| DHS-ICE: The Use of Double Standards to Administer Discipline
Employee or other person with inside knowledge of wrongdoing inside our federal law enforcement agencies and report it, have often paid a terrible price. The employee is supposed to be protected from retribution by the employer by several federal laws protecting whistleblowers, but they are not, though whistleblowers frequently are punished for revealing wrongdoing by their employer. Ideas about whistle blowing vary widely. Some see whistleblowers as selfless martyrs for public interest and organizational accountability; others view them as informants, solely pursuing personal glory and fame. Because the majority of cases are very low-profile and receive little or no media attention and because whistleblowers who do report significant misconduct are usually put in some form of danger or persecution, the latter view is generally less held.
Cintas posts 8 percent profit gain
Cintas Corp., benefiting from higher sales from added businesses, posted better-than-expected profits in the first quarter, despite rising energy costs. The Mason-based uniform company said sales advanced by 11 percent, to $914.2 million, from $823.5 million in the same period a year ago. Profit rose to $85 million or 53 cents per share, from $78.4 million or 46 cents per share. .
Fallbrook clean up/recycling day a spectacular success
What a day September 16 was! The Fallbrook community-wide Clean Up/Recycling Day brought out hundreds of Fallbrook families and individuals who wanted to recycle their old computers, dispose of their old tires or shred long-saved personal papers.
The downtown portion of the event brought in 450 cars to the E-waste recycling area, sponsored by Bill Cox of Oceansides 1-800-GOT-JUNK? That area was so ably manned by the Senior Volunteers from the Sheriffs Department and other community organization volunteers that the whole process went like clockwork. Those cars, at times lined up two abreast all down Fig Street, dropped off 40,560 pounds of electrical equipment 18.5 tons! All those items ended up in large cardboard containers which were then moved by forklift into two huge semi-truck trailers, filling them to the brim!
Another 78 cars pulled up to the paper-shredding truck, provided by Shred-It of Vista and manned by Shred-Its Jaime Connell and Bob Leonard of the Fallbrook Chamber.
The 2006 Self-Service and Kiosk Show wrap-up
A few short decades ago, the "store of the future" was a catalog showroom where customers filled out paper forms on clipboards, then waited while their products were rolled down the line to the checkout. IBM's view of tomorrow's retail store is very different; paper gives way to digital display, conveyor belts give way to bottom-of-basket scanners and wireless payment mechanisms. Actually, there is still a conveyor belt in IBM's future, at the heart of its new Model 171 self-checkout unit. While most large-format self-checkout units so far have used a carousel for bags, the 171 uses a long conveyor belt and in many ways resembles a conventional checkout. The new linear construction allows full maintenance access from the front of the machine, making it possible for the first time to put them back-to-back; a shielded front and non-weight-sensitive metal enclosure mean kids will no longer upset the weighing mechanism by leaning against the device.
DHS-ICE: The Use of Double Standards to Administer Discipline
Employee or other person with inside knowledge of wrongdoing inside our federal law enforcement agencies and report it, have often paid a terrible price. The employee is supposed to be protected from retribution by the employer by several federal laws protecting whistleblowers, but they are not, though whistleblowers frequently are punished for revealing wrongdoing by their employer. Ideas about whistle blowing vary widely. Some see whistleblowers as selfless martyrs for public interest and organizational accountability; others view them as informants, solely pursuing personal glory and fame. Because the majority of cases are very low-profile and receive little or no media attention and because whistleblowers who do report significant misconduct are usually put in some form of danger or persecution, the latter view is generally less held.
Help give our horses a bed
HORSES being stabled by a charity group in Nuneaton face a bleak winter unless someone can find a way around a recycling hurdle. Fifteen animals being kept at the North Warwickshire Equestrian Centre, at Galley Common, have relied on shredded newspaper for their winter bedding. But the group's shredding machine has broken down for the last time and is being scrapped. It threatens to leave the horses out in the cold when the winter weather bites. Charity workers have now sent out an urgent plea for someone to solve their problem by donating a second-hand shredder. .
Cintas posts 8 percent profit gain
Cintas Corp., benefiting from higher sales from added businesses, posted better-than-expected profits in the first quarter, despite rising energy costs. The Mason-based uniform company said sales advanced by 11 percent, to $914.2 million, from $823.5 million in the same period a year ago. Profit rose to $85 million or 53 cents per share, from $78.4 million or 46 cents per share. .
Glad You Asked: Where to get paper shredded; origins of fruit ...
Can you help? Does anyone know where in Racine County you can dispose of diabetic lances for free? Some woman in Burlington is going to get six different sorts of ugly on me if I don't answer this question. Please write or call me at the contact information below if you can help.Is there a company or business in town where can you take several boxes of personal papers to be shredded? I'll highlight one. I'm sure there are several.A program exists at Park High School in which cognatively disabled students shred paper. They charge $7 to shred a box of discarded paper, which is equal to about 10 reams of fresh paper.Jim Floyd, a Park High special needs teacher, oversees the program. Floyd said the program helps give his 21 students life skills and a sense of self worth.Floyd said the paper will be picked up at your home or business.
Duthler's offers shredding service
A local grocery chain is offering at two of its area stores a steel shredding box for customers to dispose of personal papers. "We're all about service, and it does provide a service that I think will grow in demand," said David Duthler, president of Duthler's Family Foods. "We thought, 'Well, maybe we could have this, and it'd be another reason for people to come to our store instead of somewhere else.' " A ShredStation is operating in Duthler stores at 830 28th St. SW in Wyoming and 425 Fuller Ave. NE in Grand Rapids. For $5, customers can put up to two pounds of papers into the ShredStation, a self-diagnostic collection box that when nearing capacity notifies a licensed shredder to come and destroy the contents on site.
Conference, gala promote minority business people
With help from her cousin Matt Perdue, Tarah Perdue stocked her Watchdog Document Services booth with brochures, stacks of business cards and boxes of pens inscribed with the company's bulldog mascot.“I'm here trying to meet new folks and prospective customers," said Perdue, who attended the small business conference, luncheon and networking fair on Friday's day two of the three-day Megafest held at the Trotter Convention Center, with the goal of expanding her small, Tuscaloosa-based document shredding business into Columbus. “We're members of (the Columbus-Lowndes Development) Link and we're trying to get more involved in it."Perdue and several others who attended the conference found this advice offered from Dr. Frank Wiebe, director of the Mississippi Development Authority Minority and Small Business Development Center in Tupelo - find a niche and develop a solid business plan.“What we are suggesting is you find a target market which is undeserved, or is not being served at all," said Wiebe, who noted niches can be found in either a group of products, services or people that a business owner hopes to focus on.“You can compete against the big bosses.
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