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Meeting will target Antietam watershed pollution prevention
June 16, 2011
Washington County Soil Conservation District and Canaan Valley Institute are leading an effort to develop a watershed-based plan for Antietam Creek. The plan will address pollution from fecal coliform bacteria entering the creek from failing septic systems. A meeting will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 21, at C.R. Semler Inc., 11664 Mapleville Road, Smithsburg. The workshop is free and dinner will be provided. To register, call 800-922-3601, ext. 252, by 4 p.m. Friday, June 17.
Watershed weed whacking
By Ric Dugan
August 30, 2005
Samantha Gloria of Hawaiian Gardens, Calif., clears weeds Monday near Beaver Creek. Gloria was among a dozen AmeriCorps volunteers at the Newcomer Farm in Boonsboro doing maintenance work on stream fencing and a buffer as part of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Farm Stewardship Program. The program is designed to help farm owners install and maintain buffers and fencing along waterways that feed the Chesapeake Bay. More than 500 trees and shrubs and 1,000 feet of fencing were installed this spring in the Beaver Creek and Antietam watersheds.
Watershed officials say Warm Springs Run needs attention
By TRISH RUDDER
November 16, 2009
BERKELEY SPRINGS. W.Va. -- The Warm Springs Watershed Association believes that protecting Warm Springs Run is important to Morgan County in many ways. Association president Kate Lehman said the Run not only should be kept beautiful and clean for future generations, but it must be protected against flooding. The Run is more than 11 miles long from U.S. 522 south at Shirley Drive and runs north to the Potomac River. It's not just inside Berkeley Springs State Park, Lehman said.
Grant will help Inwood residents with flooding
October 3, 2003
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. - The Eastern Panhandle Conservation District was awarded a $654,800 grant by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to help alleviate flooding caused by storm water runoff. The grant will benefit residents living in the Inwood, W.Va., watershed, which encompasses 2,344 acres. The watershed has been subject to flooding because of extensive development and the watershed's problematic surface and groundwater hydrology. Although no streams are in the watershed, excessive storm water runoff causes significant flooding and has the potential to cause groundwater contamination.
Scout Troop 62 helps with Antietam Creek cleanup
October 5, 2008
The Antietam Creek Watershed Alliance is an organization made up of citizens concerned for the local watershed. The mission is to protect and promote Antietam Creek through education, preservation and hands-on projects. The alliance continues to maintain updated data on the sate of the watershed and other opportunities to improve its health for everyone's benefit. Service projects and all aspects of conservation go hand in hand with the Boy Scouts. On Sept. 13, Boy Scouts from Troop 62, Chewsville, joined forces with the alliance to clear trash and other items from Antietam Creek in the third annual rubbish roundup.
DEP to hold hearings on improving water quality
June 26, 2009
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced this week it is seeking information from Eastern Panhandle residents to improve water quality in the Tuscarora Creek watershed. Workshops will be held Wednesday from 1 to 3 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. in Martinsburg to help the DEP prioritize pollution reduction projects, the agency said in a press release. The first session will be in the Dunn Building cafeteria, Room 200, at 400 W. Stephen St., and the second session will be in the boardroom at the Berkeley County Public Service Sewer District offices off Edwin Miller Boulevard behind The Daily Grind.
Former Mayor Don Frush dies at age 67
September 20, 1997
By DAVE McMILLION Staff Writer Former Hagerstown Mayor Donald R. Frush, a memorable city official who was credited with passing the land-use laws that directed how the county would grow, died Thursday. Frush, 67, who was mayor from 1981 to 1985, joined the volunteer Washington County Planning Commission in the 1960s when there were no local zoning laws, subdivision ordinances or master plans outlining how the county would grow. Washington County was the last county in Maryland to pass zoning when Frush helped get the law through in 1973.
EPA says area rivers healthy
October 4, 1997
By LAURA ERNDE Staff Writer The Tri-State area's watershed has no serious problems and is not especially vulnerable to pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. But in its first national assessment of regional water quality, the agency did say the watershed has lost a high number of wetlands and is prone to contamination from farmland runoff. More than 2,700 miles of rivers and streams in a four-state area make up the Conococheague-Opequon watershed, or drainage area.
Stormwater management course offered at Garrett College
November 12, 2007
A one-day seminar, titled: "Geosynthetic Best Management Practices for Stormwater Management," designed for engineers, planners, contractors, inspectors and watershed association staff, will be Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Garrett College. This session, presented by the University of Maryland's T2 Center, will offer insight into sediment control and erosion prevention, runoff control and site stabilization. To register, call 301-387-3069.
Potomac River warning issued
January 23, 1998
Maryland Natural Resources Police officials Friday warned against boating and other recreational uses of the Upper Potomac River watershed. Due to recent rainfall, river levels remain hazardous for recreational use along the main stem and the lower main stem Potomac River and at Millville on the Shenandoah River. The advisory will remain in effect at least through Monday. For more information on Potomac River conditions, call the National Weather Service at 1-703-260-0305.
Ipsan to give talk to Watershed group
Susie Hoffman | Around Funkstown
June 11, 2013
Antietam Creek Watershed will host a guest speaker Thursday at 7 p.m. at Funkstown Town Hall. The topic is Becoming Bay Wise: Creating Healthy Sustainable Gardens. The presenter will be Annette Ipsan, horticulture educator for the University of Maryland Extension in Washington County Attendees can learn how to improve water quality and conserve natural resources with environmentally smart gardening practices. They will also learn the best practices for planting, watering, fertilizing, mulching and mowing.
Antietam Watershed group to host speakers
Susie Hoffman | Around Funkstown
May 7, 2013
The Antietam Creek Watershed Alliance will host the following speakers at Funkstown Town Hall, 30 E. Baltimore St. The events are free and open to the public: • Thursday, May 16 - "Recreational Fishing Opportunities on the Antietam;" learn about fishing by wading or by boat on Antietam Creek; presented by Mike Dudash, environmental educator from River and Trail Outfitters; 7 p.m. • Thursday, June 13 - "Becoming Bay-Wise: Creating Healthy,...
Conservation practices funding through bay watershed inititative extended
April 9, 2013
The Hagerstown-Washington County Economic Development Commission announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, recently extended conservation practices funding under the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative to April 19. Funding selections are made at specific times throughout the year, with the next round of funding cycle deadlines set for May 17. Applications are accepted, ranked and prioritized based...
Chesapeake Bay cleanup bill advances to W.Va. House
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April 9, 2013
A bill that would free up $100 million for public sewer treatment plant upgrades to meet Chesapeake Bay cleanup requirements in eastern West Virginia was advanced Tuesday by state lawmakers. Senate Bill 596 was reported to the House floor Tuesday evening after clearing the House Finance Committee earlier in the day, according to an audio webcast streamed live on the state Legislature's website. The committee passed Senate Bill 596 with a title amendment, which Jefferson County state Sen. Herb Snyder, the bill's lead sponsor, said was technical in nature and "thankfully not significant." Twelve plants in seven of the eight Eastern Panhandle counties that feed into the Chesapeake Bay Watershed will have access to the $100 million beginning in January, if the bill passes, Snyder has said.
Field & Stream to honor Hagerstown man as Hero of Conservation
By CALEB CALHOUN | email@example.com
March 20, 2013
The national outdoor magazine Field & Stream has recognized Doug Hutzell of Hagerstown as a Hero of Conservation for his restoration efforts on behalf of Beaver Creek as part of the Beaver Creek Watershed Association. On Saturday, Field & Stream will join the restoration association and local volunteers at Beaver Creek to help with the restoration work as part of the magazine's Hero for a Day program. "We need to take care of our streams because they are a living organism," Hutzell said.
Watershed Alliance earns grant
November 10, 2012
The Antietam Creek Watershed Alliance recently was awarded a grant from the Chesapeake Bay Trust to repair a failing stone-lined stream in a homeowner's backyard, protecting the waters that eventually flow into the Chesapeake Bay. The unnamed stream flows through private lots in Sharpsburg and carries stormwater runoff from rooftops, parking lots and roads. Decades ago, the stream was lined with stone walls and concrete bottoms to help control the direction of the water flow. However, time and increased runoff caused the walls to fail in some locations, resulting in severe stream bank erosion, which muddies the stream carrying sediments to Antietam Creek, the Potomac River and eventually to the Chesapeake Bay. Homeowner Chris Mullendore lives along this small stream and was concerned that the erosion would progress to where the stream eventually would swallow up the outbuilding in his backyard.
Watershed association to plant trees in Pa.
October 19, 2012
Antietam Watershed Association will be planting 250 trees and shrubs at the Mont Alto Waste Treatment Plant along Pa. 997 just south of Mont Alto, Pa., from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 27. For more information, call 717-762-9417 or go to www.antietamws.org .
Williamsport hopes rock music can help pay for its watershed costs
By ANDREW SCHOTZ | email@example.com
July 25, 2012
Faced with a large price tag on a government mandate, the town of Williamsport is trying to raise money through an all-day rock concert. Counties and municipalities across the state are trying to figure out how to pay for a new state Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) to help protect the Chesapeake Bay by reducing nitrogen and phosphorus discharges. The plan is expected to cost Washington County and its municipalities $1.1 billion in the next 13 years in stormwater, wastewater and septic measures.
Hancock Town Council says it can't afford watershed plan
By DON AINES | firstname.lastname@example.com
July 11, 2012
The Hancock Town Council followed the example of some other Washington County governments, voting Wednesday night to send a letter to the county's Watershed Implementation Plan Committee stating it cannot afford to spend $31 million to reduce water pollutants entering the Chesapeake Bay. "These numbers were just so astonishingly ridiculous," Mayor Daniel Murphy said of the costs of reducing nitrogen and phosphorous pollution in the bay's watershed....
Clear Spring council discusses watershed plan
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July 9, 2012
Like those in most other municipalities across Washington County, Clear Spring officials Monday night acknowledged the federal nutrient-reduction targets aimed at cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, but called the estimated $1.3 million price tag for suggested improvements financially unfeasible. Clear Spring Town Council members in June reviewed a list of potential projects that the town could undertake as part of Phase 2 improvements in the county's Watershed Implementation Plan, or WIP, that would attempt to reduce the amount of nitrogen and phosphorous that makes its way to the bay by 2025.
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B. Balasubramaniam, D. A. Carter, E. J. Mayer, E. Nicholson, A. D. Randall, A. D. Dick; Functional and Phenotypic Analysis of Primary Adult Human Retinal Microglia. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2009;50(13):6251.
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Microglia (MG) play a central homeostatic role in the retina. They contribute to inflammatory and degenerative states and counteract infection. To better understand how these processes contribute to human disease we have been developing methods to isolate, culture and characterise adult microglia from post mortem human retina. Here we present phenotypic and functional studies of such primary human retinal MG.
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Primary MG were isolated using CD11b-dependent magnetic sorting of retinal cell suspensions generated from human retinal explants pre-conditioned in fractalkine-supplemented culture media (CM) with M-CSF. Morphological and phenotypic analyses were supplemented with investigations of cytokine responses and real-time [Ca2+]i imaging. Purified MG cultured in CM fed M-CSF for 3 days, were exposed to CM supplemented with activating or inhibitory cytokines or cognate signals for 4 hours and 24 hours, loaded with Fura-2 and ratiometrically imaged for [Ca2+]i responses to ATP, synthetic ligands for the protease-activated receptor 1-3 (PAR1-3) and LPS-IFNγ.
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FACS analysis demonstrated these isolated primary human MG expressed CD45, CD11c, CD11b, TLR-4 and NOS2. A CD200R agonist (DX109) and conditioning with IL-4/TGFβ maintained the morphology of these cells in a ramified state. Primary retinal MG exhibited robust [Ca2+]i responses to 50uM ATP and selective agonists for PAR1-3. Such responses were typically greater in ramified cells. This enabled assessment of functional responses to inflammatory or anti-inflammatory signals. CBA-analysis indicated that these primary human adult MG release IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-8.
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We have successfully purified and initialised characterisation of a population of adult human retinal MG. We believe cells produced in this fashion have the potential to aid our understanding of microglial signalling and function in man. We are also using similar methods to compare our primary adult cells with transformed MG cell lines originally derived from human embryonic CNS.
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16 Pièces
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And 16 Masterpieces these are for sure, a few weeks ago the French hiphopband Hocus Pocus released their new album, called 16 Pièces, a magnificent album consisting of 16 tracks with featurings by Alice Russell, Akhenaton and many others who add a nice extra to the album.
I just bought some of the tracks from the album on iTunes and I'd advise all those who liked their past albums, to do so too. Or if you'd rather get it on CD or on Vinyl, you can just preview the tracks on the same place: Hocus Pocus – 16 pièces.
Dj Greem (C2C) mixed together a bunch of tracks from the new album, check those out below in the video. Enjoy!


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Depressed Labrador in pound finds a new home
Tammy Graves from North Carolina is part of an animal protection organization that works to rescue dogs from the pound. During her last visit, she saw a dog at the kennel that broke her heart. She posted a photo with the following message on the organization's Facebook page:
"This is what happens when people bring their dogs to a shelter and leave them. This guy yesterday morning woke up happy on a couch or in a warm bed, waiting to be fed, hopped in the car thinking he was going to the park or if it was a bad day he was going to the Vet. Instead he went to a place where there are 275 dogs barking to be freed, it smells like death, and doors are banging shut all the time."
"Animals walk by and never return. And he has no idea his fate. All he knows is he didn't ask to be here. He didn't even ask to be born to irresponsible owners. But today he lays frozen in fear, in a puddle of his own urine. Afraid to move, afraid to make eye contact, thinking just maybe he can fade away into this wall. Because if he does no one will see him and just maybe he can escape whatever fate waits for him. This is the reality of irresponsible pet ownership and the shelter system. This is not a shelter issue, this is not a rescue issue. This is irresponsible pet ownership."
Tammy's Facebook post was shared more that 100,000 times and hundreds of people offered to adopt the terrified black Lab named June "Cash." Thankfully, this dog found its way out of the pound and into a loving home, but there are many other stories like this out there.
June "Cash" is slowly regaining his confidence and trust in people. He's found a home with animal lovers that surely won't abandon him — as it should always be.


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'Resistance, Protest, Resilience'
When this show — consisting of about 60 protest photos, culled from the Minneapolis Institute of Art's permanent collection and chronicling various moments of 20th-century activism — opened on Nov. 5, it was political in an affirming, noble sort of way. Some black kids holding Walter Mondale signs here, a few punks in Reagan masks there. Plucky freedom of speech as far as the eye could see. Post-election, the show reads as something else entirely — a real-time demonstration of how powerfully current events can construct (and bend) a narrative in the images we see, especially in ostensibly objective documentary work. The show, which features A-list Magnum photogs Gordon Parks and Danny Lyon as well as local greats like Tom Arndt, is a master stroke for Yasufumi Nakamori, who just joined the museum as curator of photography and new media. (Through April 16. 2400 3rd Av. S., Mpls. artsmia.org)
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Welcome to the Detroit History Podcast. We'll mine this city's history, telling the story through this town's cultural, social, political, musical and automotive heritage. Our chosen tool is the podcast. During our first season we'll hear what the Detroit Symphony Orchestra sounded like in the 1920s, when it rose to national prominence under Ossip Gabrilowitsch. We'll sit in on a confrontation between a congressional committee and a young labor organizer, Coleman Young. Our inaugural podcast: The Beatles' two visits to Detroit in 1964 and 1966. You'll hear the screams as the Fab Four took the stage at Olympia Stadium. A new Detroit History Podcast episode—as diverse as the Motor City itself—will take the stage every two weeks.
Tim Kiska hosts the program, which hits the second and fourth Monday of every month at 2 p.m.
Our Season One Finale: The 1968 World Champion Detroit Tigers
In the season finale of The Detroit History Podcast, we partnered with The Detroit Historical Museum to talk about the 1968 World Series between the Detroit Tigers and the St. Louis Cardinals. The Detroit Tigers had Denny McLain, with his 31 victories that season, an accomplishment that will probably never be equaled. The Cardinals had Bob Gibson, who finished the season with a 1.12 ERA. Set against the backdrop of a horrific year, you'll hear Mickey Lolich and Willie Horton talk about the storybook finish.
Special thanks to Jim Mathew at Elysium Experience (Productions) for generously providing audio from the '68 Tigers 50th anniversary celebration at the Detroit Historical Museum.
Episode 9 - The Birth And Growth Of Detroit Techno
If Detroit was a sound, what would that sound be? Although some would say Motown, others say that sound would be Techno music. In this episode of The Detroit History Podcast we explain the birth of Techno in the 1980s, why its popular around the world -- particularly Berlin... and why it's as relevant now as it was when it came to the world's attention three decades ago. We also talk about how three guys from Belleville started this musical revolution. Music by Cybotron, Inner City, Global Logic, and Underground Resistance.
Episode 8 - The History Of Arab Immigration In Dearborn
Metro Detroit boasts the largest local concentration of Arabs in North America, many of whom settled in Dearborn. We trace that migration back more than a century. We follow how Ford's $5 day brought many immigrants here, to how chaos in the Middle East drove many families out of their country and to southeast Michigan. Special thanks to the Arab American National Museum for its contributions.
Epsiode 7 - The Election And Downfall Of Jerome Cavanagh
In this episode of The Detroit History Podcast, we unravel the election and downfall of Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh and how he was one of the first mayors to engage Detroit's African-American community. We also discuss how the 1967 Detroit civil disturbance and an ill-advised run for the U.S. Senate put a damper on his previously-rising political career.
Episode 6 - They Bleed The Same As I Do, The Detroit Red Wings In The 1950s
The Detroit Red Wings in the 1950s were authentic fire on ice, racking up four Stanley Cups in six years. The team gave birth to "The Production Line" and the first woman team president of a major sports franchise, Marguerite Norris. An historic moment in sports history. We interview Ted Lindsay to uncover what drove the team.
Episode 5 - Detroit Crashes, The Motor City During The Great Depression
It was one of the city's darkest moments and the panic would shortly spread across the country. Michigan Governor William Comstock closed Detroit's banks on Valentine's Day, 1933. Henry Ford was asked to bail out the banks, Ford said he thought the crash would have to come: "the general effect would be that everyone would have to get to work a little sooner; that it might be a very good thing."
Episode 4 - Scratch Glass and Turn Blue: The Making of The Ghoul
This job no longer exists: the television horror movie host. They were local celebrities, and pillars of local pop culture. Here in Detroit, we had Sir Graves Ghastly and Morgus, among others. In this episode, The Detroit History Podcast interviews Ron Sweed (The Ghoul), who explains how The Ghoul came to be. And, why the firecrackers? He used to blow up everything from toys to pierogies.
Episode 3 - It's Just The Kind Of Thing Detroit Could Do
This edition of the Detroit History Podcast tells the story of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's amazing leap in the 1920s, from B-list band to Carnegie Hall in 10 years. Conductor Ossip Gabrilowitsch directed the effort..The players in this drama include Mark Twain, Horace Dodge, Pope Pius XII. And, oh, Orchestra Hall went up in less than five months.
Episode 2 - "You Have Me Mixed Up With a Stool Pigeon, Sir"
In this episode of The Detroit History Podcast, we hear a rare recording of a confrontation between Coleman A. Young and a congressional committee in 1952. Many people pleaded their Fifth Amendment rights when the House of Un-American Activities Committee came to town looking for Reds. But a young labor organizer, Coleman Young, gave better than he got, telling his inquisitors: "you have me mixed up with a stool pigeon, sir."
Episode One - When The Beatles Came to Detroit
The Beatles appeared twice in Detroit, once in 1964 and again in 1966, both times at Olympia Stadium. We'll listen to the screams when the Fab Four took the stage. We'll hear Detroit's intense reaction to the group. And what was up with the jelly beans raining down on stage?


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I meant to ask, is that two solutions depending on situation, or one?
ie is the part up until 'Creating nested lists' for one scenario, and the bit below for another scenario?
That probably sounds dumb, but my brain is a bit fried from looking at so many different variations on this over the last couple of days!


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1. (Bath)rooms with a view [BrickUnderground]
2. NYC's most rat-plagued neighborhoods [Curbed]
3. Shakespeare & Co. shutters Broadway bookshop [Jeremiah's Vanishing New York]
4. Starbucks test drives express cafés in the Big Apple [Crain's]
5. Real estate websites gobble one another in latest M&A trend [Investor's Business Daily]
6. $139M Fort Lauderdale listing become's priciest in the U.S. [Curbed]
7. New York City mansions, past and present [NYT]
8. Making a shipping container a home [CNN Money]
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Animal rights campaigners say the Federal Government must quickly investigate reported claims about Animals Australia's campaign against the live sheep industry.
Feral cats are a well-known threat to native animal species across Australia. But scientists say they know next to nothing about the elusive felines wreaking havoc in Queensland's wet tropics.
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Yet another young person dead after taking drugs at a music festival, bringing the summer overdose toll at these events to five. Matt Noffs, CEO of the Ted Noffs Foundation, speaks to The World Today about some of the risk factors behind this terrible toll.
Paul Dillon is someone who has spent most of his adult life educating the public about drugs, their chemistry, their origins and their effects. For many years he worked at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, these days he educates students and various organisations about the latest drug research and trends. He supports pill testing but tells Marc Fennell what he thinks are its benefits and limitations.
With the British Parliament at loggerheads over Brexit, the prospect the UK could leave the European Union in March without a deal has dramatically increased. The Prime Minister, Theresa May is required to take a new plan back to the Parliament on Monday, but the uncertainty is crippling for businesses on both sides of the Channel.
The spiritual leader of the terrorist group responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings says he's still fighting for Indonesia ahead of his expected release from prison next week.
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by Crystal Corman
YMP got to know Crystal through some mutual friends a year ago. She's a graduate student in Washington, DC at American University and Wesley Theological Seminary. She was in Malaysia as a Boren Fellow. In addition to studying bahasa, she conducted research on the participation of Muslim women in Malaysia's various Islamic institutions. She regularly joined us at talks, events and charity projects and the bonds she has formed with YMP will last even though she is now all the way in Nebraska, US. This is her account of volunteering with YMP's Soup Kitchen.
Jesus taught that we must not ignore the poor. As he spoke with and ate with people who were normally reated as outcasts, he gave them dignity; they too are children of God. When I go to Soup Kitchen, I am bold enough to look these hungry people in the eyes, offering a kind word as well as food. The Soup Kitchen operation runs smoothly with multiple volunteers coordinating efforts, but I most enjoy interacting with the people we're serving.
In reality, our interaction is minimal as the number of needy grows while we strive to serve quickly and fairly. But I have observed that regular volunteers do form relationships with the regulars in the queue. I'll admit I didn't attend regularly but see the value in doing so. As you volunteer you'll surely meet other YMP youth but try to commit to regular attendance to show those we serve that you haven't forgotten them. They'll be just as glad to see you've showed up once again.
In addition to my faith, volunteerism has become common for Americans. For example, even my grandmother sews a few simple quilts each year to donate through our church to needy families in Africa. But I would say my generation is different from my grandmother's. Giving "charity" fulfills a basic and immediate need; certainly it is necessary as a person is cold, sick, thirsty or hungry now. But in addition to filling this need, I am concerned with why the person is hungry. Why don't they have the money to buy food? Why can't they find or keep a job?
It is my hope that all those who participate in YMP's Soup Kitchen efforts will mingle with those most of us try to ignore on the street. As we look them in the eye, we can see they aren't so different from us. Handing them sustenance to fill their stomach is only a small and temporary fix for their troubles. I hope that YMP volunteers will begin to investigate the complex reasons these people are living in poverty. Each has his or her unique story. In my own career, I hope to understand root causes to societal injustices. May we all look beyond the act of charity to see how systems could be changed so that operations such as Soup Kitchen are no longer necessary, when fewer - rather than more – joining the queue.


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I cheated.
I never read Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451.
Like most people, I saw the film, starring Oskar Werner and Julie Christie, when it was released in the mid-'60s.
But I did read The Martian Chronicles. I don't remember being impressed with the collection of stories about man's attempt to colonize Mars and Martians, though it was one of Bradbury's most famous works.
But I admit I have never been that keen on science fiction.
Bradbury spoke to a group of Long Beach library supporters recently, one day after they had won a battle to keep the city's main library from closing due to budget cuts. A day earlier the city had voted to halt a proposal to shutter the facility. Instead, it was considering a cost-cutting plan to close the library only on Sundays and Mondays.
The Los Angeles Times referred to the 133,000-square-foot downtown structure as the second largest civic library in Los Angeles County.
Big book facilities have been struggling recently in Long Beach. In August I wrote an article about the closing of the huge downtown bookstore, Acres of Books. (See Acres of Books: May It Rest in Peace) At one time Acres of Books housed more than a million volumes. But it had struggled in recent years against the tide of online booksellers and the big bookstore chains. And, of course, it offered none of the genteel amenities that the chain stores offer.
Bradbury was there to mourn its demise, too.
Some people believe that library closings and the concentration of bookstore ownership portend a future when government will control what we're able to read. This is exactly the kind of social criticism that Fahrenheit 451 dealt with. The movie is centered around government censorship and the burning of books.
The 88-year-old Bradbury sat in a wheelchair on stage in the library's main auditorium and offered his help in any future struggles to keep the library open. After Fahrenheit 451 was released in 1953, he has enjoyed a well-deserved reputation as a defender of books and libraries.
Tremendously prolific, Bradbury has written hundreds of novels, short stories, screenplays, radio dramas, plays, poems, essays, and lectures. He has been a consultant to such major events and productions as the United States Pavilion at the 1964 New York World's Fair and has contributed to Disney's Spaceship Earth at EPCOT and the Orbitron at the Disneyland parks in Anaheim and Paris.
We're indebted to a real book lover.
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Happy people live happy lives.
I am a licensed therapist and want to share some things that have helped me and the people I have worked with over the years. I hope you enjoy.
Below is more about me if interested. My best, Stuart
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Licenses and certifications
- LPCC – Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor- LC# T-0098691, – current
- LPAT – Licensed Practicing Art Therapist in New Mexico, License # 5523 – current
- LADAC – Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselor in New Mexico , License # 0089221 – current
- MAC – Masters Addiction Counselor – National Certification commission for addiction Professionals. Current
- Certified Problem Gambling Counselor in the state of NM. #PC2052, current
BREAKING BAD – Emmy Award winner Aaron Paul who plays Jesse on the AMC show breaking Bad consulted with me to learn more about substance abuse treatment before his character had to go to rehab. AMC Emmy award winning cable show BREAKING BAD. 2009
National Committee Member
- National Art Therapy Committee Member for ATCB – 2007-2008, and 2013-2015 Two year positions.
- ATCB Job Analysis Committee. 2012
Published Books and Audio
Title: Counseling Problem Gamblers Tools and Resources– When Winning is Losing. Self-published on Amazon Kindle 2012. Wrote book to educate counselors on how to counsel problem gamblers
Title: The Soul's Crossing – Novel – on Amazon.com kindle version. About counselor over coming burnout and being lead on an adventure to embrace his destiny.
Website and Audio: Mindaudio1.com – I created to offer free audio resources I made with scientifically studied isochronic beats to help balance the brain waves and help people to get into a more healing state of mind. My intention is to help people who have issues with: addiction, sleep, anxiety, depression, and chronic pain.
- NM Counseling – Private Practice – Adult, Adolescent, specialty –Substance Abuse, Addiction, Depression, Anxiety, Pathological Gambling. 3/01/07 – current
- Presbyterian IOP Behavioral Health Therapist LPCC- Facilitate 3 hour cognitive behavioral Intensive outpatient group therapy for substance abuse clients in the evenings. provide individual counseling facilitate art therapy groups, and family group therapy, supervise interns. Assess clients with substance abuse problems for treatment and suicidal ideation. Help with program development, charts and notes meet JACHO standards, schedule clients and do utilization reviews. Weekly treatment team meetings with psychiatrist and co-therapist's trained in EMR – (Electronic Medical Records) 1-14-08 – Current
- Sandia Pueblo -Substance Abuse Counselor (Bernalillo, NM) – Only substance abuse counselor working with Native American population on Sandia Pueblo. Facilitated family, couple, group, and individual counseling, crisis debriefing, art therapy, sand tray, substance abuse education, therapy, social work duties as needed, and case management for all ages of Native Americans. Specializing in process and substance abuse/addictions including gambling addiction, dual diagnoses dealing primarily with depression and anxiety. Worked with Sandia Tribal courts in the Healing to Wellness Program (drug court). 8/25/03- 1/04/08
- Sandia Pueblo – Counselor/ Recreation Specialist. Located in the Education Department: Bernalillo, NM. Led individual art therapy with children and families. Managed and taught after school and summer programs. Responsible for 52 children aged 6-13. Helped manage, arrange and direct field trips as well as organized the Native American afterschool program. Supervised staff members during the summer program. I focused on leadership training as well as safety, communication, empowerment, working towards goals, and to have fun. I facilitated art therapy classes and ceramics with teenagers, adults and elderly. Spearheaded the development of the first Sandia community pottery/ceramic studio. 6/17/02 -8/24/03, 8/2/99-6/1/01
Certification of Completion of Training
- EMDR 3 day intensive Training: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing – Linda Curran MA. Albuquerque, NM 1/11-1/13 2017
- Shame and Self-Loathing in the Treatment of Trauma, Speaker Janina Fisher, PH.D. Albuquerque, NM. 12/12/2016
- Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional Training – Eric Gentry PHD, Albuquerque 8/2016
- "Scared Stiff" Fast, effective Treatments for Anxiety Disorders. – David Burns PHD – May 22, 2014
- Motivational Interviewing: 2011 Project REMIT training, by Theresa Moyers Ph.D. and Paul Wilson Ph.D Albuquerque, NM 2011
- The Brain and Behavior 25 hours- Presented by Institute for the Advancement of Human Behavior, NM 2010
- Five NP: Acu-Detox- Certificate of Completion for Auricular Acupuncture for the treatment of Addiction,
- Albuquerque, NM September 2007
- Hazelton training on Protecting You Protecting Me Implementation training 2006
- Problem and Compulsive Gambling – Counselor Training: The Illinois Institute for Addiction Recovery at Proctor Hospital, 30 hour Training in Illinois – 2005
- S.A.S.S.I. Clinical interpretations training, to administer the S.A.S.S.I., Albuquerque NM 2005
- 32 hour MRT training – Moral ReconationTherapy, presented by Dr. Kenneth D. Robinson 2004
- Betty Ford Center Professional in Residence – in Palm Springs California Participated in a 5 day Professional In-Residence Training. Focus on Adult substance abuse program with 12 step focus. December 19th, 2003.
College Education
- Alcohol and Drug Studies Program – University of NM Continuing Education, NM, 2004-2005
- MA in Art Therapy, Southwestern (Graduate) College, Santa Fe, NM, October 1998. (Honors)
- BA in Fine Arts, specialty Art Education, Kean College, Union, NJ, May 1995, (advanced Standing)
- AA in Arts and Humanities, County College of Morris, Randolph, NJ, June 1993
Speaking and Teaching Engagements
- Cibola LDS Ward Albuquerque presented on Anxiety and Depression how to identify and treatment it. Was asked to present by Bishop Charles Noe. January 2017
- Professional Music Teachers of New Mexico Symposium. I presented on "Does Teaching/ Working Make You Happy." Used a Positive Psychology approach. Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown. November 11, 2016
- Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, signs and symptoms and how to prevent it. 1 CEU at Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital. Albuquerque New Mexico 2016
- Art Therapy, Creativity and counseling presentation 1 CEU at Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital. Albuquerque New Mexico 2016
- Intensive out patient program for substance abuse explained, presented with Dr. Steven Jenkusky 1 CEU at Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital. Albuquerque New Mexico 2015
- Twenty Second Uniting New Mexicans Against Adult Abuse Conference. I was asked by Presbyterian Hospital to talk on the topic of Domestic violence, verbal abuse in the home, addiction and The Drama Triangle and how to stop it. I also brought a client as a guest speaker who had recent personal experience in this topic. October 21-22, 2014
- Interviewed on two separate occasions by channel 7 and 13 and aired. Topic: Substance abuse of spice and bath salts. 2012
- Presbyterian Kaseman Hospital – Presented a 1 hour CEU in-service on treating problem gamblers to Doctors, Psychiatrists, counselors and social workers. 2011
- NM behavioral Therapy Association – Presented 3 hour talk and slide show on substance abuse and the family. 2011
- Toastmaster 2011 –Regularly gave public speeches
- Sandia Pueblo Child Abuse Fair: 20 min speech on Stress reduction and wholeness. 100 people. May 6th , 2007
- Presentation to Sandia Pueblo Tribal court on Drugs and the Brain. June 2007.
- Southwestern College graduate school in Santa Fe New Mexico. Guest speaker. February 3, 2004 and 2006
- Key Note Speaker Sandia Pueblo Health Fair –Topic: Health, Happiness and Humor. 125 people. December 3, 2005
- Organized and facilitated meeting with William R Miller creator of Motivational interviewing and Sandia members to discuss Motivational Interviewing, Community Re-enforcement technique and the substance abuse issues at the Pueblo of Sandia. Community members as well as council members attended. October 3, 2005
- Indian Community Health Representative Conference for representatives from New Mexico and Colorado. Presented 2 hour presentation on Stress management and communication, In San Diego CA. November 15-18, 2004
- University of New Mexico School of Psychiatry in Albuquerque NM, co-facilitated two meetings with post and graduate degree social work students for art therapy symposium. Asked to do so by Jean Lisiak, UNM Director of social work interns. Spring 2002


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The Komen Ozark Affiliate announced Shelley McMillon, wife of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.'s CEO-elect Doug McMillon, will be the honorary chair for the 2014 Annual Komen Ozark Race for the Cure on April 26.
"Shelley has been a long-time supporter of Komen Ozark," says Mary Alfrey, Executive Director of the Ozark affiliate. "We are absolutely thrilled to have her on board as our race chair this year. Her enthusiasm and support of our mission, goals and partners will help build awareness of the work Komen Ozark is doing to help people in Northwest Arkansas and the River Valley who are fighting this disease."
This is the 16th year the race will be held in Northwest Arkansas. On April 26, thousands of people will come together to celebrate the strong men and women who fight this disease."Doug and I have been longtime supporters of Komen Ozark," shares McMillon. "You don't have to look hard to find someone who has been touched by breast cancer. I have seen first hand the unwavering support, compassion and resources the Komen Ozark team provides to patients, their families and friends. I am honored to be part of the team raising awareness of the great work Komen is doing here at home."
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HOUMA � The Houma-Thibodaux metro area�s economy clocked the fastest growth in the nation in 2006, ballooning by 18.6 percent between 2005 and 2006.
The gross domestic product in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes grew from $6.8 billion in 2005 to $8.63 billion in 2006, according to data released this month by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
The data have only become available now because it takes a long time for various government agencies to collect and process.
The GDP is the value of all the goods and services produced in the area, including government spending and capital investment. It�s also a gauge of the economy�s size, the agency reported.
The Houma-Thibodaux metro area includes all of Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.
Growth was fueled, in large part, by the recovery after hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Hotels, restaurants and other businesses made more money as evacuees from New Orleans made Houma-Thibodaux a temporary home and locals spent to repair their own homes and businesses.
Also, local companies� repairs to offshore oil rigs and platforms damaged by the storms contributed to the growth, local and government economists said.
Lafayette, which showed more than 15 percent growth, experienced the same phenomenon.
�I want to call it crazy,� said Morris Coats, a professor of economics at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, explaining that 3 percent growth is considered healthy. �This was a very unusual time for us. That�s really what that hyper-growth is showing.�
By comparison, Houma-Thibodaux grew by 3 percent in 2004 and 5.5 percent in 2005 and was estimated at 5.3 percent last year.
Around the country, areas in the Southwest and Southeast were growing the quickest, while activity in the Midwest, Florida, California and New England was more sluggish.
The Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metro area of Arizona had the fastest-growing economic activity among cities with GDPs over $100 billion, at 7.6 percent.
Nationally, metro-area GDPs grew by just over 3 percent on average.
In Houma-Thibodaux, oilfield services, marine transportation, utilities and nondurable manufacturing played a big role in the growth.
�The natural-resources and mining sector grew 33.3 percent and accounted for 35.6 percent to the area�s economic growth,� the report says.
Coats said the post-hurricane business bonanza is likely to slow some, but he still expects strong growth.
�In 2007-2008, oil prices were really high and generated a lot of activity,� he said.
Earlier this year, a report by the U.S. Conference of Mayors projected that Houma would remain the fastest-growing metro area in
2008, with a 5.2 percent growth rate, compared to 1.4 percent nationwide.
Houma's economy growth tops nation
HOUMA � The Houma-Thibodaux metro area�s economy clocked the fastest growth in the nation in 2006, ballooning by 18.6 percent between 2005 and 2006.


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Thursday 10 June 2010
Should companies exporting potentially dangerous materials to the developing world take responsibility for their actions whatever the legislation enforces?
Western companies have for years been criticised for exporting hazardous materials and products to the developing world when their own domestic markets have steered clear of them or banned them outright. Manufacturers counter that they are simply supplying markets that allow their sale and that they comply with the local laws of those countries they export to. They argue that the fact that the legislation may not be as tough as that of the US or the EU, for example, or is not adequately enforced, is not their problem.
Zeina Al-hajj, Head of campaign group Greenpeace's agriculture and toxics unit, says that the organisation has been working to expose what it calls companies' 'double standards' for some time. 'We are sure that companies have double standards with regards to their production and marketing practices,' says Al-hajj. 'Legal duties and enforcement action in developing countries is often not as stringent as in the European Union and the US, which means that companies can legally market products that are less safe – or unsafe – in some places that would be unthinkable in developed countries,' she says.
One of the most criticised products is pesticides. Since many countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America do not have the necessary capabilities to mass-produce widely used pesticides without infringing patent rights in their manufacture, they import cheaper or older variants that are no longer used in more developed countries. For example, as part of its long bid for EU membership, Turkey announced in August 2009 that 74 pesticides are off limits because they are poisonous and feature on an EU list of 135 illegal chemicals. Another six will get the axe this year.
While Turkish agricultural officials say that the first 74 chemicals are relatively unimportant and are not often used in Turkish agriculture, the government admits that the remaining 55 will be harder to eliminate because they are some of the most crucial pesticides to local farmers. A board member of the country's Adana Chamber of Agriculture believes that the European demands may be unrealistic: 'some of these pesticides are not needed in the EU as the products for which they are used are not widespread or there are other alternatives. However, Turkey has continued to sell them because it could not develop any alternatives,' he said.
Quite recently, there have been international attempts to limit the practice of selling potentially lethal products to the developing and underdeveloped worlds. The UN's Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, agreed in 1998 and which came into force in 2004, is a multilateral treaty to promote shared responsibilities in relation to importation of hazardous chemicals. Under the Convention, extremely hazardous chemicals and pesticides that have already been banned or severely restricted in various parts of the world are put on a special list. Countries must then first obtain 'prior informed consent' before they can export these hazardous products to another country. In other words, the Convention requires that intended recipient countries be informed of the hazards and have the right to refuse entry of the hazardous chemical, if they believe they are not able to handle it safely.
However, not all dangerous substances have been added to the list. Kathleen Ruff, Senior Adviser in Human Rights at the Rideau Institute, a Canadian foreign policy research consultancy, says that Canada has 'consistently stalled' the inclusion of chrysotile (white) asbestos from being added to the list, despite a review by the UN's own clinical review committee which recommended that it should have been included. With the support of a handful of other asbestos-allied countries – Kyrgyzstan, Iran, Ukraine, India and Peru – Canada blocked the move of more than 100 countries attending the Rotterdam Convention Conference in 2006, and refused to allow chrysotile asbestos to be listed. Ruff says that under the terms of the Convention, there needs to be universal consensus from all members before a substance can be banned, 'so it is easy for countries that have a vested interest against hindering the activities of its own industries to thwart the entire process'. 'I believe that there is a strong case for culpable negligence for knowingly selling a product that is extremely dangerous to countries where health and safety measures are low,' says Ruff. 'There is a very strong case that could be made against the asbestos industry, the Quebec Government and Canada to assure people that the product they mine is safe to export, while Canada – and most other countries – either no longer use it because they know it is unsafe or have decided to ban the substance altogether. Such actions are grossly irresponsible and should amount to criminal negligence,' she says.
The Canadian Government states that it has had 'a memorandum of understanding' between it and the country's asbestos producers since 1997. It insists that, to this day, the chrysotile industry still does not export to companies that do not use chrysotile in a manner that is consistent with Canada's controlled-use approach. But Ruff says that 'in actual fact, this "memorandum of understanding" is meaningless, because the Government and the industry do nothing to enforce it. In the face of indisputable evidence that asbestos use in the developing world is uncontrolled, the memorandum of understanding lacks credibility'.
Anti-asbestos campaigners in India are exploring ways of bringing a case against Canada and its asbestos producers for deaths caused by its usage throughout India. The country is one of the world's major users of chrysotile asbestos, and knowledge of how the material should be used and what health and safety precautions should be undertaken is alarmingly low. Anthony Menezes, an asbestos victim support campaigner based in Mumbai, says that 'we are finding new cases of people suffering from asbestosis and breathing difficulties nearly every week because they were working with asbestos directly or in factories where it was used to lag pipes and boilers. Not one of them was ever given any kind of instruction about the dangers of the substances they were handling, or even provided with dust masks. Now most of these factories have closed down and there is no possibility to try to bring a case against them. Since Canada exported these chemicals, it can take responsibility for the deaths that they have caused'.
Raghunath Manwar, General Secretary of the Occupational Health and Safety Association in Ahmedabad, India, says that 'if you look around you, almost everything in this city is made from asbestos cement, and dangerous fibres are released if the material is cracked, which most of it is. It is shameful that a product whose dangers were known over 100 years ago in the West is still being exported to poorer countries. The only ways to stop this are to get the substance banned internationally, and to try to take legal action against the Canadian Government and the asbestos producers that are based there'.
Similar cases have been successful in the past, though the number is low. In February 1992, mercury-based chemicals manufacturer Thor discovered that several South African workers had contracted mercury poisoning. Twenty workers brought compensation claims against the parent company and its chairman in the English High Court. The claims alleged that the English parent company was liable because of its negligent design, transfer, setup, operation, supervision and monitoring of an intrinsically hazardous process, particularly since the company's UK operations had been criticised for its poor health and safety standards prior to establishing the factory in South Africa.
Thor unsuccessfully applied to stay the action on forum non conveniens grounds (a mostly common law legal doctrine whereby courts may refuse to take jurisdiction over matters where there is a more appropriate forum available to the parties), and its appeal was struck out by the Court of Appeal. This was the first recorded case of this type. In 1997, following a series of hearings concerning the acceptability of Thor's disclosure of documents and an unsuccessful strike-out application, the claim was settled for £1.3 million. A further 21 claims were commenced by workers from the same factory the following year.
However, during that case, it emerged from company documents filed in December 1999 that Thor's parent company, TCL, had undertaken a demerger which involved transfer of subsidiaries valued at £19.55 million to a newly formed company, Tato Holdings Limited. Two weeks before the start of the three-month trial, an application to the Court was then made, on behalf of the claimants, for a declaration under section 423 of the Companies Act 1986 that the dominant purpose of the demerger was to defraud creditors, such as the claimants, and it was thus void. The Court of Appeal held that in the absence of information to the contrary, the inference that the demerger of Thor was connected with the claims was 'irresistible'. The case was settled on the first day of trial.
In December 2001, a £21 million settlement was signed for around 7,500 claimants who were suffering – or had died from – asbestos-related diseases while working for asbestos mining company Cape Plc in South Africa. Due to the insolvency of Cape's South African subsidiaries, the only realistic target for legal action was the parent company Cape in the UK even though the general legal principle is that the liability of a limited company does not attach to its shareholders. Not-withstanding obvious negligence, multinationals such as Cape had been able to depend on this principle to protect the parent company from liabilities arising from operations ostensibly conducted by subsidiaries. But in July 2000, in a landmark decision in favour of the claimants heard in England, all five Law Lords held that the case should be allowed to continue in the English High Court and that a case of such magnitude required expert legal representation and specialists on technical and medical issues, none of which could be funded in South Africa.
John Sherman, Senior Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School in Boston, Massachusetts, says that companies can – and should – be held liable for dangerous products that they market to countries that either are not aware of the dangers inherent in the product, or which have low levels of health and safety legislation and enforcement to protect those people that may come into contact with it. He says that a key way to do this is to make organisations more accountable for the actions of their supply chains.
In June 2008, the UN Human Rights Council welcomed the 'Protect, Respect, Remedy' (PRR) policy framework put forward by the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative on Business and Human Rights (SRSG), Professor John Ruggie. While not legally binding, the Council underlined the state's duty to protect people from abuses by or involving non-state actors, including business. It also affirmed that business has a responsibility to respect all human rights. Furthermore, it stressed the need for access to appropriate and effective judicial and non-judicial remedies for those whose human rights are impacted by corporate activities.
In a UN report put before the UN General Assembly on 22 April 2009, the Special Rapporteur said that 'the State duty to protect is a standard of conduct, and not a standard of result. That is, States are not held responsible for corporate-related human rights abuse per se, but may be considered in breach of their obligations where they fail to take appropriate steps to prevent it and to investigate, punish and redress it when it occurs'.
'A lot of legislation that has recently come into force – such as anti-bribery, corruption and anti-competition legislation – specifically tries to hold a company to account for the actions of third party contractors, suppliers and joint venture partnerships that are acting in its name,' says Sherman. 'There should be more scrutiny surrounding the business activities of those companies that produce dangerous products. They should be held more accountable for how their products are sold, where they are sold, and how they are used. I can see no reason why such concepts are not extended to companies producing and selling substances that are clearly known to be hazardous to health and I think that this is an area that is ripe for negligence claims.'
Yet some companies have been applauded for their efforts in trying to keep tighter control on the use and sale of their products. One example is General Electric (GE) which changed the way its GE ultrasound machines are sold, marketed and distributed to urban and rural customers in India after allegations surfaced that its ultrasound technology was being misused to facilitate female sex-selective abortions.
India's Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PNDT) Act of 1994 prohibits the use of equipment or techniques for the purpose of detecting the sex of an unborn child. The Act was amended in 2003 to explicitly recognise the responsibility of manufacturers and distributors to protect against female feticide. Under the legislation, manufacturers must confirm that their customers have valid PNDT certificates and have signed affidavits stating that the equipment shall not be used for sex determination. They must also provide the government with a quarterly report disclosing to whom the equipment has been sold.
Since 2000, GE Healthcare India has worked to increase the stringency of the sales review process through a combination of training programmes, amendments to legal contracts, regular auditing, and rigorous sales screening and tracking. At present, a single sale of GE ultrasound equipment goes through up to five internal checks – from the initial sales contact to equipment installation – to verify that the customer has a valid PNDT registration certificate. Machines are also labelled with a sticker that warns that 'fetal sex determination is illegal and punishable by law'.
Sales people are trained on how to advise end-users of the equipment on the implications of the PNDT Act and to escalate any concerns about observed or suspected non-compliance to their managers. They are also encouraged to prevent sales if they suspect that the equipment may end up in the hands of unscrupulous or unlicensed practitioners. This screening process does not end after the equipment's sale. A practitioner must also present a valid PNDT registration certificate before having the equipment serviced by GE Healthcare India or purchasing updated accessories.
'Companies can do the right thing quite easily and should be forced to do so,' says Sherman. 'Making them legally accountable for their products, as well as for the actions of their supply chains, would have the desired effect, but such changes require greater political will.'
Neil Hodge is a freelance journalist. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Héctor Oviedo
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Good morning everyone. First of all I would like to thank CESSA Universidad for giving me the opportunity to share my beliefs with all of you. I want to thank the Guerrero family, Oskar Palavicini, Gina Tello and Estela Cevallos for believing in me.
I believe that the future is not in 10 years, the future starts in the past and includes the present, we are building the future right now.
Before choosing to study in the hospitality industry we need to consider the fact that hospitality businesses are open 365 days a year and 24 hours a day. We might not work all of them but the industry demands to work longer hours than other industries, work when everybody is out celebrating and having fun and we have to sacrifice so many things.
However the hospitality industry is one of the most satisfying and rich. It is amazing when people appreciate what you are doing for them and how your work can make the difference on someone else´s experience. Our job is not selling rooms, keep them clean, serve food and smile to our guests, we have the power to create a whole new experience which people will remember the rest of their lives whether it is good or bad. We can make dreams come true.
We also have the opportunity to meet people from all over the world, travel, learn about all the different hospitality industry areas through cross training programs, work for different companies with different philosophies, different values, different people and that is what makes it so interesting and enjoyable. Moreover; it is guaranteed that people will always require the hospitality services, we cover the physiological needs of Maslow´s pyramid.
The main difference between the hospitality industry and other industries is that we produce guest satisfaction, which is intangible and cannot be measured; every moment of truth is vital in this process.
We cannot be taught how to give good service; we can only be given the tools but giving good service is a very difficult task. If it is in our blood we are good for this business but if it is not, it is going to take time and effort into it.
To become part of this industry we must be honest, hard working, being team players, be prepared to work long hours, work different shifts, be able to work under stressful situations, be good at decision making, having good communication skills and be willing to provide good service and exceed guests expectations.
Now the most important question is: What do we need to learn and how are we going to learn it?
It all begins with those who will transmit their knowledge to us, our teachers. We want to have teachers who have real experience in the hospitality industry. At school we are given theory and practice; however we all know that in the real world not everything is done by the book. That is why our teachers must have experience in order to teach us what we are really going to face when we become part of the hospitality industry. We need to have competitive advantages because there are a lot of people graduating every day from the Hotel Management career.
There are 185 universities in US that offer the Hotel Management career program. In 2011 there were 8,600 students who enrolled degrees in hospitality. In the US 9,762 students graduated from hospitality degree programs in 2006. In 2013, 13, 104 students graduated from hospitality schools, this represents a 34% increase in the number of graduates. This is more than the change in percentage of the graduating students from institutions for higher education in general, which is 12%. In Mexico 270,000 students graduated from hospitality degrees in 2011.
Textbooks are good tools but classes should not be based on them, the best way to learn is from the different perspectives and points of view that our teachers have gained throughout the years. Textbooks do not teach us the capacity of thinking, it is how teachers share their knowledge what makes us start thinking, questioning, analyzing, retaining what we think it is most important, and applying the knowledge acquired.
We should have a balance between the practice and academic hours, if we learn theory but we do not have the opportunity to put it into practice, we cannot have our own point of view. We have to go out and experience how working in the hospitality industry is through different internships. We want to have long internships to become familiar with the processes, reinforce the knowledge by repeating and then becoming experts. It is fundamental to know different areas through cross training programs in order to have a vision of the big picture.
Internships are the moment where we know whether we want to continue in the hospitality industry or not. It also helps us determine in which specific area or areas we want to develop in and focus our goals. It is important to learn as much as possible and to define our goals on time. I believe that nowadays we cannot be experts in one specific subject, the magic of hospitality is the variety, diversity, the glamour and everything involved; so, the more we know, the more we are valued. I believe that knowledge and experience are the most valuable things in this industry.
It is an amazing experience to have the chance to go abroad to do an internship because we learn about different cultures, customs, ideologies, behavior and traditions, which are different from ours. We also want to have opportunities to work for different hotel chains and different markets. I mean, it is not the same to work at a hotel where most people go on vacations, as it is to work at a hotel where most people go for business matters. We have to adapt and learn how to make good decisions even in the most stressful situations. For example; on one hand if a guest arrives to Bora Bora and the room is not ready we can ask them to wait on the beach while enjoying a piña colada and they will not complain about it because they just want to relax and have fun. On the other hand if a guest arrives to New York for business purposes an wants to check in at 8 am after a 12 hour flight because he needs to have a shower before going to an important meeting. He will not understand reasons and we have to understand his needs and expectations.
These days we have access to social networks that people did not have 10 years ago and we spend a lot of time on them. We should take advantage of these tools, create e marketing and get the most out of it. However; I believe that we should not forget about the human factor. It is not the same to interact through a social network, as it is to be welcomed by someone who knows your name, greets you with a smile, who knows your preferences, and likes what he is doing for a living, which is to produce guest satisfaction through a good and outstanding service.
At school we want to learn how globalization gives us the ease of access to information and what we have to do in order to achieve global coverage. Technology is constantly changing the world, which is why we must adapt to the changes because our guests are explorers and they do adapt to the new trends. We also have to adapt to the new emerging markets and what they demand. The hospitality industry is constantly growing and changing due to its nature, so we must adapt or die.
Technology should not replace us in the industry; it should help us to make processes faster so we can have more quality time with our guests. For example when checking in a hotel we can use a QR code and pay through mobile phones or tablets so we will not have to do everything manually, instead we can get to know our guests.
We want to learn how to use the new tools available to attract more customers, retain them and create loyalty. Of course we want to have happy guests but we also want to learn how to succeed, make money, how to read the numbers and understand every single aspect of the hospitality industry. We all want to become General Managers or property owners.
We have to be able to turn guest satisfaction onto a business, to understand the business itself and its characteristics. Adapt to cover guest´s needs, understand them and transform the intangible to tangible, so we have in the end a round business.
I believe that the hospitality industry is not about individuals, we are like a symphony, we all have to play our individual orchestral score to sound like a mass and follow the orchestra leader who is holding the baton, the General Manager.
"Long time ago, people who sacrificed their sleep, family, food, laughter and family were called SAINTS, now they are called HOTELIERS".


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i want to be four
The other night I took my 4-year-old down to the grocery store in the ground floor of our building. Yeah, that's right; I live above a never ending flow of food. While most people need to put shoes on and back out of the garage to get cheese, I can rock slippers and be back on my couch slapping slices of Kraft singles into my mouth in about 7.5 minutes.
The kid likes the tiny grocery carts and I like intact Achilles heels, so I stay behind her while she leads the charge. She always heads straight for the frozen aisle because while she doesn't understand spelling, math or sarcasm, she knows inherently where the most high fat and high sugar items are stored behind frosty glass doors.
She immediately pointed and big-eye batted her lashes at a box of popular diet ice cream sandwiches. As I started to explain that they were made for People Who Hate Good Things, she immediately got into an embarrassing fit stance that could also double nicely as a new-age hokey pokey. Mouth screwed sideways, arms flailed out, feet splayed in, head thrown back, that's what it's all about.
I bought the box of sadness and bit my tongue from saying, "You are young and can afford to eat SO MANY MORE CALORIES. Why am I buying THESE?"
Remember - at four you have so many mistakes that can be made and forgotten. Acres of healthy skin, gleaming ropes of untested intestines, no need for bras or tampons or even toothpaste. At four the world is your goddamn oyster.
I want to be four because this is what I would do:
Push my body to the limit
When you're four, every body part is made out of rubber and crazy glue. Epic playground bails that would send an adult into traction barely slow down a 4-year-old. If I even think about a long run, I'm popping three Motrin down with a slug of wine and sitting still in Epson salts for an hour. Kids are unbreakable machines that skip, jump and flail all day. I would use that never-ending well of energy and poor judgement to enter every room with a Patrick Swayze-esque knee slide. With fresh nubile kneecaps I could easily handle all the carpet burns and linoleum wax scarring. It would be all dramatic entrances, all the time. Skidding into every conversation and discussion and popping to my feet, patting my hair back and being all "Hey guys, you were saying?"
Eat and drink everything
Coca-cola for breakfast. Doritos for dessert. A doughnut fried in bacon fat and drizzled with salted caramel sauce and that's just my appetizer. All the calories and fat and sugar and lard my tiny body could handle because in just one hour zipping around the playground it would immediately be negated by my hummingbird metabolism. Have you ever tried putting a whole angel food cake in your mouth? If you were four you could, without any shame or cellulite retribution. Just typing that sentence makes me weep. And hungry.
Never walk again
Hey ma, remember that stroller you paid a shit ton of money for? Let's get that old dust bucket back on the road. Ideally, at four, I should be able to safely lick the soles of my shoes. I have years and years and years of peasant trudging ahead of me. Now is the time to be pushed to all the places. Reclined, unabashed people watching, blankie in one hand and a fistful of Cheerios in the other – I dare you to tell me a better way to get around.
Sleep like I was being paid by the hour
An average day would look like so: Wake up, nap, breakfast, nap, lunch, nap, dinner, bubble bath where I float like a mermaid with no limbs touching the sides because I'm so deliciously small, then sleep for 12 uninterrupted hours and dream about the naps I will take the next day.
Youth is so wasted on the young. Let me live that life, even just for a day. Sure, I'd be giving up cool adult privileges like Facebook, wine and ill-advised Sephora purchases, but as a 4-year-old I wouldn't have to deal with Facebook and hangovers and under-eye bags that even $75 creams can't erase.
Until that is possible, if you need me, I'll still be 37, hiding in the bathroom, and cramming this entire angel food cake in my mouth.