Well, it doesn't help that I choose to stay in an executive room
rather than a standard or accessible room! - although thanks to my
direct payments for respite care my Social Services (or the tax payer)
is paying a proportion of my hotel bill - there again because I have
given the management here some helpful tips to improve the hotel, the
staff are feeding and watering me for free!, not bad, huh?
I can't plug the laptop into the tv because its mounted to the wall in
a case. The manager has said I can use a PC in the business suite if
needs be, I'll see if the internet works tomorrow - I want to watch
the swimming!
The manager said she will make sure it is known that I am unhappy
about the unsatisfactory coverage of the Paralympics in the guest
rooms - I'll just have to get dressed and watch it in the bar!
Becky.
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Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 21:31:08 +0100
From: laura welti <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: laura welti <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: The Paralympics represents apartheid in sport.
To: Rebecca Jay Dutneall <[log in to unmask]>
Cc: [log in to unmask]
> The cheapskates have only provided the minimum, 'free', programmes by the
> sound of it. How crap is that! Bet they charging a fortune for the room
> tho' ....
>
> You could get your own back perhaps by plugging the laptop into the tv
> screen and playing the internet broadcasts through it.
>
> Just a thought
>
> Laura
>
> On 3 September 2012 18:20, Rebecca Jay Dutneall <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Interesting point there Laura, but would it surprise you to know, I am
>> currently staying in a Holiday Inn in London, as you may know Holiday Inn
>> is supporting The Olympic and Paralympic Games but I can't access the
>> additional Channel 4 Paralympic Channels via the tv in the bedroom and have
>> to watch it off a laptop - I foresaw that this might happen, so spent £60
>> to hire a laptop from my University - one good thing though this hotel has
>> only recently opened, and the Owners took the decision not to charge for
>> internet access, although it is patchy!
>>
>> Every cloud has a silver lining - apparently!
>>
>> Becky.
>>
>> ----- Message from [log in to unmask] ---------
>> Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 16:06:26 +0100
>> From: laura welti <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: laura welti <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: The Paralympics represents apartheid in sport.
>> To:
>> [log in to unmask]**AC.UK<[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>
>> Hi Maria
>>>
>>> Yes, it seems many other countries are not really giving the paralympics
>>> any tv coverage. A case of 'same old, same old' I'm afraid.
>>>
>>> It's a real pity because the programming is/could have been available had
>>> non-UK tv stations wanted it. Balancing this just a tiny bit is that the
>>> para/lympic village has, for the first time ever, been built for Disabled
>>> people rather than has been the case previously where the villages have
>>> been built to non-Disabled people specifications then stripped (and
>>> marginally adapted) for the Disabled athletes once the olympics has
>>> finished.
>>>
>>> However, if you want to follow events, the tv channel providing the UK
>>> coverage also has footage of quite a few of the events on its website.
>>> Just go to www.channel4.com.
>>>
>>> They have live coverage and recorded events (via their 'on demand'
>>> programming), with links available on the home page. For recorded events
>>> follow the links to 4oD.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps you - the performances have been incredible this year,
>>> with new world records being set right, left and centre!
>>> Laura
>>> On 3 September 2012 13:45, Maria Barile <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi David,
>>>> Without doubts, you are right, sport, like politic, by the very nature
>>>> are
>>>> exclusionary. Whereas, I must say with much disappointment, those of us
>>>> in
>>>> Quebec are deprived from following the London event, compared to what I
>>>> recall of the Vancouver games. There paralympic got lots more media
>>>> coverage.
>>>>
>>>> It seems to me, it would make sense to at least have the opening and
>>>> closing Olympic/ paralympic ceremonies together. It would allow
>>>> general
>>>> population to gain a different perspective. Vancouver did that a little,
>>>> and already it achieved some recognition.
>>>>
>>>> All I have seen in Quebec media about the London paralympic is how
>>>> unprepared your transport system has been, I think, however, that is
>>>> meant
>>>> stop those of us who complain about our transport system; interesting
>>>> strategy for politicians in mist of a divisive election campaign .
>>>> Maria
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Howe" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]****AC.UK<DISABILITY-RESEARCH@**
>>>> JISCMAIL.AC.UK <[log in to unmask]>>
>>>> >
>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 2:16 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: The Paralympics represents apartheid in sport.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> By its very nature sport is exclusionary. It has always been based on
>>>>> achieving the aims: higher, faster and stronger. Not all impairment
>>>>> groups
>>>>> are included in the Paralympic Games and certainly not all those
>>>>> eligible
>>>>> will have the physical talent to be involved at the highest level.
>>>>> Combining the Olympics and Paralympic into one movement does not remove
>>>>> the
>>>>> exclusion associated with high performance sport.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Paralympic Movement is far from perfect. It is my belief that there
>>>>> need to be more former Paralympians involved in the running of the
>>>>> movement
>>>>> and the stars of London 2012 have to be encouraged to take an interest
>>>>> in
>>>>> the movement during their time as athletes so that in retirement they
>>>>> can
>>>>> harness their energies on making the movement better!
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>>
>>>>> David
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dr. P. David Howe
>>>>> Senior Lecturer in Anthropology of Sport
>>>>> Sport Culture and Policy Lead
>>>>> Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport
>>>>> School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
>>>>> Loughborough University
>>>>> UK LE11 3TU
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.**peterharrisoncent**re.org.uk/**David_Howe.html<http://peterharrisoncentre.org.uk/**David_Howe.html>
>>>>> <ht**tp://www.peterharrisoncentre.**org.uk/David_Howe.html<http://www.peterharrisoncentre.org.uk/David_Howe.html>
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>>>> On Behalf Of Keith Armstrong
>>>>> Sent: 02 September 2012 05:18
>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]****AC.UK<DISABILITY-RESEARCH@**
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>>>>> Subject: The Paralympics represents apartheid in sport.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Paralympics represents apartheid in sport. If they really want to
>>>>> address the issue of exclusion of disabled people in society, we need to
>>>>> have one Olympics that includes all sports played by people who are
>>>>> interested in sport. Of course for the events we have to be fair and all
>>>>> contestants need to be roughly equal, so there needs to be women's
>>>>> events,
>>>>> men's events and events with people with physical impairments.
>>>>>
>>>>> To allow a company that is implicated in the deaths of over thirty
>>>>> disabled people to be one of the sponsors of the Paralympics is
>>>>> unforgivable. This fact alone reveals that the organizers of
>>>>> Paralympics do
>>>>> not want any real positive change in society for the vast majority of
>>>>> disabled people.
>>>>>
>>>>> Much is made (by the media) of the origin of the Paralympics being the
>>>>> Stoke Mandeville games, however they used to break the Glenn Eagles
>>>>> Agreement and allowed wounded South African soldiers to participate in
>>>>> the
>>>>> sports, many of the South African team got their physical impairments in
>>>>> Anglo while trying to invade. This was successfully challenged by
>>>>> disabled
>>>>> people by taking direct action in the early 1980's and the connection
>>>>> with
>>>>> Apartheid sport was finally broken.
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