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Hudson is a skilled reader of books, but not so much with people. Mum's new bloke Louis is keen to help, and in turn Hudson passes on what he learns to future sibling Zed (for zygote). This all comes in useful at granddad's funeral as Hudson deals with grief, his dad's feelings of guilt and his own sadness about his parents' separation. Hudson's self-awareness about his Asperger's and how it affects him (and others) gives him a distinctive and insightful voice that offers an astute and ultimately uplifting take on the world. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 12+
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Getting know our African selves better.
Good Monday Afternoon everyone
It's my pleasure to introduce The History Issue as this month's content focus for my blog. The Hair Issue started the conversations that I hoped it would start when I launched it and I've had strangers and acquaintances comment on how they've been following ''My Hair Revolution''. I'm hoping that The History Issue, taking some time to concentrate on the subject of mine, yours and our history, will result in an even better sense of who we are as individuals and as compatriots. The aim is always to restore a lost dignity, a lost sense of self but also to speak the truth, which has the ability to change the way you and I see the world. That's why I'm doing this.
I always loved History as a subject at school. I always excelled at it because I was that annoying kid who would have the answer to everything because I would go home and spend hours reading up on whatever we were learning about as soon as we started the particular subject in class. This piqued an interest in my father, who would sit and have discussions with me about the conventional history we were studying, offering different takes on it. I would sit in his study reading volumes of Encyclopedia Britannica sets for fun (rolls eyes), quiz myself on the events of Chronicles of different years, watch VHS tapes of figures like Credo Mutwa over and over again and then naturally gloat to my sisters and my classmates about it yet have the nerve to wonder why I was a social pariah at home and why nobody asked me to any school dances.
These days I only become intolerable during 30 seconds but for the most part, I'm a shadow of that gloaty little girl. Random historical facts and anything to do with the past still turn me on although I faltered a bit on my reading while I was busy with fashion and the general adventures of my life in the last few years, I have spent the last 18 months revisiting South African History as an adult.
I can't begin to explain how much this has affected my worldview. We all know (do we?) that the history that was part of the syllabus in in the 90s and even the 2000s was a hangover from an Apartheid approach to South African History. You know, the South African history that starts in 1652 with the arrival of Dutch East India Company Viceroy Jan van Riebeck? The ''history'' that writes out (as in excludes from the books) the achievements of indigenous Africans, their art, religion and contribution to civilization.
The only histories that existed, according to our curriculum were those of the English, Portuguese, Spanish and the French, which we spent a great deal learning about. I remember studying Egypt, China and Japan and feeling like Africans have been left behind by all these other nations. The image I walked away with after studying Egyptian history was that they must have been Middle Eastern or ''Arab'', which isn't even a race. They were definitely not black even though they lived in Africa. To this day, despite 3000 year old evidence around them, it's still a contentious issue among Egyptologists that the Egyptians included dark skinned African people. Anyway, we'll get to that later.
Even when I studied History for 3 years at Rhodes and we did study South African history, the focus was always on Post-Colonial South Africa, leaving classes and classes of students ignorant about the existence of life in Africa before the colonists came. This was normal and unquestioned. African history was hidden and the silence about it wasn't always sinister, it was because the teachers who taught us were ignorant of African history, just like the teachers who taught them because, well it was designed in this way so that African people have no sense of self, let alone pride in the achievement of their forbearers. Has it worked?
Why is it that we could reblockquote the names of the wives of Henry the Eighth and the order in which they were divorced and beheaded yet one has to scramble to find information on Xhosa, Pedi or Shona chiefs, kings and queens? Their names don't roll off our tongues because the information isn't easily available. Part of it is because of our own ignorance as victims of this historical exclusion and perpetual loser syndrome, and the other reason is because of the old adage history is told by the victor. To deprive someone of their own history is to deprive them of their power, knowledge. What can one do with an empty pot? One can fill that pot with ingredients that when cooked over time, become a bottomless soup of lies, elaborate lies and misunderstandings that for years and years and years keep entrenching themselves into the base of the pot until the lies become facts.
Two months ago, Nigeria expunged History as a subject in school. I repeat, History is no longer a subject in Nigerian schools. The education department says it's because there are not enough teachers to teach it, not enough jobs that one can do with a Degree in History and lastly, ''the students shun it as a subject''. So what would happen if the students also shunned Maths and Science as subjects? Could those also be struck off the register so easily? This is a shocking leap of ignorance that is going to deprive Nigerian children of a core part of themselves. I know that History is seen as one of those fuddy duddy subjects that bores most kids into undermining it but here's a newsflash, undermining one's history is undermining one's self.
I believe that the reason Africans are perceived as the most inferior by the rest of the world, a view upheld by an economic system that literally takes from the richest continent in the world, Africa, and leaves its people the poorest: poor of food, poor of land, poor of resources and poor of knowledge – is because we have been successfully tricked into thinking that Africans were nothing before colonialism, not just African kids but all kids who have learned history in the last 100 years have been privy to that disinformation. It's a system that's been used to conquer North America, South America, Australia, some parts of Asia and all of Africa. Naturally, Africans had it the worst because our continent had and still has the most that European colonizers were after during the 19th Century scramble.
The culture in Pre-Colonial times from as early as the 1300s to the mid 1600s, was to trade with Southern African natives. Materials like beads, gold and ivory, silver and other precious metals were traded with the Portuguese, who in turn traded with North East Africans, Persians and Asians, and while there would be squabbles and molestations here and there, the general consensus was mutual respect meaning no taking over of other people's land and livelihood, no forcing them to denounce their Gods, no raping their women and definitely no making their people slaves.
So how did it become that?
Where does the story or our current situation begin to take shape?
Was it simply about black versus white?
What role did our own forbearers play in our downfall?
Who built Great Zimbabwe and why?
Where was the Monomotapa Kingdom?
Who was Mbuye Nehanda?
Why don't we know a lot about Mapungubwe?
Where did white Jesus come from and to whom were native southern Africans praying before that?
What happened to those gods?
What does the shape of 19th Century village houses have to do with the proselytization of native South Africans?
What happened to the Khoi Khoi and the Khoi San when they first encountered Europeans?
What role did fashion play in the colonization of native Southern Africans?
What did Nongqawuse look like and why was she such a controversial character? Why are Xhosa's the only Nguni's that make the click sounds?
How do I feel about taking pride in the fact that I attended a learning institution named after a man who said ''I don't care about niggers, I'm more interested in their land''?
Why cigarettes and alcohol, mirror's and teapots were so instrumental in the interior advancement of Europeans in Southern Africa. Why Caucasians have long straight hair and narrow noses and why Negroid peoples have the hair and wider noses they have.
Why Ghandi was not a friend of ''Kaffirs''.
The effects of Tshaka's Mfecane on South Africa and how the nations of Swaziland and Lesotho came to be.
Who was Sir Lowry, Benjamin D'Urban, Harry Smith, Graham of Grahamstown, Henry Somerset, Beaufort and other British men who have towns named after them?
Who was Rharhabe and why did he hate his brother Gcaleka?
Who was Yese and why did she have power over her son Ngqika?
Who was present when Hintsa was killed and what type of man was he?
Where does the name for the fruit Spanspek come from?
Why was a Khoi San man Africa's first revolutionary?
Why did the west love Mandela so much after he came out of prison?
Why did Apartheid really end?
Is it really dead?
As you can see I could go on forever. And this all went down in a short 700-year period. There's a whole 800 years and the rest of the continent of West Africans who conquered and civilized Europe way before all of this went down – the Moors, whose story is known but somehow not taken as seriously as it should. There's a sense of never wanting to attribute any genius to Africans nje in the world and it's amazing how well it has worked. Why does it continue to work? It's only because we don't really know our history. For generations we have accepted a history that was taught in the schools of the victors.
I am not a historian so I don't have the desire nor the capacity to make this into an in depth account of the stories above, but I do plan to tell what I know, what I have learned about South African history and where I as a Mfengu Xhosa fit into the story and hopefully where you, whoever you are and wherever your people come from, fit into the story. I will give nuggets of knowledge that I have learned and try to make it as interesting as possible since this is a funky blog on funky culture. I know that my life's mission is to go back to school and actually break this history down into many set work books and historical novels like Marguerite Poland's Shades. But for now, here's to a month of looking at Southern African history and a little bit on African history that goes waaaaaay back when we Nguni were still in the caves of modern day Cameroon. My golden source, one of many, is a book called Frontiers: The Epic Creation of South Africa and the Tragedy of the Xhosa people written by Noel Mostert, who writes a brilliant story as if he was there as a native Africa who saw it all unfolding. If you can find it, buy it now. I didn't buy it. It's on a 2 year loan from my friend Michael because it's almost 1500 pages of WHAT? HOW? WHO DID WHAT? It's extremely rare and not something you can just walk into Exclusives and buy.
It might also be fun to really engage with this subject by sending me questions, comments, sharing more facts, reading material and bits of history in an effort for group learning which will ultimately lead to better understanding and tolerance of our differences and most importantly, a decolonizing of the mind.
Image: a young Xhosa man by Alice Merster and Joan Broster // African Elegance, 1973
great valid questions…..Africa is awakening(renaiscence) within you, and everyone else. i found enlightenment in these books , cheikh anta diop – precolonial africa; george james – stolen legacy; and of course theres a whole of our immediate history on KARA.CO.ZA by MATHOLE MOTSHEKGA……..THANX SIS'…..-@GALAWORD
Stumbled upon your blog (via Instagram) and I love!!!! I have the same curiosities you do about African history. One helpful avenue has been narrations from elders and an explanation of my totem poem.
Ever chatted to Prof. Peter Delius from Wits? Was privy to some of his Mpumalanga work, particularly around the Bokoni people and their (almost) forgotten history. http://witspress.co.za/catalogue/forgotten-world/ – important work, and speaking to your broader project.
I really appreciate the new history series on SABC3. Totally different take than I learned, and the latest curriculum
Wilbur Smith's novels opened my eyes and aroused my curiosity about the Pre-Colonial history of successful African societies that flourished centuries ago. I would have loved to experience Africa in those days.
I am just loving your blog!! which i happily stumbled upon after typing south African blogs 🙂 this just makes me wish i could have the powers to include African history before colonialism as part of every syllabus.
Very insightful. The extent to which we, as an African people have been enslaved, one way or the other, is untold. Our people NEED the education,the knowledge of self.
I was reading an article from CNN about hair and I found your name in one of the photos. I love you style so googled your name to learn more about you. Your blog is impressive and creative. It is rich content and informative. Thank you for sharing.
Beware of the SUITS whom have historically and currently identified the Humanities as a threat to a globalized economy. I think of George Orwell's book 1984 as I read your words and another book I am currently reading on the Mfecane, mind you the only book I enjoyed reading in High school, in the English class. I am in solidarity with our current climate around fees but in hind site I wouldn't mind a partial refund for my history lessons in primary, secondary and tertiary (History of Fashion) education.


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The Empire Wrestling Federation (EWF) is an independent wrestling promotion based in San Bernardino, California. It is owned and operated by Jesse Lizarraga. The EWF is also tied to Hernandez's wrestling school, The School Of Hard Knocks. The EWF is also an affiliate of the National Wrestling Alliance.
EWF was founded in 1996 by Bill Anderson and Hernandez. it saw its first show in May 1996 at the Boys and Girls Club of San Bernardino as Bobby Bradley defeated Tom "Zuma" Howard to become the first EWF Heavyweight Champion. In 1999 Bill Anderson left the EWF and formed his own promotion and wrestling school, the International Wrestling Council in Riverside, California. In June 1996 a tribute to "Superstar" Billy Graham was held.
Several EWF wrestlers from the past have gone on to national fame, including Rico Constantino, Louie Spicolli, Frankie Kazarian, Christopher Daniels, Shelly Martinez and Melina Perez. In 1997 Chris Jericho and Lee Marshall of WCW mentioned EWF on WCW broadcasts and Marshall attended a show in Hemet, California. Other pro wrestling stars have made appearance at EWF shows including Mando Guerrero, Peter Maivia, Ludvig Borga, The Honky Tonk Man, Tony Atlas and Tom Brandi. Many EWF wrestlers appear as jobbers on WWE broadcasts, and at the 1999 Royal Rumble the orderlies sent to apprehend Kane were performed by the EWF roster, including then owners Bill Anderson and Jesse Hernandez.
Current champions
|Current champion(s):
|Date Won:
|Won From:
|EWF Heavyweight Championship
|Scorpio Sky
|May 2, 2008
|Brandon "Nitro" Gatson
|Covina, California
|EWF American Championship
|May 2, 2008
|Hook Bomberry
|Covina, California
|EWF Tag Team Championship
|Famous For Fearless
(TJ Perkins and Liger Rivera)
|June 27, 2008
|La Ola Del Mal
(Black Metal and Extreme Loco)
|Covina, California
|EWF Cruiserweight Championship
|JT Blackstar
|April 18, 2008
|Markus Riot
|Covina, California
Annual Events
The Empire Wrestling Federation currently holds two annual events, the Great Goliath Memorial Battle Royal and the Inland Title Series. The Great Goliath Memorial Battle Royal, held in honor of the wrestler who trained Jesse Hernandez, the EWF's owner and promoter, has been held during the EWF's Anniversary Show in May since 2006. The winner is awarded a trophy or plaque and is granted a shot at the EWF Heavyweight Championship.
Great Goliath Battle Royal Results
|Won By:
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|Cincinnati Red
|Covina, CA
|Gave the trophy to Great Goliath's daughter, Paloma, and forfeited his right to a title match.
|Dan "The Man" Kobrick
|Covina, CA
|Used his title shot at The Covina Classic, losing to then champion, Joey Harder.
|Ryan Taylor
|Covina, CA
|Used his title shot at The Covina Classic, losing to then champion, Scorpio Sky.
The Inland Title Series is a round robin style tournament, held at the end of the year. The winner of the ITS is granted a shot at the EWF Heavyweight Championship.
Inland Title Series Standings
|Brandon "Nitro" Gatson
|Defeated Scorpio Sky in a tie breaker match to win the ITS.
|Scorpio Sky
|Lost to Brandon "Nitro" Gatson in an ITS tie breaker match.
|Ryan Taylor
|JT Blackstar
|Joey Harder
|Defeated TJ Perkiins in a tie breaker match to win the ITS.
|TJ Perkins
|Lost to Joey Harder in an ITS tie breaker match.
|Hook Bomberry
|Jason King
- Karl "Machine Gun" Anderson
- Black Metal (La Ola Del Mal)
- JT Blackstar
- Hook Bomberry
- Jade Chung
- Coconut Joe
- Rockstar Cordova
- Country Bear
- Brandon Cutler
- Dave The Bruiser
- Espiritu Infernal
- Extreme Loco (La Ola Del Mal)
- Brandon "Nitro" Gatson
- Mikey Henderson
- Icarus Eagle
- "Mr. Instant Replay" Matt Jackson (The Young Bucks)
- "Slick" Nick Jackson (The Young Bucks)
- Carla Jade
- "Top Shelf" Jeremy Jaeger
- "Zero Gravity" Chris Kadillak
- Kid Karnage
- Dan "The Man" Kobrick
- Candice LeRae
- Liger Rivera (Famous for Fearless)
- "Marvelous" Max Martin
- Maximo
- Mecurio Jr.
- Joseph "Dropkick" Murphy
- TJ Perkins (Famous for Fearless)
- "The Golden Greek" Marcius Pitsonopolous
- Markus Riot
- Rocky Romero
- Ronin
- Joey Ryan
- Sonny Samson
- Scorpio Sky
- Ryan Taylor
- Terex
- The French Stallion
- "Mayhem" Mars Vaughn
- Kitana Vera
- Vizzion
Managers and Valets
- Mando Vega (Senior Official)
- Justin Borden
- Garrett Spears
- Christopher Lee
Ring Announcers
- The record for the longest title reign in the EWF is held by Ryan Taylor. He held the EWF Cruiserweight Championship for 399 consecutive days.
- The EWF's School of Hard Knocks has sent several wrestlers to the WWE, TNA, NWA, ROH and other prominent promotions across the globe including Melina (WWE), Rico Constantino (WWE), Frankie Kazarian (TNA), Awesome Kong (TNA, AJW), Rocky Romero (NWA, ROH, NJPW), Ricky Reyes (ROH), Alex Koslov (CMLL) and Shelly Martinez (WWE, TNA).
- The EWF is the longest running promotion in Southern California, running continuously from 1996.
- 1998 "Secrets of Pro Wrestling" Discovery Channel documentary that toured EWF facilities
- Newspaper article on EWF
- EWF newspaper article 2
- Nacho Libre presented by EWF and Krikorian Theatres
- EWF Newspaper article 3
- EWF & Walmart unite
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Empire Wrestling Federation / School of Hard Knocks as of January 2008 has moved to a new location: American Sports University http://www.americansportsuniversity.com 399 North "D" Street San Bernardino, Ca. 92401 (Gym located at N/W corner of Court and Arrowhead Ave.)


text: Turning to Slide 6. Backlog growth, nice growth from a year ago, did have a tick up in field services as well as strong growth in the professional services. For the quarter, we were up, as I said, about 3.3% and hope for the year it's over 11% growth so -- and still strong growth in the professional services.So with that, I will turn it over to Craig for a review of the quarter. Craig L. Martin Thank you, John. Beginning now on Slide 7, just a quick review of our growth strategy. It doesn't change. It hasn't changed. We continue to be committed to our business model of being relationship-based, being local to our clients and diverse in the markets, both domestic -- our multi-domestic strategy and through the focus on multiple markets. We're going to continue to leverage our cash position for strategic acquisitions and I'll talk more about all of those things later in the discussion. The thing I want to focus on here is our ability to continue to drive down costs. We had an excellent quarter from a cost control point of view. As you know, we were very disappointed about cost control last quarter but we have recovered nicely and feel pretty good about our ability to continue to control costs going forward. That puts us in an excellent cost position just at the time when margins broadly are improving. We're seeing nice improvement in margins in the private sector. The public sector continues to be more price-sensitive than ever, although that's good for us. But of course, the margins have always been stronger in the public sector and they continue to be good margins going forward. So overall, I think our cost position is a positive in terms of our outlook. Turning now to Slide #8, this is our relationship model. We've showed this to you in different forms at different times, trying to help make it clear how the process works. But it really is a function of long-term relationships creating value, which creates repurchase loyalty, creates a stable business for us that we can then grow, reinvest in the business and have this sort of virtuous circle of continuous improvement. It is different than many of our competitors, most of whom follow a big events kind of model, many of whom have a substantial portion of their business in the lump sum turnkey arena. As you know by now, I'm sure that's just not the Jacobs way. This model continues to work well for us. Repeat business last quarter was 91.3%, consistent with what we do pretty much every quarter. And we continue to get a significant part of our business north of 75% to 80% from preferred relationships with our customers. Read the rest of this transcript for free on seekingalpha.com


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I am setting up Spiceworks within the University of Leeds, for one of the schools.
I have set the system up to scan all the computers on my network and also have an extensive database of software and hardware which is currently not connected to the network.
My question is, if I manually input the details of equipment that is not online & then in the future connect the items to the network - will Spiceworks be smart enough to recognise the item as the same item I have manually inputed or will it create a duplicate entry?
Also - if an item is removed from the network, will Spiceworks remember that item (if for example a PC was stolen, I would not want it simply vanishing from my inventory).
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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May 12, 2009 at 10:38 UTC
Hi Craig,
To answer both questions:
Yes, this is possible if you provide Spiceworks with the serial number of the devices when you import them. This depends on which serial number query Spiceworks is configured to use via WMI. Do you want those details?
Devices removed from the network are "remembered" and can be scanned again later when they are reconnected to the network.
May 12, 2009 at 10:42 UTC
Hi Ben,
yes those details would be brilliant as I do have an extensive list of serial numbers!!!!
Also, for security reasons, where is the database stored on my PC? I want to make sure the data is backed up to my NAS so would like to know the location of where I need to save the data.
Many Thanks!
May 12, 2009 at 10:49 UTC
The database is located at:
[C:\Program Files\Spiceworks\db]
We should test this theory before assuming it will work for you:
Spiceworks scans for a serial number via WMI, in one of two locations; what is this set to in your settings.yaml file (C:\Program Files\Spiceworks\data)?
May 12, 2009 at 10:50 UTC
Also, we may want to refer to this how-to on importing devices:
as we explore this possibility.
May 13, 2009 at 5:37 UTC
Hi Ben,
The settings.yaml file is as follows:
:use_identifying_number_first: true
I currently have my inventory on a old framestore DB so I was hoping to begin exporting it next week for importing via CSV. I'll keep you posted as to how I get on with it.
May 13, 2009 at 5:38 UTC
Quick question - is it possible to move the location of spiceworks db? We have a shared network drive which gets backed up in 3 locations so this would be the obvious place to store the db. Any thoughts on this?
May 14, 2009 at 4:57 UTC
Refer to this documentation on backups:
You should be able to alter the location of the backup directory from the Spiceworks UI.
Let us know if this works for you.
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Population-based rates for the delivery of adult vaccinations or screenings are typically tracked as individual services. The current approach is useful in monitoring progress toward national health goals but does not yield information regarding how many U.S. adults receive a combination of preventive services routinely recommended based on a person's age and gender. A composite measure is important for policymaking, for developing public health interventions, and for monitoring the quality of clinical care. During the period under study, influenza vaccination was newly recommended (2000) to be routinely delivered to adults in this age range. The objective of the study was to compare the delivery of routine clinical preventive services to U.S. adults aged 50–64 years between 1997 and 2004 using a composite measure that includes cancer screenings and vaccinations.
Data were collected via telephone surveys in 1997, 2002, and 2004 as part of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
The participants were randomly selected adults aged 50–64 years in the 50 states and the District of Columbia in the selected years. Sample sizes ranged from 24,917 to 77,244.
The composite measure includes screening for colorectal cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, and vaccination against influenza (2002 and 2004 only). The composite measure quantifies the percentage of adults who are up-to-date with the complete set according to recommended schedules. With the inclusion of newly recommended influenza vaccination, the percentage of men and women aged 50–64 who were up-to-date on all selected measures in 2004 was 23.4% and 23.0%, respectively, compared with 37.6% and 30.5% in 1997. Without including influenza vaccination, the percentage of up-to-date adults aged 50–64 would have risen in 2004 to 50.5% (men) and to 44.7% (women). For both sexes, results varied by education, race/ethnicity, marriage status, insurance status, health status, and state.
In 2004, the percentage of adults aged 50–64 years receiving routinely recommended cancer screenings and influenza vaccination was low with fewer than 1 in 4 being up to date.
The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s11606-008-0555-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
The provision of clinical preventive services to older adults is an important part of medicine and public health practice. In 1997, preventive services routinely recommended to adults aged 50–64 years included screening for colorectal cancer, screening for hypertension and hypercholesterolemia, and for women additionally included screening for breast and cervical cancers. In 2000, routine vaccination against influenza was recommended for the first time for adults in this age group.1 Persons aged 50–64 comprise a significant group for whom these services are recommended, and more than 10% of persons in this age range do not have adequate health insurance coverage.2
National targets for delivering clinical preventive services were established in 1980 by the Healthy People initiative and have been regularly updated.3 An extensive academic research effort continually evaluates the effectiveness of such measures, and the findings form the basis of recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).4 Population-based rates for the delivery of specific vaccinations or screenings are typically tracked by the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). However, the current approach does not yield information regarding how many U.S. adults receive the full complement of routine preventive services.
In this report, we build on a cross-sectional study in which we developed a composite measure to assess the percentage of older men and women who were up to date with routine clinical preventive services in 2002.5 To better understand changes in the levels of delivery, we now compare the percentage of men and women aged 50–64 years who were up to date with these measures in 1997, 2002, and 2004. Where BRFSS data are available, all routinely recommended clinical preventive services are included in the composite measure.
We examined data from the 1997, 2002, and 2004 BRFSS surveys. The BRFSS, coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), conducts annual state-based telephone surveys of noninstitutionalized U.S. adults aged 18 or older concerning health practices that are related to the leading causes of death and disability. Detailed descriptions of the methodology, questionnaires, and other technical details for each state are available from the CDC BRFSS web site.6 Median survey response rates for the 50 states and the District of Columbia, calculated as completed interviews divided by eligible respondents, were 71.7% (range 49.0% to 86.7%) in 1997,7 76.6% (62.5–99.8%) in 2002,8 and 74.3% (59.5–91.8%) in 2004.9
We limited our analysis to data from respondents aged 50–64 years in the 50 states and the District of Columbia who participated in the BRFSS in the years selected (which excluded Hawaii in 2004). We did not use results from Illinois for 2002 because the state used a separate BRFSS protocol in that year. All results are based on weighted data that account for different probabilities of selection and are adjusted to reflect the population distribution in each state by age and sex or by age, race, and sex.
We analyzed responses to BRFSS questions on the use of routine clinical preventive services recommended by the USPSTF for adults aged 50–64 years (Table 1). Our analysis includes screening for colorectal cancer, mammography, and Papanicolaou (Pap) testing; after a change in the recommendations in 2000, we incorporated annual vaccination against influenza (2002 and 2004). Questions about the receipt of these services were asked in all states and territories in 1997, 2002, and 2004 (with the exceptions noted).
All measures were dichotomized as "yes" or "no" based on recollection of receiving the service within the recommended period. People who had never had the test or received it outside the designated schedule were included in the "no" group.
Because colorectal cancer screening recommendations involve receiving either endoscopy or fecal occult blood testing (FOBT), we did not exclude respondents with missing values for 1 test if they had the other test within the recommended interval. We used a 1-year interval for FOBT and a 10-year interval for either sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy (screening for colorectal cancer) because the BRFSS question did not distinguish between the 2 interventions and a 10-year interval is the recommendation for colonoscopy.
For men, screening for colorectal cancer was the only recommended measure we included for 1997. In 2000, the USPSTF and other professional organizations recommended the delivery of an annual vaccination against influenza for the first time for adults aged 50 years and older. We therefore included this intervention in the 2002 and 2004 composite measures. For women, the up-to-date measure in 1997 included screening for 3 kinds of cancer (colorectal, breast, and cervical); vaccination against influenza was likewise added to the composite measure for 2002 and 2004.
The BRFSS measure for Pap testing is usually reported only for women with an intact cervix.6 Approximately 35% of the women in this study reported they had a hysterectomy, and we wished to avoid excluding such a large proportion of the sample. To understand the implications of including women with hysterectomies in the analysis, we compared 2 different approaches in calculating the up-to-date measure. We calculated an up-to-date rate for all women in which we categorized women who had had a hysterectomy as having met the recommendations and compared this rate with the up-to-date rate for women who had not had a hysterectomy. All results in the tables use the first approach. When reporting the Pap test measure alone, we followed the BRFSS convention of reporting the measure only for women with an intact cervix.
Questions about screening for hypercholesterolemia during the past 5 years or hypertension screening were not asked in all states during 2002 and 2004 and were not included in the composite measures. Nonetheless, using 2004 data from the 6 states (Louisiana, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Virginia) that did ask cholesterol-screening questions, we calculated the up-to-date measure in those states to determine whether omitting cholesterol screening rates would likely have significantly changed the results of the analysis. The BRFSS has not asked questions about hypertension screening since 1999 at which time 95% of adults age 50–64 reported they had their blood pressure checked in the past 2 years.10 Questions about the delivery of tetanus booster have never been part of the BRFSS survey and are not included in the composite measure (tetanus is rare in the United States with 0.16 cases per million population in 200011). Delivery rates of pneumococcal vaccination and osteoporosis screening for women are not included in the measure because they are not recommended on a routine basis for adults in this age range. Because smoking cessation counseling is given only to smokers, it is not included either.
To calculate the up-to-date measure, each respondent was assigned a value of 1 for each test or immunization that the respondent had received within the recommended interval. Respondents who had unknown values for any of the separate services were dropped from the analysis (except for women with hysterectomies). The number of respondents with missing values for any of the component questions of the composite measure was 946 (3.7%) in 1997, 1,591 (2.8%) in 2002, and 2,377 (3.0%) for 2004; the final sample sizes were, respectively, 24,917, 55,366, and 77,244. Once the number of services was determined for each person, a variable was created for each gender based on whether a person had received the set of recommended services or not. This dichotomized measure is reported as the percentage up to date with routinely recommended preventive services.
A second composite measure of delivery, referred to as the "score," is presented in Tables 2 and and3.3. This is the percent of recommended measures received by men and by women: It is similar to a test score, where 100% represents being fully up to date. The score was calculated by dividing the number of preventive services received by the number of services recommended (from 1 to 4 depending on gender and year). A weighted mean of that value was determined for both men and women.
We divided respondents into 4 racial/ethnic categories: white (non-Hispanic), black (non-Hispanic), Hispanic of any race, and "Other races," which included American Indians, Asians, Pacific Islanders, and persons of other or multiple racial categories. Respondents were stratified into 4 education categories: less than high school, high school graduate or recipient of a general equivalency diploma, some college, and college graduate. Three health insurance categories were used in 1997 and 2004 (these categories were not available in 2002): uninsured, fully insured, and underinsured (this last group stated they were insured but also indicated they had needed to see a doctor within the previous 12 months and could not afford to). We also dichotomized respondents by the following criteria: whether they reported their health status as fair/poor or as good/very good/excellent; by whether they were married or not married; and for 2002 and 2004, by whether they reported having 1 or more regular doctors vs. none (not asked in 1997). We did not divide respondents by household income, as data on income for roughly 20% of respondents was missing.
We used Stata Version 8.0 (Stata, College Station, TX, USA, 2003) in all statistical analyses to account for the complex sample design of the BRFSS, and we used Pearson chi-square tests to determine whether selected demographic factors were associated with being up to date on all recommended services. Multiple logistic regression analysis of this outcome measure was used to control for the following independent variables: age (as a continuous variable), education, race/ethnicity, marital status, insurance coverage, having a regular doctor, and health status, the same variables used in a similar analysis for adults age 65 and older.12 We computed odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for each variable in the model.
The percentage of men who were up to date with routinely recommended clinical preventive services was 37.6 in 1997 and 23.4% in 2004. For women, the percentage up to date was 30.5% in 1997 compared to 23.0% in 2004 (Tables 2 and and3).3). The 2004 but not the 1997 levels incorporate the recommendation for influenza vaccination delivery. However, the mean percentage of recommended services received by men, the "score," increased between 1997 and 2004 from 37.6% to 44.0%; for women, this measure decreased from 67.5% to 65.9%. The largest proportion of the increase is accounted by improvements in the provision of colorectal cancer screening. For both men and women, the percentage who had not received any of the selected services decreased between 1997 and 2004, from 63.4% to 35.4% for men and from 7.2% to 4.8% for women. The delivery of individual clinical preventive services all increased between 1997 and 2002; significant improvements were not seen between 2002 and 2004.
In Tables 4 and and5,5, the prevalence of being up to date (1997, 2002, and 2004) is listed by demographic characteristic. Receipt of an influenza vaccination is included in the composite measure in 2002 and 2004. With the exception of the relatively small group of persons in the "Other race" group, the percentage up to date decreased significantly between 1997 and 2004 for every demographic subgroup examined for both men and women. Results of logistic regression are shown in Table 6 for 2004. Among men, being up to date was less frequent among blacks than whites and more frequent among men who were relatively older, better educated, married, insured, had a personal doctor, and were in fair or poor health. Results for women followed a similar pattern with the following exceptions: Hispanic women and those categorized by "Other races" were less likely to be up to date, as were the underinsured (versus the fully insured). State-by-state results showed wide variation in up-to-date rates (Online Appendix Tables 1 and 2) ranging from a low of 11.8% for Nevada women in 2002 to a high of 50.2% for New Hampshire men in 1997 before influenza vaccination was included in the measure. In 2004, the up-to-date rates were below 20% in 9 states for men and in 7 states for women, and the highest rates were 32.3% for men (in Rhode Island) and 38.4% for women (in Minnesota).
To assess the effect of including women who had had a hysterectomy and "crediting" them with a completed Pap test, for 2004, we compared the up-to-date rate using this approach with an up-to-date rate in which women with a hysterectomy were excluded from the analysis. We found that limiting the composite measure to women with an intact cervix yielded an even lower up-to-date rate of 20.0% versus 23.0% if women with a hysterectomy are assumed to not need a Pap.
For the 6 states that addressed cholesterol screening in 2004, the self-reported data indicated that 87.2% of men and 90.1% of women aged 50–64 had been screened for high cholesterol in the past 5 years (data not shown). With the inclusion of these cholesterol-screening rates in the composite measure, there was little difference in the results: 25.2% of men in the 6 states were up to date on all services versus 25.8% in the 6 states when cholesterol screening was excluded. The corresponding figures for women were 27.3% versus 27.9%.
To assess and exclude the potential effect of the 2004 influenza vaccination shortage on the up-to-date rate, results were also calculated for the first 10 months of 2004 before the shortage occurred. That 10-month rate was modestly higher than the full year rate reported in these results (26.2% for men and 25.5% for women).
The key finding of this analysis is that a composite measure of the receipt of routinely recommended clinical preventive services to adults aged 50–64 decreased between 1997 and 2004 to a strikingly low level. With the inclusion of the recommendation for influenza vaccination after 2000, the percentage of persons up to date fell from 37.6% to 23.4% for men and from 30.5% to 23.0% for women. If there had been no new recommendation for influenza vaccination in 2000, the percentage of up-to-date adults aged 50–64 would have risen from 37.6% to 50.5% among men and from 30.5% to 44.7% among women.
We found significant disparities in the composite rates by race and ethnic group, level of education, and insurance status. The results in 1997 and 2004 are consistent with our 2002 finding of differences in the up-to-date levels for specific demographic groupings and are consistent with studies of the delivery of individual clinical preventive services.13–15 The logistic regression modeling is also consistent with these findings. An up-to-date rate of less than 11% for the 12.1% of uninsured Americans in the 50–64 age range indicates there is a very large population of adults who have not received all of these screenings and vaccinations—approximately 5 million in 2004 (Unpublished results from 2004 BRFSS data).
Our results for 2004 among the 6 states that included cholesterol testing on the BRFSS suggest that the impact on the composite measure of adding this measure would have been minor. A similar result could be expected if blood pressure screening was added to the composite measure because that rate is apparently very high among this age group.10
We believe that the use of a composite measure is advantageous because it highlights the fact that the same individual should receive multiple interventions. Furthermore, the composite measure obliges medical and public health practitioners to consider how to improve clinical preventive service delivery in several disease categories. In addition, because the measure only includes services recommended on demographic criteria (age and gender) rather than on clinical conditions, it covers a set of interventions that can be promoted inside and outside the clinical setting.16 New knowledge and advancing technologies ensure continuing evolution of criteria and the inclusion of new measures necessary for being up to date with preventive services. Such definitional changes are not unique to the period under study, nor are they unusual for other composite measures including those for coverage of children's immunizations.17
Earlier research has identified several factors that impede the delivery of preventive services.18,19 Progress has been tied to the characteristics of the specific preventive service, including the strength of the evidence for its cost effectiveness and to levels of insurance reimbursement. Efforts to increase the percentage of Americans who are up to date on multiple preventive services face particular challenges because the provision of cancer screenings and vaccinations usually involve several health care specialists, often working in different parts of the medical care system.
Our findings are limited in several ways. Because the BRFSS relies on self-reports from its participants, our results are subject to various biases, including "telescoping,"20 the tendency of people to remember events as having occurred more recently than they actually did.21 Moreover, because BRFSS surveys exclude people in households without telephones (who are more likely to be poor and thus also less likely to receive preventive services), our estimates may be slightly higher than the true rates.22 An additional limitation is that variations in sample sizes, sampling methods, and the wording or inclusion of some questions over the 3 specific years and different states selected for analysis limited our ability to compare results from year to year. Furthermore, because of the wording change from "sigmoidoscopy/proctoscopy" in 1997 to "sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy" beginning in 1999, comparisons of the percentage of older Americans who were up to date on endoscopic procedures in 1997 with percentages from 2002 or 2004 must be interpreted with caution. Some tests reported as sigmoidoscopy/proctoscopy in 1997 probably were colonoscopies because respondents may not have understood differences between the tests.23 The influenza vaccine shortage in the fall of 2004 did appear to affect these results, as indicated by slightly lower up-to-date rates in November and December of that year.
In conclusion, this study reports changes between 1997 and 2004 in a composite measure for routine clinical preventive services for adults aged 50 to 64. More than 75% of Americans in this age range are without the full protection that would be conferred by these services. We believe that the composite measure provides a way not only to assess needed progress in achieving population-wide prevention but also to monitor and improve the effectiveness of the nation's health care system in providing such services.
Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material.
The authors thank Lynda Anderson, Ph.D., Michel Alderman, M.D., and David Nelson, M.D., M.P.H., for their review of earlier drafts of this article. Funding for this research was provided by the CDC.
Conflict of Interest The findings and conclusions in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the CDC.
PubMed Central Canada is a service of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) working in partnership with the National Research Council's national science library in cooperation with the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the U.S. National Library of Medicine(NCBI/NLM). It includes content provided to the PubMed Central International archive by participating publishers.


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New Delhi: The Indian women fought gallantly against second seeds Japan but went down 2-3 in a Group A league encounter at the Uber Cup Asian Zone (preliminaries) badminton tournament at Kuala Lumpur today. In the men's Thomas Cup league match India thrashed rank-outsiders Macau 5-0 to assure at least the second spot in Group A. But it was the Indian women who stole the limelight against the highly rated Japanese, who were expected to run through the Indians. Japan's decision to leave out World No. 10 Kanako Yonekura backfired badly in the very first rubber with national champion Aparna Popat upsetting Miho Tanaka 11-8, 7-11, 11-2 to put India 1-0 lead. Popat, ranked 24th, began superbly against her opponent ranked 10 places higher to win the first game with relative ease. The Indian, however, lost her footing in the second losing 7-11 but came back strongly in the third to take the match in 55 minutes. The lead gave India a big chance to cause a sensational upset as Japan were under pressure to win both the doubles matches and the second singles to win the tie. But despite a fighting performance by the top Indian doubles pair Jwala Gutta and Shruti Kurien, the 10th ranked Japanese Shizuka Yamamoto and Seiko Yamada won 15-7, 15-3 to level the match 1-1. World No. 16 Kaori Mori then put Japan ahead beating B R Meenakshi 11-9, 11-4 in the second singles. The favourites never looked back as Keiko Yoshitomi and Kumiko Ogura beat Fatima Nazneen and Manjusha Kanwar 15-4, 15-3 to give Japan an unbeatable 3-1 lead. But in the inconsequential fifth rubber Trupti Murgunde again dented the Japanese pride coming back from a game down to beat Yu Hirayama 4-11, 11-4, 13-10. The Indian eves now have to beat Hong Kong and Malaysia to keep their semifinal hopes alive. The top two from each group will progress to the last four to fight for three berths in the Uber Cup finals to be held in May. (PTI)
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The contrasting work attire clearly highlights the diverse roles played by John Griffin and his brother Peter in a large family-run potato operation in Elmsdale in western P.E.I.
President and general manager of W.P. Griffin Inc., John, 48, is donning a neatly pressed dress shirt and dress pants on this particular workday.
Meanwhile Peter, 49, is ready to do battle as vice-president and operations manager of the successful 65-year-old business sporting blue jeans and a sweatshirt.
Not only are their duties miles apart, so too is the manner in which John and Peter entered full-time into the company that was founded by their father, Wilfred Griffin, in 1947 at the age of 19.
Peter, who was "more interested in driving John Deere tractors than going to school'', ended his academic education at 16 to work in the family business. Today, he can be found troubleshooting issues around the farm and packing plant as well as dealing with local farmers.
John, who graduated in 1988 from Saint Mary's University in Halifax with a bachelor of commerce, is the financial guy running the business end of the operation.
Being complete opposites has made for a successful team. The spud siblings have spent their careers transforming the family's potato growing and packing business into one of the most diversified, state-of-the-art operations in Canada.
"Pretty good working with John over the years,'' said Peter. "We pretty much know what each other is doing.''
The pair has constantly pushed the operation forward, never settling for status quo. In 1988, they tore down the packaging plant to put in place a far more modern facility, including one with a potato washer, something their main retail customer Sobeys had requested.
The brothers went on to make significant changes to the operation every five or seven years, including land purchases and equipment upgrades, such as the addition of the 12000 Volm bagger and the Hagan computerized sizer.
W.P. Griffin was one of the first potato packers on P.E.I. to implement a full forward and backward lot-traceability system that enables the company to track all products from the field to the plate. And those products are diverse, including Russets, Reds, White and Yellow Fleshed potatoes. W.P. Griffin also has a specialty line including barbecue ready and microwave ready potatoes.
The Griffins are particularly excited to bring the Annabelle potato variety to retailers and consumers in Eastern Canada, including availability to food service and restaurant clients.
For the retailer, the Annabelle offers the benefit of extended shelf life as it has proven to be highly resistant to greening. For chefs, notes John, the Annabelle is uniform in shape, thin skinned and easy to peel with a drier, firmer texture that lends itself to creative cooking and presentation methods.
"We really believe that Annabelle is a great potato,'' said John.
John is also excited about, but reluctant at the moment to offer details on, a new partnership W.P. Griffin has entered into with a European company to market new varieties of potatoes to Canada. The endeavour will require the purchase of new machinery and other additional equipment.
In total, the business produces 3,400 acres of potatoes, grains, soybeans, hay and rye grass.
While that output puts W.P. Griffin among the top potato players in the province, John is quick to note the operation is still relatively small potatoes in comparison to many farms in Canada and the U.S. that are typically 20,000-acre businesses.
"We might seem big in Elmsdale or P.E.I. but we are just average in North America,'' he said. "It's quite a challenge in P.E.I. to compete.''
Still, W.P. Griffin has earned a solid reputation in the potato industry, says Greg Donald, general manager of the P.E.I. Potato Board.
"The Griffins as far as I'm concerned are a model potato operation,'' said Donald. "They are definitely a leader.''
Donald says the brothers, who nabbed the 2012 Ernst & Young Atlantic Entrepreneur of the Year in the business to consumer products and services category, are committed to advancing the potato industry as a whole.
W.P. Griffin is a family affair that extends beyond a couple of brothers. Brother-in-law, Troy Smallman, is farm manager. Sisters Eleanor Smallman and Barb Griffin-Lewis, both work part-time during planting and harvest seasons. First cousin Twilah McArthy has been bookkeeping for 30 years.
"We also have a lot of full-time employees that feel like family,'' added Peter.
The company averages around 30 employees but increases to about 45 around peak operation. More than half of the staff has worked for the company for more than 20 years, some as long as 47.
"I hope that we are respected as and known throughout P.E.I. as a good, family operation,'' said Peter.
While more than half of the potatoes produced by the company are sold to Cavendish Farms, W.P. Griffin continues to work to expand markets.
John keeps a keen eye on trade shows in the United States and Canada looking to see what innovative products are hitting the shelves. He is always interested in adding to the company's line of value added specialty products.
John is also involved in trade missions.
Both Peter and John acknowledge that the company has had its share of highs and lows under their watch. They both realize they can't stand still if they hope to keep moving forward and upward.
"Any time we launch new products or get a really big order is exciting days,'' said John.
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Here are a few facts about Elmsdale-based W.P. Griffin Inc.:
• First company in North America to install an optical potato grader that uses video technology to grade and size potatoes.
• First company in Canada to market microwave-ready shrink-wrap potatoes.
• The only potato packaging operation in Canada licensed to pack under the Dole and Markon brands.
• Specializing in ready to cook and serve potato products.


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BUENA VISTA TOWNSHIP — Beck Lindsay lined up for a free kick about 40 yards from the goal.
Wildwood Catholic already led 2-0, and with the sun on the other side of the field, Lindsay knew Buena Regional's goalie was struggling to see the ball early in the half.
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"We just got lucky and just got ahead of them in the first half," said Lindsay, a 16-year-old junior from North Cape May. "We got a couple nice goals, and we maintained that toward the end with great defense and our goalkeeper Anthony Zampirri."
Wildwood Catholic hasn't won a CAL title since 2007 when it shared the CAL National Division II title with Sacred Heart.
"It's big for (the players)," Wildwood Catholic coach Mike Saioni said.
Lindsay scored twice and assisted on the game's first goal, a corner kick that deflected off Ryan Legler and into the net for a 1-0 lead in the 11th minute. Olaf Feria also had two goals and an assist, and Jarred Wallace tacked on a goal and an assist.
Randy Knapp added to his CAL lead, netting his 34th goal of the season in the second half for Buena.
"I think we played really strong," said Zampirri, a senior who made two saves. "We held a strong line, we pressured big time. We didn't allow (Knapp) much space to run. We got right on him every time he touched the ball and did a good job of locking him down for the most part."
Wildwood Catholic improved to 11-2 overall and is 7-0 in the United. The Crusaders won their other CAL United game against Buena 7-2 on Sept. 26, and beat Pleasantvile 4-1 two days after.
With four games left in the regular season, the Crusaders have a chance to earn their highest win total since going 14-4 in 2007.
"I have big expectations of what we can do in the playoffs," Zampirri, 17, of North Wildwood, said.
Saioni took over as head coach of the Crusaders in 2008. He graduated from Wildwood Catholic in 1998 and was the Press Player of the Year in 1997. He said this is the best team he's had since taking over.
He and the players have been following the power points all season. Wednesday's game was their last game before the cutoff for the South Jersey Non-Public B seeding.
Power points are based off a team's first 13 games before Oct. 22.
The Crusaders hope they can get the No. 2 seed in a bracket that features one of the state's best teams, Gill St. Bernard's (10-3-1). Heading into Tuesday, the Crusaders had 218 power points, sitting third behind St. Rose (10-5; 219 points).
Saioni feels his team is at a disadvantage every year because other schools in Non-Public B South have an easier time getting power points.
"That's been our focus all season, how important it is to get power points," he said, "because the NJSIAA, however they decide to do things, it happened in the last five years where they decided to take North Jersey teams and put them in the south. That's not fair to our kids.
"I'm very pleased (with the team)," Siaoni added. "I told the guys they may be happy with the results, but I'm not going to stop pushing because we need to be better, because I know what we're going to see in the playoffs."
Wildwood Catholic 4 2—6
Buena Regional 0 1—1
Goals—Lindsay (2), Feria (2), Legler, Wallace WC. Knapp BR.
Goalies—Zampirri (2) WC. Osorio (12) BR.
Records—Wildwood Catholic 11-2, Buena 10-7.


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By Jim Pumarlo
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We've all received letters that give us pause as to whether they should ever see the light of day on our editorial pages. In the editor's mind, there are numerous reasons to dismiss the letter out of hand.
Take your pick: The writer's a crackpot. The language is vicious. Statements presented as facts are half-truths. The subject has been thoroughly debated. The exchange is more appropriately handled privately. The dispute doesn't rise to the level of a public forum. The writer is a frequent contributor to the page and has had enough say on the subject.
If you decide to publish the letter, it's only after taking one or more precautions. We're all familiar with these, too: Demand attribution for every asserted fact. Give the "accused" a preview of the letter and an opportunity to present a rebuttal in the same edition as the letter from the "accuser." Tack on an editor's note. Or scrap the letter altogether and pursue a news story so you can decide which quotes and statements to use.
Don't get me wrong. Editors certainly have a responsibility to themselves and their readers to ride herd on their editorial pages. But I urge caution. Letters are the lifeblood of an editorial page; a lively reader exchange is at the foundation of a vibrant community newspaper. If editors overuse the "delete" button, or place too many restrictions on letters, you may well dampen the flow of community voices in your newspaper.
Resist these temptations
Insist on verification: It's necessary to fact-check letters to the extent that you are able. Some information is easy to track down. But, remember, writing a letter is like attorneys arguing a case in court. Everyone may agree on the same set of facts, but lawyers selectively use those facts that support their arguments. Omitting one fact can be just as misleading as presenting a falsehood. You'll never have enough time to verify each statement in every letter.
Share the letter: Sharing a letter in advance with the aggrieved, and allowing a response to the original letter in the same edition, should be done only in extreme circumstances. Implement this practice once, and you've set a precedent. You'll almost certainly be challenged by others who believe they should have had a similar opportunity. One exception that comes to mind is when 11th-hour charges are leveled during an election campaign.
Pursue a news story: An exchange in the letters column may well prompt pursuing a news story. By all means, assign a reporter—after the letters have been published. Don't pre-empt what the writers have to say—don't sanitize what you may consider offending language, or selectively edit what you consider to be the facts—by taking the keyboard out of their hands.
Protect public figures: We all may cringe at some of the strong criticism leveled at public figures, but that's the risk they assume when assuming office. It's a good chance that some of these same public officials have used their bully pulpit to unleash a tongue-lashing on others, even private citizens. Remember, we often use harsh language in our editorials.
Editor's note: Tacking a P.S. on letters should be used sparingly and only as a last resort. From the writer's perspective, editor's notes are just an example of the newspaper having the "last word" and diminishing the impact of the letter. Do so, and it's a good bet the authors will be hesitant to submit another letter. They will be unafraid to express that sentiment to friends.
Am I endorsing a freewheeling editorial page? Absolutely.
Am I endorsing a commentary that is cruel and borders on libel? Absolutely not.
Editors should take great pains to promote a civil and respectful exchange of opinions. At the same time, you don't want to unnecessarily squelch reader comments. Be careful that you don't let your personal impressions of, or associations with, the author and/or the subject to interfere with the exchange for fear of reader reaction.
The biggest surprise may be the expectations that a particular letter will generate an immediate and rather venomous response, and a black eye for the newspaper. Don't underestimate your readers. They may well take the letter for what it is—a personal vendetta or passion on an issue.
If a rather nasty dialogue develops and takes on a life of its own, you always have the ability to tone down the exchange or stop it altogether. Then write about it in a column explaining to readers the hows and whys behind your decisions. © Jim Pumarlo 2014
Jim Pumarlo writes, speaks and provides training on community newsroom success strategies. He is author of "Journalism Primer: A Guide to Community News Coverage," "Votes and Quotes: A Guide to Outstanding Election Coverage" and "Bad News and Good Judgment: A Guide to Reporting on Sensitive Issues in Small-Town Newspapers." He can be reached at www.pumarlo.com and welcomes comments and questions at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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