Guillermo Paxton's Blog, page 2
October 23, 2012
Barzonista killed outside of Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua
El Barzón is a movement of low and low-middle class private business and farming interests in Mexico. Ismael Solorio Urrutia had been a barzonista and activist most of his adult life. Recently he was protesting a mining operation in rural Chihuahua that would probably contaminate local water resources.
He had a few run-ins with locals supporting the mine, and my source tells me that these "locals" are really just paid thugs that moved into the area shortly after the mining operation started buying up mineral rights. Yesterday he and his wife were killed on a rural highway between Cuauhtemoc and Rubio, shot near a Mennonite camp.
http://eldiariodechihuahua.mx/notas.p...
He had a few run-ins with locals supporting the mine, and my source tells me that these "locals" are really just paid thugs that moved into the area shortly after the mining operation started buying up mineral rights. Yesterday he and his wife were killed on a rural highway between Cuauhtemoc and Rubio, shot near a Mennonite camp.
http://eldiariodechihuahua.mx/notas.p...
October 19, 2012
More than 70,000 South Americans missing in Mexico
Many are familiar with the illegal that crosses over the border from Mexico to the United States and the perils involved, but fewer know of those that cross two or three countries first. Regardless of how one feels personally about those who risk life and limb for the American dream, the numbers of South American people that have gone missing in Mexico is astounding.
A deadly mix of governmental corruption and cartel control of human smuggling/trafficking has taken a toll on those who use Mexico to cross over illegally to the United States. Since 2006,the numbers of missing are more than 70,000, a conservative number, and according to Amnistía Internacional y Human Rights Watch, they may be more like 120,000.
Cartels use illegal immigrants for forced labor, prostitution, and in other cases, as hostages for extorting their relatives in the United States. Often times they kill their victims after they have gotten everything they could from their relatives as opposed to just letting them go.
A deadly mix of governmental corruption and cartel control of human smuggling/trafficking has taken a toll on those who use Mexico to cross over illegally to the United States. Since 2006,the numbers of missing are more than 70,000, a conservative number, and according to Amnistía Internacional y Human Rights Watch, they may be more like 120,000.
Cartels use illegal immigrants for forced labor, prostitution, and in other cases, as hostages for extorting their relatives in the United States. Often times they kill their victims after they have gotten everything they could from their relatives as opposed to just letting them go.
October 4, 2012
The bad review-stab a writer in the heart with a dirty knife
While every writer loves to see those four and five star reviews, those occasional two and God forbid, one star reviews pop up and hit a writer like a sack of those old Aol dial-up internet cds.
Don't fret, fellow writers. Your book is a work of art; the beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Not everyone considers the same work of art to be just that-a work of art. For some it is trash, crap, boring, poorly done. Others see that same work as a masterpiece.
The critics hated The Grapes of Wrath when it came out. And Lord of The Flies. And Brave New World, The Catcher in the Rye, Moby Dick, and well, the list goes on. One last one-The Lord of The Rings. Hell, Tolkien's own friends didn't like it.
So when the major publishers and literary agents send you a rejection letter, or the occasional Goodreads reader really didn't care for your book, just remember that not everyone will like your writing. Or maybe just not this particular book. You put in the hours to write it, did your best to perfect it, and the fact that anyone has taken the time to actually read it is already more than many writers can boast. And a lot more than those that only say they are going to write a book but never do.
It is a wonderful time for artists. The internet continues to work wonders for all of us. Even if your work of literature is not "commercial" enough, you can bypass the gatekeepers and publish yourself and someone will read your work. And maybe they will even give it a five star rating. And for those of you that read an unknown author and liked what you read, please do take a minute to rate the work and spread the word. I guarantee that an unknown author will appreciate your support more than any "commercial" writer will, and you can help them from being unknown to a known one.
Don't fret, fellow writers. Your book is a work of art; the beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Not everyone considers the same work of art to be just that-a work of art. For some it is trash, crap, boring, poorly done. Others see that same work as a masterpiece.
The critics hated The Grapes of Wrath when it came out. And Lord of The Flies. And Brave New World, The Catcher in the Rye, Moby Dick, and well, the list goes on. One last one-The Lord of The Rings. Hell, Tolkien's own friends didn't like it.
So when the major publishers and literary agents send you a rejection letter, or the occasional Goodreads reader really didn't care for your book, just remember that not everyone will like your writing. Or maybe just not this particular book. You put in the hours to write it, did your best to perfect it, and the fact that anyone has taken the time to actually read it is already more than many writers can boast. And a lot more than those that only say they are going to write a book but never do.
It is a wonderful time for artists. The internet continues to work wonders for all of us. Even if your work of literature is not "commercial" enough, you can bypass the gatekeepers and publish yourself and someone will read your work. And maybe they will even give it a five star rating. And for those of you that read an unknown author and liked what you read, please do take a minute to rate the work and spread the word. I guarantee that an unknown author will appreciate your support more than any "commercial" writer will, and you can help them from being unknown to a known one.
September 30, 2012
Drug war failure, part two- my personal experience with drugs
Millions of dollars are spent every year on the drug war-weapons, law enforcement, ammunition, and millions more on incarceration of those linked to drugs, and many who have committed crimes in order to procure drugs. Yet everyone knows this. I am about to share a personal story with you. I am not the kind of person that likes to share personal information about myself or family. I like my privacy. But people need to understand why the drug war failure is such an important issue that needs to be dealt with, and my experience is a prime example of that.
I have child that is lost to me, and I find myself awaiting a call any day from someone that they have overdosed. My child is only eighteen but we have been battling the addictions since age thirteen. And it has progressed from bad to worse to injecting the most horrific things into their veins. I placed my child in rehab a few times when they agreed, but now what is needed is intervention that forces my child into a rehab that they won’t be let out of. Anyone who knows about rehab also knows that the law is not set up that way and it has to be voluntary.
And I think about the millions of dollars spent on armament, judicial processes, and manpower for the drug war. Yet there are no fewer addicts this year than the year before, or the year before that, etc. The jails are full of people that have committed crimes that the root cause, directly or indirectly, was drug abuse. They get out and commit more of the same crimes and end up back in later. A small percentage is actually reformed. If we were to use the number of people actually reformed and never returning to jail as the marker for success or failure for a business model, this business would be bankrupt.
The causes of drug addiction are many. People who have strong family units and good childhoods are as prone to addiction as those who do not, although they are less likely to get into the really heavy drugs. I believe that good family values, parents who work together to take care of their children and devote time to them, divorced or not, are invaluable to raising strong and independent children. A strong and independent person is much more likely to make better decisions at younger ages than those that are not, obviously. It seems that both the government and businesses benefit more from broken families- one household turns into two, more taxes, more spending, etc. That is a short run benefit, as the world economy is now seeing. With an emphasis on material goods (mostly technology), the world has lost sight of the importance of family, and the consequences are soulless, heartless people, those addicted to consumption (of all types)and those addicted to money, destroying the environment and humankind’s future.
Yet we continue with the mindless frontal attack and policy enforcement that has yielded only bloodshed and a crime wave never seen before in Mexico. What we should do is spend millions on drug addiction rehabilitation and inject more money into combating the factors that lead to addiction. Pharmaceutical companies could make millions on pills that people could take to inhibit the effects of drugs or stopping the addiction in the brain. I’m no scientist, but with all of the advances in mood enhancing drugs and inhibitors, I know that it must be possible. Why is it that they aren’t interested in that?
Why would the government want to stop addiction? Why would it want a stronger family unit, or a people that are able to rise above and meet their potential? If that happened, we wouldn’t see the government’s wasteful spending of its taxpayers’ incomes, or people not receiving a decent education, or homeless and starving people. Or at least there would be very little of that. Instead the people would be in control and would not stand for corruption and ineptitude. No longer would politicians have salaries far beyond the average citizen’s; and they would be held accountable for their actions. And there would be no need for a huge tax or welfare system.
While we spend millions of dollars combating the drug dealers, and faulting them with the addictions of the people, millions of addicts go untreated and ignored. Families like mine struggle to find help with our addict and yet are forced to pay for a drug war that has not only failed miserably but has also changed the face of an entire country for the worse. While those who make weapons and ammunition become more powerful and wealthy, we become poorer and our voices go unheard.
And my child remains lost to me. I miss you.
I have child that is lost to me, and I find myself awaiting a call any day from someone that they have overdosed. My child is only eighteen but we have been battling the addictions since age thirteen. And it has progressed from bad to worse to injecting the most horrific things into their veins. I placed my child in rehab a few times when they agreed, but now what is needed is intervention that forces my child into a rehab that they won’t be let out of. Anyone who knows about rehab also knows that the law is not set up that way and it has to be voluntary.
And I think about the millions of dollars spent on armament, judicial processes, and manpower for the drug war. Yet there are no fewer addicts this year than the year before, or the year before that, etc. The jails are full of people that have committed crimes that the root cause, directly or indirectly, was drug abuse. They get out and commit more of the same crimes and end up back in later. A small percentage is actually reformed. If we were to use the number of people actually reformed and never returning to jail as the marker for success or failure for a business model, this business would be bankrupt.
The causes of drug addiction are many. People who have strong family units and good childhoods are as prone to addiction as those who do not, although they are less likely to get into the really heavy drugs. I believe that good family values, parents who work together to take care of their children and devote time to them, divorced or not, are invaluable to raising strong and independent children. A strong and independent person is much more likely to make better decisions at younger ages than those that are not, obviously. It seems that both the government and businesses benefit more from broken families- one household turns into two, more taxes, more spending, etc. That is a short run benefit, as the world economy is now seeing. With an emphasis on material goods (mostly technology), the world has lost sight of the importance of family, and the consequences are soulless, heartless people, those addicted to consumption (of all types)and those addicted to money, destroying the environment and humankind’s future.
Yet we continue with the mindless frontal attack and policy enforcement that has yielded only bloodshed and a crime wave never seen before in Mexico. What we should do is spend millions on drug addiction rehabilitation and inject more money into combating the factors that lead to addiction. Pharmaceutical companies could make millions on pills that people could take to inhibit the effects of drugs or stopping the addiction in the brain. I’m no scientist, but with all of the advances in mood enhancing drugs and inhibitors, I know that it must be possible. Why is it that they aren’t interested in that?
Why would the government want to stop addiction? Why would it want a stronger family unit, or a people that are able to rise above and meet their potential? If that happened, we wouldn’t see the government’s wasteful spending of its taxpayers’ incomes, or people not receiving a decent education, or homeless and starving people. Or at least there would be very little of that. Instead the people would be in control and would not stand for corruption and ineptitude. No longer would politicians have salaries far beyond the average citizen’s; and they would be held accountable for their actions. And there would be no need for a huge tax or welfare system.
While we spend millions of dollars combating the drug dealers, and faulting them with the addictions of the people, millions of addicts go untreated and ignored. Families like mine struggle to find help with our addict and yet are forced to pay for a drug war that has not only failed miserably but has also changed the face of an entire country for the worse. While those who make weapons and ammunition become more powerful and wealthy, we become poorer and our voices go unheard.
And my child remains lost to me. I miss you.
September 19, 2012
Corruption in Mexico's Prison System
Remember one of the world's richest men, El Chapo Guzman? Years ago he walked right out of prison and flew away in a helicopter never to be caught again.
And the recent "jailbreak" in Piedras Negras was even bigger when 136 prisoners walked right out the front door. Really, that's what several of the recently captured escapees said, and the evidence backs their statements up. The tunnel that the prison authorities said that the prisoners used was not even touched and was simply an excuse to cover up the prison guards' and administration's complicity.
And I know we all want to blame the prison faculty for their corruption. Ultimately, though, the blame needs to be shifted to the Mexican government's incapability to protect its people. There have been several cases, recently in Juarez and Chihuahua, where newly appointed prison guards and officials have been executed shortly after taking their posts simply because they would not bend to the mafia's terms. Imagine that you or your family were threatened by the Zetas if you did not do exactly what you were ordered to do and there was no one that could protect you. That is what these officials and guards had to deal with. I'm not excusing corruption, but the fact is that it is not as simple as just saying no to the mafia and reporting it.
The USA Today article has an article on it, but they are a bit behind and still have the tunnel escape listed as they way the escapees left the prison.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/st...
And the recent "jailbreak" in Piedras Negras was even bigger when 136 prisoners walked right out the front door. Really, that's what several of the recently captured escapees said, and the evidence backs their statements up. The tunnel that the prison authorities said that the prisoners used was not even touched and was simply an excuse to cover up the prison guards' and administration's complicity.
And I know we all want to blame the prison faculty for their corruption. Ultimately, though, the blame needs to be shifted to the Mexican government's incapability to protect its people. There have been several cases, recently in Juarez and Chihuahua, where newly appointed prison guards and officials have been executed shortly after taking their posts simply because they would not bend to the mafia's terms. Imagine that you or your family were threatened by the Zetas if you did not do exactly what you were ordered to do and there was no one that could protect you. That is what these officials and guards had to deal with. I'm not excusing corruption, but the fact is that it is not as simple as just saying no to the mafia and reporting it.
The USA Today article has an article on it, but they are a bit behind and still have the tunnel escape listed as they way the escapees left the prison.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/st...
September 16, 2012
Two years after his death, no advance on his case
November 2010- This young photographer worked for El Diario de Juarez (Juarez Daily) and shortly after taking pictures of federal police arresting some hired guns he was exectued. He had been working on a project for the United Nations on what was occurring in Juarez. To date, there have been no advances on his case. http://www.diario.com.mx/notas.php?f=...
September 10, 2012
U.S. Drug Policy= Fail
Part One: Start at the top
Gil Kerlikowske- Why is he qualified to be the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy?
Let me start by qualifying this. I am not trying to make a political statement against or for any political party. Looking at all of the six directors since 1988 I do not see any one of them with the qualifications necessary for this job, other than perhaps Lee Brown, and even with his background in having cleaned up crime in several different areas in several major cities it is a stretch. Here is a little background about the position and the ONDCP. I found the best explanation on Wikipedia-
“The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), a former cabinet level[1] component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, was established in 1989 by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. Its stated goal is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives to eradicate illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking, drug-related crime and violence, and drug-related health consequences in the U.S.
The Director of National Drug Control Policy, colloquially known as the Drug Czar, heads the office. "Drug Czar" was a term first used in the media by then-Senator Joe Biden in October 1982.[2][3] In addition to running the ONDCP, the director evaluates, coordinates, and oversees both the international and domestic anti-drug efforts of executive branch agencies and ensures that such efforts sustain and complement State and local anti-drug activities. The Director advises the President regarding changes in the organization, management, budgeting, and personnel of federal agencies that effect U.S. anti-drug efforts; and regarding federal agency compliance with their obligations under the National Drug Control Strategy, an annual report required by law.”
Now, also according to Wikipedia and various other sources, Kerlikowske was a paper-pusher in the Army and then a police officer. Apparently he had a “stint” in a narcotics unit, but I could not find anything that would lead one to believe that he had a lot of experience and background in narcotics enforcement. He was a police chief in Seattle. Once again, this is quite a jump from city police chief to the man that oversees both the international and domestic anti-drug efforts.
So how were all of these people “qualified” and chosen? I would like to think that there is a list of qualifications to be appointed to this role. If someone has those qualifications, please share them with me, because I could not find any anywhere.
And why in the world would there not be qualifications for such an important position? I mean, let’s look at some qualifications for some other jobs.
Lousiana Day Care Center Director (taken from their site http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/family...
“For example, the Louisiana Department of Social Services requires that any Class A child-care program serving more than 42 children must have a full-time director whose only duties are administrative.
Other minimum standards set by the state for a Class A program director require:
• The director must be at least 21 years of age.
• The director must participate in 12 hours of training annually. Three hours of that training must include state-approved health and safety topics.
• The director must be certified in infant/child and adult CPR and pediatric first aid.
• The director must have three written references on file with the Department of Social Services.
• The director must undergo a criminal background check and have a copy of that report on file.
• The director must have a statement of good health on file.
• The director must meet at least one of the following qualifications: a diploma from a post-secondary technical college early childhood training program, approved by the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; three years of experience as a director or staff member in a licensed child-care program or comparable setting plus six credit hours of training in child care, child development or early childhood education; an associate degree in child development or closely related area and one year of experience in a licensed child-care center; a child development associate credential and one year of experience at a licensed child-care center or comparable setting; a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with at least 12 hours of child development or early childhood education and one year of experience in a licensed child care-center or comparable setting; or a national administrator credential as awarded by the National Childcare Association and two years of experience in a licensed child-care center or comparable setting.
In addition to those state requirements for child-care center directors, White says individuals running child-care centers need to possess personal characteristics that help make them effective leaders. She says child-care directors must:
• Make others feel important by emphasizing their strengths and contributions.
• Promote a vision that gives parents and staff members a clear idea of what the child-care providers are doing.
• Treat staff members and parents as they would want to be treated. This includes a willingness to do the jobs staff members are required to do.
• Admit mistakes, take care of them and learn from them.
• Publicly praise people for their accomplishments but criticize them only in private.
• Stay close to the action – be visible, talk to people, ask questions, observe how things are being handled and pitch in. Maintain an open-door policy and be available for anyone who wants or needs to talk.
• Set goals and reward those who help to reach those goals.
• Possess and exhibit a warm, caring, understanding, accepting attitude while not compromising values, policies or procedures.”
Ok, this makes sense to me. How about Nursing Director as per the Oklahoma Department of Corrections:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of the principles and practices of professional nursing; of professional nursing theory and ethics; of health concerns specific to correctional institutional settings; of correctional rules, regulations, policies, and procedures; and of supervisory principles and practices. Ability to design and conduct training programs for nursing staff.
Education and Experience:
Statutorily Required: N/A
Minimum Qualifications: Master’s degree in nursing or related field with at least five (5) year’s experience as a director of nursing or equivalent position; possession of a valid, current license as approved by the Oklahoma State Board of Nursing.
Preferred Qualifications: Preference will be given to applicants with experience as a director of nursing or equivalent position within a correctional setting or similar environment.
Ok, an easier one, Manager of a Burger King Restaurant (from BK career site)
Show us that you can bring all of these to the table, day-in, day-out, and we’ll throw our considerable weight behind you. In the shape of the following exceptional training programme:
Weeks 1-3
• Gaining product knowledge
• Learning the job of a crew member
• Counter service
• How to make a WHOPPER®!
• Equipment knowledge
• Supervisory skills
Weeks 4-5
• Basic food hygiene
• Supervisory skills course
• Supervisor evaluation (observation on the job)
Weeks 6 - 8
• Shift control skills
• Loss Control
• Shadowing manager
• Daily administration
• People Management
Week 9
• Food safety & product quality
• Basic Management Training Course
• Roles & Responsibilities
• Teamwork
• Customer Service
Weeks 10 - 12
• Shift running (under supervision)
• Feedback on management skills
If you have at least six months’ supervisory experience in a customer service environment, click on the button below to apply:
The common theme here is at the very least experience in the general field. If I was to list the qualifications needed to be director of major companies or law firms or hospitals, they would be staggering. And yet, one of the most important positions law enforcement related in the country has NO SET QUALIFICATIONS. Considering the fact that the drug policy in the United States also directly affects those of Latin America, I would think that someone should have experience in Latin America policy. Maybe even is a Spanish speaker, even as a second language. I would also think that the director should have experience in narcotics enforcement; maybe time spent as a coordinator of some major military program, DEA, FBI, something on a national level. I would also want them to have at the very least an educational background, if not actual work experience, in drug rehabilitation programs and policy. This is just off the top of my head; I’m sure one could come up with a number of reasonable qualifications. Then maybe we could find the person that most closely fits.
Whether you believe in legalization or not, I would think that anyone who is interested in something positive coming from drug policy would at least want a person that has some qualifications for this important job to be in it, and that there would be at least some reasonably defined qualifications for the position. Drug policy boss= FAIL.
Gil Kerlikowske- Why is he qualified to be the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy?
Let me start by qualifying this. I am not trying to make a political statement against or for any political party. Looking at all of the six directors since 1988 I do not see any one of them with the qualifications necessary for this job, other than perhaps Lee Brown, and even with his background in having cleaned up crime in several different areas in several major cities it is a stretch. Here is a little background about the position and the ONDCP. I found the best explanation on Wikipedia-
“The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), a former cabinet level[1] component of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, was established in 1989 by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988. Its stated goal is to establish policies, priorities, and objectives to eradicate illicit drug use, manufacturing, and trafficking, drug-related crime and violence, and drug-related health consequences in the U.S.
The Director of National Drug Control Policy, colloquially known as the Drug Czar, heads the office. "Drug Czar" was a term first used in the media by then-Senator Joe Biden in October 1982.[2][3] In addition to running the ONDCP, the director evaluates, coordinates, and oversees both the international and domestic anti-drug efforts of executive branch agencies and ensures that such efforts sustain and complement State and local anti-drug activities. The Director advises the President regarding changes in the organization, management, budgeting, and personnel of federal agencies that effect U.S. anti-drug efforts; and regarding federal agency compliance with their obligations under the National Drug Control Strategy, an annual report required by law.”
Now, also according to Wikipedia and various other sources, Kerlikowske was a paper-pusher in the Army and then a police officer. Apparently he had a “stint” in a narcotics unit, but I could not find anything that would lead one to believe that he had a lot of experience and background in narcotics enforcement. He was a police chief in Seattle. Once again, this is quite a jump from city police chief to the man that oversees both the international and domestic anti-drug efforts.
So how were all of these people “qualified” and chosen? I would like to think that there is a list of qualifications to be appointed to this role. If someone has those qualifications, please share them with me, because I could not find any anywhere.
And why in the world would there not be qualifications for such an important position? I mean, let’s look at some qualifications for some other jobs.
Lousiana Day Care Center Director (taken from their site http://text.lsuagcenter.com/en/family...
“For example, the Louisiana Department of Social Services requires that any Class A child-care program serving more than 42 children must have a full-time director whose only duties are administrative.
Other minimum standards set by the state for a Class A program director require:
• The director must be at least 21 years of age.
• The director must participate in 12 hours of training annually. Three hours of that training must include state-approved health and safety topics.
• The director must be certified in infant/child and adult CPR and pediatric first aid.
• The director must have three written references on file with the Department of Social Services.
• The director must undergo a criminal background check and have a copy of that report on file.
• The director must have a statement of good health on file.
• The director must meet at least one of the following qualifications: a diploma from a post-secondary technical college early childhood training program, approved by the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education; three years of experience as a director or staff member in a licensed child-care program or comparable setting plus six credit hours of training in child care, child development or early childhood education; an associate degree in child development or closely related area and one year of experience in a licensed child-care center; a child development associate credential and one year of experience at a licensed child-care center or comparable setting; a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with at least 12 hours of child development or early childhood education and one year of experience in a licensed child care-center or comparable setting; or a national administrator credential as awarded by the National Childcare Association and two years of experience in a licensed child-care center or comparable setting.
In addition to those state requirements for child-care center directors, White says individuals running child-care centers need to possess personal characteristics that help make them effective leaders. She says child-care directors must:
• Make others feel important by emphasizing their strengths and contributions.
• Promote a vision that gives parents and staff members a clear idea of what the child-care providers are doing.
• Treat staff members and parents as they would want to be treated. This includes a willingness to do the jobs staff members are required to do.
• Admit mistakes, take care of them and learn from them.
• Publicly praise people for their accomplishments but criticize them only in private.
• Stay close to the action – be visible, talk to people, ask questions, observe how things are being handled and pitch in. Maintain an open-door policy and be available for anyone who wants or needs to talk.
• Set goals and reward those who help to reach those goals.
• Possess and exhibit a warm, caring, understanding, accepting attitude while not compromising values, policies or procedures.”
Ok, this makes sense to me. How about Nursing Director as per the Oklahoma Department of Corrections:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge of the principles and practices of professional nursing; of professional nursing theory and ethics; of health concerns specific to correctional institutional settings; of correctional rules, regulations, policies, and procedures; and of supervisory principles and practices. Ability to design and conduct training programs for nursing staff.
Education and Experience:
Statutorily Required: N/A
Minimum Qualifications: Master’s degree in nursing or related field with at least five (5) year’s experience as a director of nursing or equivalent position; possession of a valid, current license as approved by the Oklahoma State Board of Nursing.
Preferred Qualifications: Preference will be given to applicants with experience as a director of nursing or equivalent position within a correctional setting or similar environment.
Ok, an easier one, Manager of a Burger King Restaurant (from BK career site)
Show us that you can bring all of these to the table, day-in, day-out, and we’ll throw our considerable weight behind you. In the shape of the following exceptional training programme:
Weeks 1-3
• Gaining product knowledge
• Learning the job of a crew member
• Counter service
• How to make a WHOPPER®!
• Equipment knowledge
• Supervisory skills
Weeks 4-5
• Basic food hygiene
• Supervisory skills course
• Supervisor evaluation (observation on the job)
Weeks 6 - 8
• Shift control skills
• Loss Control
• Shadowing manager
• Daily administration
• People Management
Week 9
• Food safety & product quality
• Basic Management Training Course
• Roles & Responsibilities
• Teamwork
• Customer Service
Weeks 10 - 12
• Shift running (under supervision)
• Feedback on management skills
If you have at least six months’ supervisory experience in a customer service environment, click on the button below to apply:
The common theme here is at the very least experience in the general field. If I was to list the qualifications needed to be director of major companies or law firms or hospitals, they would be staggering. And yet, one of the most important positions law enforcement related in the country has NO SET QUALIFICATIONS. Considering the fact that the drug policy in the United States also directly affects those of Latin America, I would think that someone should have experience in Latin America policy. Maybe even is a Spanish speaker, even as a second language. I would also think that the director should have experience in narcotics enforcement; maybe time spent as a coordinator of some major military program, DEA, FBI, something on a national level. I would also want them to have at the very least an educational background, if not actual work experience, in drug rehabilitation programs and policy. This is just off the top of my head; I’m sure one could come up with a number of reasonable qualifications. Then maybe we could find the person that most closely fits.
Whether you believe in legalization or not, I would think that anyone who is interested in something positive coming from drug policy would at least want a person that has some qualifications for this important job to be in it, and that there would be at least some reasonably defined qualifications for the position. Drug policy boss= FAIL.
Fast and Furious weapons sold to the Sinaloa Cartel found in Colombia
Unless you were in a cave, you have heard about the Fast and Furious operation, supposedly designed to take down members of the Sinaloa Cartel. These weapons have been confiscated in relation to many executions since, and now are popping up in Colombia as well.
Many people think that Colombia is fairly safe from the drug war violence since it had seen the worst violence in the eighties, but the reality is that the Sinaloa Cartel has been working in said country for a few years now, and the violence has been escalating steadily.
It will be only a matter of time that the violence gets just as bad as in Mexico. It has already started. El Chapo's hunger to dominate the world's drug trading is insatiable. The Zetas have been working slowly towards Colombia, and have nearly taken over all the routes through Guatemala (notice that the US is sending Marines to Guatemala to help rid them of the Zetas).
Once again, all evidence points to a favoring of the Sinaloa Cartel. A botched operation leading to thousands of rounds of ammunition and hundreds of high-calibre weapons being sold and delivered to the Sinaloa Cartel, operations in Mexico and the United States targeting El Chapo's enemies, and very few arrests and seizures all point to the veracity of the Wikileaks information and what most Mexican people already suspected that the US and Mexican governments have assisted the Sinaloa Cartel in its rise to power. Their justification is that it would be easier to contain and eventually take down a single cartel, which in a world of pure numbers might have held water, but in the real world is naive and ignorant.
http://www.diario.com.mx/notas.php?f=...
Many people think that Colombia is fairly safe from the drug war violence since it had seen the worst violence in the eighties, but the reality is that the Sinaloa Cartel has been working in said country for a few years now, and the violence has been escalating steadily.
It will be only a matter of time that the violence gets just as bad as in Mexico. It has already started. El Chapo's hunger to dominate the world's drug trading is insatiable. The Zetas have been working slowly towards Colombia, and have nearly taken over all the routes through Guatemala (notice that the US is sending Marines to Guatemala to help rid them of the Zetas).
Once again, all evidence points to a favoring of the Sinaloa Cartel. A botched operation leading to thousands of rounds of ammunition and hundreds of high-calibre weapons being sold and delivered to the Sinaloa Cartel, operations in Mexico and the United States targeting El Chapo's enemies, and very few arrests and seizures all point to the veracity of the Wikileaks information and what most Mexican people already suspected that the US and Mexican governments have assisted the Sinaloa Cartel in its rise to power. Their justification is that it would be easier to contain and eventually take down a single cartel, which in a world of pure numbers might have held water, but in the real world is naive and ignorant.
http://www.diario.com.mx/notas.php?f=...
September 9, 2012
Justice has failed-again
The seventeen year old victim found chained to a chair in the upstairs of a bar in Juarez has now changed her story. She originally accused the owner's son of having chained her to the chair so that the sixty year old bar owner could rape her. Now she says that she allowed herself to be chained and in fact was in a sexual relation with said man.
My sources in Juarez say that the young woman's family was threatened by the mafia and that the bar owner is actually involved with a cartel. The court has thrown out the case for lack of evidence and because the police had in fact done a sloppy job of forming the charges against the bar owner. Apparently finding a naked seventeen year old girl chained to a chair with signs of violence, with an initial statement of the old man raped me and his son tied me down so that he could do it is just flimsy evidence at best in Juarez.
What could have been a starting point for a serious investigation of a pair of probable serial rapists and possibly murderers has now turned into yet another travesty of justice.
My sources in Juarez say that the young woman's family was threatened by the mafia and that the bar owner is actually involved with a cartel. The court has thrown out the case for lack of evidence and because the police had in fact done a sloppy job of forming the charges against the bar owner. Apparently finding a naked seventeen year old girl chained to a chair with signs of violence, with an initial statement of the old man raped me and his son tied me down so that he could do it is just flimsy evidence at best in Juarez.
What could have been a starting point for a serious investigation of a pair of probable serial rapists and possibly murderers has now turned into yet another travesty of justice.
September 8, 2012
Serial rapist (and murderer?) found in Juarez-finally
A huge break for the police, and a stroke of luck for a seventeen year old Juarez girl.
Police answered a complaint call of a fight in a bar called Los Lobos. While breaking up the fight and sending the crowd home,the police found a girl upstairs, clothes ripped, strapped to a chair with chains. She accused the owner of having raped her. And it gets worse.
The owner's son was the one who tied her so that his father could rape her. And two other employees of the bar knew what was happening and never said a word.
With as many teenage girls that have gone missing in Juarez, this would be an excellent place to start looking for connections to other missing girls.
I spoke this morning with one of the investigating officers. He stated that the son has admitted that this was not the first time. I will update the blog as more information is available.
Video of bar and the arrested: http://www.diario.com.mx/diariotv/vid...
Police answered a complaint call of a fight in a bar called Los Lobos. While breaking up the fight and sending the crowd home,the police found a girl upstairs, clothes ripped, strapped to a chair with chains. She accused the owner of having raped her. And it gets worse.
The owner's son was the one who tied her so that his father could rape her. And two other employees of the bar knew what was happening and never said a word.
With as many teenage girls that have gone missing in Juarez, this would be an excellent place to start looking for connections to other missing girls.
I spoke this morning with one of the investigating officers. He stated that the son has admitted that this was not the first time. I will update the blog as more information is available.
Video of bar and the arrested: http://www.diario.com.mx/diariotv/vid...
