in Europe, competing against the big boys: Arsenal and Manchester United. He was on the fast track to becoming not just a full pledged professional, but also a bona fide star.
Everything seemed perfect. Everything moved on schedule. Everything, simultaneously, was also amiss. No one knew an internal storm raged inside McCabe and a battle of emotions, feelings and sexual desires began to chip away at his commitment and dedication to soccer. No one knew the once unmovable goal started to fracture at its very core.
The usually cheery and happy-go-lucky McCabe sat in my living room, paused and stared into empty space, trying to—and not to—remember the confusion and anger he felt twenty years ago. Back then, the terrace (colloquial for fans in the stadium) regularly, routinely, and irreversibly harassed players with homophobic slurs, reducing gays to that of utter athletic incompetence and validating gays as helpless sub-humans who deserved no better than throwaway garbage.
Such vile on the terrace went ungoverned and became widely accepted and even deemed as cool, a nature of the beast. For someone like McCabe who is the complete opposite—athletically gifted and accomplished—these constant and never-ending messages slowly and painstakingly eroded his confidence and self-worth. And eventually, they drove an impressionable adolescent into denial, delusion and even worse, self-loathing.
McCabe did not want to be attracted to men, but he could not help but to be attracted to men. He tried hiding behind an unwavering soccer career because an athletic jock is a natural masquerade for the deception and betrayal underneath. The more he tried to push his sexuality deep inside, the more the demon reared its ugly head, each time stronger and more untamable. The struggle inside was real and often times devastating and draining. Who could he turn to? Who could he trust?
He vividly recounted the one time he gathered enough courage to test the waters. This was when he tried to tell his best friend on the Chelsea team: "I've got something to tell you. I am gay."
The pushback was instantaneous and scarring, because the reply was: "F–k off! That's disgusting!"
Even though McCabe's brief admission took place over 20 years ago, he—in this moment of recollection while sitting next to me—relived the hurt and the desperate echoes of uncertainty, anger and isolation that defined his adolescence. The message was clear. For McCabe, the road ahead forked quickly and sharply.
An emotionally exhausted sixteen-year-old, he did what he could control to save himself. He gave up his dream. He quit soccer, the only thing he ever knew, the only thing he ever loved. McCabe offered no explanation, no reasoning and no justification, not to his teammates and not to his parents.
Part II of Mark McCabe's story, which will publish in the July 12 issue of the San Francisco Bay Times, reveals what he did next, including his participation in a more inclusive sport that helped to turn his life around for the better.
John Chen, a UCLA alumnus and an avid sports fan, has competed as well as coached tennis, volleyball, softball and football teams.


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Tom Woodyard: Advocate & Benefactor
The Riverton Museum is extremely grateful to Tom Woodyard for his bequest to the Riverton Museum this past year. The positive impact of Mr. Woodyard's extremely generous gift on the Riverton Museum cannot be understated. It is so important for productivity and the sustainability of the museum to receive these kind of gifts.
The Woodyard family provide the following information about Mr. Woodyard so members of the community would have a better sense of who he was. Many thanks to Mr. Woodyard and his family for their support and caring for the Riverton Museum.
"Tom Woodyard came to Riverton in 1958 as a 6th grade teacher. He enjoyed the people, lifestyle, and cool weather and was able to remain in his home until his death in October 2016. He was a native of Coles County, Illinois and maintained close ties to his family and friends there. Immediately after receiving his Masters degree from the University of Illinois, he was drafted and served proudly in the Army during the Korean War. He spent three years in Northern Arizona as a teacher and as a Seasonal Ranger at the Grand Canyon.
His Riverton teaching career spanned about twenty-five years and influenced many young people. He was an active member of the United Methodist Church and enjoyed other community activities. As family historian and genealogy researcher, he wrote and published two family books. He enjoyed traveling and was a lifelong learner with many interests. With his numerous charitable bequests his legacy continues."
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Hello there. I've been spending a lot of time of late trying to develop a solution to a very obscure problem scenario. The entire problem itself is outside the scope of this article – and to be honest, probably wouldn't be terribly relevant to many – however, I felt there was value in articulating my recent experiences with Cross-Origin Resource Sharing, or CORS for short.
Now that we've cleared that up… my take – a web site makes use of resources which are hosted on another site outside of its domain. This is an important distinction owing primarily due to cross-site scripting (XSS) and cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities.
What does something like CORS address exactly?
Well, the concept is fairly straightforward. What CORS aims to do is have two websites (sites, pages, APIs etc.) agree on what kind of resources and types of requests one website will provide to another. Both must agree exactly on what is being shared and how.
There's a few parties who need to participate to enable CORS – the two parties involved, of course, and the user's browser. Both sites need to request and respond to each other in an expected manner, and browsers need to be aware of, and in some cases make special requests to ensure CORS works correctly.
In essence, what happens is that both websites agree on how resources will be shared. The requesting site must be known as an "allowed origin" by the site providing the resources. The response also must contain headers which contain scope for acceptable resource sharing, e.g. naming allowable methods (e.g. GET, PUT) and whether credentials are supported. Browsers themselves are the last key – they must respect the restrictions established by the requesting site and the resource site.
What is a "pre-flight request"?
In some cases, a browser might make a special type of request known as an OPTIONS request, which is sort of like an initial handshake before performing the actual request specified (e.g. a GET request).
In essence, an OPTIONS request attempts to determine what supported methods and other information is available from a resource sharing server. In browser terms, this is known as a "pre-flight" request and is often attempted automatically by the browser.
XMLHttpRequest cannot load https://<TARGETSERVER>/p?ReadViewEntries&outputformat=json. The request was redirected to 'https://<ANOTHERSERVER>', which is disallowed for cross-origin requests that require preflight.
Let's take a look at a pre-flight HTTP(S) request example.
The most important thing in this response isn't probably what you'd expect it to be. It's actually the HTTP STATUS CODE (i.e. 200). For CORS pre-flight to work, the resource target must respond with a Status Code of 200 to a HTTP OPTIONS request – and it must do so for unauthenticated requests!
Why must the pre-flight/OPTIONS requests be unauthenticated?
Exclude the Referer header if source origin is a globally unique identifier.
Therefore, a response status code of 302 (Found – Redirect, usually to authenticate) or 401 (unauthorised) will clearly fail pre-flight. Note that the resource (target) server doesn't have to honour all OPTIONS requests, you could lock down the server's security to only respond (Status 200) to requests on certain paths, for example.
In the example screenshot earlier, the pre-flight was failing because the resource server had authentication enabled for the OPTIONS request, and it was redirecting to a security token service (STS) for authentication.
Now that that's all cleared up, how about some sample code?
CORS header values in a request must be supported on the resource server for a given request to succeed, i.e. for a request which specifies Access-Control-Allow-Credentials, the target server must respond with Access-Control-Allow-Credentials listed in the Access-Control-Allow-Headers.
When you set the Access-Control-Allow-Origin value, it should be the name of the origin server (the origin of the request) it really shouldn't be asterisk (*) which is often used in sample code. The target resource server also must recognise/honour the origin.


More than ten Sturm-S anti-tank missile systems were introduced into the Western MD artillery formation, which had been deployed in the Moscow region.
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These Triple Ginger Snaps will delight your palate with ground ginger, crystallized ginger and fresh ginger.
Chewy ginger cookies are truly one of my favorite desserts. This amped up version is perfect for the holidays, cookie exchanges and after school treats! I bet your crew will love these gingersnaps as much as mine does!
Bill and I have each influenced our children. He loves Oreos; they love Oreos. I am not a fan. The kids love ginger cookies, I love ginger cookies. He will not touch them. If he married some other gal, his children would most likely be eating canned beanie weanies and boxed mac and cheese.
Thank goodness our children are well rounded. And that they love my chewy ginger snaps. My standard, go-to recipe is full of warm spices and molasses. The ginger in this version is amplified by using powdered ginger, fresh ginger and crystallized ginger. Perfect teatime cookie and perfect holiday cookie!
I first baked these up in 2009 when they appeared in the December issue of Bon Appetit. These sassy cookies were an instant hit with their intense ginger flavor. I've tweaked them very slightly to make prep easier. If you are a ginger fan, you'll love these babies!
Preheat oven to 350º. Line baking sheets with parchment paper. Whisk flour, crystallized ginger, baking soda and salt; set aside. With electric mixer, beat butter till light, then add brown sugar and beat till creamy.Add egg, molasses, fresh ginger, ground ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. Mix to blend. Add flour mixture and beat on low just till incorporated.
Pour some sugar into a shallow bowl. Scoop out rounded tablespoonfuls of dough and roll into balls between hands. Roll in sugar to coat, then place on baking sheet. Repeat with the rest of the dough placing about 2 inches apart.
Bake cookies until surfaces crack and cookies are set around edges but still slightly soft in center, about 15 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes on cookie sheets then remove to cooling rack to finish cooling.
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Well, thank God Bill married you because you can't be giving kids canned beanie weanies and boxed mac and cheese!!!! 😛 I LOVE ginger snaps!!! and these have like triple the ginger?!!! oh my GAWD, I love these!!
I love to use my basic sugar cookie recipe and let the kids decorate them.
I'm a huge ginger fan and adore ginger snap cookies. I especially like to use them in my sauerbraten recipe (without the sugar topping of course). These cookies looks wonderful, Liz.
I adore ginger cookies! These look awesome, Liz.
I like making chocolate crinkles and Russian tea cakes for Christmas.
I LOVE gingersnaps! And I love them chewy and extra gingery. These look perfect, Liz!
ohhhhh I bet these cookies just smell like Christmas!
Beautiful ginger cookies.. today I've made some cookies with my daughters.. they really enjoyed it.. will have to try these as well..
Hope those children realize the narrow escape they had when their father had the good sense to marry you. See, I am giving him some credit too. And that is how we build consensus.
Gorgeous ginger cookies, Liz, as always.
I'm still laughing at beanie weenies and boxed mac and cheese.
Ginger snaps are what I think of when I think of Christmas because it's the only time of year my mother would make them. Not that she made anything quite as pretty as yours.
What deliciousness! I can imagine dunking one of these cookies in a nice cup of tea!
These look like the best ginger snaps, love that triple hit of ginger!
OMG you got the magic touch with cookies! These look perfect, the textures, just the right amount of cracks! Beautiful work as always!
I like to bake sugar cookies and snickerdoodles during the holidays.
These are lovely cookies. I love ginger cookies and the hubby isn't a fan but I've gotten him to eat a few.
I love making peanut butter cookies! But I want to try new recipes this year. The ginger snaps look awesome.
I'm with you, Liz. Ginger cookies are the best, and I really don't care for Oreos. I usually make my grandmother's ginger snap recipe, but I could definitely make an exception for a three-ginger cookie!
Hmmm my favorite holiday cookie would definitely be Chinese Spice Almond cookies. Goodness I love those…All year I look forward to those cookies and Thanksgiving dinner.
My mom was a huge gingersnap fan and she would have loved these. I like using them as a crust for cheesecake.
I like to make Almond shortbread cookies for the holidays I color them with a little green food coloring.
Hey Lizzy I do love a good ginger cookie! I often make Dorries recipe but this looks like a great recipe. Three kinds of ginger has to be yummy.
I teach a lesson in our church's woman's organization –Relief Society. I taught last Sunday, it was my birthday so I made everyone a yummy ginger cookie drizzled in white chocolate. They were a hit. My lesson on gratitude turned out good too. I'm grateful for good cooks like you that share yummy recipes!
These cookies sound perfect both me and the other half love ginger and we will certainly enjoy these on our holiday table.
Ha! Ha! Canned Beanie Weenies and box Mac and Cheese! You really gave me a good chuckle at that image. I have totally changed my hubby's palate since marrying him. He does influence the kids when it comes to sweets and desserts. I get them on the savory/spicy food.
My fave cookie to bake during the Christmas season is sugar cookies that i then decorate using the outline and flood method. they really seem like the holidays to me when I am done and plate them during parties or box them up to give away. i esp. love when kids decorate them b/c they have such vivid imaginations and think outside the box better than I can. I love this giveaway…it's a baker's dream come true…thx for hosting it!!!!
I love baking sugar cookies, they're so easys to decorate and taste delicious!
Hehe, too cute about the beanie weanies 🙂 Bill and your kids are so lucky to have you making all these amazing recipes for them 🙂 I love chewy ginger snap cookies and yours look absolutely perfect!
YUM, I am crazy about gingerbread and this recipe looks awesome, a great new twist on an old classic!
Hi. I just took these cookies out of the oven. They did not spread much and are still quite thick. I followed the recipe to the letter. Any idea of what might be the cause?
They sure smell good though!
Hmmmm….I'm not sure! My recipe has a little more molasses than the Bon Appetit version and you'd think that would make the dough spread a little more, not less. Was your butter at room temperature? I'm guessing yes. And was your baking soda fresh? Those are my only guesses of what could have gone wrong. I hope they're still delicious!


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Engineering Software Developer Connects with Distributors and Resellers in Thailand
Oct 2020 Thailand, Business Matching
Orissa International was approached by a company based in the Czech Republic that specializes in developing structural engineering software for static analysis, dimensioning, and geotechnical engineering. The company was interested in finding not only local distributors, dealers, and resellers of their software, but also companies who could also act as marketing partners to promote the product in Thailand. We undertook a project to identify suitable potential partners, and connected our client with local companies that have experience in selling software to large structural design industries, government agencies, engineering design companies, universities, and structural and geotechnical engineering, training and consultancy firms.
Virginia-based Forestry Products Group Finds Thai Wood Buyers
Orissa International undertook a project to find potential importers of hardwood and softwood lumber in Thailand for a Southwest Virginia-based group of companies engaged in forestry processing (from felling of timber to milling) and the manufacture of all grades of lumber including furniture-grade, hardwood flooring, kiln-dried lumber, veneer logs, and pallet stock. Our team in Thailand identified and contacted local companies that deal with furniture manufacturing, logs, veneer, flooring distribution, and timber trading. Three companies were connected with the client via virtual business meetings, and one company expressed interest to purchase yellow poplar species.
Finnish Company in the Circular Economy Meets with Indonesian Concrete Manufacturers
Sep 2020 Indonesia, Business Matching
Our client is a Finnish leader which specializes in the manufacture of sustainable concrete products from recycling industrial waste such as fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) and red mud. The client was seeking partnerships with precast manufacturing companies in Indonesia to license its technology in the local market. Over a 12-day period from July-September 2020, our Indonesia team arranged 16 meetings through videoconference calls, including one with an engineering consultancy firm specializing in toll roads, as well as several with manufacturers of pre-cast concrete products such as paving blocks, ready-mix concrete, concrete pipes, panels, roof tiles, and a combination of structural and non-structural concrete products. The engagements enabled our client to assess each company's current formula in producing concrete, as well as the level of interest in using GGBS in the production, concrete specifications and requirements, as well as supply chain issues and raw materials pricing. As a result, our client was able to study the local market and also formulate a cost-efficient solution for its prospective partners.
US Biotech Company Seeks Clinical Trial Venture Partners in South East Asia
Sep 2020 South East Asia, Business Matching
Orissa International assisted a US Pennsylvania-based biotech company in finding potential partners to support the clinical trial of its broad antiviral medication to treat infections such as dengue and COVID-19. The medication has already been awarded two patents by the US government, and works by repurposing a widely available drug – mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) – and administering it at lower dose than currently indicated. Our in-house consultants targeted potential partners and connected the client to several organizations, including government institutions, universities, pharmaceutical companies and other related research institutions. In Singapore, our team connected the client with the country's largest cluster of healthcare institutions which supports commercial partners in the early phase of clinical research. In Malaysia, our team also facilitated communications for COVID-19 clinical trials with a government-funded medical institution, as well as with the Malaysian government's agency that conducts and supports clinical research in the country. Also, our Vietnam team also connected the client with a state-owned enterprise engaged in researching, manufacturing and trading of vaccines and biological products.
Japanese Green Tea Supplier Expands to the Philippines and Thailand
Sep 2020 Philippines, Thailand, Business Matching
Orissa International's client, a Japanese manufacturer of food & beverage products with a focus on traditional Japanese ingredients and raw materials such as roasted rice tea, barley tea, oolong tea, Japanese confectioneries, grains and functional foods, sought our assistance to expand its market presence in South East Asia, particularly in the Philippines and Thailand, where it is currently partnered with a local company selling Japanese F&B products. The client hopes to emulate its success in these two countries by making its brand available to the mass market there. In the Philippines, our team introduced the client via videoconference to four prospective distribution partners who had expressed an interest in knowing more about the client's product offerings and objectives in the country. Two were distributors of premium and organic teas which sell to the HORECA industries and supermarkets, while the other two were high-end shopping chains, known for their wide range of imported consumer goods brands. One of the shopping chains was also open to doing contracting to produce its own private label green tea brands with manufacturers such as the client. Also, in Thailand, our team matched the client with two distributors who were keen to explore potential partnerships with our client by marketing the brand to its retail partners, including hypermarket chains where the brand was not yet available.
French Developer of Dry Eye Treatment Devices Matched with Medical Equipment Distributors in Thailand
Sep 2020 Thailand, Business Matching
Orissa International helped a leading French provider of medical equipment for hair removal and dry eye treatment to find distributors in Thailand. Our client is already established in many countries through its worldwide network of sales partners in Austria, Russia, Turkey, Australia, Morocco, Italy, Germany, Finland, China, and other countries. It was seeking to market its product line for dry eye treatment devices to professionals in the ophthalmology field in Thailand. Our local team identified 32 distributors which supply medical equipment to clinics, such as LASIK centers, hospitals, and medical professionals such as optometrists and ophthalmologists. From the meetings arranged with eight potential distributors via videoconference, the client is now considering to enter into an official partnership with three of these companies.
Illinois-based Chemical Manufacturer Increases Number of Connections with Thai Distributors
Our client is an Illinois-based manufacturer of basic and intermediate chemicals, including surfactants, specialty products, germicidal and fabric softening products and quaternaries, as well as special ingredients for the food, supplement and pharmaceutical industries. It is considered one of the largest surfactant manufacturers in the world with 18 production sites worldwide. Currently, our client's products are being used by multinational chemical manufacturers, as well as local pesticide manufacturers and suppliers in Thailand. The company contacted Orissa International to assist in finding additional Thai distributors which have the capability to market its chemicals, particularly for agricultural applications. Our team identified 36 potential distributors that cater to the agriculture sector. The team also set up one-on-one videocall meetings with five companies, one of which was later evaluated by our client to be a likely partner for its coating and ink additive product lines, and two other distributors which were potential partners for its agricultural chemicals.


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Liceo Bicentenario Técnico Profesional de Peralillo () is a Chilean high school located in Peralillo, Colchagua Province, Chile.

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Health and Safety Officer
https://www.stpauls.co.uk/current-vacancies
£24,405 pro rata (£40,675 (FTE))
Health & Safety Officer
NEBOSH Certification
Alongside Safeguarding, the Wellbeing and Health and Safety of all staff, volunteers and visitors at the Cathedral is of paramount concern to the Chapter. The breadth of work that needs to be undertaken to maintain a heritage building, from stone masons to electricians, and the need to be accessible to over 1,000,000 visitors a year, means that there is a constant need to be vigilant. As Health and Safety legislation moves forward, key Heads of Department, namely the Clerk of the Works and the Head of HR, are responsible for an increasingly large set of policies and procedures. This role is designed to provide support and reassurance that all Health and Safety policies and procedures across the Cathedral represent best practice, and that the Cathedral is a safe place for the whole community and hence have a long term impact to the benefit of all visitors and staff. This means reviewing, updating and where necessary producing policies and procedures, delivering training and ensuring they are embedded within the organisation. This role will work alongside existing staff to understand the challenges and ensure polices are robust, self-explanatory and embedded through training and evaluation.
Working across the Cathedral, review and update, and where necessary develop, health and safety policies and procedures to ensure they reflect current legislation and best practice.
Undertake a gap analysis to develop, deliver and monitor a review of all health and safety policies on a three-year risk-based rolling programme.
Lead on developing, embedding and championing the health and safety culture and advise, liaise, communicate, motivate - and challenge where necessary - across the Cathedral to evaluate any changes required and fully embed these policies.
Develop and deliver health and safety training, coaching and support.
Manage the work of the Health & Safety Committee and the Fire Risk Board, consistent with the governance framework in place and ensure actions are completed in a timely manner.
Review and develop the organisational level Risk Register for health and safety, support the development of departmental Risk Registers and review and support on the development of departmental Risk Assessments, coaching and influencing Heads of Department in effective health and safety risk management.
Keep up-to-date on legislation, regulatory practice and guidance on relevant matters and ensure that the Health and Safety Committee and Chapter are kept advised of changes and their practical consequences for the Cathedral.
Undertake and report on monitoring and auditing of health and safety standards as required.
Maintain accurate data control records.
Undertake accident and incident recording and investigation.
A full knowledge of health and safety principles and recent experience of applying them in a similar context, and able to demonstrate how expertise has been kept up-to-date. Experience of working in a similar heritage environment would be an advantage.
Minimum NEBOSH Certificate preferably with, or working towards, the NEBOSH Diploma.
Experience of working in a consultative manner.
Effective and clear communication skills both written and verbal.
Strong IT skills in Outlook, Word and Excel.
Experience of developing and implementing policies and procedures.
Skills in formal and informal training delivery in an engaging and effective way for a wide range of staff.
Ability to demonstrate examples of knowledge transfer.
Ability to advise senior colleagues on complex matters, influence and build effective working relationships and proven success in improving organisational culture with regard to safety by helping bring it into everyone's everyday practice.
Understanding how to test policies in practice and monitor and report through KPIs.
Thorough understanding of risk management.
A robust nature and confidence in dealing with issues autonomously, with credibility, gravitas and diplomacy.
Ability to work calmly and professionally.
Experience of dealing with confidential information with complete discretion.
Passionate and proactive, with demonstrable experience of raising the profile of Health and Safety and engaging people in its importance.
The individual will be in sympathy with, and in their work support, the Christian aims and mission of St Paul's Cathedral.
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Teaching has always played an integral role in my life, and I've been fortunate to have had a range of teachers who believed in me, motivated me and inspired me. I wanted a career where my education was never going to stop and, in teaching, you're always learning, especially from your pupils.
Becoming a leader has enabled me to extend my influence and to apply, at whole school level, the values and priorities I have honed throughout my career. As a head you can influence how the team operates and it is an honour to have the opportunity to support a school to develop in a way that permeates your own vision and values.
I worked my way from a probationary teacher to class teacher, to acting Deputy Head at Condorrat Primary School, where I was given the opportunity to develop my skills in leading, managing and providing strategic direction to colleagues. Teaching has enhanced my leadership qualities significantly; each year has brought new classes and colleagues who continually inspire my commitment to education. My dedication to implementing change and motivating staff and pupils has resulted in a leadership post in a second school, so I currently am Headteacher of both Sgoil Bhaile a' Mhanaich and Sgoil an Iochdair.
As a headteacher you need an understanding of what makes people tick and by getting the team dynamics right, everything else follows quite naturally.


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The North Downs, London Underground (1915)
Edward McKnight Kauffer (American, 1890-1954)
Edward McKnight Kauffer was an American artist and graphic designer who lived for much of his life in the United Kingdom. He worked mainly in poster art, but was also active as a painter, book illustrator and theatre designer.
Edward Leland Kauffer was born on 14 December 1890, in Great Falls, Montana. By 1910 he had moved to San Francisco working as a bookseller and studying art at the California School of Design from 1910 to 1912. At around this time Professor Joseph McKnight of the University of Utah became aware of Kauffer's work, sponsored him and paid to send him to Paris for further study. In gratitude Kauffer took his sponsor's name as a middle name.
Kauffer stopped in Chicago for six months in 1912/1913 and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. While there he witnessed the Armory Show, one of the first major exhibitions to introduce the styles of modernism to American viewers. This likely had a major impact on Kauffer, who would work in many of the same styles throughout his career. He arrived in Paris in 1913 and studied at the Académie Moderne until 1914.
In Paris in 1923 he met the textile designer Marion Dorn (1896–1964), and subsequently lived with her in London, from late 1923 to July 1940. They married in 1950 and moved to New York until his death in 1954.
Kauffer moved to London upon the start of the First World War, and remained there for most of his career. He was briefly associated with Robert Bevan's Cumberland Market Group and had a one-man show at the Omega Workshops. In Brighton on the south coast, he designed a "novel" mural for the lobby of Embassy Court, a Modernist block of flats designed by Wells Coates in 1935. The mural consisted of "monochrome photographs ... printed directly on to a light-sensitive cellulose coating".
Kauffer may be best known for the 140 posters that he produced for London Underground, and later London Transport. The posters span many styles: many show abstract influences, including futurism, cubism, and vorticism; others evoke impressionist influences such as Japanese woodcuts.
He created posters for Shell Oil, the Great Western Railway and other commercial clients, and also illustrated books and book covers. Later he also became interested in textiles, interior design and theatrical design.
He returned to New York City in 1940 at the beginning of the Second World War, and tried to find work in advertising. He struggled in the more competitive atmosphere until he was approached to do a series of posters for American Airlines in 1947. American Airlines remained his primary client until his death in 1954.
More Artworks by Edward McKnight Kauffer
Summer Sale at Derry and Tom's, London (1919)
Exhibition of Modern Art-The London Group (ca. 1915)
Gilbey's invalid port (1930)
The 'Rocket'-Museum of Science (1922)
Victoria and Albert Musuem, for London Underground (1921)
A nova ordem – do eixo. (1940)
Winter Sales, for London Underground (1922)
Washington, American Airlines (1950)
Godstone, London Underground (1915)
The Royal United Service Museum, for London Underground (1921)


The launch ceremony for the 2018 special fund for Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) was held in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, on March 19. It was attended by representatives from countries throughout the Lancang-Mekong region.
LMC was officially launched in Hainan in 2016. It is a new sub-regional cooperation arrangement between China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.
In the five years following 2016, the special fund aims to provide $300 million to small and medium-sized cooperation projects in these six countries.
This year, six projects in Guizhou involving education, agriculture, and big data were selected to receive funding. Two of the projects, which involve poverty alleviation and talent training, have already received funds.
The poverty alleviation project will cooperate with professionals from Thailand's Mea Fah Luang University and Chiang Mai University to conduct research on agricultural technology.
The project will promote the adoption of Guizhou's agricultural technology in developing areas in the Lancang-Mekong region. It will also serve as an exchange platform for long-term cooperation.
Every year, the talent-training project will provide two six-day training courses involving rail transit from countries throughout the Lancang-Mekong region for officials, employees, teachers, and students.
The project is expected to result in the establishment of a cooperation platform between Chinese vocational colleges involved in rail transit and international vocational education organizations.
According to Boun Inthabandith, consul-general of Laos in China, China plays a key role in reducing regional development gaps in the Lancang-Mekong region, while Guizhou's achievements in poverty alleviation can serve as a reference for other member places.


I am working on FIORI Timesheet approval app and once manager approves timesheet, message says "Timesheet approved successfully". But, if I go back to launchpad home screen and it still shows the employees timesheet for whom Manager has approved.
Probably you use old support package. Please check you have the latest support package.
SRA010 SP03 is the latest one.
Issue resolved after upgrading add-ons.
if yes, could you please implement the note 1952238 for IE caching issue.
Implement the latest version of the note 1994214 and let us know if you still have this issue.


Silanes because of their chemical structure allow bonding with both inorganic and organic molecules. Silanes are used as adhesion promoters, coupling agents or drying agents in a wide range of applications, which include adhesives, sealants, artificial marble, thermosetting plastics, paints, coatings, foundry resins, functionalized fillers, glass fiber and fabrics, plastic compounds for cables and pipes, and rubber compounds.
The extensive portfolio of SiSiB@ silanes comprises standard commercial silanes, for example amino, epoxy, oximino, and vinyl silanes. Moreover, an additional service offers custom-tailored mixtures and product adaptations.
"We are delighted about this new cooperation. With the silanes of SiSiB we offer an attractive alternative for our customers in Europe. The quality and the product scope are convincing," says Thorben Liebrecht, Business Segment Manager Plastics, Adhesives and Sealants at KRAHN CHEMIE.


Owners of the only permanent Canyon Ranch condominium residences on the East Coast can enjoy a holistic approach to living, structured around four guiding principles: physical activity, nutrition, spiritual awareness and integrative health, Sadov said.
Residents can enjoy all the amenities of Canyon Ranch at reduced rates, including more than 40 daily mind-body classes and the only Aquavana Thermal Suite on the East Coast.
Units are available in the three blue-glass towers designed by Arquitectonica that overlook 750 linear feet of pristine shoreline. One-, two- and three-bedroom units feature floor-to-ceiling windows and steel-and-glass balconies that offer panoramic views of the ocean, bay and Miami skyline.
"Because residents are here 365 days a year, we have upgraded entertainment, relaxation and meditative areas for them," Sadov said.
Canyon Ranch Living created an outdoor lounge with wide sofas, large cushioned chairs and tables. The entire area can be completely covered with oversize umbrellas on warmer days.
Similarly, the dining terrace next the Sunrise Pool at the North Tower was remodeled with palms and shade trees, more landscaping, and oversize cabana chairs for comfort and privacy, he said.
Indoors, the biggest change is the new Carillon Lounge. Named for the historic hotel, it is the only Canyon Ranch location that serves alcohol. Residents can choose among organic/biodynamic wines and other beverages featuring organic ingredients, Sadov said.
There will be additional improvements during this year, including enhancements to the street entrance to the South Tower and a connector from the North to Central Tower, Sadov said.
For a personal appointment, call Pordes Residential at 305-993-0030 or visit www.canyonranchlivingmiamibeach.com.


Makers of embedded devices have been moving strongly into open source, especially Linux, and Microsoft was at great risk of being left behind.
Regular readers here have probably guessed why Microsoft decided to open source .NET Micro under the Apache 2.0 license.
Makers of embedded devices have been moving strongly into open source, especially Linux, and Microsoft was at great risk of being left behind. The announcement was made at the company's Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles.
The news comes against the backdrop of falling market share for Windows Mobile, and increasing market share for Microsoft open source, as revealed in the latest Black Duck figures. They're not being nice here, they're being practical.
The result of this is that the .NET Micro Framework has become a seamless development experience, bringing a single programming model and tool chain for the breadth of developer solutions, all the way from small intelligent devices, to servers and the cloud. There are also no more time-limited versions.
Note that Microsoft is not open sourcing the TCP/IP stack that .NET Micro links to. That's someone else's. But the news will let developers create Internet-linked device networks using .NET. It gives Microsoft an in to a technology open source, and Linux, were threatening to run away with.
The handwriting was probably on the wall here years ago, when Linux bought Wind River, and when innovative start-up Cavium bought MontaVista resistance became futile.
It must be noted that software is just a small part of any embedded, Internet-linked solution. It doesn't mean you're getting something for nothing, because the chips the software is expressed in are sold as part of larger devices.
It's all part of a vision I covered early this decade of wireless networks acting as application platforms, using Internet standards to create systems for home automation, medicine and entertainment that are always on and live in the air.
Now Microsoft has a viable play in this game, and this is very good news for .NET developers.


Cass County IN Dems: Fox "News"
I think it is fair to say that as a Democrat I'm not a big fan of Fox News Channel. And these two articles show why. First off we have John Gibson from before the London bombing. Apparently John doesn't mind suicide bombings, he just want to be able to pick and choose who suffers them.
"It would have been a delight to have Parisians worried about security instead of New Yorkers. It would have been exquisite to watch.
But, alas, they picked London. I like the Brits. I like London. I hate to see them going through all this garbage when it would have been just fine in Paris.
C'est la vie. Goes to show the Olympic committee doesn't recognize the perfect opportunity when it presents itself."
And then there is Brit Hume who saw the London bombings as a great opportunity.
"I mean, my first thought when I heard -- just on a personal basis, when I heard there had been this attack and I saw the futures this morning, which were really in the tank, I thought, "Hmmm, time to buy."


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Removes a specified number of path components from self.

This function may either remove a path component or append /…
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components to be removed.

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This function may either remove a path component or append /…
If the URL has an empty path (e.g., http://www.example.com), then this function will return the URL unchanged.

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components to be removed.

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Returns a URL constructed by removing a specified number of path components.

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