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Television Stations Respond... And It's Worse Than You Think
Submitted by Diane Farsetta on May 1, 2006 - 5:08pm
One news director says, "I have been instructed by corporate not to talk to you."
Hours after the Center for Media and Democracy released our study on television stations' widespread and undisclosed use of corporate video news releases (VNRs), a major organization of broadcast news executives issued its response.
"The Radio-Television News Directors Association strongly urges station management to review and strengthen their policies requiring complete disclosure of any outside material used in news programming," read the statement. RTNDA went on to caution that decisions involving "when and how to identify sources ... must remain far removed from government involvement or supervision."
Unfortunately, RTNDA's statement conflates "sources" with broadcast material funded by and produced for outside parties. It also conveniently ignores that the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, under its authority to regulate broadcasters' use of the public airwaves, already has disclosure requirements (PDF) on the books. But RTNDA's stance does point to an important, underlying issue: how to ensure both news audiences' right to know "who seeks to influence them," and the editorial freedom of newsrooms.
The Society of Professional Journalists also responded to our study, strongly condemning TV stations' "irresponsible" and "misleading" use of VNRs. Their statement, similar to RTNDA's, "urges broadcast companies to set their own house in order by using extreme caution and full disclosure when airing VNRs." However, such admonitions fail to take into consideration the continuing confusion over video feeds' origins, the history of TV stations' failure to disclose VNRs, the harsh realities of resource-strapped TV newsrooms, and the embarrassment factor that likely makes newsrooms reluctant to identify VNRs as such.
Is it reasonable, within the context of the current system, to expect TV stations to meet the disclosure standards that we all agree on -- and that the FCC is charged to uphold? After hearing the explanations and delving into the records of many of the TV stations that we documented airing fake news, I would say no.
TV News: A Mistake-Prone Profession
By far, the most common response to our study from TV stations -- besides "no comment" -- was that mistakes or confusion led to their airing VNRs, without disclosure. John Rossi, the general manager of Oklahoma City's KOKH-25, told me that his station made "an honest mistake" when it aired six of the VNRs that we tracked. "There was no intention to mislead the viewers," he stressed.
KOKH uses Pathfire, a digital video system that delivers real news feeds, VNRs and advertisements to many TV stations across the country. Rossi said that KOKH staff made "an assumption that it was not a VNR" if the video in question appeared anywhere else besides Pathfire's VNR section. He explained that Pathfire gives a "brief pop up" notification if a video is a VNR, but that KOKH staff repeatedly missed that message, as they were "going in to preview the text of the story."
Pathfire's website claims that the system provides VNRs "on the same platform as network news content, but in a clearly differentiated area so users enjoy all of the benefits of easy access with no potential source confusion." Rossi assured me that KOKH staff have now been directed to pay close attention to the Pathfire notifications. In the future, "if we air a VNR, we will disclose it," he promised.
Other TV stations' explanations were similar, if more vague. The news director at Los Angeles' KABC-7 told the Los Angeles Daily News, "ABC7 Eyewitness News has a policy against using VNRs in their entirety or even using excerpts without appropriate attribution and original reporting to confirm or contradict the claims. ... Nonetheless, a VNR about an allergy test called Immunocap did somehow slip through the cracks last September."
The news director at New York's WCBS-2 explained in an email to a viewer that her station aired a health supplement company's VNR because "there was a misidentification of the videotape in question that led our news writer and news managers to believe they were working from material supplied by another CBS affiliate. In the hectic atmosphere of our newsroom that day -- the day that the Antrax [sic] was discovered in a Brooklyn warehouse -- our internal safeguards failed. We have since examined our internal procedures and taken steps to make sure this does not happen again."
A spokesperson for San Francisco's KPIX-5 told the San Francisco Weekly that their airing of a Pfizer VNR "was clearly a mistake and a violation of our own policy and a violation of FCC rules." KPIX's vice-president of news emailed in response to a viewer complaint, "A new reporter on our staff failed to attribute the source of this video."
In Syracuse, NY, the news director at WSYR-9 admitted, "A mistake was made here." The vice-president for news at WBFS-33 in Miami, FL, told a National Public Radio reporter that "disclosure did appear -- briefly -- in the Towers Perrin video release, but escaped a producer's eye."
The news director at Ohio News Network begrudgingly admitted a mistake, after we documented the cable station airing a VNR about modular car dashboards. "It is worth noting that the information did air on a lifestyle, non-news portion of a program called Technology Tuesday," he told the Columbus Dispatch. "But, again, we should have been employing proper disclosure on screen."
The news director at WCPO-9 in Cincinnati, OH, seemed not to understand that we found his station airing two VNRs, without any on screen or verbal disclosure. He emailed a concerned viewer that WCPO is "conducting an in house review" and "creating new written rules to avoid any sense of a failure to disclose." He added, "I feel we have been obvious in our writing, but it's clear the Center for Media and Democracy disagrees. Is there some way we can be even more obvious in our disclosure? I'm sure there is and that's what we are working on for the future."
Frequent News Fakers
These lapses might be easier to accept if so many TV stations weren't repeat offenders.
Of the 77 TV stations named in our study, we documented fourteen airing two or more fake news segments. The New York Times previously reported that two other stations in our study, WCIA-3 in Champaign, IL, and WHBQ-13 in Memphis, TN, had aired VNRs from U.S. government agencies. And, over the past few weeks, I've uncovered more evidence of prior fake news usage.
Ed Kral, the news director at WSJV-28 in South Bend, IN, initially contacted the Center for Media and Democracy to say that his station's use of a General Motors VNR was an accident. But according to a Citigroup website, WSJV aired a VNR promoting the company's "Do Something Financial Education Challenge" in April 2005 (as did Los Angeles' KCBS-2). When I called Kral back, he told me, "I have been instructed by corporate not to talk to you people."
WBRZ-2 in Baton Rouge, LA, also aired one of the VNRs we tracked, about the "ethanol boom." WBRZ's news director told a local newspaper that station policy is to "clearly identify the source of the footage, verbally and with an on-air graphic." But that didn't happen with the ethanol VNR -- or when WBRZ aired the infamous Medicare VNR featuring reporter-turned-flack Karen Ryan. On January 23, 2004, a WBRZ anchor introduced that VNR -- which was later found to be covert propaganda -- by saying:
In December, President Bush signed into law the first ever prescription drug benefit for people with Medicare. Since then, there have been a lot of questions about how the law will help older Americans and people with disabilities. Reporter Karen Ryan helps sort through the details.
Other TV stations named in our study had previously aired segments "reported" by Karen Ryan. KMAX-31 in Sacramento aired a corporate VNR that Ryan did on frequent flier programs, while Pittsburgh's WPGH-53 aired another Ryan VNR in August 2003, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (In response to our study, WPGH's former news manager told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "These things are getting on the air everywhere because they're not being labeled as for-profit stories. If they're cleverly worded, you don't know they are for a particular product.")
In October 2004, CJR Daily reported that WLFL-22 in Raleigh, NC, had aired a Karen Ryan VNR "that sang the praises of the No Child Left Behind Act." Philadelphia's WPVI-6 broadcast a different Education Department VNR, sans Ryan, again according to CJR Daily. (We documented WLFL and WPVI both airing the same VNR, which was jointly funded by Panasonic, Namco and Techno Source, in November 2005.) Back in April 1995, WPVI aired a VNR funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, as did Los Angeles' KTLA-5 and WWTV-9 in Tustin, MI, according to the foundation's website.
In 2004, reporter Allen Salkin identified several TV stations that "ran a video news release produced by the dairy industry about how eating cheese and butter can help people lose weight." His list includes KTXL-40 in Sacramento; we found KTXL airing an American Dental Association VNR. (In a statement, KTXL's news director said the ADA segment "appeared on the daily Fox network news feed. ... Fox says it does not rely on VNR company interviews for its news packages, but the network did acknowledge using some video of the dental technology from the VNR.")
But it may be Detroit's WJBK-2 that holds the dubious distinction of having the longest documented history of VNR usage. We found WJBK airing two VNRs in early 2006 -- one promoting Cadillac cars and the other touting a "porn-free" search engine. Back in October 2000, the station aired a VNR from Dephi Automotive Systems that "detailed developments in automotive electronics," according to a PR firm's website.
Nearly a decade earlier, in 1991, WJBK aired portions of a VNR that promoted Upjohn's anti-anxiety drug, Xanax. As Steven Taylor and Morton Mintz reported in The Nation, a WJBK anchor claimed, "Doctors say there seem to be few side effects to the drug." "Actually," wrote Taylor and Mintz, "in some cases Xanax does have serious adverse effects, such as blurred vision, sexual dysfunction, confusion, dizziness, impaired attention and addiction."
What WJBK lacks in journalistic scruples, it might make up for in bluntness. In response to our inquiries about the station's disclosure policies, WJBK's Al Johnson emailed, "Yes we use SMT's [satellite media tours, which are sponsored, canned "interviews"] and to a lesser degree VNR's. No, we never disclose sources." Detroit viewers -- you've been warned.
Now, the VNRs described above were aired by TV stations named in our study, but there's no evidence that these stations are any worse -- or any better -- than the hundreds of other stations in the United States. Indeed, until full disclosure is practiced in deed as well as on paper, we won't know how many fake news hounds roam among us.
If you want to know whether your local stations air VNRs, urge the FCC to enforce its disclosure requirements. You can also do your own research; many of the above examples were found with simple Internet searches for "video news release" and the station's name. Please add whatever you're able to document to our collaborative online encyclopedia, SourceWatch, which has a growing section on "Fake News Broadcasters."
A Few Good Eggs
Of the 77 TV stations named in our study, two did have more constructive responses.
The news director at WNEP-16 in Wilkes-Barre, PA, explained that their airing a health supplement company's VNR in February 2006 was "an honest mistake. ... Our reporter thought the material was from the New England Journal of Medicine." What made WNEP's response remarkable was the following:
We have a duty to our viewers to present the news accurately and fairly, and to properly attribute the sources of all the materials that go into our reports. We take that responsibility very seriously, and we recognize our error. We sincerely apologize to our viewers.
The only thing the WNEP statement lacked was an explanation of how they will avoid similar mistakes in the future. Los Angeles' KCBS-2 did that and more.
"We are making an immediate change in our policy on VNRs and HANDOUT VIDEOTAPE," read a memo circulated to KCBS and KCAL-9 news staff, the week after our study was published. "We will no longer use material from Video News Releases which come to us via CBS Newspath, CNN Newsource, APTN or any other service or Digital Media Gateway in anything we produce." The memo clarified that "handout video" may still be used, but "the source of this video will be identified in both chyron [an on-screen identifier] (to be displayed over every second of the video) and in copy read by the anchor, WITH NO EXCEPTION."
Perhaps the most hopeful reaction to our study came not from a TV station, but from FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein. As he explained on the Pacifica News show Democracy Now!, "Clearly, [VNRs] are unethical when they are not being disclosed to the public. But further, there's a federal law that requires that the public be informed about the source of who is behind what goes on broadcast media."
As noted above, some organizations are concerned that mandating disclosure of VNRs would diminish TV newsrooms' editorial freedom. In addition to ignoring laws already on the books, that stance helps maintain a rotten status quo -- ineffective codes of conduct, confused newsroom staff, and little or no respect for the viewers' right to know "who seeks to influence them." Not only that, but it sets the stage for the further blending of news, public relations and advertising already being pioneered by broadcast PR firms.
Kevin Foley of the firm KEF Media Associates wrote in the April 2006 issue of O'Dwyer's PR Report, "The once sacrosanct wall between editorial and advertising in TV newsrooms has all but crumbled to dust. ... Local TV news is no longer in the business of shedding light on our social ills. It's in the business of keeping the viewer's hand off the remote, so virtually anything goes as long as it feeds the beast with ad revenue."
He's not sounding a call for concerned citizens to hold their news media accountable. He's urging fellow PR executives to "adapt and, hopefully, thrive" in a new media landscape. And they will do just that, to the great benefit of their clients -- unless and until we take the threat of fake news seriously.
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ERIA's Study on Older Filipinos Draws Positive Feedback from Government of the Philippines
Quezon City, Manila, 9 December 2019: The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Demographic Research and Development Foundation, Inc. (DRDF) and the University of the Philippines Population Institute (UPPI) launched the report Ageing and Health in the Philippines: Findings of the 2018 Longitudinal Study on Ageing and Health in the Philippines (LSAHP) at the Park Inn by Radisson in Quezon City. The forum was attended by over 90 participants from government ministries, international organisations, research institutes, health professionals, and organisations providing services for older people. Congressman Carlos Isagani Zarate of the Bayan Muna Party-List and National Scientist Mercedes B. Concepcion also attended the event.
The Longitudinal Study on Ageing and Health in the Philippines (LSAHP) is an ERIA study related to Asia Health and Wellbeing Initiative (AHWIN) and the first longitudinal study to be conducted targeting older persons (OPs) in the Philippines. This study was designed to trace individuals who are aged 60 years or over for a period of time in order to investigate the health status and well-being of older persons. The data obtained will enable researchers to assess the determinants of certain health outcomes and transitions in health status, as well as the overall wellbeing of older persons in the Philippines. These data will be a valuable resource for the crafting of evidence-based policies and programmes for this sector of the population.
The report includes the findings from the 2018 LSAHP baseline survey (the 2018 LSAHP) and provides an updated profile of older Filipinos, focusing on their health and well-being, as well as on their caregivers and adult children. The analysis focuses on outcome indicators of various dimensions of health and well-being, categorised by age and sex of older person respondents.
Undersecretary Juan Antonio Perez III of the Commission on Population and Development said that the Philippines must shun age discrimination and look at older Filipinos as 'a resource rather than a burden,' since the country faces rapid urbanisation.
'Truly, our OPs are not yet tired despite retirement. They can still be our partners in development work,' he said.
Deputy Assistant Minister for International Policy Planning of Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan Mr Hiraiwa Masaru expressed his hope that the 2018 LSAHP would be thoroughly utilised.
In his message, Prof Hidetoshi Nishimura, President of ERIA, said the 2018 LSAHP is an important study as the key to coping with ageing is improvement in health expectancy and the findings of the 2018 LSAHP is a beautiful and comprehensive information of the lives of the OPs in the Philippines.
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A representative from the Commission of Human Rights (CHR) said that CHR would make sure to cite the study to protect the rights of OPs. Teresa S. Cleofe, DSWD Focal Person on Senior Citizen Sector recommended the next interview of OPs include a probe of any experience of abuse. Should there be any, she cited RA 11350 or the National Commission of Senior Citizens Act, which protects the senior citizens and allows them to exercise their rights.
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If you're like me, hearing the phrase "must conduct audit" is a great reason to schedule the root canal you've been putting off. Neither activity is something to look forward to, but both are probably necessary at some point in our adult lives. The good news: We're not talking about tax audits. We're talking about gathering information about the meeting or event you've just finished. Doing so helps your post-event follow-up and, in some cases, can determine if the program will ever happen again.
You should start this process early enough in your planning stages so that you've had the benefit of checkpoints and milestones along the way. For instance, most registration processes offer financial incentives for early sign-ups, but just having an incentive in place isn't enough. You need to track those registrations to see 1.) how many people took advantage of the special offer and 2.) at what point you were officially at capacity, sold out, below your mark or losing money.
By definition, the word "audit" means a form of efficiency check. "Evaluation" usually refers to some kind of assessment. Your first critical task in conducting a program audit is to determine what would make your event successful.
Is it bringing in a certain amount of money, which is tied to attendance and/or sponsorships? Is it about publicity? Name recognition? Size and scope of exhibits? Product familiarity? Only you and your boss/client can determine what your goals are. Once you're clear on them, you must determine how to measure whether those goals were met when all is said and done.
State your goals clearly so that your entire staff knows what's expected.
Determine how the outcome of each goal will be measured. Make sure you ask the right questions of the right audience in a way that encourages responses.
Make a list of what you want to know when the event is over and work backward from there to form your questions and plan the timing. Don't forget that how you word a question can determine whether you get subjective or objective responses.
Be sure to include internal and external procedures in this process. Sometimes a program can be wildly successful from an attendee standpoint but a recurrent nightmare on an internal planning basis.
Our final pearl of wisdom: No matter what shape your evaluations take, be sure to gather the data in one final document. You must use the information you collected: Are there recommendations to be made? Complaints to be addressed? Numbers to crunch even further? Do any attendees, speakers, exhibitors, board members or sponsors need some honest feedback? Will your summary be easy to access and understand next year when it's time to compare data?
Good planners wear many hats. The one you wear when mastering this skill should make you confident enough to tackle your own income tax this year — if you've kept good records.
What procedures do you use to audit and evaluate your events? Please share what works for you in the comment section below.


Teresa MacDonald has more than twenty years of science education experience in museums, science centers, universities and schools from kindergarten to college level on three continents. She holds a bachelor of arts, honors, degree in physical anthropology, a master of science in vertebrate paleontology, and a PhD in science education. Her research interests include evolution and physics education. Teresa is also involved in several grant-funded projects including The Tree Room: Teaching and learning about evolutionary relationships, Understanding the Tree of Life, and Quarked! Adventures in the Subatomic Universe, a physics education project.
Novick, L.R., Pickering, J., MacDonald, T., Diamond, J. et al. (2014). Depicting the tree of life in museums: guiding principles from psychological research. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 7(1): 1-13. DOI:10.1186/s12052-014-0025-0.
MacDonald, T. and E. O. Wiley. (2012). Communicating phylogeny: Evolutionary tree diagrams in museums. Evolution: Education and Outreach, 5:14-28. DOI 10.1007/s12052-012-0387-0.
MacDonald, T., and Bean, A. (2011). Adventures in the Subatomic Universe: An exploratory study of a scientist-museum physics education project. Public Understanding of Science, 20(6): 846-862.
MacDonald, T., and Bean, A. (2009). Get Quarked! NSTA Science Scope, 33(4): 43-47.
MacDonald, T., and Bean, A. (2009). Quarked! Adventures in physics education. The Physics Teacher, 47:38-41.
Thanukos, A., MacDonald, T., Heiser, D., and Ross, R. (2016). The Tree Room: New tools for integrating the Tree of Life into exhibits and educational programs. Poster at AZA (Association of Zoos and Aquariums) annual conference, San Diego, CA, September.
MacDonald, T. (2013). Falling Anvils, Nano-bits, and Photons: Nanotechnology for Renewable Energy K-12 & Public Outreach. Climate Change and Energy: Basic Science, Impacts and Mitigation, Kansas NSF EPSCoR 2013 annual meeting, Oread Hotel, October.
MacDonald, T. (2012). Falling Anvils, Nano-bits and Photons: Nanotechnology for Renewable Energy Outreach. Poster at the Kansas NSF EPSCoR Statewide Conference, Wichita, KS, June.
MacDonald, T. (2012). Falling Anvils, Nano-bits and Photons: Nanotechnology for Renewable Energy K-12 Outreach. Presentation at Kansas NSF EPSCoR Statewide Conference, Wichita, KS, January.
Bean, A, and MacDonald, T. (2011). The Multimedia Project Quarked! Proceedings of the DPF-2011 (Division of Particles and Fields of the American Physical Society) Conference, Providence, RI, August.
MacDonald, T. (2011). Nanotechnology for Renewable Energy: K-12 Outreach. Poster presented at NSF EPSCoR Program Review Meeting, Manhattan, KS, June.
MacDonald, T. (2010). Communicating Phylogeny: Evolutionary tree diagrams in museums. Paper presented at NARST (National Association for Research in Science Teaching) annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, March.
Donovan, S., Matuk, C.F., MacDonald, T., Diamond, J., et al. (2009). Understanding the tree of life. Poster presented at the National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Professional Development Conference (http://www.nabt2009.org). Denver, CO, November.
MacDonald, T., and Kirchner, D. (2008). Quarked! Adventures in the Subatomic Universe. Presentation at SMARTT (Science and Mathematics: Assessment, Research and Technology Together) conference, November.
Lampe, B., and MacDonald, T. (2013). Rubber Chicken Science. Keynote Speaker for Women in Science Day, Association for Women in Science, Washburn University, October.
MacDonald, T. (2013). Get Quarked! Adventures in Physics Education. Science Café, Topeka, May.
MacDonald, T. (2013). Time for Evolution: Natural History Style. Keynote Speaker for Darwine event, Great Plains Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, February.
Lampe, B., and MacDonald, T. (2012). Matter, Mammals and Molecules: Adventures in Science Education. Keynote Speaker for Women in Science Day, Association for Women in Science, Washburn University, October.
Kirchner, D., and MacDonald, T. (2010). Matter, Mammals and Molecules: Adventures in Science Education. Keynote Speaker for Women in Science Day, Association for Women in Science, Washburn University, October.
MacDonald, T. (2008). Fruit-Flavored Folding, RCSB (Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics) Protein Data Bank Newsletter, Winter, 36: 5-6.
MacDonald, T. (2007). [Review of Dinosaurs Under the Big Sky], Palaios, DOI: 10-2110/palo.207/BR05.
MacDonald, T. (2007). [Review of Ice Age Mammals of North America], Palaios, DOI: 10-110/palo.207/BR06.
A recent Science article reported by the New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/science/13teach.html?_r=5&ref=science&) presented the findings of a study that compared the impact of a traditional lecture format to a more interactive approach to teaching in a large college physics class. The latter approach included soliciting students' ideas and providing feedback, small group work, and in-class activities — and resulted in improved student learning, attendance and engagement.
The foundation of the 'deliberate practice' model and related ideas in educational research is that learners have their own ideas about how the world works, and that we can support learning by actively exploring and connecting with these existing ideas through meaningful, engaging experiences. In short, students are active participants in their learning.
A recent New York Times article summarized a national survey of high school biology teachers published in Science. Its findings include that only 28 percent of teachers follow recommendations from the National Research Council on teaching evolution, 13 percent advocate creationism in their classrooms, the remaining 60 percent of teachers neither endorse evolution nor any alternate non-scientific explanations.
As the Director of Education at a natural history museum in Kansas, I was forwarded this article many times by friends and colleagues. Sadly, the results of this study are also not surprising; they closely parallel previous studies and my own professional experience. There is no question that evolutionary thinking is a fundamental concept that forms the foundation of modern biological understanding and current research, a point that has been emphasized by evolutionary scientists and educators. Nonetheless, the situation remains relatively static.


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The official Social Security papers arrived yesterday.
I'm looking at the envelope right now. I've read through the documents, and once again I can't believe that I'm really doing this. I don't WANT to do it. I feel like such a weakling, using a mental illness as a reason why I have so much trouble with working. Yeah, I know—it's not the mild case I'd prefer to believe it is, and it's caused me untold misery both in the workplace and out. But even though I know better, I still harbor this insane notion that I could return to nursing if I'd simply be stricter with myself.
I find myself thinking back to the time just before I was diagnosed, when a series of adverse events turned me into a hot mess. I was struggling with depression and anger, and it spilled over into work. I remember sitting in my office and staring at the stack of paperwork on my desk, completely unable to do anything about it, my thoughts racing at the speed of light; I didn't know what was wrong then. And when I found out, it blew me away, even though I shouldn't have been the least bit surprised.
Sometimes I look back and wonder what my life would be like today if those events had never occurred. Would I still be working and living a successful life? Or would I be sitting here with Social Security documents on my computer table? I don't suppose there's any way to know; it's not like I can unring the bell. But I do find myself thinking now and then that things might be different if I could turn back time to 2011 and take an alternate path. Which begs the question: would I be so hard on myself if the illness were a physical one?
It's not as if I don't face physical challenges as well. I'm severely overweight and have some pretty gnarly arthritis, in addition to being diabetic, asthmatic, and hypertensive. The obesity alone would probably qualify me for SSDI, as there are a whole lot of jobs I can't do as a result of it. I have always refused to let it get in my way, but I'm up against the realities of aging now and I simply can't perform the same activities I could 10 or 15 years ago.
Oddly enough, this eases my guilt a little bit. I'm not happy about it, but I'm less upset about having a physical disability than a mental disability, even if that particular disability is self-inflicted (while the bipolar is not). I know it's weird, but it's the way my mind works thanks to living in a society which still views mental illness as a curse borne by "those people". Does that sound crazy?
So here I am with a big, fat envelope from the Social Security Administration on my computer desk, wishing I didn't have to fill out papers and gather documentation and give permission for Dr. A and Dr. L to give SSA the down-and-dirty on me. I wish I didn't have to avoid the temptation to make light of my difficulties. And I wish more than anything that I could still be a nurse making thirty bucks an hour, instead of barely existing on $360 a week and worrying about what will happen when those unemployment benefits run out.
In the meantime, I'm still awaiting the results of my interview last Friday, so there's hope for at least a little extra money if I get the writing job. Keep your fingers crossed for me—I need all the luck I can get.
Thanks for sharing how you feel. My family's finances are in severe trouble, and I'm now considering beginning this process…I have probably qualified for a while, but pride and weird social guilt kept me from pursuing it. I'm pretty nervous about the whole thing, and hearing you about all it can trigger. Good luck!
I know what you mean about the pride and social guilt. I've had to make myself listen to the people who have told me that I will NOT be living off the taxpayers, but off the money I've been paying into SS for over 35 years. It's the same with you. You shouldn't feel bad if you need to go this route. Good luck to you as well!


Mary Jane R. Kleckner, age 84, of Park Ave., Waubeka, town of Fredonia, WI died unexpectedly Friday, April 1, 2016 in Shawano while enjoying the Northwoods with her husband of 64 years.
She was born on December 22, 1931, daughter of Emil and Mary Prom Wach in Waubeka. Mary Jane graduated from Port Washington High School and remained a life-long resident of Waubeka.
On February 23, 1952, she married Earl E. Kleckner of the Town of Belgium at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Fredonia.
Throughout her life, Mary Jane worked many different jobs. Her proudest was homemaker, mom and grandma. In her youth she worked at the former Schmit Bros Hardware in Fredonia, Appleland Apple Orchards and Brown's Plant Nursery, amongst others. She also worked at her husband's side with Kleckner's Fire Extinguisher and Service for over 30 years.
Mary Jane had been active with St. Rose Parish, was an avid baker and enjoyed her flower garden. She was a past-president and active member of the Warren-Kane American Legion Post 410 Auxiliary of Fredonia. She will be remembered for her love of family and cookie jars.
She is survived by her husband Earl, daughters Colleen (the late David) Pflug of Green Bay and Deb (Dale) Jacoby of Random Lake, her son Dennis (Peg) Kleckner of Hartland, nine grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, her sister Loretta (the late Clarence) Spies of Germantown, her sister-in-law Armina (the late Alois) Wach of Waubeka, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
Mary Jane is preceded in death by her son Timothy Kleckner and her brother Edward Wach and his wife Agnes.
Her Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 6PM Tuesday, April 5, 2016 at Divine Savior Parish-St. Rose Chapel, 305 Fredonia Ave., Fredonia. Reverend Todd Budde will be the celebrant. Interment St. Rose of Lima Catholic Cemetery, Fredonia. Visitation 3-6PM Tuesday April 5 at THE CHURCH prior to the Mass.
Memorials to the charity of donor's choice appreciated.
So sorry to learn of Mary Jane's passing. My thoughts & prayers are with Earl & the family.
My deepest sympathies to the family. I have many fond memories of sharing holidays and events with the Kleckner/ Jacoby clans. I hope you find comfort in knowing she is now with our heavenly Father. Rest in peace, Mrs. Kleckner.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Mary's family, especially daughter Colleen and her children. While I didn't know Mary, I know from her family that she loved her children and grandchildren. Rest in Jesus!
God bless you all may He keep you close to heart especially during this very sad time.
Words can not express all the qualities of my Aunt Mary. I will miss her deeply but cherish the time we had together. I think of how special it was to be the flower girl at their wedding especially seeing how they grew in love over the 64 years of marriage.


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Utica, NY – Vancouver Canucks General Manager Jim Benning announced today that the club has reassigned goaltender Richard Bachman and forwards Nikolay Goldobin and Yan-Pavel Laplante to the Utica Comets.
Bachman, 29, has split the season between the Canucks (2-3-0 along with a .920 save percentage and 2.64 goals against average in five games played) and the Utica Comets (12-11-0 along with .909 save percentage and 2.60 goals against average in 26 games played). In 47 career NHL games split between Vancouver, Edmonton and Dallas, the 5-10, 183-pound goaltender has a record of 20-17-2 along with a .906 save percentage and 2.89 goals-against average.
A native of Salt Lake City, Utah, Bachman was selected by Dallas in the fourth round, 120th overall, at the 2006 NHL Entry Draft.
Goldobin, 21, has appeared in 12 games for Vancouver since being acquired from San Jose on February 28, registering three goals (3-0-3). Prior to the trade, the 5-11, 180-pound forward played in two games for the Sharks and in 46 games for the San Jose Barracuda. With the Barracuda, he recorded 41 points (15-26-41) and ranked third on the team in scoring. In 23 career NHL games split between Vancouver and San Jose, Goldobin has registered five points (4-1-5).
A native of Moscow, Russia, Goldobin was selected by San Jose in the first round, 27th overall, at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
Laplante, 21, has split the season between the Utica Comets (0-1-1 in 13 games) and the Alaska Aces (9-11-20 in 38 games). His nine goals and 20 points with Alaska rank him second on the team among rookies, while his 11 assists rank him third among Aces rookies. Prior to making his professional hockey debut this season, the 6-0, 183-pound forward appeared in 251 QJMHL regular season games over five seasons, registering 183 points (90-93-183) and 237 penalty minutes.
A native of Ste. Martine, Quebec, Laplante was originally selected by Arizona in the third round, 62nd overall, at the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.


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India needs to create millions of jobs annually: Book
"Jobonomics: India's Employment Crisis and What the Future Holds" by Goutam Das goes beyond the data or the lack of it to analyse the story of India's job and income scenario through real life stories
Published: 26 Apr 2019, 9:00 PM
India's working age population or those above the age of 15 is seen to be expanding by 1.3 million a month and therefore, the country needs to create millions of jobs a year but the number depends on the estimates of the employment rate, says a new book.
"Jobonomics: India's Employment Crisis and What the Future Holds" by Goutam Das goes beyond the data or the lack of it to analyse the story of India's job and income scenario through real life stories.
It shifts the discussion from the Centre's role in job creation to the states' responsibilities and provides insight on how they need to go about it.
According to the author, job creation is the biggest challenge for any government in 2019 and beyond.
Das is of the view that it is difficult to come across reliable data about jobs and job creation.
"Most of the government surveys either have design flaws or are released once in many years. One audacious private effort by the CMIE at tabulating unemployment - a household survey to measure unemployment that it started in 2016 - isn't quite liked by many in the government," he writes in the book, published by Hachette.
"The numbers aren't encouraging. The employment needle, according to the CMIE, hasn't moved in the past year. The number of people employed in 2017-18 was 406.2 million, 0.1 per cent lower than the year before. The employment rate, or the proportion of working age population that is employed, slid in 2017-18 to 41.45 per cent compared to 42.59 per cent the year before," he goes on to add.
He terms the government's unemployment estimates as more conservative, but feels its "surveys are not really comparable to those of the CMIE, whose computations are based on the status of the respondents as on the day of the survey or as on the preceding day".
He says an unemployment rate of 5 per cent or slightly lower appears manageable right now.
"It does not indicate a job crisis. But consider this: more than a million young people enter the working age population in India every month. The World Bank's South Asia Economic Focus Spring 2018 report states that between 2015 and 2025, India's working age population, or those above the age of 15, is seen to be expanding by 1.3 million a month.
"India, therefore, needs to create millions of jobs a year - exactly how many millions depends on the estimates of the employment rate," he suggests.
Manufacturing, according to the book, is getting more technology intensive and so is the services industry.
"The ability of these two sectors to absorb people migrating from the unproductive and less remunerative farm sector is on the decline. Robots and bots are also decimating the higher-paying white-collar jobs. Technological disruptions imply that jobs of the future would need people with higher technical skills," it says.
The book also seeks to connect the dots on what's coming and why the economy's ability to absorb so many into the workforce every year is a slippery slope.
The first section of the book is about why the demand for jobs could shrink in the future, and how it could accelerate the pay crisis.
The second section narrates the problems with the supply side of India's human capital and the conversations around poor primary and vocational education, health and attitudes. It also explores the implications that the shrinking demand for jobs and our poorly prepared human capital will have on the country.
The final section narrates success stories or best practices. Some of the ideas are scalable, others not so much.
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A bid by Christian churches that would have forced a beachside town in California to reopen a park to a Christmas nativity was denied by a federal judge on Monday, according to Reuters. The legal action occurred because of a clash involving sponsors of the nativity and a group of atheists activists who competed with the churches for limited space in the largest park in Santa Monica.
In June, the Santa Monica City Council voted to ban any future unattended private displays in Palisades Park after the debacle that occurred in December of 2011. That ban included atheist exhibits and Christmas creches, no matter what the content is.
The group backed by the churches, Nativity Scenes Committee, filed a lawsuit in United States District Court of Los Angeles back in October. The lawsuit was asking for the court to restore the annual collection of nativity scenes that celebrate Christmas. According to the lawsuit, Santa Monica's ban on unattended displays in the park is a policy that the city calls 'content neutral' and that it is an unconstitutional infringement on the group's freedom of speech and expression of religion.
The Christian group's request was denied by United States District Judge Audrey Collins. The request filed by the group was for a preliminary injunction that would have forced the city to permit the nativity scenes to return to the park during the holidays as the case went further in the courts.


New Delhi, Feb 24 (UNI) Three trains to Ajmer, hallowed by the dargah of Khwaja Garib Nawaz Hazrat Moinuddin Chishti Saheb, are among 55 new trains proposed in the Railway Budget for 2006-07 presented in Parliament today.
Presenting the Budget, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad also announced extensions of as many as 37 existing trains.
The trains to Ajmer, named Garib Nawaj Express, will originate from Ranchi, Kishanganj and Bangalore (Yashwantpur) to facilitate visit of people of all religions and communities from all corners of the country to the famous dargah to pay their obeisance. All the three trains would be weeklies.
Modelled on the present fastest train on the Delhi-Agra section, a new train will be run between Delhi-Kanpur-Lucknow at a speed of 150 rpt 150 km per hour.
The speed of some of the mail and express trains linking Ajmer, Jaipur, Varanasi, Chhapra will be increased to 120 km per hour from 110 km per hour.
Most of the new trains announced were weeklies. There are 25 weekly trains, 12 dailies, six bi-weekly trains and five tri-weekly tains. A new brand of trains called "Garib Rath" is proposed to be introduced from Delhi connecting Patna, Mumbai and Chennai on weekly basis. The three trains will be fully air conditioned.
A similar Garib Rath train is also being introduced on the Saharsa-Amritsar section as a bi-weekly connection Barauni, Hajipur, Sonpur, Chhapra and Gorakhpur.
Mr Prasad said in deference to the public request, the Karnataka Sampark Kranti express between Nizamuddin and Yeshwantpur (Bangalore) will be rerouted to run via Itarsi, Manmad, Pune, Hubli, Arsikere and Yeshwantpur twice a week, instead of daily at present.
Similarly, the Rajendranagar-Jammu Tawi Archana Express, presently running via Varanasi, Sultanpur and Lucknow, to run via Rae Bareilly, Pratapgarh and Lucknow.


Ahmedabad is a legendary city of Gujarat. The land of Mahatma Gandhi and Ahmed Shah has abundance stored for you. But if you are already acquainted with the deep wonders of this largest city of Gujarat then you must visit the hill stations that are situated near this city.
Of course, you can simply get your rooms booked in the good resorts in Ahmedabad for stay over. So, if you are excited to know about the hillstations, then have a look at 5 hill stations near Ahmedabad to escape for a revitalising getaway.
Mount Abu is one of the most loved weekend getaways from Ahmedabad. It is placed at a distance of 225 kilometres. You can reach this hill station in Rajasthan within five hours of drive. It really makes a revitalizing getaway. Mount Abu will take you high above the heat wave of Rajasthan. The air is cool there and the weather is pleasant. The visit will acquaint you with numerous quirky sites.
Situated on the huge Sahyadri mountain range, this picturesque hill station of Saputara is spotted 400 kilometres from Ahmedabad. Whether you want the lush green landscape, splendid gardens, hills or Saputara Lake; you will definitely get every delight at this hypnotic place. You can even relish a fun ride at popular Pushpak ropeway and you can even paddle a boat at lake side. If you love adventure then you must trek through dense forests, enjoy rock climbing and paragliding. Don't miss out on the gushing waterfalls here!
Though this hill station in Maharashtra is approximately 570 kilometres away from Ahmedabad, the place is definitely worth the long drive. Situated at a height of 2516 feet above the sea level, Matheran caters a phantasmagoria of plummeting cliffs, toy trains zigzagging, past gushing waterfalls and forest coverings making natural tunnels via the mountain haze. Matheran possess a stringent anti-vehicle policy that helps keep its environments pollution-free.
Lonavala caters a clean break from concrete forest of city. The vibrant lakes, gardens and lavish greenery give you a revitalizing time. It is located around 600 kilometres from Ahmedabad, and it gives you a great option to drench in the fresh mountain air mainly if you have a long weekend looming. Lonavala has plenty of caves, forts and temples to keep you busy for the entire weekend.
It is a thickly forested area and is located 367 kilometres from Ahmedabad. The revitalizing atmosphere, crunchy mountain air and refreshing weather are just perfect for you to overcome the tedium of daily life. There are various vantage spots at this place like sunrise and sunset points. Forhistory lovers, the museums here have the artefacts and other displays showcasing the history of the spot.
So, these uplifting, lavish, sassy, exciting and rejuvenating hill stations await you. You can find hotels in Ahmedabad Gujarat India for your stay and explore the hill stations spotted quite near and little far to this city!


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Denver Water Campaign takes best of show at the Obie Awards.
When we do work for Denver Water, we do it because it's important and we can have a positive impact. And the results speak for themselves. But if we're gonna be completely honest, it's also nice to have our work recognized for excellence by our peers. And it continues to be. In fact, for the second year in a row, our work for Denver Water just took home Best of Show at the Obie Awards, beating out some of the biggest agencies and brands. So thank you to our fellow industry comrades for the recognition. And a special thank you to Denver Water for continuing to give us the chance to do breakthrough work on what remains a very important mission.
My, that's a mighty big eggplant you have there.
Ever look at a vegetable or fruit and say, "Hey, that looks just like my…" Of course, you have. But that resemblance to human body parts is just one of the things that make various produce the perfect symbol for our newest client, Health eCareers.
They're fresh. And fresh is exactly the kind of health care jobs posted on this new health care job site. You can see the resemblance in out-of-home and in digital executions in Houston, Nashville and Denver. And a big thank you to Health eCareers for having the veggies to do something different.
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Make sure you stock up on the January Communication Arts Typography Annual. They're going to be valuable collector's items. To us, anyway. Because they have an agency profile on Sukle. Take a look.
Another series from a french artist showing how technology is taking over our lives.
We recently had a post on Antoine Geiger series called "SUR-FAKE" where peoples faces were sucked into their phones. This is a good follow up by Jean Jullien illustrating how ridiculous we can be when it comes to our mobile companions.
French artist Antoine Geiger "SUR-FAKE" series shows us how we are getting sucked into our phones.
Just fast enough to outrun the Walking Dead.
Meet Big Helga. She is a 6-wheel-drive, 1975 C306-Volvo that was originally used as a military ambulance. We adopted her a few years back and gave her a new life to advertise for our client, The Wyoming Department of Health and it's time for her to find a new home.
Big Helga comes with a pop-up roof top stage and a booming sound system. Although she may look huge, she is really the size of a Chevy Suburban.
Artist Yolanda Dominguez asks kids what they see in fashion campaigns.


Due to an internal promotion, our client has a TEMP-TO-PERM Account Executive opportunity. £11-12 per hour, Once permanent, 22 days + BH, pension, medical insurance plus plenty of development opportunities as well as working with some of the biggest and exciting global brands. Based in Camberley, working within a forward-thinking, proactive and growing company within the Manufacturing Design industry.


I will never be able to understand why some people don't like cats. They're adorable, quirky, and make the best lap warmers. Plus, they are one of the most low maintenance pets you can have—they are neat, quiet (well, generally), and they are so naturally clever that they don't need to be trained.
Some people are allergic to cats, and I get that. If something was constantly making me sneeze or hindering my ability to breathe, I would probably want it out of my house, too. That being said, just because you can't own a cat doesn't mean you should hate the whole species. They can't help their fluffiness!
The thing is, though, that dogs need to be trained to do these tricks. You do not, on the other hand, have to train a cat to use the litter box or clean themselves. Just sayin'.
Like humans, cats have different personalities. Some are mean and antisocial. Others are easygoing and loving. However, even the meanest cats can warm up to you eventually. Cats are generally selective in who they show affection to, and you have to work to earn that privilege, but once you do, you feel special.
Cats kill birds because like any other animal, at some point they needed to hunt to survive. Even though they were domesticated several thousand years ago, they have retained some of their predatory instincts. This doesn't mean they are cold-blooded killers. If your cat leaves a dead crow on your doorstep, they are just doing their best to provide for you. In their tiny kitty mind, they are the breadwinner of the family. It is twisted? Kind of. Is it still cute? Yes.
I can understand why you might hate something that once almost took out your eye. Feel free to resent that particular cat all you want, but don't despise all cats just because one was a jerk to you once. If you had this mentality toward humans, you would be a very lonely person.
They are probably just wondering what the heck you are doing. Or they are supervising to make sure you don't fall in.
As we feline lovers know, cats are like humans in that they do come when you call, but only when they want to. You wouldn't expect your best friend to come running when you call them—especially if they are sleeping—so why would you expect that from your cat? If you only want a pet to have a living creature that obeys your every command, you might have some kind of power complex that you should address.
So is cleaning up dog poop, and no one seems to be complaining about that.
Usually cat litter starts to smell when the litter box needs to be cleaned. In other words, you should be blaming the kitty's parents, not the cat itself, for stinky litter. The kitty is just minding its own business (um, literally).
If anyone ever says this, give them a cat to take care of for a week, and they will quickly learn that this is a total lie.
At some point, someone decided that in order to like dogs, you have to hate cats, and vice versa. I don't know who this person is or what their credentials are, but I am telling you now that whoever they are, they're wrong.
Saying you don't like cats because you're "more of a dog person" is like saying you don't like sushi because you're "more of a burrito person." Sushi is great. Burritos are also great. There's no need to hate another kind of cuisine just because you're a regular at Chipotle.
And so, it is obvious that everyone should like cats. Perhaps to some they are an acquired liking, like red wine or pungent cheese. Or maybe some people just don't have souls (kidding…kind of). You might not be able to puurrsuade the cat hater in your life to give the feline species a chance, but that's okay—they'll be the one missing out.


As the Olympic Flame was extinguished once again, at the end of what is often called the greatest show on earth, it is time to pick the pieces, count the cost and move forward. I have really enjoyed the games at Rio (The first games in South America!). Rio is extremely beautiful and real. Watching the coverage on BBC platforms was an experience. I have been an avid fan of the Olympics since Seoul 1988. There are lessons in the Olympic movement that are constant, and messages that fluidly morph with the passage of time.
The Olympics is like NYSC for the world (for the uninitiated the National Youth Service Corps is a governmental organization and scheme in Nigeria which sends tertiary graduates for one year to a state far away (supposedly) from where they are locally from within the country. The aim is to foster peace and unity by enabling youths identify with other ethno-linguistic groups by learning different cultures). The premise of this post is that the Olympic Movement may fail if (in the language of the NYSC) rich kids get posted to their homes (host cities are mostly in the first world and events like horse dancing are de rigeur) camp officials keep stealing the rice (Team Nigeria management), corps members stay away for most of the year (Lochte gate) and the fluidity of national and international identity is not recognised (That does not really need an explanation, does it?).
Firstly, I must say that the star of the 31st Olympiad was without a doubt, the city of Rio and its people. From the views of Christ the Redeemer, to Sugar Loaf Mountain and Copacabana Beach. Its majesty was breath-taking. The fact that Rio is a city of contrasts of extreme poverty and extreme beauty was much talked about before the Games – like it was some new revelation. In every city around the world, tinted armoured cars drive past run-down dwellings and well-heeled business men turn their faces from the homeless. In every city. Rio is still beautiful and still alive.
The goal of the Olympic Movement is succinctly phrased in its Charter 'to contribute to building a peaceful and better world by educating youth through sport practised in accordance with Olympism and its values.' (Just in case you wondered what Olympism means – 'Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.') The 1st Olympic Games of the modern era opened in Athens on 6 April 1896 championed by Baron Pierre de Coubertin who was strongly motivated by the pursuit of peace and intercultural communication through international sport.
For the most part, these pursuits are achieved. Nevertheless I believe the IOC has not begun to appreciate the difference between the world of 1896 and the world in 2016. The first Olympics in Athens was attended by 241 athletes, 14 countries and had 43 events – there were no women competitors. Probably a step-up from the ancient Games were women spectators were killed! At Rio 2016 there were 11,544 athletes (more than 45% are women), 207 teams (205 countries, the Refugee team and the Olympic team) and 306 events.
While many countries won their first medals ever and their first gold medals ever, the Medal Tally still manages to reflect the inequalities in the world. US, UK and China at the top, UAE, Trinidad and Nigeria at the bottom. Evidently the IOC is not doing enough to promote Olympism around the world. More youth from across the world deserve the opportunity to be the best they can be – at sports that are international. There were 14 countries at the first Olympics because there were very few recognised states in the world at the time. The idea of Wesphalianism underpins the Olympic Movement – as a tool of peace, the presumption is that states that participate will not go to war during the Games. The more states at the Games the better. However, the nature of the world has departed from Westphalianism – the idea that in international life states are the dominant actors. This is no longer so. Many non-state actors dominate global affairs, terror has become a fact of life, and the Games has often been a target. The IOC needs to acknowledge this as well as the diversity of human existence.
Doing the above comes at a high cost. It is slightly surprising that the Summer games were held for the first time in South America in 2016. Thus far Asia (the most populous continent) has hosted thrice (Tokyo 1964, Seoul 1988 and Beijing 2008) and Africa (second largest continent) never. Conversely, The United States has hosted four Summer Olympics (1904, 1932, 1984, and 1996), and Great Britain has hosted 3 – all in London. This is a clear imbalance. The sports are also imbalanced – gymnastics and dressage for instance. The excuse for not going to more locations has always been the cost. However, not taking the Games to as many diverse places as possible defeats the purpose of the Olympic Movement. It has been suggested that the Games should permanently be held in Greece. While there are environmental advantages to this argument, it would defeat the purpose of the Games. The IOC has a duty to factor in sustainability into its agenda AS WELL AS diversity. We need to see a more diverse and responsible Movement that upholds the dignity and aspiration of all the youth of the world. For example, the fact that there were fewer spectators in Rio than in London does not suggest that one was better than the other, but that different approaches should have been taken based on the nature of the host city. Rigidity will kill the Olympic movement faster than expense could ever hope to. The Favelas were full of the youth that the IOC claims to wish to inspire. Olympism should speak to us all. The Movement belongs to all of us.
Switching Nationalities: Going back to how much the world has changed in 120 years. 'We are many' seems to be the state of nature in the 21st century. We also need to remember that nationality is fiction that was a relatively recent introduction to many parts of the world. Furthermore, people switch nationality for various reasons. Nigeria benefitted from UK and US switches, but had people switching to Bahrain or choosing to compete in their alternative nationality. More than 30 Kenyan-born athletes switched nationality for Rio. Now we need to remember that for many athletes, their participation in sport is their job, the IOC cannot rightly hinder the freedom to work. I strongly believe that people should be allowed to compete for anyone they want to. The problem we have is that many countries treat the Olympics as an extension of hostilities. So you see China wanting to outdo the US, the UK wanting to outdo France. This is not the vision of the Olympic movement. We want the best people in the world to compete at their best in the spirit of fair play. I also believe that if the Olympic movement is hijacked to serve the aspirations of state-based dominance we will continue to see more state-sponsored or state-complicit doping. So the IOC should encourage all youth participation at the Games – if someone is eligible to work in a nation, they should be eligible to compete for them. As a friend in the UK once asked me. 'I am Brazilian, my wife is Hungarian, if we have a child in the UK, which football team would he play for?' Oro p'esi je o = no answer. Orlando Ortega, Cuban-born Spanish 110 hurdler, found out he could run for Spain a few days before his event and won silver.
Unsporting Behaviour: There was so much sportsmanship at the Olympics. But. While the utmost unsporting behaviour at an Olympics is still doping, there were various instances of different types of unsporting behaviour at the Games. A personal pet-peeve of mine is commentators who rejoice in the misfortune of a good competitor from another country because they believe that it will advance their own competitor's chances. They never seem to like it when the script is flipped. On average there seem to be more disqualification of athletes from the South, athletes from the South are also less likely to contest DQs. The IOC and sporting organisations need to take note of this. Sexist and racist commentary was rife. (Being a black woman is not easy!) Also of special note is the constant single story approach to the Parade of Nations commentary. All African nations were defined by whether or not there is a war or poverty in it. Please stop it! Stop in now. However Ryan Lochte and Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad stand out for me. Lochte for whom the trauma of being unable to speak Portuguese caused him to destroy a petrol station and 'embellish' the facts and Mekhissi-Benabbad who saw his mentor Ezekiel Kemboi make a mistake on the track and began to rejoice in the benefit he would receive from that. There should be some wooden spoon award for bad behaviour. I do not mean heat of the moment unguarded reactions, but actions that suggest deep-seated character flaws. These should attract penalties as harsh as some doping penalties.
The Refugee Team: This for me was one great 'thumbs-up' act of the IOC. We live a world where labels have been used to dehumanise people who have to flee the exigencies that global greed has created. We are complicit in their plight. In the search for hope for humanity, the refugee is a flickering light that must not be extinguished. Of special note is Yusra Mardini a Syrian swimmer, who along with others pushed a boat for nearly 5 km, over 3 hours, until it reached shore, saving the lives of 18 people. She reflects the Olympic spirit.
'Politics' and the Olympics: The Olympic movement has always been used to highlight issues that affect everyday life in countries sometimes not always in the news. At the 1968 Olympics African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised Black Power salute as a demonstration conducted by during their medal ceremony. All three athletes on the podium suffered for this. In 1976 most sovereign African nations (and a few others) boycotted the Montreal Games when the IOC would not support the banning from competition of countries whose athletes had participated in sporting events in South Africa as long as apartheid continued. The IOC has typically frowned upon behaviour that it deems 'political'. In my opinion these actions are not political, but necessary – especially for the silenced. It is hypocritical for the Olympic movement not to acknowledge the voices of the oppressed. At the men's marathon on the last day of Rio 2016, Feyisa Lilesa from Ethiopia crossed his wrists above his head in solidarity with the Oromo people, hundreds of whom have been killed protesting the Ethiopian government. He went on to win the silver medal. The Olympics should never be the site of erasure or silencing.
Athletics at Rio 2016: I have waxed lyrical about my love for athletics in a number of previous posts. So I will not repeat all my love here. However, I must say that the athletics program was one of the best I have seen in a while – Almaz Ayana breaking the 10,000m record, Wayde van Niekerk breaking the 400m record, Anita Włodarczyk breaking her own hammer record, the repeats of Usain Bolt, Mo Farah and Ashton Eaton – all mesmerising. I will not talk about Caster Semanya. Too much has been said already that should not have been said. On some matters silence is golden and worth more than any medal. Nevertheless, athletics the longest serving Olympic sport proved itself yet again.
Nigeria at the Olympics: Okay Nigeria messed up. Not the athletes, they did the best under very, very bad conditions. However, I believe that if we want to see a change in Nigerian fortunes at the Olympics, the people of Nigeria have to be the change. Firstly it is not the governments business to run sports. The business of government will and should always be government. Sports is not political. Secondly we need to remember that in 1996 Nigeria won more gold medals than the UK. At Rio 2016 UK was 2nd on the medal table. We need to learn their lessons and learn our own lessons. The death of sports stems from lack of funding. My suggestion is that rich kids need to become athletes. I am very, very serious. They can afford it and it will create a legacy that may encourage funding. It is worth a shot. Rio 2016 was not Nigeria's worst games.
Africa and the Olympics: I hope that very soon an African country (or a consortium of countries) will host the Olympics. Then the movement will definitely be complete. Imagine the opening ceremony and the volunteers and the music. The African Olympiad would be the most beautiful thing on earth.
Black women carry a million dreams on their backs.


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Djam Karet — The Heavy Soul Sessions
(HC Productions HC 015, 2010, CD)
Over the last four or five years, Djam Karet has gone through some evolutionary changes. Gayle Ellett has switched from guitars to primarily analog keyboards, and a fifth member Mike Murray has been brought in as a second guitarist. Following a recent set of live gigs, which included an appearance at the Crescendo Festival in France, the band decided to go into the studio for some live recordings (no overdubs) of some of the older material they revisited live on the tour, drawn from throughout the band's career. Six cuts in all, these differ significantly from their original studio counterparts, newly energized with a fresh outlook. "Hungry Ghost" opens the proceedings with a whole new attitude, blistering guitars, Mellotrons and synths at the fore. Richard Pinhas' "Dedicated to K.C." from the Unsettled Scores compilation makes an impressive live reappearance here, while the droning ambient "Consider Figure Three" gets a well-deserved makeover, with some mysterious new voice parts before the start of the anatomy lecture. "The Gypsy and the Hegemon" and "The Packing House," both from Recollection Harvest get the treatment, glorified and magnified, while "The Red Thread" and "Sexy Beast," both originally from A Night for Baku, have been fused together into the thirteen minute "The Red Threaded Sexy Beast." With a new studio album in the works for release early next year, The Heavy Soul Sessions takes a fresh look at the past.
Filed under: New releases, Issue 39, 2010 releases
Related artist(s): Djam Karet, Mike Henderson, Chuck Oken, Gayle Ellett
http://djamkaret.bandcamp.com/album/the-heavy-soul-sessions
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