July 11, 2009 - Political/Economic Officer, D.R. Seckinger, met with trainer and participants in a substance abuse/addiction counseling course which was cosponsored with the St. Lucia Ministry of Education and Culture and Lynchburg College, United States.
The course sought to encourage formation of school-based substance abuse services. Another goal was to provide an extensive insight into addictive behavior among youth and adults, substances which are commonly abused, as well as intervention methods and treatment. Included were the factors that led to success and failure, such as social and psychological ones.
Local meteorologists and other specially invited guests recently joined United States Embassy Chargé d’Affaires D. Brent Hardt on board the research vessel NOAA RONALD H. BROWN for a tour and reception.
The event which took place on Thursday July 9th, 2009 saw the group being taken on tour of the multi-purpose research ship by Operations Officer Nicole Manning.
The RONALD BROWN which is named in honor a former United States Commerce Secretary has had missions in this region before but it was the first time for Chargé Hardt on board.
“Since the ship is coming through here so often and doing research relating to the atmosphere and the sea, we thought that it would be a good chance to get some of the scientific community from Barbados on board to see first-hand how the ship operates,” Mr. Hardt noted after the tour.
The United States flagged research vessel NOAA RONALD H. BROWN will conduct scientific research from July 11th to August 10th, 2009. The Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory is the sponsoring institution for the mission.
The project is targeted at studying the atmosphere-ocean interactions, the West African Monsoon and the features that propagate offshore from the west coast of Africa. The specific goals of the Ronald H. Brown cruise are to investigate the role of the ocean for the climate of the South Atlantic, the West African Monsoon and the atmospheric features that propagate from Africa to the Atlantic and can develop into tropical cyclones.
This cruise will collect atmospheric and oceanographic data and recover, service and redeploy moored buoys that make up the Prediction and Research moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) project.
Americans and Barbadians gathered at the historic George Washington House on Friday July 3rd to celebrate the United States’ 233rd anniversary of independence.
Dressed mainly in red, white or blue, guests flowed through the doors of the historic mansion named for the founding father and first President of the United States, George Washington to greet Chargé d’Affaires D. Brent Hardt and his wife Saskia.
The island’s Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Irene Sandiford-Garner along with Speaker of the House of Assembly Michael Carrington topped the list of Barbados government officials attending the evening reception along with business and community leaders as well as friends and contacts of the Embassy.
It was the first year that the reception was held at George Washington House where in 1751 a then 19 year old Washington stayed for two months with his brother Lawrence.
Barbados was only country outside of the continental US where Washington ever visited. The house was restored by the Bush Hill Tourism Trust Inc and the Barbados National Trust. The official restoration of the house started in 1997 when then First Lady, now Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton unveiled a plaque to mark the start of the project.
In welcoming his guest to the reception Chargé Hardt noted that the “beautifully restored and historic residence where George Washington resided during his only journey outside North America speaks so eloquently to the historic sweep of the ties that bind the United States and Barbados together” He added that he was “truly delighted to be able to celebrate our nation's Independence on ground where the Father of our Nation once walked”.
The U.S. envoy also lauded the strong ties which exist between the United States and Barbados.
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Irene Sandiford-Garner too highlighted the strong ties between the two nations. She noted those bonds remained strong since both countries held a shared commitment to democracy, good governance and the rule of law.
The course sought to encourage formation of school-based substance abuse services. Another goal was to provide an extensive insight into addictive behavior among youth and adults, substances which are commonly abused, as well as intervention methods and treatment. Included were the factors that led to success and failure, such as social and psychological ones.
Local meteorologists and other specially invited guests recently joined United States Embassy Chargé d’Affaires D. Brent Hardt on board the research vessel NOAA RONALD H. BROWN for a tour and reception.
The event which took place on Thursday July 9th, 2009 saw the group being taken on tour of the multi-purpose research ship by Operations Officer Nicole Manning.
The RONALD BROWN which is named in honor a former United States Commerce Secretary has had missions in this region before but it was the first time for Chargé Hardt on board.
“Since the ship is coming through here so often and doing research relating to the atmosphere and the sea, we thought that it would be a good chance to get some of the scientific community from Barbados on board to see first-hand how the ship operates,” Mr. Hardt noted after the tour.
The United States flagged research vessel NOAA RONALD H. BROWN will conduct scientific research from July 11th to August 10th, 2009. The Atlantic Oceanographic & Meteorological Laboratory is the sponsoring institution for the mission.
The project is targeted at studying the atmosphere-ocean interactions, the West African Monsoon and the features that propagate offshore from the west coast of Africa. The specific goals of the Ronald H. Brown cruise are to investigate the role of the ocean for the climate of the South Atlantic, the West African Monsoon and the atmospheric features that propagate from Africa to the Atlantic and can develop into tropical cyclones.
This cruise will collect atmospheric and oceanographic data and recover, service and redeploy moored buoys that make up the Prediction and Research moored Array in the Tropical Atlantic (PIRATA) project.
Americans and Barbadians gathered at the historic George Washington House on Friday July 3rd to celebrate the United States’ 233rd anniversary of independence.
Dressed mainly in red, white or blue, guests flowed through the doors of the historic mansion named for the founding father and first President of the United States, George Washington to greet Chargé d’Affaires D. Brent Hardt and his wife Saskia.
The island’s Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Irene Sandiford-Garner along with Speaker of the House of Assembly Michael Carrington topped the list of Barbados government officials attending the evening reception along with business and community leaders as well as friends and contacts of the Embassy.
It was the first year that the reception was held at George Washington House where in 1751 a then 19 year old Washington stayed for two months with his brother Lawrence.
Barbados was only country outside of the continental US where Washington ever visited. The house was restored by the Bush Hill Tourism Trust Inc and the Barbados National Trust. The official restoration of the house started in 1997 when then First Lady, now Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton unveiled a plaque to mark the start of the project.
In welcoming his guest to the reception Chargé Hardt noted that the “beautifully restored and historic residence where George Washington resided during his only journey outside North America speaks so eloquently to the historic sweep of the ties that bind the United States and Barbados together” He added that he was “truly delighted to be able to celebrate our nation's Independence on ground where the Father of our Nation once walked”.
The U.S. envoy also lauded the strong ties which exist between the United States and Barbados.
Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator Irene Sandiford-Garner too highlighted the strong ties between the two nations. She noted those bonds remained strong since both countries held a shared commitment to democracy, good governance and the rule of law.
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