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And I'm not talking funny, laughing all the time smiling type of happy, but deep down to your soul, content with yourself, happy. Now, that's a big question, one most people have to stop and really think about. Do you just 'get through' your days, living for some 'thing' out there, in the future? The next weekend, next vacation, next date? Maybe you're looking forward to a wedding, birth of a child... even a divorce... before you can be happy. BUT is that happiness or just living for some day, not TO-day.
If we aren't happy today, then when are we happy? I have often found myself looking to some point in my future... right now, it's when I get my boys raised and on their own, independent and not 'needing' me. Seems that's my one goal in life that I tend to focus on... and I've been wondering, will that make me happy? Probably not, I'll probably be miserable and miss them and be lonely... blah, blah, blah! And yet, if they never left home, I would go out of my mind and feel that I had failed as a parent! See what I mean, depending on an event in the future to bring happiness can never make us happy!
So... how do we find happiness in this moment? I guess we have to look for it! Wow, that's simple! It's that glass half empty or half full question... and how we see our lives. I find that when I look for the good in my life and quite literally count my blessings, I find a reason to be happy. Instead of worrying about my boys, I can choose to remember and acknowledge what wonderful young men they are becoming. Instead of obsessing because my house is not 'eat off the floor' clean, I can be thankful that I have so much 'stuff' to keep clean and what a blessing my home is for me and my family. Instead of looking at my bank balance as 'not enough', I can feel grateful that it's not empty!! And instead of moaning because the alarm is going off in the morning, I can be overjoyed that I have a workplace that needs me and gives me meaningful work to do each day.
I think you get the idea... just my thoughts on the subject of happiness. I hope it gives you something to think about and I wish for you happiness... RIGHT NOW!
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Failed pottery's bosses had hunted for buyer last year
Posted: February 27, 2009|
DIRECTORS at The Denby Pottery Company tried to find a buyer for the business in summer last year.
Accountants BDO Stoy Hayward, who eventually acted as administrators for the failed company, said they were engaged on July 18, 2008, to carry out an assessment of the business.
This was in an attempt to sell the group of companies consisting of The Denby Pottery Company, Shelf Closure, Denby and Denby Holdings.
The BDO Stoy Hayward bid to market The Denby Pottery Company was revealed yesterday as workers made redundant earlier this month met to be given final payslips and information on how to claim statutory redundancy payments from the Government.
This followed the firm going into administration on February 18. The business, which employs about 450, has been resurrected by senior management who formed a new company, Denby Potteries Ltd.
Following the administration, BDO Stoy Hayward said the redundant workers must apply to the Government for their final pay-outs.
A total of 46 jobs were cut on February 2, including 35 compulsory and eight voluntary redundancies. Three staff were offered other roles.
Workers at yesterday's meeting found they were only getting wages arrears and holiday pay in their final pay packets – amounting to hundreds of pounds. They said they had initially been told to expect redundancy pay-outs of up to £12,000.
Former machine operator and union representative Melvin Webster was expecting £8,500 but today his bank will be credited with £804.
Former employee Michael Jones said he believed consultations over redundancy payments had been "a sham".
Lesley Sparham, of Heage, worked at Denby Pottery for 44 years.
She said: "We understood that we'd receive everything on February 27 and then we got a letter a week later telling us about this meeting and that we would have to apply to the Government."
Harry Hockaday, divisional officer for union Unity, said: "We're here today to offer help and support to our members.
"This is a very stressful and distressing time for our members who have been made redundant."
Yesterday, the Evening Telegraph learned BDO Stoy Hayward marketed the Denby group in the summer, negotiating with potential buyers. The highest offer received for the business was under £10.3m, according to the administrators.
On the instructions of BDO Stoy Hayward, business agents Edward Symmons and Partners valued the group at £5.2m as a going concern.
Having received no better offers during the marketing period, the administrators sold the business to Denby Potteries Limited, a company incorporated on February 6, 2009.
Despite repeated calls to Denby Potteries, no-one was available to comment yesterday.

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April 11, 2001
Whitworth Phi Beta Lambda Chapter Excels at State Competition of Future Business Leaders
The Whitworth College chapter of Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda won 24 out of 72 awards at the Washington State Competitive Events Conference held April 6 and 7 at Walla Walla Community College. All nine Whitworth students who took part in the competition placed in the top three of at least one event and eight students qualified for the national competition.
Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda is a nonprofit education association of students preparing for careers in business and business-related fields. Each spring state-based competitions are held to test students' business knowledge and skills. Top state winners are eligible to compete for awards at the National Leadership Conference held each summer.
At the Walla Walla competition, eight Whitworth students won first- or second-place honors in categories including economics, international business and marketing to qualify to attend the National Leadership Conference July 4-7 in Orlando, Fla. Several Whitworth competitors won top honors in multiple events, including junior Rebekah Nelson of Ephrata, Wash., who collected two first-place awards, a second-place finish and four third-place honors. Senior Kristy Colgan of Bellevue, Wash., who is president of the Washington state chapter of Phi Beta Lambda, won two first-place and three second-place awards.
Margie LaShaw, associate professor of economics and business at Whitworth and chapter advisor, attended the competition with the Phi Beta Lambda team. "It was the group's second state competition and it was the first for several of the students, so their tremendous success is all the more impressive," LaShaw says. "The competition provided a forum for the Whitworth students to showcase their skills and knowledge, and they demonstrated their ability to compete academically on state-wide level."
Following is a list of Whitworth Phi Beta Lambda students who participated in the competition, their class standing, major and hometown, and the competition categories in which they placed:
Andy Price
Brad Norleen
Amy Olsen (Whitworth Phi Beta Lambda chapter president)
Garret Zumini
Henry Yan
Rebekah Nelson
Kristy Colgan (State president of Phi Beta Lambda)
Chantel Lindquist
Harry Donkor
Margie LaShaw, associate professor of economics and business and Phi Beta Lambda advisor, Whitworth College, (509) 777-4498 or email@example.com.
Kristy Colgan, Washington state president of Phi Beta Lambda, (509) 777-3210 or email@example.com.
Julie Riddle, public information specialist, Whitworth College, (509) 777-3729 or email@example.com.
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It seems like forever since I've written up anything related to the MALKeionbu (alternatively known as the MyAnimeList Music Piece of the Week Club), but I figured now that we've entered our 25th week of voting, there's something special to be had in this moment. 25 represents a pretty significant psychological barrier, for me at least, because, let's face it, keeping a weekly event running for 25 consecutive weeks with few hiccups along the way is a pretty huge feat. And for that, I'd like to thank all of those who've directly participated whether it's in track nomination or voting, in making this such an awesome event.
This milestone also offers an excellent opportunity to look back on all the tracks that have come and gone. The weekly process of nominating 7-10 tracks for 25 consecutive weeks yields a whole hell of a lot of anime music of all styles and rhythms. We've gone from simple emotions like Love and Despair, scene depictions like Action and Cityscapes, works from a single composer, to examining music covering various styles (Funky/Groovy) and instruments used (Piano, Electric Guitar). The thing that blows my mind the most is the club members' ability to come up with a pretty good set of tracks week after week and I've yet to go through a week where I didn't learn something new or find some album or composer to check out. Then there are the discussions that result during the voting phase that have been enjoyable to take part in, because through that, you get a better understanding for people's tastes and opinions which in turn, helps you appreciate the music more. So it's been a great learning process through and through!
With that in mind, let's turn to some of the pieces that really struck a chord with me in some way or other. For the purposes of this list, neither tracks that I've nominated nor tracks that I've heard extensively are eligible since a big part of what makes this club fun is the process of discovering new pieces. So here are my picks: [Read more…]


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Postal 2 DOD Alpha - ReloadedAug 8, 2014 Demo 1 comment
After 12 patches we have prepared a fully-packed alpha-version. Mod for Postal 2 STP. Enjoy!
Postal² is a 2003 computer game by Running With Scissors (RWS). It is a sequel to the 1997 game Postal. Both are intentionally highly controversial due to high levels of violence and stereotyping. Unlike its predecessor, Postal² is a first-person shooter based on the Unreal Graphics Engine.
The player takes on the role of 'The Postal Dude' (all evidence given in-game indicates that the character's full legal name actually is "The Postal Dude, Jr.": his father's tombstone reads "T. Dude Sr."; characters constantly call him "Mr. The Dude" and a package for him is addressed to "Postal Dude"), a tall thin man with a goatee, sunglasses, a blue alien t-shirt, and a long black leather coat. The Postal Dude also wears a Happy Smiley pin on his right lapel and a cross pin on his left one. 'The Postal Dude' lives in a trailer park with his nagging wife (only identified in the credits as 'Postal Dude's Bitch') in the mining town of Paradise, Arizona.
The game levels are split into days of the week starting Monday and finishing Friday. At the beginning of each day, Dude is given several tasks to accomplish, such as 'Get milk', 'Confess sins', and other seemingly mundane tasks. The purpose of the game is to finish all of the tasks throughout the week, although the game encourages the player to play in any way he wishes, be it as civilly or as chaotically as possible. There are unique consequences to whichever path is chosen.
Dude must put up with being flipped the bird, mugged, attacked by protesters, put upon by an obnoxious convenience store owner/terrorist and his patrons who cut before Dude in the "money-line", plus an annoying marching band, a murderous toy mascot named Krotchy, the police and SWAT team, the ATF and the National Guard, a religious cult, savage butchers, psycho Taliban terrorists, and Gary Coleman, among many other things.
4 comments by Toploader on Feb 20th, 2012
We now have active Postal 2 and Apocalypse forums on Desura / ModDB which will be monitored by Running With Scissors. We hope to use this as a hub for support and for people to bring attention to mods that we may add to the Desura client for download.
Drop by and talk about the game, and offer any help and support you can. In particular any experiences you have had with the Linux build, and workarounds you may have used to solve problems on your setup.
After 12 patches we have prepared a fully-packed alpha-version. Mod for Postal 2 STP. Enjoy!
Mac version of Postal 2 STP Multiplayer. Works on PowerPC G5 and Intel processors.
The free and full version of Postal 2 STP Multiplayer for Linux :L
this is just a little thing I made one night just a Startup map I made, nothing special, I just decided to spice it up, since the regular Postal 2 Startup...
The full, free version of the multiplayer portion of postal 2.
Eternal Damnation Patch That patch should fix yer problem, but it doesnt work on saved games (or you must use save from previous level eg.: Ghetto) so...
Oh please do explain to me why your job has to do with our mod?
You make as much sense as a ******* as an *** compared to an elbow.
gamne developers actually dont know
there trained professionals maybe but there still rookies when it comes too designing new stuff like half-life 2 or doom 3 the developers where just as much a rookie as u folks are medaphorically speaking
I go to work
come home from work
play a couple of hours on the comp
have about 4 hours sleep
get up go to work again
so yes i know that but with the job i've got theress no reason these people couldnt release this rather quickly
sleepless nights and hard work and a commitment and alot of complains is what u exspect to take on before u even bother starting a mod.
i mean damn
maybe u should look back too desert combat for bf1942 they where under alot more stress then these modders are
cause they had like 4 times more supporters complaining.
so suck it up and get over it.
Alien_Firefox, I see you're not working on a mod, so obviously you don't realise how long it takes to make one, and the processes of making one.
You say this is taking longer to make than postal 2 did (even though it hasn't), well that's because they got payed for it and it was their job, they were also trained professionals who knew what they were doing. For us we are doing it in or free time for the fans, we also didn't know alot about game modding when starting this, it has all been a big learning experience.
Also with most mods, not even just Postal 2 ones, they never even get released, so at least we are.
You say the land of the dead zombies are better than Postal 2's, well that's because Postal 2 didn't have zombies. AW did however and we aren't even using those, we have coded our own.
I also thought Land of the Dead was ****.
I really don't care if you don't like our mod or not, because I like it, and know other people who do to.
...Right, now that's sorted, here's some Postal news:
Quote:It has been formally announced that the next milestone in the POSTAL saga is already in development. The game, under the working title, POSTAL 3: Catharsis and is headed directly down the throat of the XBox 360 and the PC. More details on what happens to a complex, multi-dimensional individual like The Dude after he has razed Paradise and left it a (radioactive) parking lot.
Dear Alien_Firefox,
I suggest your find something else to do with your life other than worry a release date. In all honesty, don't you have anything better to do? This team is people from around the world, with outside lives, other interests and truthfully our time is NOT mainly focused on this mod. Although that would be a lie, some members have had sleepless nights to get this mod done and this is what they get, this is what they deserve? Petty complaints about a pushed back release date?
We are undergoing major and minor bug testing, so I leave you with this:
Wait patiently, and realize that there are other things to do to pass the time, get a clue, **** face.
i suggest you all move to land of the dead
the zombies are wayy better then in postal 2 anyway
i cant be bothered with eternal damnation anymore
great so the makers abuse the fans now
thats rich
im moving to land of the dead now anyways
you folks are too slow with this mod
they friggin made postal 2 faster then u have with this mod
**** you!
We will release it when we want to. Be greatful.
yeap i agree
you could atleast release it so we can play it then you can release a patch later on to fix the final bugs i mean common its already 3 weeks over due
15TH,HALLOWEEN DELAY!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS REMINDS ME OF WAITING FOR HALO 2!!!!!! i just give up.........
Highest Rated (11 agree) 9/10
This game is offensive, politically incorrect, and continually prompts the player to lose their temper and kill innocent (but annoying) bystanders. It's raw and unashamed of the lengths that it will go to offend those who dare to play it. That being said, this game kicks so much ass. Even with some of the glitches it has it is still a solid shooter that dared to go where other games wouldn't dream. this classic game helped pave the way for the kind of moral depravity that we have all grown to love…
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Tilfældet MatasBlomgren-Hansen, Niels (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: According to the Competition Act, a merger that impedes eective competition signi cantly, in particular by creating or strengthening a dominant postition, shall be prohibited. To decide whether this is the case the authorities need a quanti able model of the relationship between the variables that are directly aected by the merger and some measure of competition. In this paper we set up and calibrate a simple model of the interaction of the retail and the wholesale markets for high-end cosmetics in Denmark based on the Matas case. The model predicts that the acquisition of Matas - comprising roughly half of the market for high end cosmetics - may have a significant on retail prices and that the authorities had good reasons for making its approval conditioned on the removal of a number of contract-based barriers to entry. Analytically the main results are: (1) In a linear model with constant marginal costs the optimal wholesale prices are unexpected by the structure in the retail sector. (2) The ect on of buyer-power induced quantity dioscounts depends on the speci c design of the scheme: A relative discount on the list price the independent shops are charged increases the average retail price; A xed reduction relative to the pre-merger price reduces the average retail price). (3) Buyer-power induced retail price maintenance (RPM) increases the average retail price. RPM increases the competitiveness and pro ts of the merged shops if producers keep whole-sale prices unchanged. If, however, the producers adjust their wholesale prices, then RMP hurts merged and independent shops alike and benefits only the producers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7516
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Protectionism, Migration Control, and GlobalizationLorentzen, Jochen (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6549
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Strong Core Values, Delegation and AccountabilityJuul Andersen, Torben; Shaw, Gregory L. (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Purpose – The article brings attention to the importance of corporate values and concrete leadership enactment of those values as a necessary condition for effective risk management outcomes. Design/methodology/approach – The content is based on practice-based research experiences supported by relevant literatures on risk governance and values-based management complemented with insights from case analyses and empirical studies. Findings – The paper explains why formal risk management approaches have limitations and outlines how the presence of official policies and codes of conduct is insufficient to deal with dynamic and complex high-impact situations where strong core values heeded by the corporate leadership, in contrast, leads the way to better risk behaviors throughout the organization. Major disasters in British Petroleum over the past decade illustrate how a formal code of conduct failed to do the job when the leadership in reality gave first priority to profits at the expense of the stated environmental values. The prioritized code of the US Coast Guard is used to illustrate the circumstances where core values support effective crisis, disaster and risk management outcomes. Originality/value – The paper goes against conventional wisdom of imposing tighter rules and regulations with formal controls as a panacea to cope with major disasters and shows why simpler means of guiding core values combined with delegation of responsibility to act under unexpected conditions is important in both private and public enterprise. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9009
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Carnera, Alexander; Janning, Finn (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6329
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Den bornholmske transformationRennison, Betina Wolfgang; Green, Lea Goldin (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Det kommunale landkort gennemløber netop i denne tid en markant forandring. Strukturreformen initierer en omvæltning af den offentlige sektor ikke set siden kommunalreformen i 1970'erne. Nye tider er på vej. Nye grænser trækkes – være det sig geografiske, opgaverelaterede, stillingskategoriske, organisatoriske- og styringsmæssige. Dette working-paper er et bidrag i diskussionen om strukturreformen og den generelle moderniseringsproces i den offentlige sektor. Det griber fat i en kommunal enhed, der allerede har gennemløbet en del af de omvæltninger, som landets øvrige kommuner pt. står overfor, nemlig Bornholms regionskommune. I paperet foretages en uvildig undersøgelse af regionskommunens nye styreform og administrative organisering, der er igangsat i kølvandet på kommunensammenlægningen i 2003. Working-paperet er desuden publiceret som en rapport i BUPL-regi (Januar 2005). Rapporten/working-paperet er således skabt på initiativ af BUPL (Forbundet for pædagoger og klubfolk), særligt BUPL-Bornholm. En tak skal derfor lyde til BUPL (Lars Feldt, Ulla Kjærgaard og Leif Kjærgaard) for finansiering af projektet og for information omkring aktuelle problematikker og udfordringer i og omkring Bornholms regionskommune. Vi takker desuden de interviewede fra regionskommunen for at have givet os en indsigt i facts, problemskitseringer og scenarieopstillinger – og på den måde bidraget til at give analysen kraft. Forud for rapporten er foretaget et pilotprojekt, der fungerer som inspirationskilde og vidensgrundlag for nærværende rapport/working-paper. Der skal derfor lyde en stor tak til de deltagende studerende for et grundigt analytisk og indsigtsfuldt arbejde. Rapporten/working-paperet henvender sig til såvel praktikere i og omkring Bornholms regionskommune, som forskere, konsulenter, studerende og øvrige interesserede i organisations- og strukturforandringer samt styrings- og ledelsesmæssige problematikker i en kommunal sammenhæng. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6361
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22 video-analytical views "in situ" in the development-department of an IT firmSiggård Jensen, Sisse (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6410
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the role of institutions and regional innovation systemsLorenzen, Mark; Foss, Nicolai Juul (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7212
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Frederiksen, Frode; Hansson, Finn; Wenneberg, Søren (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The internal scientific evaluation of knowledge claims done by peer review is todayhas for the last 20 years been supplemented by new methods of knowledge assessment. These methods are usually taken from other sectors such as the public administration and the corporate sector. Because of their different backgrounds compared to the peer review method, it is necessary to critically examine them in relation to assessment of quality. But this also calls for a new understanding of science and knowledge. The article starts by briefly explaining this new understanding, before going into more details on the new methods of knowledge assessment and the perspectives behind them. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6357
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an organizational economics perspectiveFoss, Kirsten; Foss, Nicolai Juul (København, 1998)[More information][Less information]
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how much do they really differ? And how does it matter?Foss, Kirsten; Foss, Nicolai J. (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7285
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Towards a Dynamic SynthesisHåkanson, Lars (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
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Foss, Nicolai J. (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper is the Introductory chapter to my forthcoming book, Knowledge, Organization, and Property Rights: Selected Essays of Nicolai J Foss, to be published by Edward Elgar in 2008. It provides a brief bio-statement and then discusses and places in context the various papers in the collection. The papers in the book are listed in the Appendix. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7437
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Meaning, Nature, Origins, and ImplicationsFoss, Nicholai J. (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Assumptions about the knowledge held by economic agents have been an integral part of the theory of economic organization since its inception. However, recent work—here called "knowledge governance"—has more explicitly highlighted knowledge as both an independent and dependent variable. Thus, a spate of work in management research and new institutional economics has highlighted dimensions such as complementarity, complexity, tacitness, and so on of knowledge assets and shown how knowledge assets, thus dimensionalized, has explanatory value with respect to economic organization. However, knowledge may also be seen as being caused by governance mechanisms and structures; specifically, incentives, allocations of decision rights, organizational structure and so on influence the search for knowledge, and the creation, sharing and integration of knowledge. More philosophically, the concern with the role of knowledge in the context of economic organization prompts a reevaluation of a number of the fundamental assumptions that are often used to guide theory-building in the economics of organization (e.g., Bayesian and game theoretical foundations). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8379
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Foss, Nicolai J. (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: An attempt is made to characterize a "knowledge governance approach" as a distinctive, emerging field that cuts across the fields of knowledge management, organisation studies, strategy and human resource management. Knowledge governance is taken up with how the deployment of administrative apparatus influences knowledge processes, such as sharing, retaining and creating knowledge. It insists on clear behavioural foundations, adopts an economizing perspective and examines efficient alignment between knowledge transactions with diverse characteristics and governance structures and mechanisms with diverse capabilities of handling these transactions. Various open research issues that a knowledge governance approach may illuminate are sketched. Although knowledge governance draws clear inspiration from organizational economics and "rational" organization theory, it recognizes that knowledge represents various challenges to more "closed" social science disciplines, notably economics. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7446
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The Center for Strategic Management and GlobalizationFoss, Nicolai J. (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper tells the story of the emergence of distinct research around the theory of the firm at Copenhagen Business School within the last two decades, focussing on elements of continuity in the thinking of key CBS persons in the period. It discusses the current research agenda of the Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, a research agenda that may be described as multi-level research in international strategy, based on the economic theory of the firm and strategic management theory, and with a strong emphasis on micro-foundations and knowledge governance. The paper relates the narrative to organizational learning theory. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7435
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a consulting process during 1987-2000 at the State & University Library of DenmarkMaula, Marjatta (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6437
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Kreiner, Kristian (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This article explores the case of product development for insights into the potential role of knowledge management. Current literature on knowledge management entertains the notion that knowledge management is a specific set of practices – separate enough to allow specialization of responsibility. By common standard, the proclaimed responsibility of knowledge management is shared knowledge, saved learning costs and coordinated action in an organization. The significance of the practices of knowledge management is the intention of shared knowledge, saved learning costs and coordinated action. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6682
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a study of knowledge management in management consultanciesJacoby Petersen, Nicoline; Poulfelt, Flemming (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6364
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Mahnke, Volker; Venzin, Markus (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6504
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A Work place StudyTørning, Kristian (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This dissertation contributes to the existing body of knowledge on how we design computer systems, particularly multiuser software for knowledge sharing and creation in globally diffused companies. This is achieved by conducting a work place study of a global industrial engineering conglomerate which has the strategy of working with knowledge in the form of "best practices" meant to boost performance. The thesis explores the situation that workers are in, since they are meant to share and develop "best practices" knowledge in a portal based Knowledge Management System (KMS). The study indentifies a set of problems that prevents knowledge sharing from taking place to the degree to which management was specifically aiming. It was explored whether these problems could, to some degree, be mitigated by employing persuasive design, which is a new stance towards design where the aim is to directly seek to change the user's behavior, i.e., persuading more knowledge sharing. The main contribution is an indication of an anomaly with regards to the strategic approach towards knowledge management, where knowledge sharing is seen as an effort by which companies can gain a competitive advantage by working with knowledge in a structured fashion. The issue is that the descriptions found in literature on strategic knowledge management do not address the many issues uncovered when conducting prolonged fieldwork among workers who engage in the activities that the literature seemingly takes for granted. Thus, many practical problems were uncovered that would need some level of mitigation before a company could hope to gain a strategic advantage from working with knowledge. This challenges the "stock" approach towards knowledge management, which seems to address only the management level of the organization. A contribution is also made in exploring the state-of-the-art of the emerging field of persuasive design. Persuasive design aims at enabling designers to create designs that deliberately change the user's attitude or behavior. According to this new design tradition, the designer specifically designs with the aim of behavior transformation. The goal is a deliberate behavioral change, rather than supporting a set of existing tasks or a set of existing behaviors. The work presented shows how persuasive design is a very conceptual area of research, and that it is not a fitting approach for attaining a higher degree of participation in computer systems for knowledge sharing and creation. Persuasive design is thus not the remedy for the many problems found that prevent knowledge sharing from taking place URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8168
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Diocesan seminarians from the
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Corporate Governance vs. Retirement Plan Governance - What's the Difference?
By Debra Stoll, Director-Consulting at the Principal Financial Group®
A lot is written about "corporate" governance and "retirement plan" governance. It can be confusing — especially when it comes to Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs). ESOPs are unique, and ESOP fiduciaries often serve in multiple roles, which means they can be subject to different legal standards depending on the decisions they are making for the company and the ESOP.
Corporate governance refers to how a company is run, including rights and responsibilities among the board of directors, managers, shareholders, creditors, auditors, regulators, and other stakeholders. Governance provides the framework to pursue objectives and is a way to monitor corporate actions, policies and decisions. It is regulated by state law.
Retirement plan governance refers to how a qualified retirement plan is run, including the roles and responsibilities of plan fiduciaries among the board of directors, plan administrative (sometimes a committee), trustee and investment advisors. It encompasses developing, carrying out and documenting the processes and procedures to operate a qualified retirement plan. It is regulated by ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code.
Who Are Your ESOP Fiduciaries?
For most ESOPs, the company (board of directors), plan administrator (this can be a committee) and trustee are the fiduciaries.
A fiduciary:
- Is named in the plan document
- Exercises discretionary authority or control over the management or disposition of the plan or its assets
- Provides (or has responsibility to provide) investment advice
- Has discretionary authority or responsibility for plan administration
Those who serve as ESOP fiduciaries and their responsibilities are defined in the ESOP documents (plan, trust agreement, service agreements/contracts, policies and procedures, board resolutions). These vary, depending on what your documents say, so it's important that those making ESOP decisions understand their roles and responsibilities.
What Does an ESOP Fiduciary Do?
Under law, a fiduciary makes discretionary decisions about the plan. See sample Fiduciary Roles and Responsibilities for a general overview of ESOP fiduciaries.
A fiduciary must act solely in the best interests of plan participants, for the exclusive benefit of plan participants, with the care, skill, prudence and diligence of a "prudent expert," in accordance with the terms of the plan (unless the plan provisions would cause a violation of ERISA rules).
Generally, people who carry out purely administrative functions (accountants, attorneys, record keepers, consultants) aren't fiduciaries. However, whether you are an ESOP fiduciary depends on how you act, not just what your title is. You can become a "functional fiduciary" if you take on any of the fiduciary responsibilities under the plan or ERISA even without intending to become a fiduciary.
Developing a formal, written process to document fiduciary decisions can help avoid inadvertent or unintended fiduciary acts and ensure that decisions are carried out consistently and in accordance with the terms of the plan.
Fiduciaries and Conflicts of Interests?
Fiduciaries often wear multiple hats when it comes to corporate/plan governance. Be wary! If you are serving in multiple roles for the company and the ESOP (e.g., CEO, director, CFO, seller, current shareholder, board chair, consultant) different legal standards can apply to your fiduciary decisions. It's important to understand your duties to ESOP participants and the company. Here, again, education, proper governance procedures and documentation are extremely important.
Final Thoughts
The rules, roles and responsibilities of ESOP fiduciaries warrant education and guidance from experts. Equally important is educating the day-to-day non-fiduciaries who work with plan so they are not inadvertently making "fiduciary" decisions and becoming functional fiduciaries. Let us help you prepare a fiduciary chart and develop good governance principles and procedures. Good governance helps reduce the risks associated with sponsoring an ESOP.


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The story line in the House of Night series is interesting. I like a lot of the folklore and some of the twists and turns... but wow, the badly-written dialogue and awkward responses of some of the characters really detract from the story (like Damian and Jack randomly hugging whenever one of them actually does something mildly helpful - I can't see people doing that).
I liked the Scottish element and how the Isle of Women was handled. I like a lot of the basic plotting, but it is REALLY hard to get past the dialogue. Teenagers do not talk like that. And too many characters have nothing to do (the Twins, for example).
I would recommend this book to other people. The characters are well developed and the plot is very good and many things come together throughout the book. I didn't want it to end. Just be ready for cliff hangers, and read all of the other books too or else you won't understand it. 5Q5P The cover art is awesome and I'd recommend this to middle and high school students as well as adults. I chose to read this book because the cover caught my eyes. Now I want the whole series! JackieK
So this book is definitely up to the same standard as the first books in this series but definitely not as bad as Tempted that was more like filler than an actual book and then after a horrible filler story it left off with a serious cliffhanger. Not the best book...but this one kicks it up a notch and I am happy to see everyone working hard to get to a resolution toward the end of the book. I do not like the continued creepy visions of this and that and the like teasing that the author is doing, I mean, I know that teasing is part of a good story but this is starting to get ridiculous.
I enjoy the characters to an extent. I am starting to not feel the dialogue of the characters are bit, they sound to young in some parts but too old in others and it is messing me all up. Does any teen say bull-poopie? EVER? I almost closed the book and left it right there.
Other than the above, I really heart Stark and I am just to invested in this series to give up on it so...next up with be Awakened and I am hoping it is good.
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Zoey's soul has been shattered and she will die if she can't get it put back together.
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I was just not very interested in this one. Mostly the book was told from the points of view of others (not Zoey). I'm not sure if that's why I disliked it, or if it was something else. Either way, this was book 7 and it seems there are now 17 books in the series. I think this is the last one for me. I gave it the extra ½ star because there were parts near the end that I found more interesting, but overall, I really didn't care all that much.
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Material Derived From Carbonized Chicken Feathers Could Meet DOE Hydrogen Storage Targets
23 June 2009
Scientists at the University of Delaware are developing a new low-cost material for hydrogen storage—carbonized chicken feathers (CCFF)—that they say could meet the DOE requirements for hydrogen storage and are competitive with carbon nanotubes and metal hydrates at a tiny fraction of their cost. Their research was presented at ACS Green Chemistry Institute's 13th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference on 23 June.
The Department of Energy's (DOE) 2010 and 2015 hydrogen storage targets are 6 wt% and 9 wt% (gravimetric capacity); 45 and 81 grams H2 per L (volumetric capacity); and $4 and $2 per kWh (storage cost), respectively.
In order to solve the hydrogen storage problem, various kinds of nano-structured materials have been investigated and produced, none of which currently fulfill these targets entirely. Their disposal methods and degradability are still somewhat uncertain. Additionally, the prices of these materials are extremely expensive. It is crucial that the material that will serve as a hydrogen adsorbent in fuel cell vehicles is cheap and is environmentally benign.
The goal of University of Delaware project is to develop new low cost hydrogen storage substrates from an abundant waste material (6 billion lbs/yr in US): chicken feathers.
Chicken feather fibers are mostly composed of keratin, a natural protein that forms strong, hollow tubes. When chicken feathers are heat-treated by controlled pyrolysis, hollow carbon microtubes are formed with nanoporous walls. Their specific surface area increases up to 450 m2/g by the formation of fractals and micropores thus enabling more hydrogen adsorption than raw (untreated) feather fibers. The protein also creates crosslinks, which strengthen its structure.
The net result is carbonized chicken feather fibers, which can absorb as much or perhaps more hydrogen than carbon nanotubes or metal hydrides, according to Dr. Richard Wool, professor of chemical engineering and director of the Affordable Composites from Renewable Resources program at the University of Delaware in Newark.
Using carbonized chicken feathers would only add about $200 to the price of a car, according to Wool. By comparison, making a 20-gallon hydrogen fuel tank that uses carbon nanotubes could cost $5.5 million; one that uses metal hydrides could cost up to $30,000, Wool says. Wool estimates that it would take a 75-gallon tank to go 300 miles in a car using carbonized chicken feather fibers to store hydrogen. He says his team is working to improve that range.
The research was presented by Erman Senöz, a graduate student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware in Newark.
In addition to hydrogen storage, Wool and his colleagues are working on ways to transform chicken feather fibers into a number of other products including hurricane-resistant roofing, lightweight car parts and bio-based computer circuit boards.
Hydrogen Storage On Carbonized Chicken Feather Fibers Erman Senöz, University of Delaware; Richard P. Wool, University of Delaware
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I've often said the Hydrogen Economy is done, "Stick a fork in it".
It is going to take a lot of chicken eating to produce enough feathers to meet all that demand! They should start stockpiling it! Or maybe the feathers can be dug up!
#1: Props to Dr. Wool and his researchers for taking advantage of nature's manufacturing ability at a nano level, and embodying reduce-reuse-recycle in a smart way to solve a cost problem.
#2: I wonder how much they can improve on the volumetric density, given that a 75-gallon tank is quite large for most passenger vehicles?
#3: yes, how many 300-mile-capacity storage tanks can be made with 6 billion pounds of chicken feathers? Fortunately, the tanks should last for 15 years or so, so the question is really, "Can we make 150 million tanks with 90 billion pounds of chicken feathers?" Also, I hear they have chickens outside the United States, so there may be a global market.
Smart...Very Smart.
I'd say "Eat more Chickin'".
Just wonderin' how they come up with 300-mile driving range out of 75 gallons? What is the size of the car, what type of FC and what's the pressure and temperature of the adsorbed H2 tank?
They already are trying carbonized corn cobs as well. The main gist on that one was they could store a fair amount at just 2 bar of pressure.
The main failure of the effort so far is they are treating the fuel cell car exactly like a gasoline car and trying to get the same size tank. Now if they were to take the space they use for elctric cars battery compartments and fit a fuel tank of that size into a fuel cell car it would have a huge range and wouldnt need to be all that complex or spendy either.
Hmmm...where have we seen this before...excess supply in ag product - research & development creates major new demand, government subsidies stir supply & demand into a frenzy - ag product price goes through the roof & everyone suffers (especially the poor)...(ahem! corn based ethanol)...
Stares at ejj... stares some more at ejj... chicken feathers are not food.
Where's all the hydrogen coming from?
Where's all the hydrogen coming from?
Why, easy! From the reformation of bio-gas derived from chicken poop!
H2 will be comming from anything cheap enough to make h2 for a profit just like electricity comes from anything that can make it at a profit.
Depending on how fuel efficient the fuel cells get that could allow rather spendy h2 while keeping per mile costs low.
Yes, ejj is confused about the causes of the 2008 commodities prices spike. That spike thrashed the biodiesel and ethanol industries alike, but please realize that everything has a use. Most poultry feathers are rendered into feather meal, an important protein source for animal feeds. So yes, feathers are a food source and part of the food chain.
Hydrogen will always be more expensive than the electricity or natural gas used to make it.
Also any material which can store H2 could also store CH4, a much better energy carrier than H2, and easily made from biological feedstocks
Perhaps a major increase in poultry prices, caused by a radical increase in the demand for feathers (don't tell me a vast new chicken feather market would have no effect of poultry prices), can be offset through the collection of birds that strike wind turbines, vehicles and buildings around the world. Maybe there will also be a way to harvest feathers from birds much like wool from goats.
I meant wool from sheep!
Or perhaps we will see a major decrease in poultry prices, caused by an increase in chicken production to meet the demand for chicken feathers.
Your idea of collecting birds that strike wind turbines, vehicles and buildings around the world shows real insight.
It should be easy to harvest these bird feathers much like horse feathers.
The demand for Windex and windmill blade sharpeners will creat more jobs.
"..300-mile driving range out of 75 gallons?"
They may have been referring to volume. That would be just under 10 cubic feet of adsorbed H2 volume. I wish they would refer to cubic feet or meters, the gallon stuff is confusing.
This might contain almost 8 kg of H2 for maybe 30 miles per kilogram. Not great mileage, but it beats 10,000 psi in my book. In spite of all the jokes, I think this is really important news.
That's storage... if it works, it only leaves 3 miracles to go for hydrogen. ;-)
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I am the new operations manager for our local humane society. In the short time I have been here, we have had a large outbreak of ringworm and have worked very hard to overcome the issues that have led up to it.
Our facility has 54 cats (separated by kennels) and until recently we were using a quaternary ammonium disinfectant that was basically ineffective against this fungus, and a bleach solution, though I could not tell you how the bleach was being mixed.
After talks with other industry specialists, I found myself to be more alarmed at the zoonotic possibilities than anything else. That's when I raised the flag and asked for help it appeared that the implications / possibilities of this fungus spreading to my other kennels was greater than I realized, not to mention the impact to humans, small children respectively.
We have been using Trifectant in our dog runs, but not in our cattery, and after reading your articles and others found that it was not effective as a 1:10 bleach is. Problem is the ventilation. One of the products I was introduced to to over come this issue is an accelerated and stabilized Hydrogen peroxide (ASHP) product called Accel.
I have read through your FAQ's, information sheets and did not find any one question that addressed this issue about ringworm that I am having. I have an on-site vet during the week along with full time kennel technicians responsible for daily cleaning and maintenance. I have reviewed the protocols shaving long hair cats, lime/sulfur dip and so on after had some concerns about safety for my staff. According to the rep, this Accel is new to the U.S. (comes from Canada) meets all EPA guidelines and so on and kills ringworm outright, meets the Polio 1 test and so on. They also are telling us that their product called PURE OXYGEN, and antifungal wash will replace the need to utilize the lime/sulfur dip.
Can you please let me know if you have any further information about this product, or if it will work as advertised?
Thank you so much for your inquiry as this is a topic comes up often, so often in fact that we are including an article on accelerated hydrogen peroxide (AHP) in our next newsletter. Here is some information on AHP that is included in the article as well as information specific to your question.
As you mentioned AHP is relatively new to the market in the U.S. It is labeled as a one-step, short contact time (1-5 minutes depending on the concentration and organism targeted) cleaner and disinfectant that is efficacious in the presence of organic matter. This product also contains a detergent, which lends to its great cleaning ability.
AHP product label claims broad-spectrum bacterial and virucidal activity, and is effective against non-enveloped viruses such as calicivirus and parvovirus.
AHP has a lot of good qualities and in general: it is non-toxic, non-corrosive, does not produce toxic fumes (unless mixed with bleach), and is considered generally safe with no additional concerns, when used as directed on the product label. Application in a shelter setting can vary to fit the specific needs of the shelter. It comes in a pre-mixed liquid formulation that can be used in a spray bottle, or a concentrated form can be purchased in large quantities (up to 50 gallon) for dilution and application through a centralized system. Different dilutions can be used for different purposes, from general daily cleaning at a very low concentration to targeting specific organisms at a high concentration.
Accelerated hydrogen peroxide is labeled effective against dermatophytes. The company states that if there is an outbreak the entire shelter should be soaked with the Accel hard surface disinfectant at a dilution of 1:16 and ensure the areas remain wet for a minimum of 10 minutes, which could necessitate rewetting after 5 minutes if the surface appears dry. However, the efficacy of this protocol has not yet been verified by independent research. This is a concern, as other products labeled against dermatophytes have subsequently been shown by independent research to not be fully effective.
Independent studies are currently being conducted on Pure Oxygen and look promising. Anecdotally, we have heard that some shelters have used Pure Oxygen shampoo with success in treating ringworm. However at this time, without concrete data supporting this product, we cannot make the recommendation for you to use Pure Oxygen to treat ringworm.
Lyme sulfur dip, twice weekly, has been proven to work for the treatment of ringworm and thus is what we recommend. This combined with oral itraconazole is the current treatment protocol of choice. Please see our Ringworm Information sheet locate on this site for more detailed information on this treatment protocol.
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Balloons and Space: Ring in the New Year at Oakland's Chabot Space & Science Center with the museum's annual midday balloon drop at 10:45 a.m., and 12:45 and 3:45 p.m. Tickets $4, but space is limited so call 510-336-7373 before you go. And if it's all sold out, don't worry — this space museum is fun any time. Winter break hours run 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, till 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Rock And Roll: Want to mix some family-friendly rock and roll with your New Year's festivities? Walnut Creek's Red House is hosting its fourth annual New Year's Eve show featuring The Time Outs and their special brand of "kindie rock." Expect a countdown to 2010, rock star-worthy makeovers and some awesome air guitar lessons at 4:30 and 6 p.m. Dec. 31. Tickets are $10 per person or $30 per family.
New Year, LHS-Style: Ring in the New Year around the world when you join the New Year's Eve Day Party at the Lawrence Hall of Science from noon to 2 p.m. Dec. 31. Free with museum admission.
Bell Ringing: Ring in the new year — literally — at the Asian Art Museum's annual bell-ringing ceremony. The fun runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with entertainment and art activities in the San Francisco museum's Samsung Hall. Grab a ticket (one per family) at the admissions desk starting at 10 a.m. and you can help ring the museum's 16th century bronze bell at 11 a.m. Free with admission, kids under 12 always free.
Confetti and Party Hats: Make your own noisemakers and party hats at the first-ever New Year's Eve festivities at the Bay Area Children's Museum. The Sausalito museum opens at 9 a.m. for arts and crafts and all the usual fun, and the official countdown starts at noon. Free with museum admission.
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Making Horseradish – A Visit to Gold's *Giveaway*
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The food world is finally catching on to what Steve Gold has been saying for years. Horseradish is a superfood. In addition to its incredible earthy and sweet flavor, horseradish is full of health benefits ranging from cancer prevention (horseradish has ten times more cancer-fighting compounds than broccoli!), to respiratory and headache relief. Horseradish has been used for medicinal purposes for years, yet the research on horseradish has become more established and well-known in recent years, while the Gold family has been touting the benefits of horseradish since 1932. Horseradish is creeping up in produce sections throughout the USA, as the demand for horseradish is increasing and will continue to increase in the coming years.
Steve Gold's grandparents started the horseradish business during the depression as a way to make some money in hard times. Everything was done at home, including the paste/glue used to stick the labels onto the bottles. Gold's has remained a family business, in fact, probably one of the only businesses that is now going into the fourth generation, and is still producing the same recipe as the original. They are producing substantially more than their grandparents had in the 1930's and have the advantage of 21st century machinery, yet their success lies in maintaining the high-quality standards and using farm-fresh, high-quality ingredients.
On a visit to the factory, I witnessed first-hand why Gold's is so successful and what they do and why we use their products in our test kitchens. The factory is spotless; the entire tour has a fresh and clean feel. While waiting for Steve, I noticed an impressive amount of articles and awards hanging at the entrance of the factory. I was curious which one Steve valued the most and so I asked him what his greatest award and accomplishment was. Steve responded, "Getting letters from customers that say they enjoyed our products." This highlights why they are successful. At the end of the day, Steve's utmost concern is the customer's satisfaction.
The greatest challenge is figuring out the right balance when sending out the products. The horseradish is a perishable item and has no preservatives. This makes it a fresh and high-quality product. But the downside is that if left on the shelf for too long, it can go bad and that is Steve's worst nightmare. In fact, Gold's uses glass containers versus plastic to ensure a fresher, better-tasting product. This is what inspired Gold's to branch out into shelf-stable condiments and sauces such as a variety of mustards, cocktail sauce, borscht and the most awesome barbecue sauce. All the recipes are tested and retested until perfected at the Gold's factory. In fact, Gold's is now in the process of developing a teriyaki sauce. The challenge lies in creating a teriyaki sauce with all kosher for Passover ingredients.
Steve took us (myself and Jamie, and Chana Blumes, the photographer) on a tour of the factory floor and it was a truly fascinating tour. Pallets of horseradish and beets line the warehouse. Special machines clean the horseradish and beets and there are red floods of water on the warehouse floor. There is a special room in which the horseradish and beets are ground up. Anyone working in the 'horseradish room' is given a gas mask (the same one given to Israelis during wartime) for protection against the strong fumes of the horseradish. Chana courageously went into the room, sans gas mask, to shoot the horseradish and came out in tears.
As we were witnessing the beet horseradish being bottled, we noticed Melissa, Steve's daughter standing on the line, placing jars in boxes. "One of the workers needed a break, so Melissa is taking his place," explained Steve. Talk about work ethic! Steve told us how Melissa works from 5 a.m. until closing, and that everyone who works at Gold's is ready to do whatever it takes to make it a success. This also got us talking about the workers and it was so inspiring to hear their attitude towards their workers. Workers are given health benefits, sick days and there is a general attitude of care and empathy for their employees.
On our tour, we met the mashgiach, the kashrut supervisor, who gushed about the cleanliness of the Gold's factory. "The pipes are cleaned every night and the attention to detail makes my job really easy," says the mashgiach. "We once had to throw out thousands of dollars worth of products due to kashrut concerns, and the Golds did it all with grace and complete honesty." High-quality products, good work ethic and a respect for customers and workers are what make this company so unique.
Steve Gold's top uses for horseradish:
- Scrambled eggs
- Tuna salad
- A tablespoon in chicken soup
- Salad dressings
- Mashed potatoes
What would you use horseradish for? Let us know in the comments below to win $50 worth of Gold's Products (way more than horseradish). Find more at HealthyHorseradish.com
As seen the Joy of Kosher with Jamie Geller Spring 2013 Issue with the following recipes:
- Horseradish-crusted rib roast
- Grate some over beef-cheek gnocchi
- Mix into salad dressings for an extra kick
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133 Responses to Making Horseradish – A Visit to Gold's *Giveaway*
the old tried and true gefilte fish. my family can't eat it without the true horseradish
prime rib-rare
We usually use horseradish on fish, however my father uses horseradish on everything! He loves the taste and eats very spicy foods!
On some Roast Beef.
I would use it to make Horseradish Whipped Cream
icing Gefilte Fish Cupcakes
Yay, love horseradish, use it as a key ingredient in my favorite salad dressing!
We use horseradish every Shabbos on fish, mixed with mayo for dips, and as a kick to dressings
My family uses horseradish on be filet fish and carp, however my father uses horseradish on just about everything. He eats it with his meat and chicken as well because he likes the taste and the spicyness!
We use ours on shabbos salmon YUM!!
In a sweet and sour sauce made for dipping egg rolls in.
Hebrew National Hot Dogs of course! Yummmmmm!!!!!
We use it every Shabbos for cocktail sauce.
each individual seder plate had a mound of horseradish freshly grated, and each table had a dish of gold's white and gold's red
Horseradish is a staple at our house! We like to put it in hummus.
Gefilte fish but also meat, especially corned beef.
each individual seder plate (that would be 19 of them) had a mound of freshly grated horseradish on it and each table had a bowl of both Gold's red and Gold's white horseradish
meatloaf .
I had a jar of horseradish for Pesach and love it. This was the one with only vinegar in it.
I love horseradish on baked potatoes, on prime rib, in deviled eggs
on sushi
I love using horseradish for lamb dishes, fish, and sometimes instead of pickled ginger for cucumber sushi rolls.
I would put it on gefilte fish, I put more horseradish than fish.
I put it with fish and on a roast beef sandwich
i would use it on a good piece of prime rib. Makes it really yummy
I would first and foremost use horseradish to such ear on my Granny Smith apple wedges for me and my niece. I would add it to potatoes, lasagna, ravioli and would even try to incorporate it into my home-made gluten free pastas. Horseradish is and excellent addition alone to top a salmon filet, a beef fillet, or to mix in to my wonderful ginger teriyaki sauce that I marinate shark, swordfish or Ahi tuna steaks before grilling them. Adding horseradish to A1sauce and Panko bread crumbs mis that is use to coat compleatly chicken or turkey breast, even occasionally a steak, is a delicious start to a meal. I use horseradish paste instead of wasabi for my sushi nights too! Now, if I could only incorporate it into desserts…chocolate cake, here I come!
so great
Fish or salad
Gefilte Fish, of course!
i love the duck sauce!
My daughter has made a delicious chicken recipe with beet horseradish.
My daughter has made a delicious chicken recipe with horseradish.
On roast beef.
A spoonful of horseradish added to mustard, ketchup, or mayo and used as a sandwich spread adds zest to any sandwich.
on salads
Mix it with a little mayo and lemon juice and it's a great dip or spread for roast beef. The best!
On cornbeef! Yum!
great on gefilte fish or a roast
great on gefilte fish or a roat
I like to make a relish of horseradish and cranberry to serve with poultry.
mixed with peanut butter, mayonaise and honey on boneless breast of chicken May not seem good when you look at the ingredients, but yummy!!
I would use it in horseradish sauce to have with an appetizer.
I love horseradish mashed potatoes. I add it to mayo to kick up the taste for baked salmon.
I love horseradish with sharp cheeses, tomato and lettuce on toast.
It goes with everything!!!!
on gefilte fish
I would put horseradish sauce on my roast beef sandwich.
i would put on my burger
on pizza! gives it that necessary zing
Potato Salad!
I just used it to make a sauce for my cod for dinner tomorrow.
Ill use them on everything- eggs, rice, lamb, yumm
I love horseradish!
It goes on all of my sandwiches.
Thank you.
I like horseradish on gefelte fish and in some meat recipes–adds a nice bite to sauces for roasts.
I use horseradish on just about everything from fish , and chicken it is great on roast beef it makes it tangy and adds a lot of flavor. Did you know that horseradish is so healthy as well it heals stomach virus's. I had a very bad stomach ache and took a teaspoon of Golds horseradish and felt so much better.
I use horseradish on roast beef sandwiches.
we put it on beef an weck
I use horseradish on my roast beef sandwiches.
I like to add it to ketchup or mustard and put it on hamburgers.
I use it on gefilte fish
I mix it with mayonnaise to make a good dipping sauce for asparagus.
japanese food
Love it on french dip roast beef sandwiches
Making some darn tasty Bloody Marys
Added to anything gives it a lovely boost and a a slight kick.
corned beef sauce
I have a yummy recipe for a summer jello dessert where horseradish is one of the ingredients.
I would make lemon horseradish red potatoes!
Very cool!
I'd put it in my Bloody Mary!
I mix horseradish with techina for a fabulous dip! It goes great with all fish and vegetables.
Salad dressing!
Horseradish is absolutely amazing on believe it or not….roast! Mix it with equal parts bbq sauce and pour over your favorite cut of meat! No one will ever guess what is on it…it will just taste amazing! when i lived in Israel and bbq sauce was too expensive to use too much of it on roast, i mixed the horseradish with ketchup and mustard and put it over the roast. Delish!!
for grilled meat
I'd top off a burger with it.
Sounds like great products and amazing people. Would love to win this so I can try them.
Obviously with fish, but I actually like to drizzle it on my asparagus!
I mix some white horseradish with mayonnaise and ode it as a dip for veggies, chips and french fries!
I made horseradish and pistachio encrusted salmon for pesach. The recipe was in the magazine. I love mixing it with a little mayo for a meat horseradish sauce. Gifelte fish of course. On a spoon alone works for me or on matzah plain yum!
My husband likes horseradish in the recipe for Hot German Potato salad from his Mom!
we use this stuff it's great
Mixed with a little bit of fresh lemon juice, a bit of worcestershire sauce and ketchup to make a wonderful cocktail sauce!
I use it on gefilte fish. My family uses it on anything they want to!
That's so cool. I'd love to win a trip to Golds!
I would use it on steak salad
I have to say that even though I always make my own fresh horseradish, I also keep a bottle of Gold's around in the fridge. Always handy. I mix it with mustard and use mostly on top of salmon and chicken. I sometimes mix a little in to Vinaigrette dressing
I have to say, that even though I make my own fresh horseradish, I always have a bottle of Golds in the fridge. I mostly use horseradish mixed with mustard for salmon and chicken, also vinaigrette dressing.
I would probably pair it with gefilte fish
spicy mayo!
I like horseradish with pot roast and mixed in garlic mashed potatoes.
Love it on roast beef!
Love golds
Great mixed in to deviled eggs or on pineapple sausage
roast beef sandwiches
I love to have it on roast beef
My husband loves it on sandwiches.
I'm sushi or hot dogs!
Sushi or asparagus!
We always serve horseradish with London Broil
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I have horseradish with beef and use it in dressings and sauces
I'd use my horseradish on a ham sandwich.
horseradish and mayo on anything..can't go wrong
My husband loves it and I get blamed for eating it all gone! He goes to Afghanistan, it's ready to expire, I toss and get a new one, which is still in the cupboard…and I get yelled at for eating it all gone!
Prime Rib….he loves it on Prime Rib, and I have started to use it more in dishes to spice things up!
Roast Beef!
I'd try it on a burger.
Love it on a roast beef sandwich!
We use it on fish and in beans
I love it on prime rib
My dad always put it on top of a bowl of navy beans, so that's how I use it.
I mix it with sour cream and use it with prime rib
My mom taught me how to make a delicious horseradish, mayo and chive sauce. I would make this with it.
I would love to use it on my hotdogs
Potato salad! Mmmm.
Potato salad!
Mix it with Mayo.. and some beet juice… and you can use it on everything… from Crackers to Pretzels, Gefilte fish, veggies…you name it.. Ga Schmack!!


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Central Provident Fund Act
(Original Enactment: Ordinance 34 of 1953)
(31st December 2001)
An Act to make provision for the establishment of the Central Provident Fund Board and a central provident fund.
[1st July 1955]
1. This Act may be cited as the Central Provident Fund Act.
—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
"additional interest" means the interest referred to in section 6(4B);
"Board" means the Central Provident Fund Board constituted under section 3;
"contract" means any contract, whether written or oral, and whether express or implied;
"employed" means engaged under a contract of service or apprenticeship or in an employment in respect of which contributions are payable under regulations made under section 77;
"employee" means any person who —
is employed in Singapore by an employer otherwise than as a master, seaman or apprentice in any vessel; or
being a citizen of Singapore is employed —
as a master, seaman or apprentice in any vessel, the owners of which have not been exempted from the provisions of this Act; and
under a contract of service or other agreement entered into in Singapore;
"employer" means —
any person, company, association or body of persons, whether or not incorporated, by whom an employee is employed;
the owners of any vessel on which an employee is employed;
any manager, agent or person responsible for the payment of wages to an employee on behalf of an employer; and
the Government and Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of officers or employees of such Government as may from time to time be declared by the President by notification in the Gazette to be employees for the purposes of this Act;
"flat" means a horizontal stratum of any building or part thereof, whether the stratum or part is on one or more levels or is partially or wholly below the surface of the ground;
"Fund" means the Central Provident Fund established under section 6;
"HDB flat" means any flat, house or other building sold under Part IV or IVB of the Housing and Development Act (Cap. 129) which has been acquired by the present owner thereof whether directly from the Housing and Development Board or otherwise;
"Housing and Development Board" means the Housing and Development Board constituted under the Housing and Development Act;
"immovable property" includes —
any estate or interest in land comprising a building or flat which is erected or to be erected on the land;
any undivided share in any estate or interest in land comprising several flats erected or to be erected thereon;
"inspector" means an inspector appointed under section 5(1);
"interest in land" means any interest in land recognised as such by law, and includes an estate in land;
"land" includes land, freehold or leasehold, or of whatever tenure, whether or not held apart from the surface, and buildings or parts thereof (whether completed or otherwise and whether divided horizontally, vertically or in any other manner), and tenements and hereditaments, corporeal or incorporeal;
"master" and "seaman" have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179);
"medisave account" means a medisave account maintained under section 13;
"member of the Fund" or "member" means any person to whose credit any amount is standing in the Fund, or for whom any account in the Fund is maintained for any of the purposes of this Act, and includes a person who contributes to the Fund voluntarily in accordance with section 13B;
"minimum sum" means the sum referred to in section 15(6)(a);
"ordinary account" means an ordinary account maintained under section 13;
"prescribed age" means such age of a member as the Minister may prescribe by regulations made under section 77(1), and the Minister may prescribe different ages for different purposes and in respect of different classes of members;
"retirement account" means a retirement account maintained —
for the crediting of such contribution (including any amount which is deemed to be a contribution for the purposes of this Act) and interest as the Minister may direct;
"special account" means a special account maintained under section 13;
"wages" means the remuneration in money, including any bonus, due or granted to a person in respect of his employment but does not include such payments as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify.
[19/83; 32/84; 16/86; 5/87; 10/94; 30/98; 39/2000]
(1A) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, a person shall be deemed to attain, or to have attained, "N" years of age, or the age of "N" years, on the "Nth" anniversary of the day of his birth, where —
"N" is a specified positive integer; and
"Nth" is the ordinal corresponding to that integer.
(2) No officer or employee employed by or on behalf of the Government or Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom shall be personally liable for anything done or omitted to be done by him as an officer or employee of such Government in good faith.
—(1) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be a Board, called the Central Provident Fund Board, consisting of —
a Chairman appointed under section 4(1);
a Deputy Chairman appointed under section 4(2); and
such other members as may be appointed under section 4(4).
(2) The Board shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and shall have a common seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(3) All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the common seal of the Board shall be sealed with the common seal of the Board.
(3A) All instruments to which the common seal is affixed shall be signed by any 2 officers of the Board generally or specially authorised by the Board for the purpose.
(4) The Board may by resolution or otherwise appoint an officer of the Board or any other agent either generally or in a particular case to execute or sign on behalf of the Board any agreement or other instrument not under seal in relation to any matter coming within the powers of the Board.
(5) Section 11 of the Registration of Deeds Act (Cap. 269) shall not apply to any instrument purporting to have been executed under subsection (3).
(6) The Board shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as are given or imposed by this Act or as may be prescribed by the Minister and the Minister or the Board may by instrument in writing delegate to any person all or any of those powers and duties.
—(1) The Minister, with the President's concurrence under Article 22A(1)(b) of the Constitution, shall appoint a Chairman of the Board for a term of 3 years, or for such shorter term as the Minister may determine, and the Chairman shall be eligible for reappointment.
(2) The Minister, with the President's concurrence under Article 22A(1)(b) of the Constitution, may appoint a Deputy Chairman of the Board for a term of 3 years, or for such shorter term as the Minister may determine, and the Deputy Chairman shall be eligible for reappointment.
(3) The Deputy Chairman may, subject to such directions as may be given by the Chairman, exercise all or any of the powers exercisable by the Chairman under this Act.
(3A) The Minister, with the President's concurrence under Article 22A(1)(b) of the Constitution, may appoint any member of the Board to be a temporary Chairman or temporary Deputy Chairman during the temporary incapacity from illness or otherwise, or during the temporary absence from Singapore, of the Chairman or Deputy Chairman, as the case may be.
(4) The other members of the Board shall be appointed by the Minister with the President's concurrence under Article 22A(1)(b) of the Constitution and shall consist of the following persons:
2 persons holding office of emolument under the Government;
2 persons representing employers;
2 persons representing employees; and
such other persons, not being more than 7, as the Minister may from time to time determine.
(4A) The Minister, with the President's concurrence under Article 22A(1)(b) of the Constitution, may appoint the chief executive officer to be a member of the Board.
(5) The quorum of the Board shall be 5.
(6) The Deputy Chairman shall, in the absence of the Chairman, preside at a meeting of the Board and, in the absence of both the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman, such member as the members present may elect shall preside at the meeting.
(7) The members of the Board shall be paid such allowances as may be fixed by the Minister.
(8) The appointment of members of the Board, other than the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman, shall be liable to be revoked at any time by the Minister but the members shall, unless their appointment is so revoked or they resign in the meantime, hold office for a term of 3 years or for such shorter period as the Minister may in any case determine.
(9) No revocation of the appointment of the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman or any other member of the Board shall be made without the President's concurrence under Article 22A(1)(b) of the Constitution.
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(10) Any person who is a Member of Parliament shall be disqualified from being appointed to or remaining a member of the Board.
(11) The Chairman may, by instrument in writing, authorise any member of the Board to exercise any power or perform any function conferred on the Chairman by or under this Act.
—(1) The Board shall, with the President's concurrence under Article 22A(1)(b) of the Constitution, appoint a chief executive officer on such terms and conditions as the Board may determine.
(1A) The chief executive officer shall be —
known by such designation as the Board may determine; and
responsible to the Board for the proper administration and management of its functions and affairs in accordance with all policies laid down by the Board.
(2) The Board shall have power to engage a staff consisting of such officers and employees as are in the opinion of the Board necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(3) The members and employees of the Board shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Penal Code (Cap. 224).
(4) The Board may make rules for all or any of the purposes of this section and section 4 and, in particular, may make rules —
for the conduct of its proceedings; and
for the appointment, promotion, dismissal, termination of service and disciplinary control of all persons employed by the Board.
—(1) The Board may appoint such number of inspectors as it may consider necessary for carrying this Act into effect.
(2) The Commissioner for Labour and any Deputy Commissioner for Labour, Assistant Commissioner for Labour or inspecting officer appointed under the Employment Act (Cap. 91) may exercise all or any of the powers of an inspector.
(3) In the course of an inspection, an inspector may at any reasonable time —
enter any premises or place where he has reasonable cause to believe that a person is employed therein;
examine, either alone or in the presence of any other person with respect to any matter under this Act or which he may reasonably require information, any person whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be or to have been an employee or an employer, and require every such person to be examined and for the purposes of the examination may summon any such person to attend at the place and time specified in the summons;
put questions concerning employees to their employers or to any person who may be in charge of them, or to the employees themselves, or to any other person whom he may consider it desirable to question, and the employers or employees or other person shall be legally bound to answer the questions truthfully to the best of his ability;
require any employer to produce before him all or any of the employees employed by him together with any contract of service, book of account of salary, register and other document concerning the employees or their employment and to answer such questions relating thereto as he may think proper to ask;
require any employer to produce for his inspection the audited statements of accounts of his undertaking and other records relating to the accounts and to answer such questions relating thereto as he may think proper to ask; and
make copies of any book, document or paper required to be produced under paragraph (d) or (e) and take possession of the book, document or paper when in his opinion —
the copying thereof cannot reasonably be performed without taking possession;
the book, document or paper may be tampered with unless possession is taken; or
the book, document or paper may be required as evidence in any proceedings for an offence under this Act or in any proceedings for the recovery of any moneys due to the Fund.
(4) Subsection (3) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to a person who is required by any regulations made under section 77(1)(e) to contribute to the Fund as it applies to an employer; and a reference to salary in that subsection shall be construed as a reference to income of that person.
(5) If any person —
wilfully delays an inspector or any of the officers referred to in subsection (2) in the exercise of any power under this section;
fails to comply with the requisition of an inspector or any such officer in pursuance of this section or to produce any record, certificate, notice or document which he is required by or in pursuance of this section to produce;
wilfully withholds any information as to who are the employees of any employer or as to who is the employer of any employee; or
conceals or prevents or attempts to conceal or prevent a person from appearing before or being examined by an inspector or such officer,
that person shall be deemed to obstruct an inspector or that officer in the execution of his duties under this Act.
(6) Any person who obstructs an inspector or any of the officers referred to in subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence.
(7) In this section —
"document" means a document in any medium and includes a document containing information in digital or electronic form;
"record" means a record in any medium and includes a record containing information in digital or electronic form.
—(1) The Board shall in every financial year prepare a budget containing estimates of income and expenditure of the Board for the ensuing financial year and a supplementary budget (if necessary) for any financial year and present them to the President for his approval under Article 22B of the Constitution.
(2) The budget and supplementary budget (if any) when approved by the President shall be published in the Gazette.
5B. As a consequence of the vesting of any property, rights or liabilities of the Government in the Board under this Act, or of any capital injection or other investment by the Government in the Board in accordance with any written law, the Board shall issue such shares or other securities to the Minister for Finance as that Minister may from time to time direct.
—(1) The Board shall have the exclusive right to the use of such symbol or representation as the Board may select or devise and thereafter display or exhibit such symbol or representation in connection with its activities or affairs.
(2) Any person who uses a symbol or representation identical with that of the Board, or which so resembles the Board's symbol or representation as to deceive or cause confusion, or to be likely to deceive or to cause confusion, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $250 for every day or part thereof during which the offence continues after conviction.


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