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Linthicum station
A BLR train crosses Maple Road near the former Baltimore & Annapolis Railroad station north of the current stop
|595 Camp Meade Road
Linthicum Heights, Maryland 21090
|39°12′07″N 76°39′16″W / 39.2020°N 76.6544°WCoordinates: 39°12′07″N 76°39′16″W / 39.2020°N 76.6544°W
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|Baltimore Light Rail
|2 side platforms
Linthicum station is a Baltimore Light Rail station in Linthicum Heights, Maryland. This station is the last station on the light rail's trunk line; southbound trains depart onto branches to BWI Marshall Airport station and Cromwell station. There is currently no free public parking or bus connections at this station.[1]
Linthicum station uses a railroad line formerly served by the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad. It is accessible from a long crosswalk across from the intersection of Camp Meade Road (MD 170) and Benton Avenue, and the Linthicum Volunteer Fire Company(Station #32). Another crosswalk to the station leads to Oakdale Road on the opposite side of the tracks. The station reopened again in 1993, and the spur to Marshall Airport was created in 1997.
Ridership at the station averages 372 people daily, 67% of whom are transfers to either BWI Airport or Cromwell station. Only 33% of riders are "walk-ups" from the surrounding neighborhood, according to a 2011-2012 study funded by the MTA.[2]
There is an effort to close this station due to the crime the station is alleged to bring to its community, including an attempted murder.[3] While MTA has not considered closing the station, other actions have been taken or considered. These include the placement of a call box where riders can alert police when in need, additional security cameras, and the early closing of the station at 8 pm.[4][5] Early attempts to have this stop close date back to 1994.[6]
|Side platform, doors open on right
|← Southbound toward BWI Marshall Airport. Next stop: BWI Business District.
|← Southbound toward Cromwell. Next stop: Ferndale.
|Northbound toward Hunt Valley. Next stop: North Linthicum →
|Side platform, doors open on left
- ^ "Station list". Archived from the original on June 13, 2008.
- ^ "MTA won't close Linthicum rail station". Maryland Gazette. May 26, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
- ^ "Group Pushes For Light Rail Station Shutdown". WBAL-TV. March 7, 2011. Archived from the original on March 9, 2011. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
- ^ Siegel, Andrea F. (May 5, 2011). "Some Linthicum residents want to close light rail station over crime". The Baltimore Sun. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
- ^ "County To Install Call Box At Linthicum Light Rail Stop". LINTHICUM, Md. May 5, 2011. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
- ^ Hartley, Eric (May 10, 2011). "Eric Hartley: Fear rides the light rails". Hometown Annapolis. Retrieved May 16, 2011.


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Paul Bewak is chasing quite a few accolades these days.
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Currently third on the all-time list with an 87-16 career record, Bewak has a chance to reach the milestone this season or, barring anything out of the ordinary, will become the record-holder next season. Ahead of Bewak are Eric Fishel, who set the mark in 2008 with 98 victories, and Tyler Schmidt, who ended his career with 92 victories in 2009.
The Blue Jays have 11 matches remaining, as well as conference and regional tournaments.
"It would be pretty cool to have the most wins for Hopkins," said Bewak, who is 23-1 at 125 pounds this season. "I would just feel very accomplished because winning that many matches is no small task in college."
Before he started climbing his way up the Blue Jays' all-time wins list, Bewak was winning with the same efficiency at Hempfield, where he had a 136-44 career record. He was a three-time PIAA place-winner and four-time WPIAL place-winner.
"I watched Paul in high school and knew he was talented," said Johns Hopkins coach Keith Norris, who recruited Bewak. "I felt this kid could be big for our program. When he got to the wrestling room, he backed his talent up with a great work ethic."
Upon arriving at the Baltimore-based university, Bewak was taken aback by the talent of his new teammates, including Fishel and Paul Marcello, the NCAA Division III runner-up at 141 pounds as a senior last season.
"I was very nervous about how I would fair in collegiate-level wrestling," Bewak said, "but practicing with Marcello, a wrestler who has had a great deal of success in his career, and seeing that I could hang with some of the best, it showed me that I can do well if I kept working hard."
For Bewak, wrestling and academics have become intertwined.
"It is a pretty big pain trying to balance academics, sports and down time here," Bewak said. "Sometimes it seems almost unmanageable, but wrestling has taught me to just keep your head up, work your absolute hardest and things will turn out all right."
Ed Phillipps is a freelance writer.

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VAT plan for 'virtual' internet sales
The European Commission has said it is studying a proposal to impose value added tax (VAT) on sales of music, software and other "virtual" goods over the internet.
The tax is already imposed on items such as books and CDs sold over the internet in European countries.
Details of the proposals are expected to be announced shortly - possibly within the next two months.
"We have in the pipeline a proposal on internet commerce, but it is not commerce in the sense of distance selling of physical goods," Commission tax official Stephen Bill said.
"The proposal would deal with the purchase over the internet of virtual goods - sound, music, etc - which you can download," he said.
The proposal will be aimed primarily at large US suppliers that escape the VAT net when selling virtual goods.
Companies that cross a certain threshold will be forced to register for VAT in the EU, while smaller firms are expected to continue to be exempt from the tax.
"The indications are that the internet is giving rise to huge operations like Amazon.com, Sony and Time Warner because the beauty of the internet (business model) is that it cuts out the middlemen," he said.
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The American Chamber of Commerce recently said it feared the proposal would be complex to administer.
Mr Bill said there had been discussions with the United States over whether downloads could be classed as taxable services falling under world trade rules, and not over the principle that internet supplies be taxed in the country of consumption.
No details were given of how the Commission believed EU countries could collect tax due, but he said the proposal would aim to be as simple as possible to administer.
Mr Bill was speaking at a news conference to present a Commission report highlighting failings in the administration and problems in the collection of VAT in the EU.
A big and growing problem for tax administrations was how to collect VAT due on goods and services sold at a distance, including via the internet, he said.
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The proposals would appear to undercut plans put to the WTO in 1998 by President Clinton to ensure that trade in digital goods remained tax free.
The WTO agreed a one-year moratorium at that time, which was due to be discussed in the Seattle trade talks which collapsed in December.
The taxation of e-commerce is also becoming increasingly controversial in the United States, with many state governments urging the imposition of local sales taxes on internet sales.
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Talking peace, waging war (ISRAEL HAYOM OP-ED) Ruthie Blum 04/15/12)
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Ben-Gurion airport will be particularly busy on Sunday, and not only due to end-of-Pesach traffic. In anticipation of the pro- Palestinian flightilla scheduled to bring hundreds of activists to Israels shores this time via the sky rather than the sea the police and other security forces might just end up outnumbering the rest of the throng.
As in the case of the famous flotilla to Gaza, the flightilla to the West Bank purports to have no other purpose than to provide humanitarian aid to poor Palestinians under a big bad Israeli blockade. (That there is no blockade on the West Bank does not matter to these well-wishers any more than the fact that Israel never stopped the flow of necessary goods and services into Gaza. But then, the real aim of such campaigns is to make Israel look evil.)
To avoid the kind of bloodbath that ensued from the flotilla, with peace activists bashing, stabbing and throwing Israeli soldiers armed with paintball guns overboard, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch took the pre-emptive measure of providing a blacklist to foreign airlines, warning them that if troublemakers did land in Tel Aviv, they would be detained and deported.
The government has also prepared an official letter, to be given to any activists who do arrive. What it says is: We appreciate your choosing to make Israel the object of your humanitarian concerns. We know there were many other worthy choices. You could have chosen to protest the Syrian regime´s daily savagery against its own people."
Its an appropriate dig. For all their worries about the suffering of innocents, they never seem to care a bit about that caused by Muslim- Arab rulers, including in the Palestinian Authority and in Gaza.
Nor do these peaceniks ever take note of the repeated refusal of the Palestinian regime to make any deals with Israel that involve peace. Even the settlement freeze that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instated made no dent in the Palestinians willingness to meet with the Israelis or in their apologists position that Israel remains the obstacle.
Other than real extremists, such as Gideon Levy of Haaretz and American linguist Noam Chomsky (both of whose renown rests on their radical left-wing laurels), most observers are having trouble these days ignoring the mounds of evidence suggesting that Israels very existence is the obstacle. There has been an abundance of Arab-Muslim strife on display currently connected to the so-called Arab Spring which has zero to do with the Jewish state, other than its affiliation with the West and lack thereof with Islam. Ridding the world of Israel, then, would not bring peace any more than curbing Jewish housing in Judea and Samaria.
In the absence of peace, Westerners who consider it a goal rather than an outcome push for negotiations. So, while a bunch of insignificant European activists were packing their bags to stir up trouble in Israel this weekend, a group of major players was gathering in Istanbul for a summit.
Indeed, on Saturday, representatives of the U.S., Russia, China, Germany, France and Britain met with senior Iranian officials. It was the first time in over a year since they had done so. This was not for lack of trying on the part of the Obama administration, however. No, it was because the Iranians were too busy. Theyve had centrifuges to perfect and uranium to enrich. Theyve also had to deal with the Stuxnet virus that screwed up their nukes computers, and the assassination of a number of their key mad scientists. To top it all off, theres discord between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, as well as an upcoming U.S. election. They know theyve got to get a move on, in the event that Obama the best American president they could have hoped for under these circumstances doesnt get re-elected.
But they realize that economic pressure is going to put a damper on their plans. So they sent Saeed Jalili to Turkey to sit down with the world powers to talk.
E.U. Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton couldnt have been happier. ´´What we are here to do is to find ways in which we can build confidence between us and ways in which we can demonstrate that Iran is moving away from a nuclear weapons program,´´ she said.
By the end of the day, she felt vindicated. The discussions, she said, had been constructive.
Not only that. A date for a new set of talks was scheduled. On May 23, the parties will parlay in Baghdad. Thats one confidence- building measure to which the Iranians can certainly relate.
They, like all enemies of the West, have no interest in peace whatsoever. They have one objective victory. If pointless peace negotiations buy them time to achieve this aim, so much the better. Ashton and her ilk either dont know this, or they prefer not to, because acknowledging it means having to do something about it other than talk.
It is for this reason that Israel will have to take the initiative not at negotiating with a Palestinian entity that has no more intention of striking a deal than Iran. Rather, it has to act against a nuclearized Middle East before the only thing left to discuss is how to survive the next world war.
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The Indonesian government has declared the case of five Australian journalists who were killed in East Timor more than 30 years ago a closed matter.
It also said it had not received any request from Australian authorities about a warrant issued for Indonesian politician Yunis Yosfiah during an inquest into the 1975 death of one of the five men, who all died in the town of Balibo.
The NSW Deputy Coroner on Thursday issued the warrant after Yosfiah failed to respond to several requests that he testify at the Sydney inquest.
Yosfiah, a former special forces commander and Indonesian government minister, has been named at the inquest as the person who ordered the attack on the journalists.
"For the Indonesian government it's a closed case," Indonesian Foreign Affairs Department spokesman Kriastiarto Soeryo Legowo told reporters.
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He said the arrest warrant had no jurisdiction "at all" in Indonesia, and did not involve the Indonesian government.
"The warrant was issued for Mr Yunis personally so the Indonesian government is not linked," Legowo said.
"So it is nothing to do with the Indonesian government.
"We have not received a request from the Australian authorities, be it the state of NSW or the federal government."
He would not speculate on the possible response to any request should one be made.
"But again I would like to explain here, that actually for the Indonesian government it's a closed case and we are sticking to our position," he said.
"We don't see any new evidence that could become the basis to reopen this case."
Yosfiah, currently a member of the Islamic United Development Party (PPP) in Indonesia's Parliament, laughed off the warrant.
"Let it be. How can they do that?," he said.
"Ask the Indonesian government. Remember I'm an Indonesian citizen."
Asked if he was concerned about the arrest warrant, he said: "No, why must I worry? I don't feel guilty."
In 2001, Yosfiah denied the allegations and said he had never met the journalists, when questioned by an Indonesian parliamentary commission.
At the time he reportedly said he had been stationed in Balibo in 1975 as a captain, and wanted to visit Australia to "explain the whole thing".


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After the Christmas-making brilliance of the festive episode, we've been waiting some time for the new season of Doctor Who to start. But thankfully, that agonising wait is over as of tonight, so we decided to compile a list of 40 Doctor Who-related facts with which to amaze, and maybe frighten, your drinking buddies down the pub, once you've watched the new episode of course.
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Daily Event: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM (PST)
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Transamerica Pyramid
Historic Barbary Coast Tour
Transamerica Pyramid Building sits in a neighborhood with deep history and incredibly awe-inspiring images. The tour touches on North Beach, China Town, Pacific Heights and what is left of the Barbary Coast. Learn why the Barbary Coast frightened the longshoremen, how 200 women were able to command 25,000 men, where the original port of San Francisco began and who the 'mayor' of North Beach is.
What is this tour about:
The Transamerica Pyramid was completed to be the tallest buildings west of the Mississippi during its time. The areas around the Pyramid is very diverse and is the most unique of all tours. The history of China Town, North Beach and what is left of the Barbary Coast still reside in the area.
Where would this tour start
Once you have scheduled and paid for your tour, an email will be sent giving you the name and address for where the tour will begin and end. Please arrive 15 minutes early to ensure the tour starts on time. If you do not receive the email, please contact us at: +1(415) 710-9898
What are the perks of this tour?
The Transamerica Pyramid's unique placement in San Francisco creates a natural barrier between four very diverse neighborhoods. North Beach, China Town, The Embarcardero and SoMa. Everyone of these locations has its own history and its own unique visual images.
Special notes about this tour
Uniqueness. The Transamerica Pyramid is unique itself and add to the facts of its locations, the Transameria Pyramid offers a fun diverse tour. This makes this area a great source history, culture and photographic opportunities.
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San Francisco is a unique visual city with a wonderful small town feel nestled in a large metropolis. The visual combinations of the different architectural styles such as the old wooden buildings juxtapose to the modern steel skyscrapers is an awe-inspiring image. Beyond San Francisco's known tourist paths, lies neighborhoods that have their own eclectic mixture of the sublime with the immaculate. Those contrasting images offer a rich visual portrait of a world filled with love and expressions. The beautifully kept 19th century Victorians, the incredible neighborhood parks, the wondrously lit alley, the great murals, the abundance of color, the delicious coffee shops, the unique gardens and the highly detailed retail shops are just a few of the pictorial images presented to inspire all photographer.


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Scooter aims to appeal to young
THE neighbourhood police team have a new member – a Vespa has been given to them for officers to use.
THE neighbourhood police team have a new member – a Vespa has been given to them for officers to use.
The new scooter matches the other neighbourhood community vehicles with its red colour and police logo. The Vespa has been sponsored by Millard & Co Ltd.
Director Clinton Millard said Sergeant John Tostevin had approached them with the idea.
PC Gary Ashford said that as well as him, two other officers will be using the scooter – PC Lisa McMillan and PC Simon Hamon for their neighbourhood work.
'I think it is a great idea that Millard's have helped – the Vespas are iconic.'
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'Plodrophenia' - completely lost on the nippers but still the best GP headline of the last 30 years....
Wow, that Vespa must be quite a powerhouse if PCs Ashford. McMillan and Hamon will all be using it for their neighbourhood work. Not sure if the law allows three on a bike and I am equally unsure how it will cope with chasing down an unruly testosterone fueled yoof after a night on the pop. "Stop right where you are or I will dismount and chase after you...."
Excellent piece of PR for Millards and good on them for being so community minded.
It reminds me of pc plod chasing noddy with a motor pusher.
I wonder if its been tuned up to chase behind the kids to school?
Well done Millards for sponsoring the police force with a more economical machine for policing our side streets
Well done Millards......The only thing I would say is could it not have been white to fit in with the polices usual colours, being red is more like the fire brigade.
I hope they put at least 6 wing mirrors on it!So the Police are Mods not Rockers then eh!
I think the red was to match the two other "community police" vehicles Mark


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In a happy suburban neighborhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, we discover Gru, planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon. (Yes, the moon!) Gru delights in all things wicked. Armed with his arsenal of shrink rays, freeze rays, and battle-ready vehicles for land and air, he vanquishes all who stand in his way. Until the day he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who look at him and see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad. The world's greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo, Edith and Agnes.- Written by Universal Pictures
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World-Renowned Dog Expert, Cesar Millan Invites Schools Nationwide To Raise Awareness About Shelter Pets, With The
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The Contest reflects the foundation of The Mutt-i-grees Curriculum - an innovative educational program that promotes the natural affinity between children and animals, and teaches children to be calm, confident and caring. Renowned dog behavior expert Cesar Millan, from National Geographic WILD's The Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, and major supporter of the Mutt-i-grees Curriculum, says that this Contest is essential to raise awareness of the plight of homeless animals. "There are millions of animals in shelters across the nation and our children are the perfect conduit to educate the public on the importance of adopting shelter pets or Mutt-i-grees", said Millan. He added, "I am looking forward to seeing the messages that the students portray in their PSA's – I am sure they will be quite inspiring."
The contest is open to schools that teach children in any, or all, of the following Grades: Pre-K, Kindergarten, Grades 1-6. To participate, eligible schools should submit a creative Mutt-i-grees video or audio Public Service Announcement (PSA) that motivates Americans to adopt a pet from a shelter. A $10,000 grant will be awarded to the Grand Prize winning school that produces the best Public Service Announcement (PSA). The PSA should be a brief and compelling message that can be broadcast on TV or radio, with the goal to increase awareness of Mutt-i-grees and to let everyone know that these loving animals are available for adoption at local shelters across the US.
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Every morning I drive to work nearthe overpass at the New Orleans end of the Crescent City Connection and see the stirring piles of blankets and sleeping bags scattered about on the concrete. Beside these mounds are shopping carts spilling over with the possessions of the homeless. Other mounds have plastic trash bags stuffed with whatever the homeless stuff in those bags —I'm guessing more blankets and sleeping bags, essential survival equipment for life on the streets.
There are also collections of cardboard stacked up. They must be important, judging by the size of the piles. Maybe that's what makes up bedding. There would be some sort of insulation value between the bodies of the homeless and the cold, hard concrete.
The early-risers stumble about in clumps of two or three. Maybe they're friends or family. Maybe they just woke up next to each other. I try to imagine what they are talking about. I doubt it's the same conversations my family had before we all scattered to work and school, well-fed, well-clothed, showered and warm, all of us anxious to return home at the end of the day. How could the conversations be the same? How could someone like me have any idea what they think about or talk about? I just stare blankly at them and they stare blankly back at me.
But for me today(Nov. 11) is different. Today is Veterans Day and in the morning paper I read that 10 percent of the homeless are veterans. After a quick look around I estimate there are about 100 people among the piles around. Do the math. There are probably at least 10 veterans waking up on the concrete this morning under the overpass. Ten veterans who were willing to give their lives to protect our freedom and way of life. Ten veterans who wake up every morning to the humiliation of begging with cardboard signs that say, "ANYTHING HELPS," or "HELP A VET." Ten veterans who had the courage that I have never had.
Someone said you can judge a society by how well it takes care of its weakest members. I wouldn't want to measure the United States using this yardstick.
So to the citizens of the United States of America who woke up on Veterans Day under the over pass, I apologize for our failing you. To the veterans there, I salute you.
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Chicago grandmother has been accused of beating, burning and biting her two grandchildren, aged five and six, and forcing them to eat cat food - four years after the kids were removed from the care of their abusive mother.
Goldine Williams, 47, was arrested in Thursday and ordered held in lieu of $200,000 bond on charges of aggravated battery to a child.
According to a police report, Williams hit the six-year-old boy with a plastic sword from his Halloween costume, lashed him with an extension cord and burned him with a hair iron all over his body.
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If you can believe it, the Newsvine Photographers' year subscription to GoToMeeting (GTM) is coming to an end. In that time, the Photographers have held many "meetings": we view and discuss photography every Thursday, we met to create brand imaging, we 'beta tested' the editor to create better article layouts, we've held workshops to discuss photography and processing techniques, the admins meet regularly to facilitate and develop group activities, and there are plans to utilize this software to cultivate content for a NVP venture in development, Picture Articles (more on this below).
The last day of our GTM subscription is June 14th and the cost for another year is $468. The NVP PayPal account balance is at $426.48. The donations and support over this last year has been fantastic (and greatly appreciated) and there is little doubt that the Photographers can raise the additional $41.52 needed for the meeting software.
If something comparable to GTM can be found at a cheaper price before renewal time, NVP is willing to make the switch. The money saved will be used toward the next year's subscription. However, because increased participation in the virtual-vinemeets and personal development is desired, NVP is willing to purchase headsets and inexpensive photography and studio equipment for Photographers if the funds are available and it doesn't jeopardize our ability to purchase meeting software in the future.
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- Newsvine earnings. You'll still need at least $25 to cash out but Newsvine earnings can be transferred directly to the Photographers PayPal account, just enter the group email address instead of your own. This method of donating is basically anonymous because it comes from 'MSNBC Interactive'.
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There are not many details at this time but Picture Articles (picart) will be a collaborative group that works to create 'high quality' articles that promote productive discussions on current events, social issues and other important topics. The goal will be to 'push out' some of the crap that poses as "news" from the front page and provide informative content that uses both writing and photography to tell the story: "picture articles". Participants will utilize the GTM software and a private 'newsroom' group to cultivate ideas for content and, because it is often very difficult to self-edit and come up with compelling titles readers will click on, another private group will be used to peer-review articles prior to their publishing. GTM can also be used for peer-review.
Only requests to join the newsroom will be accepted at this time. Any content published here should relate to story pitches, photography/writing, and group meta. Excepting some seeds, content should be posted privately to the group and nowhere else (it does not remain private otherwise).
Although the project will utilize its resources, membership won't be relegated to NVP members. Writers, editors, topic 'experts', researchers, etc., are all welcome to join this venture and help cultivate higher quality content on Newsvine through these groups.
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Utah Man Tied To Internet Poker Companies and Fraud Case Arrested
A Utah man tied to Las Vegas casinos, Internet poker companies and a big Las Vegas fraud case was arrested Saturday on a mail fraud charge. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Salt Lake City announced the arrest of Jeremy D. Johnson of St. George, Utah, by IRS agents. A spokeswoman said Johnson was arrested at a Phoenix airport while en route to Costa Rica, where the government believes Johnson has business interests. Johnson for years was known in Utah as a philanthropist who used his fleet of aircraft for rescue and humanitarian missions.
But last year he and his companies were sued by the Federal Trade Commission in Las Vegas in what the FTC called a nationwide $289 million Internet scam (up from $275 million alleged earlier) in which consumers were deceptively enrolled in programs to obtain government grants and for other services. As the FTC case in Las Vegas developed, it was revealed Johnson was a high-roller at Wynn Las Vegas who lost $1.35 million there between 2006 and early 2011. He also gambled at MGM Resorts International properties including the MGM Grand, Luxor and Bellagio.
It was also revealed Johnson lost another $1.536 million playing on the Full Tilt Poker website between April and October 2010 and that he did business with Internet poker companies. Johnson also had business ties with Las Vegas businessman Chad Elie, who was indicted in April's federal Internet poker crackdown; and Johnson did business with SunFirst Bank in St. George, Utah, whose part owner and vice chairman, John Campos, was indicted in the same poker crackdown.
Johnson's arrest Saturday came after a U.S. magistrate judge in Utah signed a criminal mail fraud complaint presented by Jamie Hipwell, an IRS criminal investigator assigned to the IRS's Salt Lake City post for the Las Vegas Field Office. Similar to the FTC civil lawsuit, Hipwell alleged in the criminal complaint that Johnson – through his companies including I Works Inc. and Elite Debit – used the U.S. mail and false advertising techniques to victimize "hundreds of thousands of consumers."
Hipwell added that besides his activities in Costa Rica, Johnson "has substantial resources in other countries including real estate holdings in Belize and the Philippines." In the Las Vegas civil lawsuit, a federal judge has frozen Johnson's assets and appointed a receiver to preserve them. Attorneys for Johnson last month asked the federal court to release funds held by the receiver to cover Johnson's living expenses and legal costs.
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The receiver opposed that motion, noting serious concerns about Johnson's compliance with the asset freeze and concerns Johnson wasn't making his assets available for sale to cover losses covered by consumers in the alleged Internet scam. The receiver also moved to sell several Johnson assets. Attorneys for the FTC also opposed Johnson's request, noting, among other things, "Johnson's continuous business relationship with the Vowell brothers – the brothers with whom the Johnson defendants worked to process electronic checks for the on-line poker entities PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker."
Records in two lawsuits say Johnson and Elie have done business with well-known St. George businessmen Jason and Todd Vowell. One or both of the Vowells have been in the auto dealership industry and had an interest in the St. George Roadrunners minor league baseball team and the Liahona Academy for troubled youth in Southern Utah. The FTC noted the founders of PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker had been charged in the April nationwide online poker crackdown with bank fraud, money laundering and illegal gambling.
In a June 1 court declaration, Johnson replied: "I have had numerous business dealings with the Vowells over the last 10-plus years, one of which was that the Vowells provided money transfer services for some of Elite Debit Inc.'s clients. Neither the Vowells nor myself have been indicted for bank fraud, money laundering or any other illegal activity. Apparently, the FTC believes it ought to create undue prejudice through guilt by association."
Johnson said in an earlier court declaration that because of the FTC lawsuit and the activities of the civil lawsuit receiver, Todd Vowell has ended a business relationship with Johnson involving commercial aircraft operations. "He explained to me that the receiver has subpoenaed information from him and he has incurred nearly $200,000 in fees and costs to deal with the subpoenas. He said that many of his business partners will no longer do business with him because of the receiver's inquiries into his finances," Johnson wrote in that declaration. "He told me that Wells Fargo has terminated many of his business accounts because of the receivership."
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Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (the PRA), Federal agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on Form FDA 3397, User Fee Cover Sheet that must be submitted along with certain drug and biologic product applications and supplements. DATES: Submit written or electronic comments on the collection of information by September 2, 2003. ADDRESSES: Submit electronic comments to http://www.fda.gov/dockets/ecomments. Submit written comments to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, rm. 1061, Rockville, MD 20852. All comments should be identified with the docket number found in brackets in the heading of this document. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: JonnaLynn P. Capezzuto, Office of Management Programs (HFA-250), Food and Drug Administration, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-827-4659. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of information they conduct or sponsor. ``Collection of information'' is defined in 44 U.S.C. 3502(3) and 5 CFR 1320.3(c) and includes agency requests or requirements that members of the public submit reports, keep records, or provide information to a third party. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)) requires Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To comply with this requirement, FDA is publishing notice of the proposed collection of information set forth in this document. With respect to the following collection of information, FDA invites comment on: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of FDA's functions, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of FDA's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information [[Page 39955]] on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques, when appropriate, and other forms of information technology. User Fee Cover Sheet; Form FDA 3397 (OMB Control Number 0910-0297)-- Extension Under sections 735 and 736 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379g and 379h), the Prescription Drug User Fee Act of 1992 (PDUFA) (Public Law 102-571), as amended by the Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-115), and the Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2002 (Public Law 107-188), FDA has the authority to assess and collect user fees for certain drug and biologics license applications and supplements. Under this authority, pharmaceutical companies pay a fee for certain new human drug applications, biologics license applications, or supplements submitted to the agency for review. Because the submission of user fees concurrently with applications and supplements is required, review of an application by FDA cannot begin until the fee is submitted. Form FDA 3397, the user fee cover sheet, is designed to provide the minimum necessary information to determine whether a fee is required for review of an application, to determine the amount of the fee required, and to account for and track user fees. The form provides a cross-reference of the fee submitted for an application with the actual application by using a unique number tracking system. The information collected is used by FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) and Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) to initiate the administrative screening of new drug applications, biologics license applications, and supplemental applications. Respondents to this collection of information are new drug and biologics manufacturers. Based on FDA's database system for fiscal year (FY) 2002, there are an estimated 225 manufacturers of products subject to PDUFA. However, not all manufacturers will have any submissions and some may have multiple submissions in a given year. The total number of annual responses is based on the average number of submissions received by FDA in FY 2000 through 2002. CDER estimates 2,494 annual responses that include the following submissions: 105 new drug applications; 1,557 chemistry supplements; 670 labeling supplements; and 162 efficacy supplements. CBER estimates 737 annual responses that include the following submissions: 11 biologics license applications; 640 manufacturing (chemistry) supplements; 72 labeling supplements; and 14 efficacy supplements. Based on previous estimates, the rate of submissions is not expected to change significantly in the next few years. The estimated hours per response are based on past FDA experience with the various submissions and range from 5 to 30 minutes. The hours per response are based on the average of these estimates. FDA estimates the burden of this collection of information as follows: Table 1.--Estimated Annual Reporting Burden\1\ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Annual Frequency per Total Annual Form No. of Respondents Response Responses Hours per Response Total Hours -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FDA 3397 225 14.36 3,231 0.30 969 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ There are no capital costs or operating and maintenance costs associated with this collection of information. Dated: June 24, 2003. Jeffrey Shuren, Assistant Commissioner for Policy. [FR Doc. 03-16791 Filed 7-2-03; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4160-01-S


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Allegheny Green & Innovation Festival and Hay Days at Hartwood Acres draws crowd under blue skies
Allegheny county was looking to break an attendance record Saturday with more than 10,000 visitors for its double bill of Allegheny Green & Innovation Festival and Hay Days at Hartwood Acres in Indiana and Hampton townships.
"The crowds have grown. This is the type of event where the whole family can come and people of all ages can find something," said Kate Harbison, a special events coordinator for Allegheny County. "This is a modern take on the country fair, since Allegheny County no longer has agriculture to showcase."
Judy Noble of Pittsburgh might disagree as she was promoting urban farm culture with the community group, Pittsburgh Pro Poultry People.
"People like meeting chickens," said Noble as she held a hen that children lined up to pet.
"This is better than chicken McNuggets," she said of her group, which provides urban chicken coop tours.
With sublime sunny fall weather, children petted chickens while others pedaled a bicycle to generate power to light a light bulb.
The whole event was solar powered and set up to produce zero waste.
All the while, the crowd munched on traditional pierogi and stuffed cabbage alongside "locally sourced" heirloom tomatoes and eggplant for stone-oven-baked pizza.
The traditional country fair, with free hay rides easily morphed into the green innovation vendor booths.
Crowds gathered at a demonstration of turning vegetable oil into biofuel as they did to buy lemonade and to have their face painted.
All the food booths were powered with solar energy created by 15 solar panels erected outside the ring of uniform, neatly lined white tents.
The alternative energy was provided by ZeroFossil Energy Outfitters of Munhall.
The panels were hooked up to displays including a small water pump that poured water into an urn until a person walked by and blocked the sun or one of the few clouds rolled in.
"People are surprised with the amount of power from just one solar panel," said Mark Rawlings, a sustainability engineer with ZeroFossil.
The water pump display pushed out 3,400 gallons an hour.
And with the sunny weather, it was pumping a lot.
So as the man with the solar panels, Rawlings said, "It doesn't get any better than this."
Mary Ann Thomas is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 724-226-4691 or email@example.com.


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We conducted the GHPSS (Global Health Professions Student Survey) to obtain information regarding health profession students' smoking habits and perceptions, exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) as well as level of knowledge and training on tobacco use and smoking cessation counseling. GHPSS is a survey for third-year students in the following fields: health visitors, dentistry, medicine, nursing and/or pharmacy. The highest tobacco use prevalence rate and exposure to SHS were recorded among health visitor students with 46.4% and 33.3% respectively. The majority of the respondents believed that their profession serves as a role model for their patients. Formal training on cessation counseling ranged between 10.7% for health visitor students to 22.4% for nursing students. The relatively high percentage of health profession students who currently smoke and the alarmingly high percentage of those exposed to SHS indicate lack of concerted efforts for implementation and effective enforcement of the anti-tobacco policy measures. Despite its significance, formal training on cessation counseling for students is strikingly low. These results indicate the urgent need to train health professional students on tobacco cessation counseling and educate them on the dangers of tobacco use, SHS and the positively influential role they can play to affect their patients' smoking habits.
Tobacco use is one of the major preventable causes of premature death and disease in the World. A disproportionate share of the global tobacco burden falls on developing countries, where 84% of the current 1.3 billion smokers reside [
Health professions students have been found to play an important role in cessation and prevention of tobacco use among their patients [
The following report discusses data from the GHPSS conducted among 3rd year medical, dental, pharmacy, nursing, health visitor and nutrition students in Greece.
The main objectives of the study were:
To measure tobacco use and exposure to SHS among health professions students in Greece
To estimate health professions students' beliefs towards tobacco, their undergraduate education on tobacco control and their perception of their role in patient smoking cessation
The GHPSS is part of the Global Tobacco Surveillance System, which collects data through four surveys: the Global Youth Tobacco Survey, the Global School Personnel Survey, the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, and the GHPSS. The GHPSS is a school-based survey of 3rd year students pursuing advanced degrees in dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, nursing and other health professions. The GHPSS uses a core questionnaire on demographics, prevalence of cigarette smoking and use of other tobacco products, exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS), desire to quit smoking, and training received to provide patient counseling on cessation techniques. The GHPSS has a standardized methodology for selecting participating schools and uniform data processing procedures [
All schools that offer a degree in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, health visiting and nutrition were eligible to participate in the survey. In Greece, seven schools offer medical degrees; two schools offer dental degrees, two pharmacy degrees and six nursing degrees. There are also two separate schools for nutrition and health visitors. Overall, fourteen out of nineteen schools agreed to participate in the GHPSS study. Ten of those (with a total of 854 students responding) participated during the period October 2009 to May 2010 and the remaining four during the following academic year (October 2010 to May 2011). The Greek GHPSS was conducted in schools during regular lectures and class sessions. Anonymous, self-administered data collection procedures were used. The final questionnaire was translated into Greek and back-translated into English to check for accuracy. The questionnaires were gathered and sent to CDC for statistical analysis.
This research study was conducted in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration and approval was granted by the Bioethics Committee of the National School of Public Health, Athens, Greece.
This report includes information on current cigarette smoking, current use of tobacco products, exposure to SHS at home and in public places, and the extent to which schools have official policies banning smoking in school buildings and clinics, and if the policies are enforced. In addition, attitude questions were asked regarding: health professionals as role models for their patients, whether health professionals think they should get training in patient cessation techniques, and if they have ever received formal training on such cessation counseling techniques.
The school response rates for the Greek GHPSS were 42.9% for medical schools, 50.0% for dental schools, 50.0% for pharmacy schools, and 100% for nursing, health visitor and nutrition schools (
Response Rates of Colleges and Third-Year Medical, Dental, Pharmacy, Nursing, Health Visitor and Nutrition Students (Greek Ghpss, 2009).
|Health Visitor
|Schools (%)
|Schools (
|Students (%)
|Students (
The percentage of medical students who were females was 57.6% and 92.5% were between 19 and 24 years of age, while 62.8% of dental students were females and 90.2% were between 19 and 24 years of age. The percentage of pharmacy students who were females was 76.3% and 96.6% were between 19 and 24 years of age, but 84.5% of nursing students were females and 90.6% were between 19 and 24 years of age. Health visitor students who were females was 71.4% and 82.1% of them were between 19 and 24 years of age. Finally, the percentage of nutrition students who were females was 82.0% and 92% were between 19 and 24 years of age.
Among pharmacy students, 27.1% currently smoked cigarettes while health visitor students peaked at 46.4% (
Among pharmacy students, less than 28.8% currently used tobacco products while the percentage of health visitor students demonstrated the highest prevalence with 46.4% (
Lifetime and Current Prevalence of Tobacco Use among Third-Year Health Professional Students (Greek Ghpss, 2009).
|All Respondents
|Current Use
|Ever smoked cigarettes
|Age of first cigarette
|Ever used tobacco products
|Any tobacco products
|11–15 years
|18–19 years
|54.4 (49.1–59.6)
|7.1 (4.8–10.4)
|23.0 (18.8–27.8)
|57.2 (51.9–62.4)
|28.8 (24.2–33.8)
|29.5 (24.9–34.6)
|48.2 (41.1–55.3)
|4.1 (1.7–7.6)
|21.6 (16.2–28.0)
|49.5 (42.4–56.5)
|25.9 (19.8–32.3)
|25.7 (19.7–32.1)
|63.2 (54.8–70.7)
|11.3 (6.8–17.5)
|24.7 (18.0–32.4)
|68.1 (60.1–75.5)
|32.7 (25.4–41.0)
|34.6 (27.1–42.9)
|74.3 (65.4–81.8)
|9.9 (5.4–17.1)
|26.1 (18.6–35.1)
|77.0 (68.2–84.0)
|39.1 (30.4–48.7)
|38.7 (30.1–48.3)
|71.8 (60.5–81.8)
|8.6 (3.0–16.8)
|27.1 (17.3–38.5)
|73.2 (62.0–82.9)
|43.5 (32.0–55.7)
|42.9 (31.5–55.0)
|78.6 (62.9–88.8)
|12.2 (3.9–25.0)
|24.4 (13.2–40.4)
|83.3 (70.0–93.4)
|31.7 (18.7–47.8)
|31.7 (18.7–47.8)
|55.9 (45.9–65.3)
|8.5 (3.9–15.2)
|28.8 (20.4–38.2)
|64.4 (54.9–73.1)
|27.1 (18.8–36.3)
|28.8 (20.4–38.2)
|53.3 (42.3–64.7)
|8.9 (3.2–16.8)
|26.7 (17.5–37.5)
|62.2 (51.0–72.8)
|24.4 (15.5–35.0)
|24.4 (15.5–35.0)
|64.3 (43.4–82.4)
|7.1 (1.0–25.3)
|35.7 (17.6–56.6)
|71.4 (51.2–88.1)
|35.7 (17.6–56.6)
|42.9 (23.7–63.7)
|62.2 (56.3–67.9)
|11.6 (8.2–16.0)
|19.2 (14.7–24.3)
|62.3 (56.4–68.0)
|30.9 (25.5–36.6)
|31.8 (26.5–37.7)
|62.0 (55.6–68.2)
|13.7 (9.7–18.9)
|19.4 (14.5–25.0)
|62.0 (55.6–68.2)
|30.6 (24.8–37.0)
|30.7 (24.9–37.0)
|62.2 (45.7–76.5)
|0.0 (0.0–8.2)
|18.8 (8.4–33.5)
|63.1 (46.8–77.1)
|30.5 (17.3–46.3)
|35.7 (21.2–51.4)
|64.3 (49.9–76.9)
|7.1 (2.1–18.1)
|25.0 (13.8–38.4)
|64.3 (49.9–76.9)
|46.4 (33.0–61.0)
|46.4 (33.0–61.0)
|60.0 (43.0–75.8)
|10.0 (2.9–24.8)
|20.0 (9.5–37.1)
|60.0 (43.0–75.8)
|35.0 (19.9–51.8)
|35.0 (19.9–51.8)
|75.0 (45.9–92.4)
|0.0 (0.0–21.6)
|37.5 (15.8–66.2)
|75.0 (45.9–92.4)
|75.0 (45.9–92.4)
|75.0 (45.9–92.4)
|63.9 (53.5–73.4)
|7.1 (2.9–14.2)
|17.3 (10.4–26.3)
|65.0 (54.8–74.3)
|33.3 (24.2–43.5)
|35.0 (25.7–45.2)
|62.5 (51.0–73.1)
|8.8 (3.6–17.2)
|15.0 (8.0–24.7)
|64.6 (53.3–74.9)
|30.9 (21.1–42.1)
|32.9 (22.9–44.2)
|70.6 (44.0–89.7)
|0.0 (0.0–18.5)
|27.8 (9.7–53.5)
|66.7 (41.0–86.7)
|44.4 (21.5–69.2)
|44.4 (21.5–69.2)
Among medical students, 21.5% reported that they had been exposed to SHS in their home on each of the past seven days. Similarly, 20.9% of dental students, 16.3% among pharmacy students, 23.7% among nursing students, 33.3% of health visitor students and 28.8% of nutrition students reported SHS exposure at home on each of the past seven days (
Among health visitor students, 53.3% reported that they had been exposed to SHS in public places on each of the past seven days. Similarly, 46.3% of dental, 4.2% among pharmacy students, 39.6% among medical students, 30.3% among nutrition students and 28.3% among nursing students reported being exposed to SHS in public places on each of the past seven days (
Exposure to Secondhand Smoke (only for non-current smokers) among Third-Year Health Professional Students.
|Exposure to smoke at home during the past seven days
|0 days
|1–2 days
|3–4 days
|5–6 days
|all 7 days
|31.7 (26.0–37.8)
|20.6 (15.8–26.1)
|19.3 (14.7–24.8)
|7.0 (4.3–11.0)
|21.5 (16.5–27.0)
|29.9 (19.4–41.6)
|7.5 (2.3–15.7)
|23.9 (14.6–35.5)
|17.9 (10.1–29.1)
|20.9 (12.3–32.3)
|37.2 (26.3–48.6)
|16.3 (9.1–26.5)
|14.0 (7.2–23.6)
|16.3 (9.1–26.5)
|16.3 (9.1–26.5)
|32.4 (25.7–39.3)
|18.8 (13.4–24.9)
|19.5 (14.3–26.0)
|5.6 (2.9–10.0)
|23.7 (18.0–30.4)
|Health Visitor
|20.0 (8.1–40.1)
|20.0 (8.1–40.1)
|20.0 (8.1–40.1)
|6.7 (0.9–23.1)
|33.3 (15.9–52.5)
|33.3 (22.2–46.0)
|9.1 (3.4–18.7)
|18.2 (9.8–29.6)
|10.6 (4.4–20.6)
|28.8 (18.3–41.3)
|5.2 (2.8–8.7)
|21.0 (16.1–26.5)
|24.2 (19.0–29.9)
|10.0 (6.5–14.3)
|39.6 (33.5–45.9)
|6.0 (1.6–13.8)
|10.4 (4.1–19.3)
|19.4 (11.2–30.7)
|17.9 (10.1–29.1)
|46.3 (34.4–58.5)
|0.0 (0.0–4.6)
|18.6 (11.0–29.3)
|27.9 (18.4–39.1)
|9.3 (3.7–17.5)
|44.2 (33.1–55.9)
|13.3 (9.0–19.1)
|25.2 (19.4–32.1)
|19.5 (14.3–26.0)
|13.6 (9.0–19.1)
|28.3 (22.2–35.4)
|Health Visitor
|6.7 (0.9–23.1)
|20.0 (8.1–40.1)
|6.7 (0.9–23.1)
|13.3 (3.9–32.1)
|53.3 (34.1–72.6)
|13.6 (6.4–24.3)
|22.7 (13.3–34.7)
|18.2 (9.8–29.6)
|15.2 (7.5–26.1)
|30.3 (19.6–42.9)
The proportion of medical students reporting that their schools have smoking regulations in both school buildings and clinics was 24.2%, 52.2% of dental students, 33.4% of nursing students, 25.0% of health visitor students and 2.0% of nutrition students. Worth noting, however, is the percentage of students responding "I don't know" regarding smoking regulations. The percentages ranged between 6.8% for pharmacy students to 42.9% for nutrition students. Furthermore, the percentage of students reporting that such policies are enforced ranged from 7.1% among health visitor students to 58.5% among dental students (
Smoking regulations among Third-Year Health Professional Students.
|Schools with smoking regulations in school buildings and clinics
|Schools that had an official policy banning smoking in school buildings and clinics that enforced the ban
|Both school buildings and clinics
|"I don't know"
|24.2 (19.9–29.1)
|40.4 (35.3–45.7)
|15.8 (12.2–20.1)
|52.2 (43.0–61.6)
|23.0 (16.0–31.8)
|58.5 (48.7–67.6)
|0.0 (0.0–3.4)
|6.8 (2.6–12.9)
|25.4 (17.2–34.4)
|33.4 (27.9–39.2)
|22.9 (18.2–28.4)
|13.7 (10.0–18.4)
|Health Visitor
|25.0 (13.8–38.4)
|35.7 (23.1–50.1)
|7.1 (2.1–18.1)
|2.0 (0.2–7.2)
|42.9 (32.9–53.3)
|17.5 (10.6–26.6)
|25.4 (22.8–28.2)
|29.9 (27.2–32.9)
|20.7 (18.3–23.4)
The percentage of medical students who believe health professionals serve as a role model for their patients and the public was 55.4%, 57.1% for dental students, 37.3% for pharmacy students, 70.3% for nursing students, 67.9% for health visitor students and 68.0% for nutrition students (
Curriculum/Training among Third-Year Health Professional Students.
|Health Visitor
|Do health professionals serve as role models for their patients and the public?
|55.4 (53.4–57.3)
|57.1 (54.9–59.4)
|37.3 (29.1–46.3)
|70.3 (67.4–73.1)
|67.9 (54.2–79)
|68 (67.1–68.9)
|Should health professionals have specific knowledge on cessation techniques?
|96.8 (96–97.4)
|98.2 (97.5–98.7)
|98.3 (93.5–99.6)
|94.6 (93.2–95.8)
|96.4 (86.2–99.1)
|94 (93.5–94.5)
|During your (medical, dental, nursing, or pharmacy) school training, were you taught in any of your classes about the dangers of smoking?
|84.2 (79.9–87.8)
|88.5 (81.2–93.5)
|96.6 (90.8–99.0)
|79.3 (74.2–84.0)
|71.4 (57.5–83.2)
|82.0 (73.1–89.0)
|During your (medical, dental, nursing, or pharmacy) school training, did you learn that it is important to record tobacco use history as part of a patient's general medical history?
|75.8 (71.0–80.1)
|99.1 (95.4–100.0)
|57.6 (47.7–67.0)
|77.7 (72.2–82.2)
|51.9 (37.1–65.6)
|67.0 (56.9–76.1)
|During your (medical, dental, nursing, or pharmacy) school training, have you ever received any formal training in smoking cessation approaches to use with patients?
|13.5 (10.2–17.5)
|19.6 (12.7–27.7)
|11.9 (6.5–19.6)
|22.5 (17.8–27.8)
|10.7 (4.2–22.9)
|25.0 (16.9–34.7)
|During your (medical, dental, nursing, or pharmacy) school training, did you learn that it is important to provide educational materials to support smoking cessation to patients who want to quit smoking?
|31.7 (27.0–36.8)
|34.8 (26.1–43.9)
|43.1 (33.6–53.1)
|43.7 (37.9–49.8)
|22.2 (11.3–35.5)
|46.0 (36.0–56.3)
|Have you ever heard of using nicotine replacement therapies in tobacco cessation programs (such as nicotine patch or gum)?
|85.5 (81.4–88.9)
|83.0 (75.2–89.4)
|93.2 (87.1–97.4)
|77.5 (72.3–82.4)
|82.1 (70.0–91.9)
|88.0 (80.0–93.6)
|Have you ever heard of using antidepressants in tobacco cessation programs (such as Bupropion or Zyban)?
|24.2 (19.9–29.0)
|21.4 (14.1–29.6)
|23.7 (16.3–33.1)
|25.2 (20.3–30.7)
|33.3 (20.7–47.9)
|17.2 (10.3–26.1)
This study revealed a high percentage of health profession students that were smokers in Greece. The results of the Greek GHPSS show that health visitor students had the highest prevalence (46.4%) of current cigarette smoking while the lowest was among pharmacy students (27.1%). Use of tobacco products was highest among health visitor students (46.4%). Tobacco use endangers the health of health professions students and negatively influences the future health professions workforce to deliver effective anti-tobacco counseling when they start seeing patients [
The proportion of health professions students in Greece that reported they were exposed to SHS in public places for an entire week was significantly high, ranging from 28.3% among nursing students to 53.3% among health visitors. The findings regarding school smoking regulations were particularly important since many students were not even aware of a smoking ban in their schools. The rates of nutrition and medical students who indicated "I don't know" to the relevant questions were 42.9% and 40.4% respectively. Further results of the study indicated that the majority of those respondents who were aware of anti-smoking regulations in their schools reported relatively low enforcement of the regulations in place. In particular, 52.2% of dental students stated that smoking is not allowed neither inside school buildings nor inside clinics and 34.9% indicated lack of enforcement of the relevant regulations.
It is worth noting that at the time of the study national smoke free measures had been adopted through relevant legislation in December, 2008 while the survey was completed approximately at the same time the anti-smoking law came into force (July, 2009). Since then additional measures have been introduced as part of a comprehensive smoke-free legislation, which banned smoking in all closed spaces (with few exceptions) and was voted for in August, 2010 and came into effect soon after (September, 2010). Considering that four schools participated in the GHPSS study during the period October 2010-May 2011, it would be interesting to compare these new results with those of this GHPSS study and draw conclusions on the level of awareness of the new legislation, among the respondents and their opinions regarding its enforcement in their work and study environments (
Educational institutions training health professions students should be encouraged to provide smoke free work environments. A smoke free work environment has been shown to improve air quality, reduce health problems associated with exposure to tobacco smoke, support and encourage cessation attempts among smokers trying to quit, and receive high levels of public support from people who spend time in the area [
Results of the international GHPSS study conducted among health professions students revealed that 20% were current smokers and the majority believed that they should receive formal training on counseling their patients to quit tobacco. However, less than 40% of the students reported they have received such training during their undergraduate studies [
It is critical to examine the perceptions towards tobacco control by health students as they form their professional roles and develop their basic practices while at university [
Health professions students should be trained to provide effective, accurate, and accessible advice to patients on all aspects of health. The Greek GHPSS results varied greatly in this part of the questionnaire. 70.3% of nursing students and 37.3% of pharmacy students recognized that they are role models in society. The vast majority of the respondents thought they should receive training on counseling and treating patients to quit using tobacco. However, only 13.5% of medical students, 19.6% of dental students, 11.9% of pharmacy students, 22.4% of nursing students, 10.7% of health visitor students and 25.0% of nutrition students have attended some seminars on this topic.
There is a need for the development of a specific curriculum to teach students on how to assist smokers to quit and how to counsel non-smoking adolescents so as to prevent them from starting to smoke. These goals have been achieved in some countries that have a core competency and learning curriculum for tobacco education in medical schools, nursing schools could follow. Curricula should include a course or supplements to existing courses specifically relevant to tobacco issues. If administrators are resistant to making changes in the core curricula, schools should be encouraged to incorporate tobacco-related modules within existing courses.
The majority of evaluation research conducted on tobacco-related curricula has been conducted in high income countries. Relatively little information about the process of teaching health professions students in low and middle-income countries about smoking prevention and cessation is accessible to the international tobacco control community. Peer-reviewed studies in international settings about educational materials and techniques to improve the capacity of health professions students to treat and counsel patients on cessation are necessary to focus resources on effective and efficient strategies to reduce the prevalence of tobacco use. Efforts should be made to assess and share the content of tobacco control components within the formal training curricula and continuing education courses for health professions students.
The relatively high percentage of health profession students who currently smoke and the alarmingly high percentage of those exposed to SHS on a daily basis indicate lack of concerted efforts for implementation and effective enforcement of the anti tobacco policy measures. Educational institutions, public health organizations and education officials should discourage tobacco use among health professions students by raising awareness and educating them on the dangers associated with tobacco use and exposure to SHS. All relevant institutions and organizations should work together to design and implement training programs for health professions students that will enable them to develop the necessary skills and capacity to provide effective tobacco cessation support and counseling techniques to their future patients.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
We would like to thank Tsakris A., Baltopoulos G., Psaropoulou M. and Doukoudakis A. from National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Polychrinopoulos E. from Harokopion University of Athens, Levidiotou S. from University of Ioannina, Babatsikou F. and Koutis Ch. from Technological Education Institute of Athens, Anastasiou E. from University of Patras, Arvanitidou V. from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Konstantinidis T. from Democritus University of Thrace, Lionis C. from University of Crete for their valuable contributions throughout the duration of the project. In particular we would like to express our gratitude to Koutis and Lionis for their immense support and interest in our research on tobacco control in Greece as well as their advice and suggestions in planning and conducting this study.
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HERS Institute for Women in Higher Education annually offers women faculty and administrators the opportunity to participate in an intensive program that prepares them to be leaders in higher education.
Dr. Jill Dumesnil, Associate Professor of Mathematics
Dr. Jill Dumesnil, Associate Professor of Mathematics, University of Alaska Southeast, recently graduated from the HERS Denver Institute, held Aug. 1-7, Sept. 9-11 and Oct. 21-23 at the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado.
Since 2007, the HERS Institute for Women in Higher Education at the University of Denver has annually offered women faculty and administrators the opportunity to participate in an intensive program that prepares them to be leaders in higher education.
The 55 participants selected for this year's Institute represented 46 institutions across the U.S. Responding to the current environment for higher education globally, the Institute had a special focus this year on "Women's Leadership in Times of Crisis: Leveraging Our Responses for Institutional Renewal." Topics studied included "Understanding Our New Economic Environment," "Planning Our Strategies beyond Recovery," "Empowering and Sustaining Leadership," and more.
Dr. Dumesnil has been at University of Alaska Southeast since 2005. She previously spent 12 years as a mathematics faculty member at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX after completing her Ph.D. in mathematics at Louisiana State University in 1993. Her recent achievements include chairing the University of Alaska Faculty Alliance and the UAS Faculty Senate in 2008-09, chairing the UAS Provost Search Committee in 2009-10, serving on the UAS Strategic and Accreditation Planning Committee in 2010-11, and being selected to participate in the UAS Leadership Seminar in 2010-11.
Her participation in the HERS Denver Institute was sponsored by the UAS Office of the Chancellor and the UAS Office of the Provost. She was the first woman from University of Alaska Southeast to have been sponsored to participate in HERS Institutes at Bryn Mawr College, Wellesley College or the University of Denver.
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