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Soulful thoughts. Words worth listening to.
"So God Made a Patriot". Those willing to STAND for Liberty and Freedom…..
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American Citizens vs. Our Supressive Government. No American Should Support Suppression of our Liberties.
**LISTEN carefully to her testimony**
Catherine Engelbrecht's Testimony at House of Representatives Hearing on IRS Targeting non profit organizations.
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Elijah Cummings caught LYING about IRS SCANDAL
Congressional Black Caucus member and ranking House Oversight Committee race-baiting Democrat Elijah Cumming flatly LIED about his role in the IRS scandal.
Cummings argued that there was no evidence linking the IRS tax document to the Democrats, when in fact his staff (by way of him) requested this information.
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Morningland Dairy – The Final Solution
On August 26th, 2010 the destruction of Morningland Dairy began. Having lost a two and half year battle with cancer of the State, the interment will take place on January 25th, 2013.
People involved in all aspects of food production, be it growing, processing or distributing, should read through all the documentation and understand that Morningland's saga is the model for all independent food production under the FDA's new Food Safety Modernization Act. Critical to this destruction are "science-based standards" as opposed to scientifically accurate controls and concerns. The Global Food Safety Initiative combined with "Good Agricultural Practices" and the "Guide to Good Farming" will ensure that an inability to feed the population will occur. Morningland Dairy is an early casualty of these "science based standards".
Visions and Hopes-The Birth
Joseph and Denise Dixon took over Morningland Dairy after Denise completed a two year internship with the founders of Morningland, Jim and Margie Reiner. The Dixons finalized the purchase and began improvements on the Missouri Milk Board inspected and approved raw milk cheese plant in October of 2008. The entire family was tremendously pleased because this would allow Joseph to be home with the family instead of on the road working as an electrician in the eastern half of the United States. The Dixons wanted to expand the varieties of cheese made by the company and ventured into a broader array of production.
Their desire was to help other families in the historically poverty stricken Missouri Ozarks to make an actual living on the farm and allow families to stay together. They consulted with the Missouri Milk Board and arranged for two families to begin providing goat milk to Morningland and launched a popular goat milk cheese line shortly after taking over the company.
While Joseph and Denise were at a cheese making conference in Washington State, the plant manager received a call from the Missouri Milk Board stating that there was an issue of potential contamination found by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) in Morningland cheese.
The cooler of $250,000 worth of cheese was immediately put under embargo, more accurately understood as house arrest, by the Missouri Milk Board. Don Falls, an inspector for the Milk Board, told the plant manager, "You should be back up and running by early next week." Obviously, that wasn't true. As a matter of fact, the very next morning, presumably after he spoke with the FDA, Falls' entire attitude changed.
Over the weekend, the FDA leaked a nation wide recall on all of Morningland's cheese produced in 2010. Not just the two batches that California indicated might be "suspect" for contamination, but their entire year's production. Most of the cheese implicated as "suspect" by California had already been consumed. No complaints or ill effects were reported by any of the consumers of any of Morningland's cheese. Nonetheless, the FDA required all of their products to be recalled.
Death by Bureaucracy
Very few people realize the FDA has an armed and very military aspect. They showed up at Morningland in camouflage and made a lovely impression on those able to be at the unveiling of the future of food safety "FDA style".
The FDA and Milk Board worked hand in hand to ensure that this little cheese plant in the midst of the Missouri Ozarks, that hadn't made anyone sick in 30 years, would never make another batch of cheese for their loyal customers. Yet the FDA, who admit to killing 100,000 people a year, are allowed to gain ever more control over everything we take into our bodies. So the tally on deaths over the 30 year history of Morningland Dairy versus the FDA is: Morningland "Zero", FDA "3 Million"…or somewhere near that.
Despite significant effort, the FDA found no contamination in any cracks or drains in the cheese plant or even on the legs of the milk talk in the dairy barn. This evidence was not allowed to be introduced as part of Morningland's defense because the Missouri Attorney General's office contended that the FDA "was a separate issue."
When pointedly asked what the specific process for getting the cheese plant back into production was, the Milk Board representative said it would involve a panel and consultation with the FDA to determine if that were a possibility. The members of the panel, other than the Milk Board and the FDA, and the specific requirements and processes were never delineated and no effort to achieve anything other than the destruction of the plant was ever evidenced by any official arm of the State of Missouri.
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An aside:
Obama program aims to reduce 'births' among blacks, Latinos
The language on the CDC's website makes clear that the program seeks to reduce the rate of both pregnancies and "births" among minorities.
Specifically, the CDC says the "purpose of this program is to demonstrate the effectiveness of innovative, multicomponent, communitywide initiatives in reducing rates of teen pregnancy and births in communities with the highest rates, with a focus on reaching African American and Latino/Hispanic youth aged 15–19 years."
[embolding added]
The CDC says the distinction is one without a difference.
"On the website for the initiative there is no distinction between the two," CDC spokeswoman Renee Brown-Bryant wrote in an email to TheDC.
Obama's EPA Conducts Dangerous Human Experiments. Dr. Joseph Mengele Revisited?
For those unfamiliar with Dr. Joseph Mengele: Go HERE and read….
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Dr Josef Mengele, known as the Angel of Death, was a Nazi German SS officer and a physician in Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp. He gained notoriety chiefly for being one of the SS physicians who supervised the selection of arriving transports of prisoners, determining who was to be killed and who was to become a forced laborer, and for performing human experiments of dubious scientific value on camp inmates including attempts to change eye color by injecting chemicals into children's eyes, various amputations of limbs, and shock treatments. Most of those Mengele experimented on died, either due to the experiments or later infections. On several occasions, he killed subjects simply to be able to dissect them afterwards.
Now THIS from the Obama Administration and the EPA:
From IBD Editorials
Obama's EPA Conducts Dangerous Human Experiments
April 4, 2014
Mad Science: The Environmental Protection Agency has been deliberately exposing people — including children — with asthma and other health issues to pollution to justify ever-more-stringent air quality standards.
'Improvements to EPA Policies and Guidance Could Enhance Protection of Human Study Subjects," released by the EPA's Office of Inspector General on March 31, confirms that the agency "exposed 81 human study subjects to concentrated airborne particles or diesel exhaust emissions in five EPA studies conducted during 2010 and 2011."
According to the report, obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, the human subjects, said to have given their "informed consent," were exposed to levels of pollutants up to 50 times greater than the EPA itself says is safe for humans. And there are questions as to how informed that consent was.
The Daily Caller said the inspector general's report revealed that "only one of five studies' consent forms provided the subject with information on the upper range of the pollutant" to which the people would be exposed.
Even more alarming, said the Daily Caller, a new and opinion website, "is the fact that only 'two of five alerted study subjects to the risk of death for older individuals with cardiovascular disease.' "
From the Daily Caller we also learn that "three of the studies exposed human subjects to high levels of particulate matter while two of the studies exposed people to high levels of diesel exhaust and ozone. Diesel exhaust contains 40 toxic air contaminants, including 19 that are known carcinogens and particulate matter."
There's also the issue of tests involving children and the EPA's efforts to cover this up. The agency also exposed children to pollution as part of an experiment at the University of Southern California. In February 2013, JunkScience.com, run by Steve Milloy, a Johns Hopkins-trained biostatistician, reported the EPA giving USC grant money to study how particulate matter affects "asthma in susceptible children."
A Dec. 4, 2012, document in the EPA extramural research grants database showed diesel exposure to children. The original document has since been replaced by a strongly edited version, and JunkScience.com, reports Breitbart.com, has "made a Freedom of Information Act request to the EPA to explain the deletion and alteration of its database of the documentation regarding diesel experiments on children."
In 2012, the American Tradition Institute's Environmental Law Center filed a lawsuit charging that the "EPA failed to adequately inform project participants that the pollution they will inhale imposes a risk to their health and there is no benefit whatever."
David Schnare, a former EPA scientist, policy analyst and enforcement attorney who now heads the ATI, said:
"EPA parked a truck's exhaust pipe directly beneath an intake pipe on the side of a building. The exhaust was sucked into the pipe, mixed with some additional air and then piped directly into the lungs of the human subjects. EPA actually has pictures of this gas chamber, a clear plastic pipe stuck into the mouth of a subject, his lips sealing it to his face, diesel fumes inhaled straight into his lungs."
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Representative Trey Gowdy's Epic Speech on the Floor of Congress That May Be a Defining Moment for America. **Updated March 13, 2014 at 10:46 a.m.**
March 13, 2014
Representative Trey Gowdy (R-SC) in support of H.R. 4138 the ENFORCE the Law Act.
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We've finally gotten to the point where Congress had to pass a law to make sure that the laws they pass are enforced. Basically, they passed a law to tell President Obama to do his job and quit screwing around with the Constitution. We've finally gotten to the point where Congress had to pass a law to make sure that the laws they pass are enforced. Basically, they passed a law to tell President Obama to do his job and quit screwing around with the Constitution.
In a speech that Representative Trey Gowdy really shouldn't have had to make, he explains angrily to the Congress what its job is, and to Obama what his job is. Members were heard to applaud as he reached this crescendo:
"Mister Speaker, the House of Representatives does not exist to pass suggestions. We do not exist to pass ideas. We make law. And while you are free to stand and clap when any president comes into this hallowed chamber and promises to do it with or without you, I will never stand and clap – when any president, no matter whether he's your party or mine, promises to make us a constitutional anomaly and afterthought. WE MAKE LAW."
Breaking: "Enforce the Law Act" Passed by Congress
***The White House put out its Statement of Administrative Policy, saying that if the bill passes both chambers the president will likely veto it. You can read the entire statement here. **
"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government – lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
~~Patrick Henry
It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
~~Patrick Henry
Obama….The "I'll Do As I Want" and You will Bow Down "Leader". The Soft Tyranny POTUS
Today, the tyrannical President forgets about the Constitution and our nation of laws.
What he hasn't counted on is that Americans are at the point of ENOUGH. Then what?
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Even the PEOPLE of Chicago, the POTUS' own home town have had enough Of Rahm Emanuel and POTUS.
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Chicago Activists respond to Obama's State of the Union speech:
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Watch Company Employees Learn Of Increased Health Costs
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Godfather of Propaganda Edward Bernays
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Cass Sunstein, former Regulatory Czar for Obama now and advisor at NSA.
Sunstein is the author of "Nudge". Does he use Bernays propaganda?
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AND Eric Holder?
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Illegals marching in Los Angeles in 2007
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From World Net Daily:
By Bob Unruh
January 15, 2014
War hero and former U.S. Rep. Allen West, R-Fla., is questioning how long it will take for "you people" – white Americans – to realize that their president "abjectly despises" them.
In a commentary posted Tuesday on his own website, West, who represented Florida in Congress after an extended career in the U.S. military, confronted head on the issue of racism.
Citing Obama Attorney General Eric Holder's warning that schools have to drop policies that "disproportionately punish minorities," West suggested it's not racism to punish blacks more when members of that minority cause trouble more.
"I taught high school for one year in Deerfield Beach, Fla., and in the end, it was such an enjoyable experience breaking up fights daily, that I decided to return to the combat zone of Afghanistan," West wrote. "Teachers are already disrespected and attacked, not feared. There were students at Deerfield Beach who steered clear of the lunchroom for fear of being picked on or engaged in a fight …
"Yes, this violence on campus was perpetrated eight out of 10 times by black students, male and female, but it had nothing to do with racial disparity. It had everything to do with a lack of discipline and control," he wrote.
He said Obama's and Holder's advocacy for leniency for those to cause trouble essentially makes them racist.
"This is my clear and succinct message to white Americans. How long will it be before 'you people' realize you have elevated someone to the office of president who abjectly despises you – not to mention his henchman Holder. Combined they are the most vile and disgusting racists – not you," he wrote.
The commentary was prompted by Holder's recent demand that schools "rethink 'zero tolerance' disciplinary policies" because they "disproportionately punish minorities."
A Hill report on the issue charged that "alarming numbers of young people are suspended, expelled or even arrested for relatively minor transgressions like school uniform violations, schoolyard fights or showing 'disrespect' by laughing in class, Holder said during a speech."
West noted that the accompanying new federal guidance from the departments of Justice and Education "encouraging (i.e. threatening) schools to adopt disciplinary policies that are 'fair, nondiscriminatory, and effective'" is simply a threat from the Department of Justice.
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A Picture worth 1,000 words…..
Poverty, White Privilege, and Short Memories
From American Thinker
Poverty, White Privilege, and Short Memories
By Rosslyn Smith
January 15, 2014
The poor whites of Appalachia may have become unfashionable, but they have not gone anywhere.
The current political left's obsession with both income inequality and so called White Privilege overlooks a lot of history. How quickly does the left forget. Or perhaps it is more a matter of fashion.
In 1964, when LBJ declared his War on Poverty, the area he mentioned by name was not the urban ghettos of Detroit, Watts or Harlem but rather the isolated rural counties of Eastern Kentucky.
LBJ at the Fletchers' cabin in Inez, Kentucky, in 1964. Photo: Corbis
Four years later, in 1968, Bobby Kennedy decided to run for the presidency mere days after touring Eastern Kentucky to review how LBJ's War on Poverty was being waged in the field.
Sen. Robert F. Kennedy shook hands with residents of Haymond, Kentucky in 1968.
Senator Kennedy walks through Hazard, Kentucky in 1968.
Today, some 46 years later, the war has been lost. The region not only remains poor but hopelessness and dysfunction abounds. What has changed is the politicians no longer seem to be interested in the area or in its people. Recently Kevin D, Williamson of National Review visited Eastern Kentucky and wrote
If the people here weren't 98.5 percent white, we'd call it a reservation.
Read the entire article, titled The White Ghetto. The explanation of how EBT cards are used to purchase cases of soda pop, to resell at a steeply discounted price to raise cash to buy prescription painkillers, is most illuminating. So are some of the comments after the article, especially those of people who take umbrage that Williamson focused on the negatives in the region. Nonsense! Although the part of Appalachia I live in is not as deeply mired in poverty, the pathologies remain the same. Welfare is ubiquitous, drug abuse is rampant and there is little hope for a better life for many of the young because of chronically poor school systems.
One issue Williamson doesn't touch upon which is mentioned in the comments to his article is how corrupt the local governments in this region can be. One huge factor that allows this to continue is that for decades the brighter young people have been prone to move away. Those with educations who stay behind too often display small pond syndrome — they can be opportunistic bullies and tyrants who grab the reins of the local power structure and remain largely unchallenged. In such a corrupt environment a third rate lawyer can readily parlay his ambitions into a lucrative role as the shadow leader of local government, or an incompetent principal can rely on political clout to remain in charge of a public school that routinely shortchanges its students.
Back in 1968 some in the area saw Bobby Kennedy's trip as a precursor for yet another round of unfulfilled political promises. The term "photo op" wasn't in use back then, but looking at these images across five decades of experience it readily comes to mind.
Today, the only promises being made to the once-loyal Democrat voters of the region are to further curtail the remaining source of high paying, private sector jobs, the coal industry.
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Dialectic Process: It's History, its Meaning and the Technique of Brainwashing and Twisting of the Truth (Used by Progressives to Push their Agenda)
Saul Alinsky, the favorite "Community Organizer" the Progressives love to follow and emulate including Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, followed Antonio Gramsci (Italian Communist) who believed that no one would outright embrace Communism, but would accept it if "fed" to them through Gradualism and Dialectic Process.
"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State."
Joseph Goebbels quotes **Propagandist for Adolph Hitler**


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International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), ISSN 0976 – INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 6340(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6359(Online) Volume 3, Issue 3, Sep- Dec (2012) © IAEME AND TECHNOLOGY (IJMET) ISSN 0976 – 6340 (Print) ISSN 0976 – 6359 (Online) Volume 3, Issue 3, September - December (2012), pp. 654-668 IJMET © IAEME: www.iaeme.com/ijmet.asp Journal Impact Factor (2012): 3.8071 (Calculated by GISI) www.jifactor.com ©IAEME AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF THE INVESTIGATION OF GREEN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AND THEIR RELATION DRIVERS, PRACTICES AND PERFORMANCES Ajay Verma*, Dr. Anshul Gangele** * [Research Scholar] Department of Mechanical Engineering, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur (Raj.) 302025 E-mail: email@example.com **Institute of Technology & Management, Gwalior (M.P.) 474001 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com ABSTRACT This paper aim is Green Supply Chain management (GSCM) of investigation strategy. A study of GSCM can help of economic, social, national security, and environmental goals. Also this study to investigation the green supply chain management practices likely to be adopted by the pharmaceutical industry in India. Which is dominated by reduces, reuse, and recycle, Manufacturing manufacturers, after the implementation of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances and Waste pharmaceuticals material. The relationship between green supply chain management practices and environmental performance and operational performance, as well as financial performance, is studied. The approach of the present research includes a literature review, in depth interviews and questionnaire surveys. The companies in the pharmaceutical industry approved by the International Organization for Standardization 14001 certification in India before January 2012 were sampled for empirical study. Based on a literature review, twelve propositions are put forward. The survey questionnaire was designed with 54 items using literature and industry expert input. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted to derive results from the survey data which included 27 responses. The data analyzed using statistical package for the social sciences, and structural equation modeling was used as a path analysis model to verify the hypothetical construction of the study. The results indicate that the pharmaceutical industry have adopted green supply chain practices in response to the current wave of international green issues and have generated favorable environmental, operational and financial performances for the respective companies. 654 International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), ISSN 0976 – 6340(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6359(Online) Volume 3, Issue 3, Sep- Dec (2012) © IAEME KEYWORDS: Green supply chain, environmental performance, green procurement, green manufacturing. 1. INTRODUCTION GSCM has become an important environmental practice for companies to achieve profit and increase market share in such a way that environmental risks are lowered and ecological efficiency are raised. [46,51] Realizing the significance of the GSCM implemented by the organizations, developed a strategic decision framework that aids managerial decision making in selecting GSCM alternatives, and product life cycle, operational life cycle (including procurement, production, distribution and reverse logistics (RL)), organizational performance measurements and environmentally conscious business practices serve as the foundations for the decision framework. [36, 50] India's pharmaceutical industry is now the third largest in the world in terms of volume. Its rank is 14th in terms of value. Between September 2009 and September 2011, the total turnover of India's pharmaceuticals industry was US$ 21.05 billion. The domestic market was worth US$ 12.29 billion. [28, 42] As per a report by IMS Health India, the Indian pharmaceutical market reached US$ 10.05 billion in size in July 2011. The several established companies which have operations in the world's major pharmacy markets. Over the last few years, contribution in the growth of India's pharmaceutical industry has been significant. The state commands 42 percent share of India's pharmaceutical turnover and 22 percent share of exports. [28] The Pharmaceutical Supply Chain (PSC) is a special SC in which medications are produced, transported and consumed. Academic researchers and practitioners believe that "pharmaceuticals are different; they cannot be treated like other commodities." [38] The reasons for this sentiment were the high cost and long duration for research and development and the repercussions of the product not being available, hence again its criticality. Other unsupported perception-based factors that appear to make this supply chain distinctive include; the level of regulation in the product production, storage, distribution, consumption and the complexity of the fabric of this supply chain. [21] Disposal of medication can be very harmful to the environment and costly. Globally, in 2003 at least £0.56 billion worth of unused drugs are flushed down the toilet. [45] From an economic point of view, efficiencies can be made in the form of potential savings in the pulling back of stock from patients. Medication retrieved from patients cannot be reused and must be disposed. It does however provide vital information and can encourage more prudent prescribing. Safety is also paramount when broaching pharmaceutical management and storage. Accidents can happen if products fall into the hands of children or individuals who wish to abuse the product themselves or support a "grey" market for product exchange/sales. Global and domestic pressures on environmental, economic and safety considerations drive us to manage PSC greening, i.e., improve the PSC economic and environmental performance by recycling the unused/unwanted medications and reducing medications that need disposal. However, there is very little research and practice on drug recycling or green PSC (GPSC). [3, 32] The fate of unused consumer pharmaceuticals is an issue that has reached public consciousness more recently. There is emerging concern about the potential impact of medicine that reaches lakes and rivers via sewage plants and other sources. [25] Increasing pressures from a variety of directions have caused the Indian Pharmaceutical supply chain managers to consider and initiate implementation of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices to improve both their economic and environmental performance. Current environmental awareness, 655 International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), ISSN 0976 – 6340(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6359(Online) Volume 3, Issue 3, Sep- Dec (2012) © IAEME practices, and performance of GSCM in general and in pharmaceutical enterprises sets the foundation for various issues (propositions) that will be evaluated using the empirical data. Expanding on some earlier work investigating general GSCM practices in India, this paper explores the GSCM drivers, initiatives and performance of the pharmaceutical supply chain using an empirical analysis of selected pharmaceutical enterprises. In particular, the relationships between green supply chain management dimensions and firm performance are examined in this study. 2. LITERATURE REVIEW "Green Supply Chain practices (SCM components) adopted is functions of external (open system view of organization) and internal environment (management component). In another word the totality of inputs to the system (including agent, mechanism, and functions) results in outputs (practices). These outputs are measured by considering GSCM practices from within the whole system." [13] 2.1 External pressures The importance of external factors is borrowed to illustrate the complementary nature of the factors for Chinese companies to adopt GSCM practices at the early stage of environmental policy transformation. Besides the requirements of governmental regulations, the domestic and foreign clients, competitors and neighboring communities may exert pressures on the companies. [15] These external pressures have jointly prompted the companies to become more aware of their environmental problems and to practice certain GSCM activities. External pressures are believed to be the important factors affecting a firm's GSCM practices. [15, 35, 55] 2.2 Internal factors As is well known, the institutional theory neglects certain fundamental issues of business strategy. It is argued that the firms adopt heterogeneous sets of environmental practices also due to their individual interpretations of the objective pressures from the outside. The difference between the 'objective' and 'perceived' pressures may lead to diverse responses from the firms. Therefore, the analytical model adds two internal organizational factors, namely support of top managers and a firm's learning capacity, to jointly explain a firm's GSCM practices. Top management support can affect new initiatives success by facilitating employee involvement or by promoting a cultural shift of the company, etc. As GSCM is a broad-based organizational endeavor, it has the potential to benefit from top management support. Meanwhile, a firm's learning capacity is viewed as especially important in a resource-based framework. GSCM practices are amenable to the benefits derived from learning since they are human resource intensive and greatly rely on tacit skill development by employee involvement, team work and shared expertise. [16] The capacity for implementing innovative environmental approaches is normally enhanced by employee self-learning, professional education and job training. The education level of employees and the frequency of internally environmental training are often used as proxies of a firm's learning capacity. [48] To implement GSCM, organizations should follow GSCM practices which consist of environmental supply chain management guidelines. Numerous studies have tried to identify GSCM practices in organization which are referred to such internal systems as environmental and quality management systems. Internal environmental management is critical to improving the organization's environmental performance. [56] Performance is a 656 International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), ISSN 0976 – 6340(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6359(Online) Volume 3, Issue 3, Sep- Dec (2012) © IAEME measure for assessing the degree of a corporation's objective attainment. [10] Corporations adopting GSCM practices may generate environmental and business performances. [47, 54] A green supply chain, for example, can improve environmental performance (reducing waste and emissions as well as increasing environmental commitment) and competitiveness(improving product quality, increasing efficiency, enhancing productivity and cutting cost), thereby further affecting economic performance, a new marketing opportunities and increasing product price, profit margin, market share and sale. [30] Expert's opinion are organizational performance is considered to include environmental, operational and economic performance. [30, 47, 54] 3. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY After surveying the environmental performance assessment in the ISO environmental management system, as well as comments from experts and academics in the chemical and machine engineering, a questionnaire was created as the tool of the present study. [30, 35, 36, 51, 53,] The items in the questionnaire were then taken as research variables according to the conceptual model of the study. [28] The data used in this study consist of questionnaire responses from employees in Indian manufacturing and processing industries that have profound impact on the environment. Structural equation modeling was used as a path analysis model to verify the hypothetical construction of the study. The questionnaire contains three sections: • General Information: This contains gender, and job title of the respondents from the organization as well as annual sales of the company and number of persons employed. This information is gathered only for a glance of an industry and its size. • Basic Green Supply Chain Management Information: This includes questions regarding company's step towards GSCM. It also contains reasons for adoption and no implementation of GSCM. If company has not yet implemented the GSC practices then in this section respondents can provide maturity period for GSCM as per their company policies. • Impact of drivers on implementation of GSCM practices and relation to organizational performance part includes items affecting implementation (pressures/drivers), current practices and corresponding performance. In this section twelve different variables (Environment Regulation, Market, Suppliers, Internal drivers, Internal Management, Green Supply, Cooperation with Customers, Investment recovery, Eco-design and reverse logistics, Environment Performance, Operational Performance and Economical Performance) were tested with fifty four sub variable. All twelve items in this part were based on a number of sources from the literature and divided in three different parts. Questions were answered using a seven-point Likert-type scale (e.g.1 = Very Strongly Disagree; 2 = Strongly Disagree; 3 = Disagree; 4 = Neutral; 5 = Agree; 6 = Strongly Agree; 7 = Very Strongly Agree). To avoid confusing respondents on three different seven-point Likert scales, we provided a brief explanation of the three groups of items at the beginning of each survey section. 27 companies in the pharmaceutical industry approved by the International Organization for Standardization 14001 certification in India before January 2012 were sampled for empirical study. The data were then analyzed using statistical package for the social sciences (Predictive Analytics Soft-Ware-PASW) and LISREL (SIS Inc.) 657 International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), ISSN 0976 – 6340(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6359(Online) Volume 3, Issue 3, Sep- Dec (2012) © IAEME 3.1 Variables From the literature analysis, twelve different variables introduced according to the methodology of structural equation modeling are described as follows: Environmental regulations, market pressure, suppliers and internal drivers are four exogenous latent variables used in this study. Environmental regulation reflects factors like regional laws, exporting country's regulations etc. The exogenous latent variables of market are reflected in exports, sales, domestic consumers' awareness towards environmental issues etc. Items like cost of hazardous materials, environment friendly goods and green packages are revealed in internal drivers. The endogenous latent variables are divided into interpretative and outcome variables. Internal management, Green supply, cooperation with customers, investment recovery, eco-deign and reverse logistics are variables which are defined as interpretative endogenous latent variables. Outcome endogenous latent variables include economic performance, environmental performance and operational performance. 3.2 Hypothesis H1: Environmental regulations have a positive relationship with Green Supply Chain Practices. H2: External stakeholders have a positive relationship with GSCM practices. H3: GSCM practices have a positive relationship with environmental performance. H4: GSCM practices have a positive relationship with financial performance. Table1: Elementary data analysis Elementary Measure No. of companies % Factor Gender Male 27 100 Female 0 0 Job Title General Manager 11 40.75 Site Head 1 3.7 Environment Department 14 51.85 Head Assistant Manager 1 3.7 Other 0 0 No. of Less than 100 3 11.1 Employees 100-200 10 37 200-500 9 33.3 500-1000 5 18.6 Greater than 1 0 0 Annual Sales Less than 10 crore 2 7.4 10-50 Crores 3 11.1 50-100 Crores 11 40.8 100- 500 Crores 8 29.6 Greater than 500 crores 3 11.1 Environment Yes 26 96.3 Department No 1 3.7 Age of GSCM < 1 Year 1 3.7 1-3 Year 7 25.9 3-5 Year 6 22.2 >5 years 13 48.1 658 International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), ISSN 0976 – 6340(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6359(Online) Volume 3, Issue 3, Sep- Dec (2012) © IAEME 4. ANALYSIS Table1 presents a detailed analysis of the demographic characteristics of respondents' firms. There was no female representative throughout the survey. More than 50% respondents were head of the environment department. 40.75 % respondents were general manager from departments like supply chain, purchase, marketing etc. As regards employees, 18.6 percent of respondents' firms had over 500-1000 employees, while one third companies have employed persons in range of 200-500. About 37% companies have employed between 100 and 200 full-time workers. Firms' sales varied considerably. Just over a quarter (29.6percent)of firms' sales was between Rs. 100 500 Crores and 40.8 percent reported sales of Rs. 50-100 Crores. Almost half of the industries surveyed have replied that their organizations are active players in GSCM field since last 5 or more years. Almost every organization have environmental department in their organizations. 4.1 Offending estimate In the evaluation of model variables, there is unlikely to be a negative error variance or a very large standard error, and the standardized coefficient cannot be larger than 0.95. [1] As can be seen from Table 3, all error variances are positive; standard errors are small, ranging from 0.01 to 0.24, and standardized coefficients range from 0.50 to 0.95, which is less than 0.95 and lies below the significance level, suggesting that the effect of offending estimate was absent. 4.2 Reliability test As can be seen from Table 4, the 13 observable variables' R2 are between 0.57 and 0.90, conforming to the recommendation that the confidence R2 of an individual observable variable should be larger than 0.50. Also, the construct reliability of the five latent variables is between 0.75 and 0.94, complying with the requirement that the value should be larger than 0.6. [2] 4.3 Validity test 4.3.1 Convergent validity: The factor loadings (λ1"0λ13) of the observable variables shown in Table 3 range from 0.76 to 0.95, which achieve significance and are higher than the threshold, 0.45, indicating that all observable variables can reflect the latent variables constructed. The extracted average variances of the latent variables are 0.78, 0.85, 0.81, 0.60 and 0.79, all of which are larger than 0.5, indicating that the amount contributed to the latent variables is larger for the observed variables than for the error in measurements. [2] 4.3.2 Discriminate validity: The latent variables shown in Table 5 have all reached the significance level, indicating that there is a discrepancy between the model in which the correlation between any two latent variables is set to be 1.00 and the model in which the correlations for all latent variables are arbitrarily estimated. This discrepancy suggests that the correlation between latent variables can be distinguished, i.e., the discriminate validity is supported. 4.3.3 Test for overall model fit: The overall model fit is required to adopt at least the following three fit tests [1]: 659 International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), ISSN 0976 – 6340(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6359(Online) Volume 3, Issue 3, Sep- Dec (2012) © IAEME 4.3.4 Absolute fit test: 1. GFI (Goodness of fit index) A good fit requires the GFI to be larger than 0.90. The theoretical model fit of the present study is 0.91, indicating a good fit. Table 2: Averages, standard deviations, skewness coefficients and kurtosis coefficients of observed variables Dimension Average SD Skewness Kurtosis coefficient Coefficient Environmental regulations Domestic environmental regulations 5.69 0.90 -0.55 -0.57 Government environmental policy 5.33 0.73 -0.09 -0.36 International environmental agreements 5.30 0.80 -0.14 -0.15 External stakeholders Supplier 5.90 0.64 -0.68 -0.13 Customer 5.84 0.73 -1.51 2.69 Community stakeholders 5.88 0.68 -1.12 1.32 GSCM practices Green procurement practices 5.69 0.84 0.01 -0.85 Green manufacturing practices 5.08 0.67 -0.03 -1.12 Environmental performance Management performance 6.19 0.57 -1.19 0.78 Operational performance 6.16 0.67 -0.21 -1.20 Financial performance Cost reduction 5.41 0.61 -0.34 -0.30 Market share growth 5.41 0.69 -0.21 -0.42 Profit increase 5.72 0.68 -0.96 0.01 2. RMR (Root mean square residual) Good fit demands the RMR to be smaller than or equal to 0.05. The theoretical model fit is 0.046, and thus it qualifies as a good fit. 3. RMSEA (Root mean square error of approximation) RMSEA smaller than or equal to 0.05 is considered a good fit and the theoretical model fit here is 0.06, indicating that it is a good fit. 4.3.5 Relative fit test: 1. NNFI (Non nor-med fit index) NNFI, larger than 0.9 is generally considered acceptable. The value is 0.97 for the present theoretical model, indicating that the present model is acceptable. 2. CFI (Comparative fit index) CFI, larger than 0.9 is generally considered acceptable. The CFI is 0.97 for the present theoretical model, indicating that the present model is acceptable. Parsimonious fit test: 1. PNFI (Parsimony nor-med Fit Index) A PNFI larger than 0.5 is generally considered as a good model. The value is 0.72 for the present theoretical model, indicating that the present model is acceptable. 660 International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), ISSN 0976 – 6340(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6359(Online) Volume 3, Issue 3, Sep- Dec (2012) © IAEME 2. PGFI (Parsimony Goodness of Fit Index) A PGFI larger than 0.5 is generally considered as a good model. The value is 0.60 for the present theoretical model, indicating that the present model is acceptable. 3. nor-med Chi-Square An index of less than 3 is considered as a good fit. The value of the present model is 1.51, indicating a good overall fit. Tests for overall model fit were performed in order to understand the fit between the observed data and the hypothesized model. [19] Table 3: Estimation of model parameters Parameter Un-standardized Standard error t-value Standardized Parameter estimate Parameter estimate λ1 1.00 - - 0.89 λ2 0.88 0.048 18.39 0.95 λ3 0.93 0.053 17.54 0.93 λ4 1.00 - - 0.86 λ5 1.21 0.084 14.35 0.90 λ6 1.12 0.078 14.37 0.90 λ7 1.00 - - 0.92 λ8 0.76 0.067 11.42 0.88 λ9 1.00 - - 0.76 λ10 1.23 024 5.14 0.80 λ11 1.00 - - 0.85 λ12 1.27 0.083 15.32 0.95 λ13 1.13 0.083 13.61 0.86 γ1 0.28 0.08 3.39 0.28 γ2 0.39 0.12 3.22 0.27 β1 0.29 0.06 4.68 0.51 β2 0.30 0.06 5.12 0.45 δ1 0.11 0.02 6.44 0.27 δ2 0.10 0.02 4.95 0.19 δ3 0.09 0.02 4.92 0.18 δ4 0.17 0.03 6.67 0.21 δ5 0.05 0.01 3.94 0.10 δ6 0.09 0.02 5.33 0.14 ε1 0.11 0.04 2.47 0.15 ε2 0.10 0.03 3.59 0.22 ε3 0.14 0.04 3.78 0.43 ε4 0.17 0.06 3.03 0.37 ε5 0.10 0.02 6.58 0.27 ε6 0.05 0.02 2.87 0.10 ε7 0.12 0.02 6.47 0.26 661 International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), ISSN 0976 – 6340(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6359(Online) Volume 3, Issue 3, Sep- Dec (2012) © IAEME 5. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION GSCM is a relatively new green issue for the majority of India corporations. From the perspective of management, GSCM is a management strategy, taking into account the effects of the entire supply chain on environmental protection and economic development. However, the feasibility of reaching the right balance between the environmental performance and financial performance is a serious concern for corporations implementing GSCM. The present empirical study investigated the GSCM practices adopted by the OEM and ODM-dominated pharmaceutical and electronic industry in India in response to the EU ROHS and WEEE directives. The pressures or drives to implement GSCM practices and the relationship between GSCM practices and environmental performance as well as financial performance were also studied. The approach adopted in the present study included a questionnaire and in-depth interviews with the pharmaceutical and electronic corporations approved by the ISO14001 certification in India before December 2004. The findings obtained from the 151 valid samples are described as follows: Table 4: Reliability of observed variables, as well as construct reliability and average variance extracted of latent variables Dimension R2 Construct Average variance reliability extracted Environmental regulations 0.91 0.78 Domestic environmental regulations 0.73 Government environmental policy 0.81 International environmental 0.82 agreements External stakeholders 0.94 0.85 Supplier 0.79 Customers 0.90 Community stakeholders 0.86 GSCM practices 0.89 0.81 Green procurement practices 0.85 Green manufacturing practices 0.78 Environmental performance 0.75 0.60 Management performance 0.57 Operational performance 0.63 Financial performance 0.91 0.79 Cost reduction 0.73 Market share growth 0.90 Profit increase 0.74 Table 5: Convergent validity and discriminate validity Latent variables Environmental External GSCM Environmental regulations stakeholders practices performance Environmental regulations 1.000 External stakeholders 0.295* 1.000 GSCM practices 0.798* 0.225* 1.000 Environmental performance 0.271* 0.431* 0.251* 1.000 Financial performance 0.396* 0.399* 0.267* 0.265* 662 International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), ISSN 0976 – 6340(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6359(Online) Volume 3, Issue 3, Sep- Dec (2012) © IAEME Hypothesis 1 The environmental regulations factors consist of three observed variables: domestic environmental regulations, government environmental policy and international environmental agreements. Their factor loadings, λ1, λ2 and λ3, of the environmental regulations factors of latent variables are 0.89, 0.95 and 0.93, respectively. Their t values are all larger than the significance level of 1.96, indicating that the preliminary fit index is favorable. On the other hand, the path coefficient, γ1, of the normative factors to the latent variables of GSCM practices is 0.28 and t is 3.39, suggesting that the normative factor has a positive relationship with the investigation of GSCM practices. Also, λ2 (government environmental policy) is 0.95, higher than λ1 (0.89) and λ3 (0.93) of domestic environmental regulations and international environmental agreements, respectively, indicating that the pressure on enterprises to adopt green supply chain management practices comes from the government environmental policy of environmental regulations factors. Hypothesis 2 The factor loadings, λ4, λ5 and λ6, of the external stakeholders of latent variables are 0.86, 0.90 and 0.90, respectively, and their t values are all larger than the significance level of 1.96. On the other hand, the path coefficient, γ2, of the external stakeholders factors to the latent variables of GSCM practices is 0.27 and t is 3.22, suggesting that the external stakeholders factors have a positive relationship with the investigation of GSCM practices. The values of λ5 (customers) and λ6 (community stakeholders) are both equal to 0.90, indicating that customers and community stakeholders of external stakeholders have a larger effect on enterprises' adoption of green supply chain management practices than suppliers. A possible cause, as revealed in the in-depth interviews conducted in this study, can be identified from the fact that some interviewees regard suppliers as enterprises' internal stakeholders. Hypothesis 3 GSCM practices consist of two observed variables: green manufacturing practices, including green design, manufacturing green products, recovery and reuse of used products, and setting standards for green products, and green procurement practices, including establishing a control list of environmentally hazardous substances, the profile for raw materials containing no prohibited substances, the assessment table of environmental management for suppliers, the green product approval data, and the auditing mechanism for green management. The factor loadings, λ7 and λ8, of the environmental performance of latent variables are 0.92 and 0.88, respectively, and their t values are both larger than the significance level of 1.96. On the other hand, the path coefficient, β1, of GSCM practices to the latent variable environmental performance is 0.51 and t is 4.68, indicating that the investigation of GSCM practices has a positive relationship with the environmental performance of corporations. Hypothesis 4 The path coefficient, β2, of GSCM practices to the latent variable financial performance is 0.45 and t is 5.12, indicating that the investigation of GSCM practices has a positive relationship with financial performance. On the other hand, the investigation of GSCM practices can provide benefits to organizations, including cost reduction, market share growth and profit increase, whose effects on financial performance are reflected by the values λ11 (0.85), λ12 (0.95) and λ13 (0.86), respectively; the most significant effect of enterprises' investigation of GSCM practices is, therefore, in enhancing market share growth. The above 663 International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), ISSN 0976 – 6340(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6359(Online) Volume 3, Issue 3, Sep- Dec (2012) © IAEME findings suggest that the pressure or drive from environmental regulations, suppliers, consumers and community stakeholders have prompted the pharmaceutical and electronic manufacturers in India to implement GSCM practices. From the present study, it is found that regulations and external stakeholders exert pressure on corporations to implement GSCM practices. [14, 37] Furthermore, it was found that the investigation of GSCM practices can enhance the environmental and financial performance of corporations, consistent with the findings of who emphasized the beneficial effects of the investigation of GSCM practices in improving environmental and financial performance. [30, 36] A corporation should not overlook long-term sustainability while pursuing short-term profit. It is important to pursue economic development and at the same time consider environmental burden, thereby preserving the natural resources and environment on which the entire human race is dependent, instead of relentlessly exploiting available resources. In pursuing economic development, social justice has to be taken into account in order to strike the right balance between economy, environment and benefit to society. It is therefore suggested that future research may focus on the relationship between GSCM practices and sustainable performance. Enterprises used to be concerned only with their own profit, ignoring the most important links in their production chain: upstream suppliers and downstream customers. The present study found that, in the face of the current global green issue, corporations can benefit from an entirely green supply chain by cooperating with upstream suppliers on green production technology and exchanging green information with them, as well as taking the voices of downstream customers and green consumers into account in their production processes. The conventional end-of-pipe treatment approach taken by corporations in face of environmental problems can no longer meet the demands of international environmental protection. To meet the expectations of society, pollution preventive measures should be adopted as an environmental management strategy. However, corporations in general are concerned that stressing environmental performance would add to their operational cost, accompanied by a decreasing market share and competitiveness. Nevertheless, the present study found that the investigation of GSCM practices has a positive effect on environmental and financial performance; that is, an increase in environmental performance will be accompanied by increased corporation profit and market share. These conclusions effectively dispel the doubts of those corporations in India that have not yet implemented GSCM practices. Environmental protection activities can have a positive effect on a corporation's financial performance. GSCM can cut the cost of materials purchasing and energy consumption, reduce the cost of waste treatment and discharge, and avoid a fine in the case of environmental accidents. [51] A sustainable approach can lead to internal cost saving, open new markets and find beneficial uses for waste. [44] Environmental munificence has a positive effect on financial performance for example, growth in profits, sales and market share. [12] Financial performance is defined here as cost reduction, market share growth and profit increase. To analyze the research issues a hypothesis: Tools and parameters "The relationship between green supply chain management practices and organizational performances," was created as the tool of the present study. The items in the questionnaire were then taken as research variables according to the conceptual model of the study. The operational definitions of the research variables are shown in Table 1. According to the methodology of structural equation modeling, the variables of the present research are described as follows: 664 International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Technology (IJMET), ISSN 0976 – 6340(Print), ISSN 0976 – 6359(Online) Volume 3, Issue 3, Sep- Dec (2012) © IAEME Exogenous variables There are two exogenous latent variables in the present study: environmental regulations and external stakeholders. 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Chief architectBrennan, who has worked in the CIA for a quarter century, is known as the chief architect of the drone war, and he faced numerous questions at his confirmation hearing over the "targeted killings".His nomination passed a key hurdle on Tuesday with the Senate Intelligence Committee voting by 12 votes to three to approve Brennan to head the CIA. A full Senate vote is expected this week.The approval came after the White House decided to give Congress secret Justice Department memos that may have been used to justify the president's ability to authorise the targeted killing of Americans.Paul, who has long questioned the legality of the government's use of lethal force - including strikes by unmanned drones - against US citizens, expressed alarm at Holder's response. "The US attorney general's refusal to rule out the possibility of drone strikes on American citizens and on American soil is more than frightening," he said."It is an affront (to) the Constitutional due process rights of all Americans."Paul had previously asked for Brennan's views on drone strikes. The nominee wrote back that the CIA has no authority to launch such attacks on US soil.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Adam63 Great Service, comfort and Location Le Meridien Piccadilly is a a fantastic London hotel. The staff here is terrific and the guest experience led by David McNamara is among the best I have experienced. There is a real personal touch by David and his team that makes the hotel a home away from home. The hotel is old but the rooms have modern touches with very comfortable beds. The location is also among the best in London - in the heart of Piccadilly Circus, but you feel an escape from the street the minute you walk in the door. January 29, 2015
Rated 4 out of 5 by BobZATL Great Location On a recent business trip to London, I decided to stay at Le Meridien Piccadilly. The hotel is OK. Weird floor configurations with lots of steps make a bellman a necessity. The staff seemed a little detached from the Desk Staff to the Concierge to the Hostesses in the Restaurant. The doormen seemed a little more helpful. But without a doubt the best feature of this hotel is its location. I hardly ever needed a taxi. Everything seemed to be within walking distance. Also, had a good gym. January 27, 2015
Rated 1 out of 5 by CalifTraveler Great Location, Poorly managed You can't ask for a better location, within walking distance of many attractions and close to the Picadilly underground station. Management seems to feel that they don't have to do anything to make your stay pleasant, since you're staying there for the location. Rooms are noisy, club lounge is way understaffed, and apparently has been for a long time. It is also noisy and often very crowded. Food runs out. This hotel has the worst platinum recognition of any major Starwood hotel I've stayed at. I'll leave it at that. Nice staff, but poorly managed. January 24, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by Robert350 Great location for tourists The location of this hotel is superb for those coming to see London. Walking distance to the theatre district, SOHO, Trafalgar Square, etc. We arrived early in the day and they made every attempt to get us in our suite ASAP. The room with 2 bathrooms was VERY appreciated. Thank you! The lounge was friendly and well stocked with drinks and much more than the traditional rolls and jam for breakfast. The only criticism is for the decorator of the rooms. We had a fabulous entry way, and a wonderful vintage round window in the sitting room which should have been celebrated rather than ignored. I understand that this is out of the immediate managements control, but just want to give the feedback for the next remodel. Celebrate the architecture! October 10, 2012
Rated 1 out of 5 by Raffster OMG What a debacle of a hotel. Old, tired and what a shame for a grand hotel in such a great location and a great brand. Staff were the one redeeming feature and kudos to them for making a silk purse from a sows ear. As a platinum member, the room which we booked as an executive suite was small, and far from being a suite. We had the opportunity to sit in the executive lounge on the Friday night where food ran out early on in the evening much to the disdain of late arriving guests, and the poor staff were left to apologise for an inept kitchen not keeping up with demand. I would recommend any platinum members to avoid this hotel for its Rooms were average and club lounge below par but great staff who tried above average to keep customers happy! March 21, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Glowgirl1 Wonderful location Stella your SPG rep, Jack and Andrea in the Club lounge were wonderful. There is a bit of profiling that goes on by the SPG desk (not Stella). The computer upstairs in the Club room was not working The we were sent to the business center. First of all it is so, so small more like a closet, secondly the printer was not working either. We went to the SPG desk to ask for assistance to print our boarding passes. The young lady checked us over and said no. I said is this not for Gold and Platinum SPG, she said yes. Then she turned on the charm and could not have been nicer.. We are coming back your hotel again May 31st through to June 3rd. Also some of the folks on your front desk don;t realize that just because you are dressed like tourist that you should treated with the same care as business person. May 22, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Sonder74 A superb stay We stayed at Le Meridien Picadilly recently and the hotel is in a superb location to explore London with excellent facilities including a large indoor pool and good sized gym amongst other facilities. The food and service at the Terrace Grill & Bar was first class. As with most high end hotels, it is a pleasure to stay here but what I found truly great about my stay was the level of service and professionalism of all staff. Well done on such high standards of customer service. March 18, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by JohnandAnn Great accommodation in the heart of London We have stayed over the weekend for the fourth time and I have to say that we love this location and hotel. From the moment you walk into the door you feel welcomed. The Concierge and Front Office is very helpful, welcoming and genuinely cares. They took care of our luggage due to an early arrival. Our room was not ready but we were provided with helpful information on what to do while waiting. Franzi at Reception checked us in and she provided us with a great room, definitely worth waiting for it. The room we stayed in was a Club room in a corner and offered lots of space to relax after shopping. (book Club room, you have also access to a Lounge) The breakfast buffet has been changed from a few months ago. Great improvements! Try it out. All in one, a great weekend in the heart of London – You have to stay here. December 10, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by thelawman GREAT SERVICE TO PLATINUM members This is my second time back and I will stay again when I go back to London. The staff was excellent. They worked hard to get me the room I wanted. The gym is big and the pool is terrific. The pool is indoor and if you like to work out you are in for a treat. The manager dropped off wine and cheese the first night and dropped off organic juices the next night. The tea service is awesome and the breakfast with the french bread and fresh juices is amazing! June 8, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by caz234 fabulous short break the hotel was very spacious with friendly staff on arrival and throughout the stay, it was very clean and nothing was too much trouble for the staff, the food was great with a massive selection at breakfast. it had a nice bar with a friendly feel, not forgetting the health club on the lower ground floor which had all you needed to keep fit not forgetting the pool. a great hotel in the heart of London. will definately be visiting again!!! April 28, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Karenlynn Great location. Exceptional staff We arrived during a very busy Art week in London and were told that reservations were quite difficult to find. Le Meridien had the availability we needed and it was our first stay with them. The staff was outstanding, the room was immaculate and the location was perfect. We have stayed in London 3x per year for the last ten years and will now make Le Meridien our new 'go to' home. Many thanks, Sergio and hats off to your staff. October 23, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Darco A home away from home What I appreciate in Le Meridien Piccadilly the most is their way they treat their customers.The minute you walk through the door, they make you feel right at home. From the staff at reception to the waiters in the restaurant: everybody does their utmost to make your stay an unforgetable one. The rooms are great, the food is delicious, the location is perfect. Come and experience it yourself, you won't regret it! November 18, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by milkchug Fantastic location but an OK experience I was most surprised by the fantastic location; you literally walk out of the hotel and you're literally blocks from everything, Starbucks, theaters, restaurants, shopping, etc. The major downside was the overall service, from the lackluster concierge who didn't seem interested in providing any special service, to the front desk which was unresponsive to our requests to issues with our electrical plugs. October 23, 2011
Rated 2 out of 5 by TimothyF Needs improvement The wifi was very weak in this hotel - not nearly what one would expect from a first-rate hotel in the capital city of a first-world country. The staff were distinctly unhelpful and seemed as if they were put out by requests, for example, to seat at breakfast, or to retrieve a bag from storage September 30, 2014
Rated 4 out of 5 by santri1969 Excellent central London location Have stayed at the Le Meridien Picadilly on multiple occasions due to its central London location for business and tourist purposes. Great SPG platinum recognition - have always been upgraded to a Junior suite. Good pool and friendly staff. Rooms generally need an upgrade in terms of being up to date - seem a little worn out. My preferred London location due to great access. June 9, 2013
Rated 2 out of 5 by arvitam A Category 6 How? at best a 4 but more like a 3 Excellent Location, excellent Staff especially Nicolas at the Front desk. The rest is below average. How can this hotel be a category 6 beside the location. Rooms need to be redone entirely. Terrible bathroom, terrible furniture and the beds are far from being comfortable. This is a Category 4 at best I would like to have some explanation why it's a 6, ReallY!? Thank You December 28, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by JK47 Great location, very hit and miss service I have stayed at this hotel a few times. Plat recognition is pretty good with an upgrade to a junior suite offered on all occasions. While some of the staff are quite helpful, there are some members of the staff who are hopeless. What makes this place special is the location. However, the area is very congested, so if you want a quiet area, you should look elsewhere. December 4, 2011
Rated 3 out of 5 by Dusty Hotel fine club room does not work Having just stayed at this hotel twice in the last month I twice had to complain that in the mornings there were too many people in a small space ,not enough food or staff to look after them.The main restaurant was quiet in the mornings and the club room a disaster. For the last two days of my stay my wife and I had breakfast in the main dining room which was perfect. April 2, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by 02PR60 Comfortable hotel & caring service I could not praise the Front Desk more for their sensitive and sympathetic service each day of our 4 day visit. Special thanks go to Luca, Tania, and Rya. Also, "Vasco" at the Front Door would rank with the finest Doormen at any of the best hotels in Europe. Thanks to each and everyone who made this such as pleasant visit. I will look forward to next year's vist. May 13, 2014
Rated 2 out of 5 by bizzytraveler missing stars great location with efficient staff, but the room we had (2x) are not to the standard of a 5stars hotel. The first one was very tiny, depressing, without daylight window. Fortunately the hot water didi not work, and we were upgraded in a exclusive room!?. This one was good in size, but too close from the central airconditioning system. It was like sleeping in the cabin crew near to the engine of a ferry boat. In the bathroom the lighting was a joke and with no air extractor. I let you imagine after a (hot) shower how the mirror glass looked like.. All this need a serious refitting to bring it back to a true 5 star hotels we can find in London or elswhere. November 20, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by CSH43 LeGreat Outstanding hotel. Excellent, caring staff and anemities, pool and spa are worth the trip. Fabulous location, great club lounge, a lot of stairs, especially with lots of luggage but beautifully appointed . Would return to this hotel in a minute, felt right at home. Upgraded suite was bigger than my old apartment. Special birthday remembrances were much appreciated. July 19, 2012
Rated 2 out of 5 by nybiztravel not a luxury hotel, poor service TV did not work and the engineers could not fix on first night No hairdryer - I checked all drawers before calling- was in a hurry and let the front desk know that I needed a hair dryer asap, and even so, they called me to make sure I'd checked all the drawers, after I explicitly said I had Terrible room with no light or view November 29, 2013
Rated 3 out of 5 by dinsdale very average staff were unhelpful, if you wanted something done you had to find the specific member of staff that performed the task you wanted doing. No one would assist if it was not their actual job. I found the staff attitude surly. Bathrooms very poor. We also had to wait when we were leaving as our luggage got mislaid. December 5, 2011
Rated 5 out of 5 by PJNJ Perfect for Family 5 Day London Getaway Just finished up our last minute family London getaway with my wife and our 2 girls here. Quite simply there is no better hotel than Meridien Piccadilly in all of London. From the personal touch and warmth you get from everyone from the hotel manager to the staff...size of rooms...club lounge...amazing pool...fantastic central London location near everything...this is the best hotel in London. From check-in to turn-down service Meridien Piccadilly deserves the highest marks and makes your vacation no-stress and very smooth allowing you to truly relax. Meridien Piccadilly has a plethora of room types that can accommodate everyone from the single business traveler to the larger families of 4+. And at the end of the day when you arrive back at the hotel for a solid nights sleep after a long day it is incredibly quiet. As a 9 year platinum traveler I have stayed everywhere and this hotel ranks at the top of my list...go with it over all other London hotels...you will be happy you did! June 8, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5 by Enjoyedit Meridien Picadilly Thank you to the Picadilly team. You know how to make people feel welcome and appreciated. This includes the front entrance to the concierge, front desk, club lounge, terrace and can't forget the rooms staff. The morning greeting and the evening turn down. Thank you July 5, 2014
Rated 3 out of 5 by Dom51 OK But bad bathrooms HAve stayed many times ..and as platinum member the experience is good value..not so good now when you are gold as you need the upgrades to make it a decent experience. Shower and bathroom very average..no power and very small thin bathroom Staff were OK and location v.good November 23, 2011
Rated 5 out of 5 by Mats perfect stay again at this hotel This time, my stay at this hotel was too short arriving at the hotel at 23hrs and leaving at 7hrs, but the room was enough comfortable to take a sleep to recover. The room was upgraded as a spg guest and the staff was enough kind in the centre of London Soho. Thanks. April 23, 2012
Rated 1 out of 5 by travelfrequent Small rooms & Poor Customer Service Do not stay at this hotel if you are a starwood preferred member, it is the worst of the starwood hotels in London. Customer service is unsatisfactory, rooms are small and it is very difficult to reach management in order to remedy an issue. December 24, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Parker711 Fantastic gym and staff One of the top 10% of gyms in the SPG brand. Staff went out of their way to make sure everything was well taken care of. Try to get one of their remodeled rooms - amenities are much better. Club lounge is a great touch. November 20, 2011
Rated 5 out of 5 by Cloud9 Location Location Location The location of Le Meridien is superb. Subway and train access, both to local destinations and outside London are great. Near proximity to theatre district makes it easy to see plays. Staff was helpful in all ways. June 19, 2013


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