The following mobile microchipping clinics have been scheduled for May, 2013. Pet owners are asked to bring their dogs properly leashed and their cats in appropriate cat carriers:

Tuesday, May 7, 12 noon to 4:00 p.m.
Scolari’s parking lot, 1300 Disc Dr., Sparks

Saturday, May 18, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Walk for Animals, Sparks Marina, Sparks

Tuesday, May 21, 12 noon to 4:00 p.m.
Washoe County Senior Services, 1155 East 9th St., Reno

These mobile microchipping clinics are part of a year-long campaign by Regional Animal Services to provide free microchips for all Washoe County pet owners. Funding for the microchips used in the mobile clinics is provided by Maddie’s Fund®.

Through January of 2014, free microchips will also be available from Regional Animal Services located at 2825-A Longley Lane. Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday (excluding holidays).

For information about Regional Animal Services’ free microchipping campaign, visit WashoeAnimals.com.

The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office celebrated 150 years of proud service and community partnership in 2011. Sheriff Michael Haley is the 25th person elected to serve as the Sheriff of Washoe County. His office continues to be the only full service public safety agency operating within northern Nevada and is responsible for operating the consolidated detention facility, regional crime lab, Northern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center, Internet Crimes against Children Task Force, court security, service of civil process, traditional street patrols and Regional Animal Services.

“In early March, it came to my attention that in at least one instance, discharge policies and procedures were not followed at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas. In light of this information, my Administration took immediate and voluntary action and initiated three separate investigations. As a result of our investigations, disciplinary actions have been taken and a corrective plan of action was put into place at Rawson-Neal. The new policy, which was put in place weeks ago, provides additional oversight to ensure that discharge and transportation policies are followed correctly.

“Let me be clear, improperly discharging one patient is one patient too many. I take the concerns regarding Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital very seriously and it is not the policy of the State of Nevada to engage in ‘patient dumping’ as been alleged by some. Rather, patients have a right, and a desire, to return home to their friends and families.

“Throughout the investigative process, I received regular briefings from the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services and last Friday, I toured Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital and spoke extensively with the hospital Administrator. Yesterday, I briefed the leadership of the Nevada Legislature on the investigative process and what these investigations have found to date.

“My Administration has been and will continue to be open and transparent on whatever the findings of these investigations are. The state of Nevada has taken extra steps to ensure that when a patient is discharged, there is a proper plan in place. Rawson-Neal is safe, modern, and has a five-star accreditation. Further, I know it is the goal of the health care professionals at Rawson-Neal to provide the best care possible. I am confident that with the new strengthened discharge procedures in place Rawson-Neal will continue to treat all patients with dignity and a high standard of care.”

The standard for most companies these days is to downsize to reduce overhead which translates to lowering personnel costs. People lose their jobs, products are diminished in size or are no longer existent so the consumer gets upset; perhaps products simply no longer have their previous appeal as the same quality is no longer there.

People blame the businesses, the businesses blame the government, the government blames the economy and the economists blame the people for being too timid to spend their reserves in a period of uncertainty. A vicious circle at the very least.

The truth is only an indicator of a very serious disease in a system based on want, not abundance. This follows the corporate concept of fear management; if you don’t do what I say, I will fire you. If you have too many the price drops and the product is not worth as much. If you have lots of money you can afford higher taxes. If your children aren’t starving, I’m paying you too much. On and on.

This common approach to business standardization is quite obviously propagated by the world banking system which says if we don’t have enough money, print some more. Certainly, whether the dollar or the yen or whatever currency, what historically had been backed by value (usually gold bullion) is no longer backed by anything but an elaborate Ponzi scheme. Rob Peter to pay Paul; find enough Peters to pay all the Pauls; when you can’t find another Peter make the Pauls believe you have until you can create one. Globally our current economy is one of the biggest scams ever to hit the planet the only one bigger is religion but that’s another story.

Living within a dead and dying system is not a lot of fun. This is evidenced by the malnutrition in our inner cities. We can only solve the problem entirely by removing the cancer entirely – removal of our current form of government; removal of the world banking system is what that really means. Removing politicians who need serious behavior modification.

This is all well and good but what do we do about it now. Every body knows the problem. Everybody has their own interpretation of the issues. Everybody thinks they can’t do anything about it. Everybody knows no one person is in the position to tell DMV to get stuffed, the IRS to take a hike or the state to chill out and not take our taxes in all the various forms they do. As with most very complicated problems the answer is really quite simple.

The prices are going to continue to go up at the gas pumps, causing businesses to hire people who live close by as opposed to those best qualified for the job. You, as a business person are not going to solve that problem or any other problem of the vast problem array today.

The solution today is for you to seek an opportunity. It’s really that simple. That doesn’t mean to run out and try to sell your wares, although depending on who you are you may need to do that. What that means to a business is to look for attractive markets and alter either your product to meet the needs that present themselves or create a new market where there has never been one before.

Dig out the sleeping entrepreneur in your brain and decide to do something different in your sphere of social influence today. Even if it is Sunday. If your product is just hanging on by a thread – of course, due to the economic situation of today’s times (sarcastic remark, I apologize) – commit to changing that product to something more palatable to the masses (your market, whatever it is). Only you can do that. You started your business with a specific set of values, a specific set of goals and a specific set of talents. You may have expanded your business over the years and have felt pretty comfortable up until recently – you could put a specific date range on when it all started going south if you really thought about it.

The bottom line is that if you are in the position of guiding a business – and everyone working for a living is – and you’ve recently been thinking of “downsizing”, “cutting back”, “cheapening the product”, “reducing overhead” – you are probably not alone and you are already in serious trouble. Bills are due and time waits for no management including those as brilliant as yourself.

Now that we have determined your brilliance you must admit that at one point you were very good at what you do. You still are – it’s just not worth as much to the changing society you find yourself a part of. Your view is flawed – fix that!

Fixing how you view the piece of society you exist in is a relatively simple task. For example if you are in marketing (and everyone is whether they believe it or not [a resume is a simple extension of marketing]) and there just don’t seem to be any new horizons and products that used to fly off the shelves are starting to collect dust it’s time to get out the dust cloth and take a new look at the issues and marketing opportunities at hand. Create a new opportunity from an old one – it’s like creating a new recipe from one your mother used to use! Look at an industry you’ve passed over in the past. Take a new look at the industry you’ve been servicing and pay attention to what’s changed. Alter your sales pitches to include a new look at old problems. This isn’t tough people!

Nine times out of ten a business that seems to be having trouble is simply lacking opportunities to show off. If you don’t create the opportunities yourself it’s a good chance nobody is going to do it for you. About now the guy or gal working in a corporate environment is thinking they don’t influence opportunities in their industry. Wrong. You do influence opportunities in your personal sphere of influence and if you work for a company you don’t own there are opportunities to better that company on a daily basis – you have to look for them and be creative in your endeavor.

Basically you need to get off your butt. In good times we all tend to get a little complacent in our thought processes concerning work. It’s a whole lot more fun thinking about sports, going to the beach, fishing or whatever floats your boat. Well, these times are not to be confused with good times, unless you’re a masochist or you’re the bastard taking advantage of those in trouble, which in itself is an opportunity – sort of like this paper since you wouldn’t be reading it if you didn’t think you might find an answer to solving a failing issue for you personally.

Personally. Did you get the use of that word. All of our work is very personal. The job you do is compensated at different levels by our society. In a society of abundance the compensation for work done is the same for all. We do not currently exist in that mode. Everything about your job is personal. Your compensation is personal. The job you do must produce revenue. Every day. Every working hour. For some of us that translates to every waking hour. You absolutely have to be dinging that cash register at a steady rate or you are missing valuable opportunities. The amount is insignificant but the opportunities are not.

I was told by another millionaire that he wasn’t going to give me any money. I told him rather bluntly that I wasn’t interested in his money, only his opportunities. He didn’t have a clue what I was talking about. He had earned his wealth accidentally by being in the right place at the right time with the right technology and I had no use for a person in the frame of mind he was left in since he had become so ego-centric he couldn’t see additional opportunities if they hit him in the face – and I almost did.

If there is a prominent failing prevalent in this entrepreneurial society it is consistently massaging the facts to fit the feature. You must call it like it is to gain any perspective on a solution to whatever dilemma you are facing. Get rid of the yes people in your life and start listening for the opportunities wherever you can find them. That changes the whole perspective of finances immediately! If you don’t sense an opportunity, a solution, a talent untapped in the people you surround yourself with in business you have no one else to blame for failure or uncompensated waste of time.

I once told a colleague that “When you are presented with a crisis, you need to take a step back and determine if in fact it is really a crisis before leaping into action.”. The crisis we see before us in this society is man-made; nothing else has created it simply by definition. What that means is that what we created we can either fix or undo.

At some point in creating your businesses or finding a job everyone reading this has known what to do. You still know what to do, you just aren’t used to doing it anymore. Your choice. Either you revamp and do it again or someone sensing the opportunities will do it for you – then you are out and you won’t be compensated for the time it took you to read this.

Re-vamping does not mean firing everyone you think is dispensable. What it means is re-tasking everyone who is not fulfilling the expectations of their immense talents your business hired them for in the first place. That goes for you too. Re-task yourself to create revenue from somewhere in the next hour or two. It’s right there in front of you. You’ve done it before. If you think that is beneath your position in life there is probably someone in your sphere of influence who will sense the opportunities for themselves and you lose. Remember, you never have to feel bad about the people you didn’t get rid of, or the opportunities you take advantage of.

Never let the people who built your businesses go. It makes no difference how old they are or what their education is. Don’t get rid of the technology that will re-vitalize your businesses.

A case in point comes to mind. A t-shirt shop owner in business for over twenty years is doing poorly in their market. The owner wrongly decides to close shop and cut losses and perhaps open again when the economy is a little better. The people employed are let go. The last t-shirt job is done in a midnight rush by the owners just to get the job out so everything can be closed up. The job is done so poorly by people who don’t possess the technology to do a good job that the client wants their money back. The business is closed so the client doesn’t get any money back or shirts redone. The owner will never produce another t-shirt in this area again regardless of how good the economy is because everyone in the area knows this story and doesn’t want to risk shoddy work on their behalf. The owners had let people who had the technology to make the shirts properly go – big mistake. Over twenty years of solid work came down to no further opportunities due to lack of technology at the bench.

We see the same thing in Silicon Valley and in major technology and manufacturing centers all across our nation. This is different than losing technology to time such as hand made artifacts by generations in the past. We as a nation of businesses are choosing to lose the technologies that made us great to begin with. The kids coming out of school don’t have a clue until they have been on the job quite a while and in many cases not even then. Other countries see this failing as opportunities and have jumped at the chance to replace our knowledge in industry. A perfect example is apparent by looking at what’s on the shelves in our stores. They used to be full of products from this country, now they are full of products imported using technologies we created but are no longer available here.

Full text of Pope’s declaration

Dear Brothers,
I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry. I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only with words and deeds, but no less with prayer and suffering. However, in today’s world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the barque of Saint Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me. For this reason, and well aware of the seriousness of this act, with full freedom I declare that I renounce the ministry of Bishop of Rome, Successor of Saint Peter, entrusted to me by the Cardinals on 19 April 2005, in such a way, that as from 28 February 2013, at 20:00 hours, the See of Rome, the See of Saint Peter, will be vacant and a Conclave to elect the new Supreme Pontiff will have to be convoked by those whose competence it is.Dear Brothers, I thank you most sincerely for all the love and work with which you have supported me in my ministry and I ask pardon for all my defects. And now, let us entrust the Holy Church to the care of Our Supreme Pastor, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and implore his holy Mother Mary, so that she may assist the Cardinal Fathers with her maternal solicitude, in electing a new Supreme Pontiff. With regard to myself, I wish to also devotedly serve the Holy Church of God in the future through a life dedicated to prayer.
From the Vatican, 10 February 2013
BENEDICTUS PP XVI

Acne
Women’s Bladder infections
Camp and school physicals
Common vaccinations
Ear aches
Flu
Insect bites and stings
Minor wounds
Sinus infections
Upper respiratory infections
“By joining with Walmart to operate a third clinic at Walmart, Carson Tahoe is improving access to health
care in our community,” said Doug Self, Vice President of Operations at Carson Tahoe Health. “Our clinic
is staffed with licensed health care providers, including evenings and weekends, so families can walk in
and know they will receive quality care without a long wait. This is one more way we fulfill our mission of
enhancing the health and well-being of the communities we serve.”
“Walmart is dedicated to serving our customers and our communities, and this type of clinic helps expand
their access to quality health care,” said Bruce Shepard, Walmart’s director of healthcare innovations.
“Carson Tahoe Health is a well-known and respected health care provider in this area, so our customers
will receive quality care from people they know and trust.”
The clinic joins two other clinics operated by CTH, located in Douglas County, off Topsy Lane and in
North Carson City, off College Parkway. The location is among five other Clinics at Walmart in Nevada.
With the opening of this clinic, there will be 148 in-store clinics in Walmart stores across 26 states. For
further information about the Carson Tahoe Clinics at Walmart, please call (775) 445-7220 or visit
www.carsontahoe.com/walmart.
About Carson Tahoe Health (CTH)
CTH is a local, not-for-profit healthcare system that has been serving patients in Northern Nevada and
California since 1949. Through our services, such as 24 hour emergency care, comprehensive cardiac
surgery, a five-star women and children’s center, and a fully accredited cancer center, CTH is dedicated
to supporting the health and wellness of our community. For more information, go to CarsonTahoe.com.
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About Walmart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), or “Walmart,” serves customers and members more than 200 million
times per week at more than 8,400 retail units under 55 different banners in 15 countries. With fiscal year
2010 sales of $405 billion, Walmart employs more than 2 million associates worldwide. A leader in
sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity, Walmart ranked first among retailers
in Fortune Magazine’s 2009 Most Admired Companies survey. Additional information about Walmart can
be found by visiting www.walmartstores.com and on Twitter at http://Twitter.com/Walmartnews.

The clinic will provide convenient, affordable access to basic health care services, seven days a week, with no appointment necessary. This location is the third retail health clinic owned and operated by CTH. The clinic is open for walk-in care Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.; Saturday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

For busy customers who need care, especially after working hours or on weekends, the clinic will treat common health ailments and offer routine services. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
Acne
Women’s Bladder infections
Camp and school physicals
Common vaccinations
Ear aches
Flu
Insect bites and stings
Minor wounds
Sinus infections
Upper respiratory infections

“By joining with Walmart to operate a third clinic at Walmart, Carson Tahoe is improving access to health
care in our community,” said Doug Self, Vice President of Operations at Carson Tahoe Health. “Our clinic
is staffed with licensed health care providers, including evenings and weekends, so families can walk in
and know they will receive quality care without a long wait. This is one more way we fulfill our mission of
enhancing the health and well-being of the communities we serve.”

“Walmart is dedicated to serving our customers and our communities, and this type of clinic helps expand
their access to quality health care,” said Bruce Shepard, Walmart’s director of healthcare innovations.
“Carson Tahoe Health is a well-known and respected health care provider in this area, so our customers
will receive quality care from people they know and trust.”

The clinic joins two other clinics operated by CTH, located in Douglas County, off Topsy Lane and in
North Carson City, off College Parkway. The location is among five other Clinics at Walmart in Nevada.
With the opening of this clinic, there will be 148 in-store clinics in Walmart stores across 26 states. For
further information about the Carson Tahoe Clinics at Walmart, please call (775) 445-7220 or visit
www.carsontahoe.com/walmart.

About Carson Tahoe Health (CTH)
CTH is a local, not-for-profit healthcare system that has been serving patients in Northern Nevada and
California since 1949. Through our services, such as 24 hour emergency care, comprehensive cardiac
surgery, a five-star women and children’s center, and a fully accredited cancer center, CTH is dedicated
to supporting the health and wellness of our community. For more information, go to CarsonTahoe.com.

About Walmart
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT), or “Walmart,” serves customers and members more than 200 million
times per week at more than 8,400 retail units under 55 different banners in 15 countries. With fiscal year
2010 sales of $405 billion, Walmart employs more than 2 million associates worldwide. A leader in
sustainability, corporate philanthropy and employment opportunity, Walmart ranked first among retailers
in Fortune Magazine’s 2009 Most Admired Companies survey. Additional information about Walmart can
be found by visiting www.walmartstores.com and on Twitter at http://Twitter.com/Walmartnews.
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Cherry Bomb Books was created in April 2012, when Bona Fide Books publisher Kim Wyatt grew outraged by bills being proposed based on women’s reproductive health. “I got tired of seeing men in suits talking about personhood, transvaginal ultrasounds and the definition of rape,” says Wyatt. “Honestly, I couldn’t believe that in 2012 I was hearing about legislation based on menstrual cycles.”

Wyatt wrote some of her favorite writers, including Roxane Gay, Lidia Yuknavitch and Katha Pollitt, proposing a collection based on these issues and the writers agreed; in addition, four California writers were invited to submit. But Bona Fide Books wasn’t the right place for the collection, so Cherry Bomb was born. Co-editor Sari Botton and Wyatt decided to push the publication of the book up to January 22, 2013, the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

“I felt like women who’d had abortions—myself included—needed to come out of the woodwork about their experiences, to dispel the shame and stigma, and to open the conversation,” says Botton.

Readings are scheduled nationwide, including events in San Francisco, Sacramento, South Lake Tahoe, Boston, Philadelphia, New York and Portland, Ore. A percentage of all books sales will go to Planned Parenthood.

“Get Out of My Crotch!” will be available at online at www.cherrybombbooks.com, Amazon and retail outlets, as well as where e-books are found. For more information, e-mail editor@cherrybombbooks.com or visit www.cherrybombbooks.com. Find Get Out of My Crotch! on Facebook.