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This week the column takes its title from a Robert Johnson standard that The Rolling Stones (among others) do a great version of. I think it sums up the feelings of Ohio State fans, players and coaches alike as the Buckeye offense roars and the defense struggles.
What we learned last week: Postseason bans don't do much to dampen expectations at a place like Ohio State.
Sometimes waiting an extra day to write this column pays off in a little extra perspective. Sometimes it might suffer from that, too, but I'll take the good with the bad.
In this case, the first inclination is to look at the last image of Ohio State's 52-49 victory over Indiana and hold that up as the representation of the entire night. I'm not quite sure that's wise, though.
To be sure, this is no great defense Ohio State is fielding in its 100th season in the Big Ten. "Inconsistent at best" is probably the kindest way I could accurately describe it at this point in time.
However, things might not be as dire as some are making them out to be.
I just think in general this team is still working out some of the mental issues that came with the NCAA-related strife of the end of 2010 through last season.
Many of these guys have been through a lot, and those who haven't are too young to know what they don't know.
The schizophrenia of this team is mind-boggling at times, but maybe it shouldn't be. My theory now is that these guys are just showing the signs of any team that falls behind early in a game.
Rallying takes more energy than holding steady or running in the lead. At least that is the conventional wisdom, so let's take it as fact for the sake of this discussion.
The thing about falling behind is it is stressful. Having stress is more energy-consuming than not because it necessarily means we have more to think about than when we aren't worrying. And so as a consequence of this stress there is a never-ending desire to exhale. That is where rallying becomes difficult. It is not only an energy drain but also a distraction.
I think the core of this Ohio State team has just been trying to catch up so long it can't ever get an even keel. Then throw the added stress of having to learn a new system and to adjust to the new psychology of a different coaching staff, and perhaps there just isn't enough energy to go around.
And so you get what we had there last week.
One of the most easily forgotten parts of sports is the role of human nature. Why do you suppose that is? Shouldn't it be the first thing we consider when we analyze our games? After all, that's the stuff that draws us to them in the first place. The raw, honest emotion and the unpredictability of an event without a script. Nothing brings out human nature more freely than that, so why fight the result? But we all do, myself included.
Did the Ohio State defense let up with a big lead last Saturday night? You bet it did. Is that a big surprise? I suppose not.
Is it a bad sign for the future? That remains to be seen. Perhaps it turns out to be a positive. Maybe it's a wakeup call and such a thing won't happen again.
Maybe this wounded pride will provide motivation to work harder later this season and yield better results against better opponents.
Or maybe it will go in one ear and out the other, another potential lesson flittering away with the ashes of a disastrous finish to last season when the defense never could seem to get a good grasp on anyone as injuries took their toll down the stretch.
Seeing the same mistakes repeat themselves is striking. I think there are problems with the scheme, but I think they can be worked out. I think there are players who probably should be replaced sooner or later, even if that means next year is the soonest it could happen in some cases.
Such is life in college football, where there are not trade-deadline deals to bolster a roster but sometimes a 19-year-old has the light go on in November. Suddenly things that did not make sense in the heat of August click with the falling of the leaves. Sometimes they don't.
I guess we'll have to watch next week to see, either way.
What we can expect to learn this week: Maybe nothing more than what's next.
Ohio State has defensive deficiencies that aren't going to be worked out in one week's time, but the Buckeyes can start the road back to respectability without hesitation if they tighten up their effort and focus.
And as far as troublesome schemes, Purdue practically provides a mulligan for the Buckeyes this week following the Hoosiers' success with their spread offense.
The Boilermakers bring a better scoring unit (and Indiana's wasn't bad) to the Horseshoe this weekend, and they will play a similar style to the one that has been giving Ohio State fits for much of the season. Actually, to be more accurate, Purdue brings better skill players while the scheme might be a bit inferior to that of hurry-up spread guru Kevin Wilson at Indiana. That is really probably splitting hairs, though.
Purdue was also just decimated on defense by a previously struggling Wisconsin team, so there should be another good chance for the Ohio State offense to continue to evolve.
One would think the motivation that was lacking last week is built in this week. That the Buckeyes would have a hard time getting fired up to face Indiana after back-to-back revenge games was practically guaranteed.
By contrast, they play host this week to a team that has tormented them twice in the last three years and therefore could be cruising for a bruising.
There is so much to deal with in a year of transition that expecting all holes that pop up to be filled is probably unrealistic. That's why teams don't win national championships in the first year of a new coaching staff.
That said, I think those calling for Luke Fickell's head on a (pizza) platter are being irrational. The scheme needs some tweaking, but the bigger problems are in execution, experience and talent on hand.
Some of the older players aren't executing, and some of them don't have the talent necessary to make an elite defense. Others have the ability but not the knowledge, at least not yet. Again, this is life in college football, and Ohio State is operating on a shorter leash than a lot of teams that fancy themselves top-10 squads thanks to scholarship reductions and attrition from the coaching change.
There seems to be some problems connecting the styles of defense each coach prefers, and that has not helped matters.
They seem to want more than anything to install a system that depends on individuals making reads and winning battles. That is great if it happens, but it can be a pretty big disaster if not.
Then what do you do? Well applying pressure via scheme is not so easy as pressing a button with a controller. It still has to involve players playing off each other, a cohesive plan for a cohesive unit.
And somewhere in there, Fickell and company seem to be getting lost.
They certainly could still find their way, be it now or with the benefit of an offseason to reevaluate things.
I do think he needs to learn to let it go a little more, to trust his guys, be they old or young.
With nothing really to lose this season, one would think that wouldn't be tough to do, but then again I guess we already learned about expectations, now and forever.


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Lockport Union-Sun & Journal — Every now and then, I call on a friend of mine just to chit-chat. It's someone whom I consider a confidante and go-to advisor – someone I can (usually) count on for sage advice when I need it. This is an account of our most recent conversation.
"Maggie," I yelled, out the window, "can you come in here? I've got to talk to you."
She turned her head and looked my way — I could tell she was annoyed. "I'm really kind of busy here …" she said, letting her voice trail off in an obvious attempt at getting me to stop bothering her. But that wasn't going to happen.
"Come on," I half begged, half commanded, "I've got a new box of Milk-Bones .... and besides, I've told you a million times you're not going to catch that squirrel. So quit barking, get your front paws off the tree and come inside."
"Milk-Bones! Well, that's a start." she yipped, suddenly showing interest. "What size are the biscuits?"
"Your favorite ... medium!" Bribery is a game-changer in the animal kingdom.
"What's up?" she barked, as she raced toward the house only to slam on the brakes and abruptly start scratching her ear like a bat had just flown into it.
Ignoring her plight, I asked, "Do you remember that song 'Is That All There Is?' by Peggy Lee?"
"Oh sure! All dogs have a vast record collection" she smirked, as she finally sauntered in, tracking enough mud to plant corn. "I've also got a closetful of 8-tracks. I'm being sarcastic. Not a clue as to what you're talking about."
"You see," I explained, while offering her a treat, "it's a song about a girl being unimpressed with anything that life has to offer." Maggie took the biscuit, set it gently on the floor and looked up at me.
"You're serious? You called me in here just to tell me that?"
"It's the presidential election. I can't seem to get excited about either candidate. It's like that song. 'Is that all there is?' What's your take?"
"Well, to be honest," Maggie confessed, "I've not followed it much. The political arena is something I try to stay clear of. But as long as you mentioned it, what's up with this baseball-glove guy?"
"Baseball-glove guy? Are you talking about Mitt ... Mitt Romney? His name is Mitt, Maggie. He's not a baseball glove. It's just his name. Got it?"
"He's a Mitt, fine, I got it," Maggie claimed, "but I prefer someone with a more common, good old-fashioned name. Something I'm familiar with. I know it's shallow, but that's the way I roll. What's the other guy's name?"
"Barack," I said, realizing this wasn't going anywhere now.
"Ah, and that's why the song 'Is That All There Is?' "
Maggie continued, "Here's what I can tell you: you need to find a candidate who will create a loophole-ranger. Someone who can eliminate the all-too common practice of abusing the system. Such as people who are rewarded for sloth - they stand in line for government handouts but won't bother to line up for employment. This sense of entitlement has to end."
"That's your advice?" I asked.
"Well, it's a start."
Maggie was right ... (here it comes) … and I have to ad-Mitt it.
For now, that's the way it looks from the Valley.Tom Valley is a Medina resident. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Special events are planned all over Seattle to celebrate "W Day."
Huskies around the world are encouraged to wear purple and join the festivities. And it could pay to show school spirit - several businesses in Seattle's U-District will offer discounts to customers wearing purple and gold Friday.
Search engine BING marked the UW's anniversary by featuring a view inside the school's Suzallo Library on its homepage.
Several events were also planned at the various UW campuses:
Seattle campus, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.: University President Michael Young leads a pep rally in Red Square, along with Huskies athletes and basketball coach Lorenzo Romar.
UW Tacoma campus, 12:30-1:30 p.m.: Celebration and cake in the Academic Building.
UW Bothell campus, 1-2 p.m.: Celebration, music and cupcakes outside the bookstore.
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The Orangeburg, S.C., native made his way to Murfreesboro after spending the previous two years as head equipment manager at South Carolina State University.
Before arriving at S.C. State, Johnson spent one season as the wide receiver coach at Bethune-Bowman High School in Bowman, S.C. Johnson coached Chris Williams, who later signed with Carson-Newman, during the 2004 season.
Prior to his coaching debut, Johnson served as a student equipment manager for football at Clemson University, where he worked with the wide receivers for four years. Johnson worked all four years under Alphonso Smith, who promoted him to head student manager his senior year.
During his time at Clemson, Johnson went to four straight bowl games, worked with Rick Stockstill for three years, and was there when current Middle Tennessee coaches Justin Watts and Willie Simmons were players.
Johnson attended Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School, where he played wide receiver and helped lead the Bruins to four straight playoff appearances. Orangeburg-Wilkinson produced former Clemson great Woody Dantzler, a quarterback recruited by Stockstill. Johnson was a freshman when Dantzler was a senior, and that's when the relationship with Stockstill began.
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Although Wheeler took an important step in his development last season, the budding power forward knows that he can still take his game to another level, whenever the lockout comes to an end and he gets back on the ice as a member of the Winnipeg Jets.
I dont think that Ive plateaued, Wheeler said during an extensive sit-down interview with The Sun at St. Louis Park Rec Center on Tuesday afternoon. I think I can score 30 goals, thats a good goal for me. But you have to get 20 before you get 30. Its the start of something really good. I feel the sky is the limit for me in Winnipeg. Its just a really good fit for me. Thats why Im really excited to get back at it, as soon as possible.
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Embedded systems are becoming increasingly complex with shortening time-to-market demands. System-level modeling and design have been proposed to help embedded system development keep pace with this complexity. In a system-level design environment, a designer is able to delay critical design decisions until late in the design cycle, reducing the risk of making incorrect decisions which could require a costly redesign. New methods of estimating system-level performance must be devised to accommodate these needs. In embedded systems composed of off-the-shelf parts, performance can be roughly estimated using part documentation. However, this process can provide poor estimates. Additionally, if the design includes a custom part, there may not be detailed documentation from which to gather performance estimates. Additionally, the exhaustive gathering of estimates is error prone and tedious. In this thesis we present a novel estimation technique called minimal characterization for creating system-level estimation metrics. We show that estimates can be orders of magnitude more accurate, without any loss in fidelity, using a small number of source-level metrics. We show results from applying a source-level performance estimation technique generally used on software systems to a system-level design that is implemented in both software and hardware targets. Finally, we present a categorization of secondary execution factors which can greatly affect the accuracy of system-level estimates but have only been peripherally addressed in other approaches.
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Letter from the Editor March 2014
Dear KANERE readers here & abroad,
The future is unpredictable at the cosmopolitan camp of Kakuma! The refugees are fed on rations, schooled, used as tool of aid promotion and warehoused! And who knows what lies ahead? But you can speculate!
In this issue, we focus on different stories: The South Sudanese crisis has massively impacted Kakuma with more than 20,000 new arrivals seeking asylum in Kenya since the start of violent conflict in Juba in December. The camp has literally changed from the makuti thatched roofs and old mud walls to a tent city.
In the months of January through March, Kakuma experienced hectic weather conditions compounded by the high temperatures, dry spell and dust storms. On many occasions, huge sandstorms have swept through the settlement, which was believed to be the root cause of fire outbreak of which more than ten incidents were reported. Kakuma 4 settlement area had the worst experiences of the dust storms in the open space.
A murder scene at Kakuma 1 has created tension between refugees and the host community when a local Turkana man who deliberately stabbed a refugee child to death was killed by a group of refugees from the Didinga community; while the makers of illicit alcoholic drinks have suffered the negative outcome of the Police raid.
From Dadaab refugee complex, the security situation continues to fluctuate. On 8 January, an improvised explosive device was detonated on the road between Dadaab and Dagahaley camps that was set to target the police vehicle which escorted the humanitarian workers to the camps. All humanitarian activities were suspended in the field following a security assessment, and normal activities resumed after a week.
Moreover, on 4 January fire broke out in Dagahaley's MSF medical warehouse in the MSF residential compound, destroying all drugs, medical equipments and therapeutic food stock which was estimated to cover four to six months – all burnt to ashes. According to the official camp report, the cause of the fire is suspected to be an electrical fault.
For Turkana County, the calamitous drought has already aggravated the suffering of thousands of victims, where residents live a nomadic way of life with their animals. The starvation has become a double disaster for the county population, including the refugees who were affected by the cut in the food rations since 2013.
And finally, a Journalism workshop was offered by KANERE in partnership with the Arrupe Learning Center in the Camp. The workshop invited youths in the community to engage in interactive discussions and critical thinking. KANERE will aim to provide more media training opportunities to empower refugee youths to be potential storytellers and news gatherers.
The story of a Turkana wedding ceremony was an intercultural high point and enhancement of religion and diversity in old Kakuma refugee camp.
As always, we've missed a few spots. However, we're dedicated to the spirit of a free press and to autonomy of critical thinking. We are asking for contributions from general readers and most specifically from the elite refugee youths in telling local stories.
We hope that you'll enjoy reading KANERE News,
Qaabata Boru – KANERE Editorial Executive
Letter from the Editor December 2013
Dear KANERE readers,
This is the last issue of the recently concluded year 2013, but there are still very many stories and news around the camp within the Turkana country that were left untold. Of course, we may not be able to accomplish everything and human resources are highly needed to help the refugee media to achieve its objectives.
However, we are continually making changes to improve refugee reporting in an open, transparent and free expression in comparison to humanitarian desired reporting on refugee protection and service deliveries in encampment. We will strive hard to remain vibrant in 2014.
In this issue we welcome a contribution from Brett Shadle, an Associate Professor of African History at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. His contribution focuses on refugee rights violations under warehousing, questioning whether the refugees have the right to know about the impacts of decision making on their futures and life as they live in limbo!
We are tapping into the human aspect on the escalating deadly violence within the Turkana country that claimed at least 25 lives between the two rival communities of Turkana and Pokot in the fall of last year. The two nomadic groups often clash over cattle rustling and boundary disputes.
KANERE has interviewed a large number of Somali refugees on the community talking point: "What do you think about the Somali repatriation?" Their perspectives constitute a range of public opinion!
In Kakuma 1 camp settlement, a family mourns after their residential house burst into flames killing three children last December, that left unforgettable sad memories for many residents. In line with humanitarian best practices, the Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK) organized legal awareness forums in the season of the 16 Days of Gender Activism throughout Kakuma. The RCK's legal awareness training was mostly welcomed as it was found meaningful by refugee communities in terms of their pro bono legal advice for refugees in the camp.
Moreover, the Refugee Status Determination (RSD) process has slowly been taken over from the UN Refugee Agency – UNHCR by the Kenyan Government through the Department of Refugee Affairs (DRA), which has assumed full responsibility for the RSD process in Kakuma refugee camp. In 1991, in unclear circumstances, UNHCR was given the responsibility of conducting the RSD on behalf of the Kenyan government. However after many decades of UNHCR performing the vital role of the state, the refugees and asylum seekers are unclear about UNHCR's accountability! Have they failed the refugees?
On press freedom, one alarming incident was recorded over the year where a Kanere reporter was assaulted and his cell phone crushed by an NGO local guard as he photographed an event in September 2013. The matter was reported to the police and justice is waiting to be done on the case.
On behalf of all the members of KANERE team, I take this opportunity to wish you a Happy New Year 2014 with more peace and freedom.
We love to hear your feedback,
Qaabata Boru – Kanere Editorial Executive
Letter from the Editor
Dear Kanere community here & abroad,
Foremost, it's with great enthusiasm that we announce that Kakuma News Reflector (or KANERE) has obtained its registration status as a national Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Kenya. KANERE strongly welcomes further collaboration from all the Government Departments within Turkana County, the Department of Refugee Affairs, the UNHCR Head of Sub-Office and other humanitarian agencies in Kakuma.
Currently, Kanere is being published on quarterly basis until better funding is available for a monthly or a more regular publication. In this issue, we discuss different patterns of news and incidents that took place inside and outside the refugee camp that affected the refugees in Kenya.
In the camp, some sad news concerned the inter-communal conflicts which persisted inside the camp. In the month of September inter-communal fights escalated between Nuer and Gambella-Anyuak where more than twenty people sustained injuries. However, in the middle of this year at least eight people were killed in the similar violence in the camp, a story featured in this edition.
Food rations were reduced, while since October collection of food in every distribution in Kakuma and Dadaab Complex has been based on an online fingerprinting system. This move has caused instability and alarm to the beneficiaries of food aid. According to the refugee communities, the introduction of "No match no food" in the bio-metric food collection system was largely opposed, but the World Food Program (WFP) stated that the move was to enhance transparency and accountability in food distribution and monitoring.
In the Kenyan capital Nairobi, the Westgate terror attack had negative implications for refugees. The Kenya security machinery had to crack down in Kenya's metropolis and major cities in the hunt for possible culprits, leading to arbitrary arrest and detentions of innocent refugees.
Following this insecurity, pressure has mounted in Kenya to close refugee camps and to return all Somali refugees to Mogadishu. The Governments of Kenya and Somalia have since worked closely with the UNHCR, establishing a Tripartite Commission on Standards and Procedures of voluntary repatriation for Somalis that was signed in Nairobi on Sunday 10 November, 2013.
However, since the Tripartite Commission was set up, xenophobia against Somali refugees has been on the rise both in camps and urban areas.
Nonetheless, the first (2010) Cohort to study in the Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins online learning program received their Diplomas in Liberal Studies at a graduation ceremony at the Arrupe learning center.
On the international scene, Italy declared a national day of mourning after a boat packed with African migrants caught fire and sank off the island of Lampedusa, killing at least 300 people in October alone.
As an independent refugee media organization, Kanere seeks support and welcomes funding and material support from the UNHCR and any interested donors, either local or at the international level.
Have a wonderful day,
Qaabata Boru
Editorial Executive – Kanere
Letter from the Editor
To all Kanere readers and supporters,
It is only now that we have finally gotten the 14th issue of KANERE online but don't worry "a bad beginning makes a good ending". This is a double issue of Kanere, thanks to our reporters and other contributors to the publication.
We intend to produce KANERE in a quarterly edition but that would entirely depend on the efforts of Kanere staff, feasibility and the climate of media freedom within the Kakuma environs. However, we would want to move Kanere onto the next level by producing a print version to reach out to most vulnerable members of the refugee community who could not be able to read Kanere online. It would cost a lot for now but when amicable funds are made available, we intend to produce more than a thousand copies per issue.
In this edition, I welcome an academic feature contribution by Mandy Jam, a Dutch graduate student in cultural anthropology, based at Leiden University, the Netherlands. Mandy conducted her ethnographic research for MA that focuses on refugees' perceptions and other competing discourses on the mode of governmentality within the camp, while considering the desperate situation of refugee adults who are born in Kenya camps – but have no right to citizenship.
Secondly, we take this opportunity to welcome a "Refugee Newsletter" produced and managed by an NGO in Kakuma. The new twist is sponsored and edited by FilmAid that works under the umbrella of UNHCR. While Kanere is run and entirely operated by refugee exile journalists completely independent of humanitarian control.
In this edition, we have compiled multiple stories for you; despite the fact that Kakuma has always been marked by insecurity and violence, the camp was relatively calm for several months. However, in late May there were incidents of clashes between the Sudanese Nuer community and members of Turkana's host community.
In the Lokori area in Turkana, banditry has been frequent and has claimed at least three lives between 17th – 27th April when an unknown number of raiders armed with AK47 rifles attacked a group of Turkana women who had gone to fetch water and firewood, while in a separate incident, around 30 bandits attacked a Public Service Vehicle, setting it ablaze while the passengers escaped unhurt according to G4S April monthly report.
At Kanere News, the unfavorable climate of press freedom in Kakuma has resulted in a few journalists leaving on insecurity cases while a few reporters stepped aside from voluntary contributing to Kanere as they lacked support from the camp authority.
In December 2012, the government passed a negative directive to force urban refugees into camps, which later escalated to a dramatic increase in attacks. In January, the Kenyan High Court ordered the authorities to suspend the refugee relocation plans according to which more than 50,000 refugees and asylum seekers are supposed to leave urban areas of Kenya, but by the middle of May the court had not yet made a ruling on the negative decision.
However, in May, at least 45 refugees traveling to Nairobi were arrested on their way and arraigned at Eldoret court and charged with being illegal migrants, while at least six people died in the April – May floods in Kakuma.
And still the UNHCR Head of Sub-Office continues to receive the influx of new arrivals, the majority being South Sudanese. In the annual event of World Refugee Day, tens and thousands turned out to mark the historic event at Napata grounds in the camp. There are several other interesting stories that constitute this publication.
On our social media, we bring up news and events around the camp and Kakuma town with Kanere reporters in different sections of Kakuma; we bring up debatable issues. Tell us about your experiences, thoughts, let us read the latest and reality reporting on the unfolding happening inside a refugee camp.
Kanere would like to receive contributions from both the host and refugee communities and the NGOs' staff, as we welcome diversity of culture in these multinational interactions. We truly believe that journalism should be strengthened, but not undermined, looking at the current status of journalism practiced in Kakuma. With no doubts you'll find the difference between KANERE (a refugee-run) and an NGO-run newsletter!
We're open to suggestions and debate on refugee affairs. In this true spirit of independent refugee media inside the camp, we will need your support to grow and develop! Share your experiences with us, pitch in news tips and send us feedback on our stories and concerns to, email@example.com
Anyone can get involved in supporting and towards strengthening development of Kanere. Keep spreading the message in your networks, and you may 'like' Kanere on our social media page. I hope you'll enjoy reading our issues.
Till next edition!
Qaabata Boru
Editorial Executive
Letter from the Editor
To our esteemed readers here and abroad,
On the 22nd of December 2012, KANERE celebrated its 4th year anniversary. On this important occasion, Kanere looks back on different security threats suffered by staffs imposed by camp authority, reporting difficulties and lack of operational funding over years delaying publications for months.
Since KANERE started several camp developments took positive effect. The paper fosters the involvement of civil society in a situation where the camp authorities never wish to allow free flow of information. We therefore inform authorities in refugee protection once again, that the existence of Independent refugee media is necessary to any open and democratic society including refugee camps. The UNHCR and other humanitarian operations, had only to suggest the use of force to suppress reporters due to the politicized camp structure where compromise jeopardizes the safety and protection of true refugee journalists.
In the regional news, a literally named "Little Mogadishu" in Nairobi has experienced several grenade explosions with many lives lost in the month of December alone. This has caused the Kenyan government to call on all refugees to move to camps with immediate effect and threatening to withdraw all aid to refugees living in urban areas. By mid December there have been arbitrary arrests of refugees residing in areas of Eastleigh, Nairobi. Is this an appropriate response to security concerns? Kanere appeals against this move, as it's discriminatory and a violation of freedom of movement.
In Turkana District several incidents of cattle rustling were reported frequently between Turkana herders and Pokot raiders. To curb the rustling menace government has started a disarmament operation in west Pokot among other districts in the region.
On Wednesday 24th October, Her Highness Sheikha Moza Bint Nasser Al-Missned of Qatar and Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees made a visit to Kakuma. The purpose of the visit was for the Sheikha to familiarize herself with refugee education in this camp in connection with the Educate a Child Initiative which she is launching in collaboration with UNHCR.
On 26th October, the US Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration, H.E. Anne Richard, visited Kakuma as part of her mission to Kenya. Refugee leaders were able to make the case that half of the camp residents would need resettlement abroad as a durable solution for protracted displacement.
In this edition numerous accounts of sexual violence have persisted. A Somali woman aged 50 was gang raped and two others suffered similar assault at gunpoint. A defilement story of a schoolgoing refugee child tells the magnitude of prevailing sexual exploitation and abuse committed by guards. Meanwhile in August, the camp residents staged a protest after continued insecurity where refugees are killed by gunshots. A journalist at Kanere was blocked and threatened for covering the riots.
KANERE welcomes Awet Andemicael, a Doctoral student from Yale University in USA, providing refugees with insight about the importance of artistic events in refugee camps. Her article on the subject teaches that in a warehousing situation where refugees live every day of their life with fear, insecurity, isolation, and boredom, the introduction of artistic events can make a real difference.
For Rwandan refugees the worst morning is awaiting those who are still alive when application of the cessation clause on June 30th, 2013 shall revoke their refugee brand 'ration cards' in Kakuma.
Despite the continued challenges, Kanere aims to improve the human rights condition in refugee camps through courageous and independent journalism that adheres to the highest integrity, accuracy and ethical conduct.
Finally, we direct our readers and audience to read our site, 'like' our facebook page at this link, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kanere-News/161557433968809, share out and keep lively discussion of what is of value and to be addressed.
We wish you a prosperous Happy New Year 2013,
Qaabata Boru
KANERE editor in chief
Letter from the editor
Dear KANERE readers here and abroad,
First and foremost, I want to thank you for your loyalty to both exile journalists in KANERE and our supporters who find our work meaningful out of Kakuma refugee camp.
The past four months were generally calm inside the camp though a few cases of insecurity incidents have been reported in parts of the settlement. However, life was marked by different phenomena like natural calamities. The heavy downpour between the months of March to May caused flooding that resulted in five refugees and two members of the host community being drowned. March to June received plenty of rain, it was mild, and it was cold, warm and flooding. That is all about the weather.
In this edition: The influx of new arrivals to Kakuma following the communal conflicts, bombings and border violence for Sudanese. For Somalis violent conflicts, suicide attacks and inhuman crimes committed by Al-Shabaab insurgents are still forcing thousands of children and women into the 20 year old camp of Dadaab which now holds the shameful name of being the biggest refugee camp in the world. Dadaab Camp explosions and kidnappings are continuing and have paralyzed the humanitarian life saving operation in that camp which holds an estimated population of 500,000 refugees by mid July. In Turkana County the host communities saw a new dawn of hope after oil was discovered in the region. Several other stories constituted our publication. Yet again thousands of the camp residents turned up to commemorate the World Refugee Day in Kakuma camp this year.
KANERE has been running on a voluntary basis and amicable funding for the continuation of a refugee voice out of Kakuma has been stonewalled. As you can imagine, volunteers are working without payment. However, we feel a tremendous sense of responsibility to continue publishing for our audience – a role represented by the reporting project. We all try to do the best we can with no resources. As this situation is critical for the paper, we appeal to those who better understand KANERE to take a step forward in support of the refugee voice.
I'm happy to say that we appreciate the legal back up from press freedom and defenders' groups. We seek potential supporters who will always stand with us, and should continue to be authentic in times ahead.
We direct and advise our audience and readers at internship to visit our archives online to find past and current editions of KANERE. And we remain as ever focused on balanced, independent and quality reporting.
I welcome any and all suggestions, critical questions or criticisms in relation to KANERE's work. We also invite news tips from camp residents, members of the host community, humanitarian officials and our readers from abroad.
Thank you very much for reading,
KANERE editor in chief
Letter from the Editor
Dear KANERE readers and prospective supporters,
We here at Kakuma and its environs are experiencing very hot, dry weather with plenty of dust storms at the moment. The number of refugees in Kakuma grows everyday. The security situation, however, is not adjusted for these numbers and has been deteriorating. The relationship between refugees and the host community population continues to be unstable. It was sad that there were no new publications from KANERE since last year, but we hope that this edition will be more comprehensive and will cover more aspects of camp life.
To reduce the risk of crime inside the camp proper security measures are required. The security situation in Turkana County, along the international boarders with South Sudan, Uganda and Ethiopia has been reported to be calm. In the fall of 2011, however, security alertness was enhanced for humanitarian operations in camps like the Daadab Complex following the ongoing efforts of the Kenya Defense Forces in Somalia against Al–Shabaab. At Kakuma, there was no alarming security threat though alertness was enhanced in the compounds and along the Kakuma airstrip.
Several cattle raids have been reported among Turkana and Pokot herders who are from Turkana East and South Districts. Jie and Topozas cattle raiders from Uganda remain hostile to Turkana. These situations escalate over scarce pasture and water due to a long dry season. The main highway through the North western corridor from Kitale – Lodwar – Kakuma – Lokichokio has also experienced incidents and confrontations with bandits; however the UN and NGOs staff at Kakuma are accustomed to use armed police escorts on this highway.
I want to note my sincere appreciation for KANERE journalists who have tirelessly worked on this edition entirely on a voluntary basis. It is not easy running a newspaper without funding. We want to also thank the KANERE community here and abroad for their legal and moral support of our work. We need this support so that publication can continue on a bimonthly basis. This issue will cover different developments that have happened in the camp since last November. Though this publication has been delayed, we hope our readers will find it useful and worthwhile coverage.
The new camp address initiative has been welcomed by camp residents. Shelter inadequacies have been a serious problem in the camp leading not only to congestion but also to the tragic death of a child upon the collapse of a house. A murder occurred and violent robberies have terrorized residents of the camp. For Rwandans the refugee 'cessation clause' seems like a death penalty. Many efforts were made to postpone the previous UNHCR deadline for revoking refugee status from already recognized persons or group. The new Camp Constitution and election procedures have divided public opinion in the camp.
Refugee encampment and warehousing policies have 'highly politicized meaning' that drive donors to give aid to ensure and sustain the survival of innocent victims of violent power struggles. The warehousing situation has distorted refugee understanding of how they are forced to migrate from they home to arrive in situations of harm, humiliation, degradation and abuse in various camp settlements around the world. More than 100 refugees were arrested and questioned last December over the explosion at the Ifo Refugee Camp in Dadaab complex. This created waves of insecurity in refugee camps across the country where movement of refugees out of the camps has been severely restricted.
Camps should provide better protection. Refugees should not be overlooked. Educated and talented refugees who were once civil servants, refugee activists and exiled journalists are not allowed to exercise their talents in their host countries. KANERE urges that refugees in Kenyan camps and around the globe be given dignified recognition of 'full' not just 'basic' human rights. They deserve to be treated professionally. The 1951 Refugee Convection states the 'basic' rights which have become fundamental, such as the 'refugee' definition and their right to 'non-refoulement'. Refugees should not merely be warehoused in camps, sheltered and fed on 3gms of cereals per day. They are productive citizens of the world. The UN and world leaders should recognize the contributions of noble men and women who were once refugees like Albert Einstein and Madeleine Albright.
We hope you will enjoy reading this KANERE issue. We welcome your lively comments, contributions and questions. You can write to us at: email@example.com
KANERE Editor in Chief,
Letter from the Editor
Dear KANERE readers and prospective supporters:
We apologize for the delayed publication of this issue. Publication was hindered by challenges and struggles that render tenuous the very existence of free press in the Kakuma refugee camp. Indeed, without determined efforts from the entire KANERE community here and abroad we might have not come this far.
KANERE's operations, which function on a voluntary basis, have been impeded by mounting dangers. These dangers include: threats to security, prolonged droughts, high mortality rates at the refugee camp hospital and violent conflict within the camp. The usually short rain season, for example, has intensified famine for the livestock of local pastoralists in Turkana. Inside the camp, however, flooding from rainfall in May caused considerable damage to hundreds of shelters. These themes emerge repeatedly in the articles that follow.
Luckily, there is good news as well. The KANERE community is immensely grateful to the planners who put the camp under a new address and blocking system, enhancing accessibility and directions to the camp settlement. The number of Camp and urban refugees reading KANERE daily has also gradually increased through computer and mobile phone technologies. Our readers extend discussion of these stories with comments and contributions on our blog. We encourage readers inside and outside Kakuma to support us by telling and distributing the stories to others.
KANERE's objective is to enable and promote the existence of civil society, currently fractured and facing many perils inside the camp. Most gravely, the forceful suppression of free press has created a self-perpetuating crisis. This censorship is experienced intimately in daily life. To be sure the stories in this issue reveal multiple powerful paradoxes that are not easily resolved. Underpinning these is the persistence of human suffering!
KANERE represents the only organized effort toward a sustainable civil society inside the Kakuma refugee camp. We ask the standard-bearers of human rights stand with us and protect those whose rights are routinely violated in the Kakuma refugee camp. We hope that our readers enjoy the articles, and we encourage you all to make contributions to the Refugee Free Press and post comments on our stories so we can continue this lively conversation.
KANERE Editor-in-chief
Letter from the Editor
2010-11 Winter Quarterly (November-December-January)
To all KANERE readers here and abroad:
In the life of journals KANERE turned its second year in December 2010, and its writers continue to stand strong in advocating for refugees. This quarterly winter issue marks the last news dispatches from the year 2010 and early 2011.
We send our wishes for a pleasant 2011 to all our readers, supporters and criticizers, wherever you may be. We would like to send note of thanks to all our readers and supporters throughout the last year and to encourage you to continue with us in the same spirit this year.
While life in the camp has seen little change over the past three months, the Sudanese Referendum marked a defining moment for Sudan. It is a real test for many Southerners worried about their relatives who live on both sides of the North and South. Everyone is thinking: unity or break away? Kakuma was cited as a major voting centre in the Rift Valley Province.
Numerous incidents of violence punctuated the holiday season as refugees were reported dead on the outskirts of camp or in their own homes. In early January 2011, a fire erupted in the refugee community of Kakuma One, sending several refugees to the hospital and destroying properties valued at hundreds of thousands Kenya shillings.
Human right organizations have released alarming reports on protracted refugee situations, calling attention to serious harassment and rights violations of refugees and asylum seekers in their countries of asylum. According to an Amnesty International report released in December 2010, the harassment of Somali refugees by Kenyan police and soldiers has reached intolerable levels.
The weather in Kakuma and its surrounding environs during the past three months remained dry and sunny characterized by cold nights.
As we speak in a louder voice, we appeal for better protection of refugees and asylum seekers in Kenya and urge an end to encampment policy! We wish a peaceful environment in Southern Sudan.
KANERE Editor
Letter from the Editor: July-October 2010
To all KANERE readers here and abroad:
We are delighted to release this issue. It is tremendous honor to speak on behalf of all the thousands of refugees in camps who don't have the chance to scream to the world that "Yes, we exist!"
Despite the lack of resources and the funding for the paper, volunteer KANERE journalists always have determination to keep the candle burning!
For the last three months, the life in the camp was marked by high-profile visitors, as the Chief UNHCR High Commissioner Geneva embarked on the second visit to Kakuma Camp since the camp's establishment in 1992. His visit was marked by the provision of street lights through a community lighting project. Refugees are eagerly waiting the successful start of lighting systems in the communities.
The security of the camp rose and fell at times: a baby boy was killed by a gunshot, while a man was recently killed at Kakuma Four and many others seriously injured following similar attacks.
In Kakuma Town and Kenya, the country had a very successful Referendum that was followed by the promulgation. The country celebrated its first national holiday after the rebirth of the Nation on the 20th October 2010 for Mashujaa Day.
On the international scene, 90 journalists were killed in Mexico's most deadly area while they were on duty, according to the Media Watchdog Press Emblem Campaign. We send our prayers and solidarity.
Kindly, post your comments and views on our blog or write to the Editor at email@example.com.
We believe you will enjoy reading KANERE!
The Editor
Letter From The Editor June 2010
Dear our Respectable readers here and abroad,
We are humbly grateful to Almighty God for He has allowed us to reach this far on this our small planet. KANERE strongly apologies for this many months delayed publications of course for some reasons. Though this issues comes to your attention late we still believe that there are meaningful.
I thank the potential KANERE staff for their work until now despite the scenes we encountered in the course of early this year that got reported or are left out interrupting our normal routines, we have always believe in our strengths as we shall definitely keep on working towards ensuring the continuation of KANERE.
For over five months, life in Kakuma camp was remarked by several insecurity problems. In the late April to May there has been tremendous heavy down pour which caused camps flooded leading to several refugees thatched muddy wall shelters were washed away. A local Turkana boy and three Sudanese refugees died at the aggressive Kawalase seasonal flowing river which is approximately 1km to Lodwar town. In the refugee communities there had occurred few murder cases, several assaults and related serious Domestic violence cases reported.
In the world of the sport, the FIFA world cup taking place on the African soil for the first time, most camps movie halls, Tea and Coffee cafe's here were over crowded as the football supporters and the fans feel for the game.
Being the great month in the world refugee calendar: thousands of the Kakuma refugees, International and national NGO Refugee Agencies with the concerned Kenya Government Departments taking a lead emerged at the Napata grounds to celebrate the world refugee day 2010.
The wider audiences out there keep your comments, thoughts and experiences alive. Address all the correspondences to myself at firstname.lastname@example.com
KANERE Editor
Letter from the Editor December 2009
To all our readers here and abroad:
Hello again! On December 22nd 2009, the Kakuma News Reflector (KANERE) will celebrate its first year of existence. From the day of its creation until now, KANERE has done remarkable work in the fields of local news coverage, information sharing, and international correspondence. Many things have happened, and much has been said of our organization (see "KANERE in the News" for links).
Despite limitations to our smooth performance and operation, we are now polishing our shoes to step into the New Year.
During the last six months, life here in Kakuma Refugee Camp was marked by a few major changes and continuing uncertainty. While insecurity has persisted, one refugee man successfully thwarted an armed robbery by disarming the thugs. Thousands of Somali refugees were relocated to join us in Kakuma from Dadaab Camp; we welcome their arrival and ask them to join our communities and contribute their ideas to KANERE. On the health front, a cholera outbreak currently threatens thousands, and the controversial Mix-Me nutritional supplement is going through another round of testing.
I would like here to remember the unforgettable work done by the volunteer journalists, artists, editors, and supporters of KANERE. Their determination and patience sustained our good efforts and kept the free press alive during the difficult incidents encountered in the course of this year.
A special thanks goes out to all our supporters wherever they may be in the world, because their support has assured us that our work is meaningful and that others are watching. We hope that these connections will strengthen and grow through the next year ahead of us.
I welcome your comments, contributions, and experiences from all over the planet. Please direct all correspondence to myself at email@example.com
Happy holidays to all, and a prosperous New Year 2010!
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Also, the "short leash" Iraq Accountability Act just passed the House, 221-205. We actually picked up three votes from last time. It is slow, but it is progress. It is also worth noting that of the ten Democrats who still voted against it, eight are in the out of Iraq caucus. So much for the vote on HR 2237 being part of any deal to pick up progressive votes.


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9:56am Tuesday 8th January 2013 in News
DETECTIVES in Blackburn are investigating an early morning arson attack on a parked car.
The incident involves a 57 reg silver Ford Focus parked in Leamington Road, Blackburn overnight on Friday.
Police said someone set four fires on the ground close to each of the vehicles wheels shortly after 2.15am on Saturday.
The vehicle was severely damaged in the attack.
Detectives said forensic inquiries were still ongoing to establish further details about the origin of the fire and the person who started it.
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Catoosa County voters will get to decide March 19 whether to keep a 1 percent special purpose local option sales tax for another five years.
As to what projects would be funded by the roughly $56 million in revenue over half a decade -- that's still up in the air.
Officials from the county and its two cities, Fort Oglethorpe and Ringgold, met on Nov. 27 and Dec. 12 to try to winnow down a "wish list" of $160 million in proposed projects.
More discussion had been planned for the morning of Dec. 18, but county officials put that on hold for the time being, according to Fort Oglethorpe City Manager Ron Goulart.
"They wanted to take a look at it again," he said of the Catoosa County Commission. "I think that they're pretty close to resolving it."
Fort Oglethorpe's portion of the special sales tax revenue would fund things such as new police cars and fire vehicles, sewer and water system improvements and recreation, Goulart said.
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He expects voters will approve the tax.
"I think it will [pass], especially if they include a little money for recreation," Goulart said.
County Commissioner DeWayne Hill also expects the measure to pass.
"To me, it's a no-brainer," Hill said. "It helps get the things the county needs without raising property taxes."
"It gives us new police cars, fire equipment, recreation," Hill said. "Sewer in places we desperately need sewer."
Hill said about 100,000 vehicles drive through Catoosa County on Interstate 75 every 24 hours, and some of those motorists stop for gas, food and shopping -- which helps fill the county's coffers with sales tax revenue.
Hill said commissioners may consider what to put before voters when the panel meets Jan. 3.
"We've only got a couple of weeks left after the first of the year to get this thing completed," he said.
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Tim Omarzu covers Catoosa and Walker counties for the Times Free Press. Omarzu is a longtime journalist who has worked as a reporter and editor at daily and weekly newspapers in Michigan, Nevada and California. Stories he's covered include crime in blighted parts of metro Detroit and Reno, Nev.; environmental activists tree-sitting in California's Sierra Nevada foothills; attempts by the Michigan Militia to take over a township¹s government in northern Michigan. A native of Michigan, ...


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A couple of years ago, I was feeling especially thrifty. My husband farms both organic and traditional wheat, barley, lentils and peas, so I thought I should make use of what he grows.
I ground some of his organic wheat in the dry container on my blender and made my own homemade bread. To my surprise, it turned out really good. I've had more than a few domestic fails over the years, so I was pretty excited about my bread success.
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Have you considered how your life would freeze to a standstill if a general outage cut electric power for more than two or three days? As every summer arrives, it's a question more and more people ask, because demand for electric power is growing inexorably, and summertime is when the grid always gets strained to the max. Many experts say all it will take is one unusually bad heat wave and a single computer glitch. The last major outage happened in the summer of 2003, and it affected over 55 million people.
Our lives depend on electricity more than just about anything else, but there are few things we take so for granted. (You couldn't read this post without it.) Environmentalists have effectively put a stop to all new construction of traditional power stations, and a growing portion of new construction is for clean energy sources. Clean energy may sound sexy, but it's still unreliable: Wind turbines generate electricity only when the wind blows, which might not be when you need it. Likewise, solar energy generation fluctuates with weather conditions. All it takes is one confluence of circumstances to shut down your power.
That's a mess. Once your cell phone's battery runs down, how will you recharge it? Think you can run down to the local Starbucks to get some coffee (your coffeemaker is dead, remember) and recharge your laptop, cell phone, tablet, iPod, toothbrush and shaver? Think again. All your neighbors will have descended on that little coffee shop en masse because they'll be without power too.
A new survey suggests daughters may be a better investment than sons, but parents say there's more to this story.
This post comes from Robert Beaupre at partner site MoneyRates.com.
A study released last month by Yodlee Interactive and Harris Poll found that adult women are 32 percent less likely to need financial support from their parents than adult men are. Shortly after the release, a spate of headlines touting the financial virtues of daughters appeared across the Web.
However, because the study only looked at adult sons and daughters, it did little to answer the question of which sex is less expensive to parent in the long run. A 2010 study from Lovemoney.com found that, between the ages of 5 and 18, boys are actually cheaper to raise than girls, primarily due to the more costly hobbies and activities girls tend to adopt (at least in England, where the study was conducted).
In terms of hard data, the debate over the relative costs of sons and daughters seems muddled at best. But if you turned to parents who have children of both sexes for answers, would a clearer answer emerge?
Some companies are seizing control of employees' 401k investment choices. If yours does, watch out for these five mistakes.
This post comes from Marilyn Lewis at partner site Money Talks News.
How would you like it if your company started overriding your 401k investment choices? Well, your employer may be doing just that.
A number of companies, concerned that their employees' retirement investments are too risky or not risky enough, are overriding some employees' investment picks and substituting the company's choices.
The ease of letting an employer take the wheel appeals to some investors who feel they haven't got the nerve or knowledge to make investment decisions or can't find the time.
But there are downsides.
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A company's substitute choice, typically, is a target date fund -- a portfolio of stocks and bonds whose investments become increasingly conservative as the employee's retirement target date draws nearer.
The employer tactic of substitutions, called re-enrollment, helps boost the safety and growth of employees' investments and can ward off lawsuits over 401k plans' performance or fund choices, says the Journal of Pension Benefits (.pdf file).
Are debt collector calls causing you to lose sleep? Here are four steps to stop the calls and get on with your life.
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The next time you're in a room with six other people, look around. One of you is probably being hounded by a debt collector.
An April report from the Center for Responsible Lending found that 1 in 7 Americans is on the receiving end of debt collection activities. More concerning is the fact that some of these consumers may not owe the debt at all. Accounts are bought and sold, and balances may be incorrectly stated, or settled accounts erroneously listed as in default.
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By ASHLEIGH LIVINGSTON
---- — PLATTSBURGH — Having undergone cancer surgery, Steve Bedard is grateful for the Plan A health insurance available to him as a retired Plattsburgh City School teacher.
"What I find is I'm slowly becoming a walking pharmacy," Bedard, a city taxpayer, told the audience gathered at the district's recent public health insurance forum.
The event came after months of urging from taxpayer Walter Chmura for the school to consider switching from Plan A to the less costly Plan B. The forum featured a presentation, detailing the differences in the two plans, by Steve Locey of Locey and Cahill LLC, the consulting firm that works with the district's health-care consortium.
Plan B is currently about 18 percent less expensive than Plan A, Locey said.
They also differ in that Plan B carries higher deductibles and co-insurance maximums, and Plan B users are subject to prescription drug co-pays, which do not count toward fulfilling the deductible or co-insurance maximum.
"Right now, I get prescription drugs, (and) it counts toward my $400 (co-insurance maximum and) $50 deductible ... If that's pulled away from me, I'll tell you, I'll be pretty nervous because any of us could end up bankrupt," Bedard said during the public-comment portion of the forum, following Locey's presentation.
Other speakers, however, noted that the high cost of Plan A makes it unsustainable for schools that are annually struggling to bridge budget gaps.
"Many local school districts have recently stated that their districts are in danger because (of) unsustainable benefits, and health care is one of the biggest parts of that," said Nancy Allen, a city taxpayer and former Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield employee.
Allen, who worked on the consortium's account during her 12 years with Excellus and helped to develop and implement Plan B, stated the City School District could save about $900,000 a year by switching plans.
"It seems the fiscally responsible action for the Plattsburgh City School District would be to move to Plan B for all active and retired employees, with a buyout option for Plan A," she said. "This would allow employees and retirees to choose to stay on Plan A as long as they pay the difference."
Allen added that Plan B, like Plan A, is a "Cadillac" plan.
"Most taxpayers have plans that are nowhere near as rich as Plan B," she said. "Taxpayers are frustrated, and they're looking for some common-sense solution, and they're realizing they're footing the bill of extremely rich benefits that have been around 30 years for a very select group."
Chmura also advocated for the switch to be made; however, he urged the board to do it unilaterally.
"It can be done without collective bargaining, which means it can be done expeditiously," he said.
City School Superintendent James "Jake" Short told the Press-Republican in a separate interview that according to both the Plattsburgh Teachers Association and Plattsburgh Civil Service Employees Association contacts, their health-insurance plan must be at least the equivalent of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Statewide Plan.
"This brings the question forward (of whether) the School Board can or has interest in unilaterally switching plan options absent contract negotiations," Short said.
When asked by a forum attendee if Plan B is at least equivalent to the state's plan, Locey responded that it is, and that, in his opinion, Plan B is better.
Retired City School teacher Arnie Burdo also spoke at the forum, saying Plan A coverage allowed him to receive quality care through open heart-surgery and treatment of prostate cancer.
"I'm asking for a situation which allows senior citizens like myself to be grandfathered into a good insurance like the one we have right now," he said. "I know there are some people who would like to cut down their taxes, but I pay taxes, too, and so do all of my relatives, and they don't mind chipping in to keep me alive."
Another speaker, taxpayer and Plattsburgh Teachers Association President Mary Lou LaRocque-Megarr, stated that switching plans is a complex decision and should not be made without research and discussion.
"No board member, no negotiating team wants the responsibility of someone losing their home because we've switched to Plan B," she said.
Both LaRocque-Megarr and Rod Sherman, a retired teacher and former Teachers Association president, also noted that the union and district have a long history of collaborating and achieving compromise.
"I don't see this issue as being any different," LaRocque-Megarr said. "It's another issue that we will put on the table and talk about together, but retirees, we're not going to sell you out."
City School teacher and taxpayer Tim Mulligan also spoke, questioning why consortium members can choose only between Plan A and Plan B.
"Neither plan is working for both the district and its members ... Why can't the consortium and the board work to put together a package that meets more in the middle?" he asked.
Two days after the forum, the health-insurance discussion continued at a City School Board meeting, where board member Steve Krieg said he would support a unilateral insurance switch.
"We're not taking away a good plan and leaving them with no plan," he said. "We're taking away a good plan and leaving them with a good plan."
He and fellow board member Fred Wachtmeister urged the public to share their thoughts on the topic with the board.
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During the public-comment portion of the meeting, Scott Waite, Plattsburgh Teachers Association negotiations chair, noted that while it was Locey's opinion that Plan B is equivalent to the state's plan, "something like that would have to be settled by a judge."
In addition, LaRocque-Megarr spoke at the meeting, echoing Mulligan's sentiments that the consortium should offer more plan options.
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Were I still in management and told that less than one-quarter of my non-management employees were "engaged" and working fully productively, I would be, shall we say… concerned. That finding is a key piece of new data from an employee engagement study by Dale Carnegie Training.
According to national research fielded in 2012 on 1500 employees aged 18 to 61+:
- Only 23% of non-management workers are engaged. For management-level employees the figure is 45%. The higher number is expected, as managers are naturally higher paid and more invested in an organization's success.
- 69% of disengaged employees would leave their current job for just a 5 percent pay increase. Also, disengaged employees are more than twice as likely to leave for any amount of pay increase, compared to employees who are engaged.
- 80% of employees who felt "very dissatisfied" with their immediate supervisor were "disengaged." This is fully consistent with the widely accepted notion that an employee's relationship with his or her direct manager is crucial in influencing engagement level, another finding of the study.
- 61% of employees who have confidence in their senior leadership and feel they're moving the organization in the right direction are engaged. This underscores the importance of perceptions of senior leaders as well, beyond just front-line management.
All considered, it's not a pretty picture, when one considers that a 23% engagement level means that less than 1 in 4 of the employees who are doing the bulk of actual day-to-day (i.e. non-management) work is performing at full productivity.
If I were a CEO or head of HR who was given these kind of numbers about my workforce, I'd have quite a few questions:
Are we choosing the wrong people for management?
Are we choosing the right people but not giving them the right training?
Are we burning out employees by continually asking them to do more with less?
Are we burning out employees through multiple rounds of layoffs, reorgs, benefit cuts and various other stressors?
Those are just the questions I'd begin with… and I'd want fast meaningful answers.
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Something I find amazing in regard to the current economic recession is that, while economists and experts alike are claiming the recession is called "a demand recession", meaning of course that demand for products and services is down, America's commercial high and mighty are so consumed by garnering profits for themselves that they seem to have forgotten that they may not be paying their employees enough money to support the economy.
Don't worry, it's not the first time the patrician and equestrian classes have forgotten all about the so-called hoi poloi. Sometimes it takes Spartacus, the Communards, the entire Cold War and the threat of pitchforks and torches to wake those buzzards up.
I would add to the CEO/HR questions:
- are we hiring top performers but keeping them in menial jobs?
- are we micromanaging or in any other way discouraging achievement? Does management feel somehow threatened by people who are highly engaged?
- are we rewarding the people who actually achieve, or just the favorites (i.e. ones we like to go to lunch with)?
Readers may be interested to know that I created a comic strip that was directly influenced by reading this article. The strip specifically addresses the remaining 20% who are very dissatisfied with their supervisor:
hope it brings a chuckle. :)
This was a very interesting read, and thank you for providing it. From an employee perspective, I think a major factor is when management feels they have a right to micromanage your life. For example, there are a couple of personal things that are occurring in my family. This does not impact my work (my last performance review was above average or exceeded expectations on all factors), but my manager feels the need to constantly question vacation requests (that are more than 8 weeks out for appointments and such) and then offer counter suggestions to what professionals are recommending (she is not a professional in the field). These suggestions are made with a "holier than thou" attitude as well, and are very inappropriate for her to be talking about in front of the entire department. They are sometimes sarcastic, or rude about loved ones. First, I don't believe I should be required to detail time off requests when I use my vacation time. Second, the belittling comments about people I care about really make me upset. As a result, I have a more standoffish attitude with my manager, and feel less engaged.
Dear Victor,
My response is here:
The Alchemy of Modern Economics – the Fundless Society.
and here – a piece that I wrote 4 years ago:
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