Podcasts about olympics games

A very special episode to close out the month today as we sit down with one of the most well known Olympic historians on the planet, Philip Barker, to learn about his career in the world of the Olympics and learn more about his very unique profession that we all pretty much dream we could have! We find out just how Philip got in to the Olympics and how that path took him towards his current profession. We also find out a vast variety of incredible Olympic stories and facts, as Philip goes over some unique insights into the Olympic bidding process and where we sit with it now, as well as the general celebration that each city has when it comes to hosting the Olympics Games. Added to this some great talk about everything from Antwerp to Brisbane, and you are in for one hell of a historical ride from one hell of a smart man. It's one of our most unique interviews ever, so get to listening to avoid disappointment!

The Context of White Supremacy hosts the weekly Compensatory Call-In 01/18/25. We encourage non-white listeners to dial in with their codified concepts, new terms, observations, research findings, workplace problems or triumphs, and/or suggestions on how best to Replace White Supremacy With Justice ASAP. This weekly broadcast examines current events from across the globe to learn what's happening in all areas of people activity. We cultivate Counter-Racist Media Literacy by scrutinizing journalists' word choices and using logic to deconstruct what is reported as "news." We'll use these sessions to hone our use of terms as tools to reveal truth, neutralize Racists/White people. #ANTIBLACKNESS With President Joe Biden set to pack his bags and hit the road from the White House, much of the world's attention remains focused on the still-raging wildfires in southern California. At least 25 people have reportedly died, and tens of thousands of structures have been decimated. The Racial Dislocation (gentrification) Gus T. predicted for the 2028 Olympics Games, slated to be hosted in the "City of Angels," will be exponentially accelerated because of this apocalyptic event. Large numbers of black Angelinos lost schools, businesses, jobs, houses, and a routine way of life. Because the economics of existing in California continue to skyrocket, large numbers of non-white people will no longer be able to reside in the "Golden State." Given the dystopian weather predictions for California's future, it might not be a bad thing to make like Elon Musk and ditch Snoop Dogg and LA LA Land. #BidesLastDays #TheCOWS16Years INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 605.313.5164 CODE: 564943#

The Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games have recently concluded, and after all of the speculation of whether an Olympic Games could or should be held during a pandemic.  We give our "hot take" on many of the performances, and news that got the world talking, as well as our overall thoughts on an Olympics in a Pandemic.We also discuss - what we think is arguably the most anticipated post Olympic Track meet In history!  The Nike Prefontaine Classic, being held in Eugene, Oregon at magical Hayward field.  (August 20, 2021)We want you involved in the conversation, so send us your comments, opinions and future show ideas you would like us to discuss, so hit us up on @VoicesofTnF on Twitter.LIKE, SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE ON ALL PLATFORMSMusic: Clockwork Riddim - Usain Bolt

A gold medal is meant to change everything, but Nina Kennedy says it won't alter a thing about who she is. The pole vault gold medallist joins us to talk about the whirlwind post Olympics experience, her shift in mindset pre-Olympics, her "bad bitch" Mum Gwenda, athlete funding and a not-so-secret coded message that delivered her energy in Paris. Featured: Nina Kennedy, Olympic gold medallist. Subscribe to the ABC Sport Newsletter

In this season opener, hosts Anna and Renee explore the environmental implications of the newly constructed Olympic Surfing Judging Tower in Teahupo'o, Tahiti, the host site for the surfing events of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Joined by Brian Silliman, the Rachel Carson Professor of Marine Conservation Biology at Duke University, they discuss the challenges facing coral reefs and the potential impacts of the tower on the local marine ecosystem. The episode highlights the vital role of community advocacy in conservation, showcasing how we can drive action forward for a more sustainable future. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/operation-climate/support

From winning Womens Six Nations Player of the Tournament to being selected in Team GBs rugby sevens squad for the Olympics Games at Paris 2024, EllieKildunne has had a fantastic journey she joins us in this episode to discuss her rugby career and how she plans to become the best player in the world.You can watch every episode of Stronger Than You Think for free on RugbyPass TV: https://rugbypass.tv/playlist/20592Follow on Tiktok : https://www.tiktok.com/@stytpodcast?_t=8oSLjBDto7k&_r=1Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stytpodcast?igsh=enlycjBqbzh5d2s4&utm_source=qr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A redo of the Summer 2024 mix. Hope y'all enjoy it!!!

SwimSwam photographer extraordinaire Jack Spitser has documented swimming at the highest level for years and is just coming off of his biggest competition yet: the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Spitser recalls the ups and downs of travel, work/life balance (aka all work and no life), and navigating unexpected road bumps during an Olympics Games. Between having bed bugs and photographing 10+ sports over the course of two weeks, Jack gives his full perspective on his time in Paris.

“For the first two editions (1896 and 1900), participation in [the Olympics] Games was literally a prize in itself.” In this episode I am sharing a few stories or background to a few women who competed in the Olympics and a few who will compete in the upcoming paralympics and the honor of just getting there.   I share about two pregnant women who competed in the olympics, an archer and a fencer Also an 58 year old woman who also made it to the Olympic in table tennis,  a dream of hers since she was 16.  Then I share a little about 3 women who will compete in the paralympics.  Kim Crosby, McKensie Coan and Julia Gaffney.  Women overcoming great odds to compete at this level.  Pretty cool their backstories.  For show notes come to www.findingthefloor.com/ep189I would love to hear from you! You can reach me at camille@findingthefloor.com or dm @findingthefloor on instagram. Thanks for listening!!Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music. I love it so much!

In this episode, Keely and Corrine delve into the 2024 Olympics Games, which marks the first Olympics to achieve gender parity. They discuss notable moments in sports that emphasize mental health, embracing femininity, and celebrating all body types. They also highlight some of the top moments in sports witnessed at the games. Furthermore, they candidly reflect on their own experiences with injuries and burnout, discussing coping mechanisms, the role of sports in shaping identity, and providing valuable tips for overcoming the challenges posed by injuries.   Sponsors: This episode is brought to you by Freetrail @runfreetrail www.freetrail.com - subscribe and JOIN US IN SLACK & Our Title Sponsor is The Feed!!! Follow the link to get $20 to spend every quarter ($80 every year!): https://thefeed.com/trailsociety + a cool Trail Society water bottle!   Articles: Gender Parity at Olympics 2024:https://www.npr.org/2024/07/31/g-s1-14470/paris-games-is-gender-equal-olympics Post injury depression in athletes: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/149233074.pdf Narrative review on injury and mental health: https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/50/3/145.short Sports Injury and Stress Disorders: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9189434/#:~:text=Traumatic%20stress%20disorder%20is%20seen,from%20returning%20to%20 Visualization techniques in sport: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344587632_Visualisation_techniques_in_sport_-_the_mental_road_map_for_success

This episode topic Ayesha Curry was seen tearing up after being assaulted & harassed by some French people, at some point later in the video Draymond Green walked up to the police to explain to them that a baby was hit Tracee Ellis Ross goes topless on the gram Noah Lyles was offended when Adidas invited him to an Anthony Edwards event last year Olympic Gymnast Jordan Chiles Announces Break from Social Media After Being Stripped of Bronze Medal Due to Judging Errors Snoop Dogg is reportedly getting paid $500,000 per day for his promotional work for the Olympics Games. Jayda said sex doesn't count if it lasts under 3 minutes or if a condom was used Scar Lip says she feels likes the world is laughing at her after her boyfriend said that she's pretty ‘sometimes' Yung Miami reveals that her label, QC, isn't letting her release new music because they don't see any growth in her music and feel her fans have grown up Yung Miami speaks on why she never spoke out following allegations and lawsuits against Diddy. Drake just surprised everyone and dropped three songs along with 100 GB of unreleased video footage on Instagram. Drake speaks on Lil Yachty making "Poland." Drake recording the hook for Ye's 2018 track “Yikes.” DJ Vlad shared alleged proof supporting his claim that BossMan Dlow's manager scammed him, following Dlow's denial of the accusation. YSL Woody told Judge Whitaker, "It will depend on how I wake up," regarding whether he will testify in Young Thug's trial next week. Kodak Black gave a motivational speech to a youth football team in Florida and told them to "say no to drugs cause they too good. Y'all going to like 'em and go crazy." Social media users reacted to viral photos allegedly showing Marcus, Michael Jordan's son, snorting a white substance at the 2024 Paris Olympics. A fan bought Ye's storage unit, which contained clothing samples, his 2015 Hollywood Bowl performance outfit, and other music equipment. Nipsey Hussle's brother, Blacc Sam, revealed that Karen Civil, LeBron James and others made sure Nip was given a proper send-off with a memorial service at Staples Center after being turned down by several Black churches following his passing. Team USA Men's Basketball wins their 5th straight Gold Medal behind Steph Curry's late 3-point barrage at the 2024 Paris Olympics. A judge denied bond for three people accused of killing Julio Foolio.  Future is hinting at dropping new music on his latest Instagram post. “MIXTAPE PLUTO LOADING Yung Miami Says Diddy Never Abused Her During Their Relationship + Believes Romance Was Beneficial for Both of Them T-Pain reveals that his first deal, at just 18 years old, was a 15/85 split with a $40 million advance. The label got 85% of his earnings. Kevin Durant Goes Off on X Users Criticizing Team USA's Win Over Serbia in Olympic Games: ‘Nobody Gives a F**k Who Y'all Lames Think Is the Best' Cowboys QB Dak Prescott could potentially sign a $70 million-per-year contract, making him the highest-paid NFL player ever, Blueface sentenced to 4 years in prison Team USA Sprinter Noah Lyles Exits Olympics After Testing Positive For COVID Shows Police Pulling Travis Scott Out Of Paris Hotel After Fight w/ His Bodyguard & Hotel Security A Buckhead landlord is currently evicting the owner of nightclub Red Martini. The landlord told the owner that, “nightclubs and lounges are the devil”.

Penn has never been prouder of Team USA than this Olympics. He has watched every Olympics Games since 1984 and he watches everything – racewalking, speed climbing, archery, you name it. He says that regardless of medals, Paris 2024 is the best that Team USA has ever been. These kids (I'll say kids, because most are young enough to be my children) have been extraordinary role models for our country. Today we talk about five life lessons we've learned from Team USA that can apply to anyone. We also discuss the top 5 non-Olympic "sports" I would medal in and we take a mailbag question about Penn's table tennis skills (or lack thereof.) You can send us a mailbag question and we may answer it on a future podcast! Email podcast@theholdernessfamily.com. Shop our Limited-Edition ADHD Is Awesome Bundle: https://holdernessfamilyshop.com/products/adhd-is-awesome-bundleCome see us at Quail Ridge Books: https://www.quailridgebooks.com/event/pennkimholderness24Shop Our MerchJoin Our NewsletterFollow us on YouTubeFollow us on InstagramFollow us on TikTok Follow us on FacebookKim and Penn are online content creators known for their award-winning videos, including original music, song parodies, and comedy sketches. Their videos have resulted in over 2 billion views and 8 million followers across their social media platforms since they (accidentally) went viral in 2013. They have a best-selling book on marriage communication, a top-rated podcast, a fun-filled family card game, and most recently, they were the winners on Season 33 of The Amazing Race.The Holderness Family Podcast is produced by Ann Marie Taepke and edited and engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media and Sam Allen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paris ‘24 is flying past! We're already on Day 9 of the Athletics at the Olympics Games and you can catch up with it all on Inside Track: The Official Podcast of World Athletics. On today's episode, Sanya Richards-Ross and Greg Rutherford catch up on the controversy OFF the rack after the 200m Finals, as Noah Lyles blames Covid for not crossing the line first, and gold medalist Letsile Tebogo claimed he can't be the face of Athletics because he is not an “arrogant or loud” person! Plus, our pair are joined by two very special guests; Former Marathon World Record holder and British Athletics long distance running super-star, Paula Radcliffe, who talks about the strangest things to happen to her during a race AND New Zealand Shot Put legend, Dame Valerie Adams, who discusses the challenges she faced when stepping out of the sport in 2022. Watch the full video version of this episode, explore the back catalogue and fine even more great Athletics insight via worldathletics.org/insidetrack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Olympic Games is all about sport – but it is unavoidably also all about the politics. So two days after the opening ceremony, the IfG team assembled its crack team of sporting fanatics to discuss the links between power and the Olympic Games.  From claiming credit to trying to duck the blame, prime ministers, presidents and mayors are as involved as any athlete – signing off on bids to host the games, settling on multi-billion budgets, being booed in the stands, and keeping fingers crossed that everything runs smoothly. So just how political are the Paris 2024 Olympics Games? And how do they compare with what has come before – including the 1908, 1948 and 2012 Games in London – and what might follow in Los Angeles, Brisbane and the Games of the future? Podcaster, academic, historian and author David Runciman returns to Inside Briefing for a fascinating tour through the ever-changing relationship between sport and the Olympics that has defined over a century of successful (and not so successful) Games. Hannah White presents with Jill Rutter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Des Cahill brings us the latest from Paris

Welcome to another Podium topping episode! This week, we welcome a 28 Olympic medal winner Michael Phelps and a disgruntled Parisian man as they debate if the Olympic games are good for Society! Listen to them discuss including how much money Olympic athletes make, if the games should be more body positive, and why swimming sports should have sharks! All judged by a nepo baby who wants to know if he should train for the Olympics! Moderator: Michael Harrison Simon Beauregard: Matt Ruby Michael Phelps :Luke Thayer Parth Patel: Wyatt Feegrado

A tradition that endured millennia. The ancient Olympic Games began in 776 BC and took place every four years until at least 396 AD. It was a major religious and sporting festival, attended by over 40,000 spectators who flocked to watch athletes compete in sports like wrestling, chariot racing and athletics. Matt Lewis is joined by Dr Nigel Spivey to explore the history of the ancient Olympic games, delving into its various origin stories and outlining how the games evolved over a thousand years of history. What was competing and spectating at the games like for ordinary people? What was the significance of the Olympic Games on wider Hellenic society?Echoes of History is a Ubisoft podcast, brought to you by History Hit. Hosted by: Matt LewisEdited by: Tim AstallProduced by: Joseph Knight, Peta Stamper, Matt Lewis, Robin McConnellSenior Producer: Anne-Marie LuffProduction Coordinator: Beth DonaldsonExecutive Producers: Etienne Bouvier, Julien Fabre, Steve Lanham, Jen BennettMusic:Legend Of The Eagle Bearer by The Flight & Mike GeorgiadesKephalonnia Island by The Flight & Mike GeorgiadesRevenge Of The Wolves by The FlightMarkos by The Flight & Mike GeorgiadesIf you liked this podcast please subscribe, share, rate & review. You can take part in our listener survey here: https://uk.surveymonkey.com/r/6FFT7MK Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

ESPN's The Far Post breaks down the Matildas loss to the USWNT, exit from the Olympics Games, and the tenure of Tony Gustavsson after his departure. Join Anna Harrington, Sam Lewis, Angela Christian-Wilkes. and Marissa Lordanic as we chat about what happened at this Olympics, why it was the right time for Gustavsson to go, and briefly chat about what's next. Follow The Far Post on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Check out espn.com.au or download the ESPN App. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Press X Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw  Topics:  Lego Super Mario World: Mario & Yoshi launches October 1 for $129.99 https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/super-mario-world-mario-yoshi-71438 Nintendo stores in Japan are selling gacha keyrings of classic Nintendo controllers, and they're ultra popular https://x.com/scully1888/status/1815686715379798266 Mario & Sonic at the Olympics Games series is reportedly finished; Olympics wanted to pursue esports, NFTs https://www.eurogamer.net/olympics-ditched-mario-sonic-series-to-explore-nfts-and-esports Original tweet that spurred this discussion https://x.com/leecocker/status/1816536884304327017 Original storyboards for Super Smash Bros. on Nintendo 64 unearthed https://x.com/davidvkimball/status/1817780037078434113 The Pokémon Company retail sales for 2023 were $10.8 billion https://x.com/bogorad222/status/1816243189860213065  (Point of reference: Nintendo net sales for the past fiscal year were basically the same $$ as above) Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns expansion launches September 24 for $49.99 ($39.99 on Switch), adds Ghostface, Noob Saibot, Sektor, Cyrax, Conan, and T-1000 https://www.gematsu.com/2024/07/mortal-kombat-1-expansion-khaos-reigns-and-dlc-characters-ghostface-noob-saibot-sektor-cyrax-conan-and-t-1000-announced  The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I & II Remastered seemingly leaks at SDCC https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/legacy-of-kain-remasters-spotted-at-comic-con/ The PSVR 2 Steam app launches on August 6  https://store.steampowered.com/app/2580190/PlayStationVR2_App/  PC adaptor required, costs $59.99 https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/playstation-vr2s-steam-app-is-officially-launching-next-month/ Gamers mourn Xbox 360 after digital store shutdown https://www.polygon.com/24209001/xbox-360-store-shutdown-rip  World of Warcraft development team has unionized https://variety.com/2024/gaming/news/world-of-warcraft-union-microsoft-response-1236083616/  Udon Entertainment Announces New Mega Man Comics for 2025 https://www.rockman-corner.com/2024/07/udon-entertainment-announces-mega-man.html Mega Man X DiVE: Official Complete Works book coming in Q2 2025, plus new Mega Man manga https://www.rockman-corner.com/2024/07/udon-announces-mr-mega-man-little-mega.html  Questions from Discord:  What we're playing: Mary: Final Fantasy 16, The World Ends With You, SCHiM John: Ys: Memories of Celceta Greg: Apex Legends, EA College Football 25, Black (Xbox), COD on GamePass Brett L:  CFB 25, Ratchet and Clank  Brett M: BONER JAMS ‘97

On this episode of the City of Champions podcast, we talk about the 2024 SUMMER OLYMPICS. USA Basketball, swimming, and fencing all talked about today. We also go over MLB standings and the playoff picture. Stay tuned for the next episode of the podcast next weekend!

Listen to the Sat. July 27, 2024 edition of the Pan-African Journal: Worldwide Radio Broadcast hosted by Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of the Pan-African News Wire. This episode features our regular PANW report with dispatches on the role of Kenya in the ongoing Olympics Games; Niger and its government have created serious economic problems from the French-owned uranium firm which had dominated the country for years; the Democratic of Congo (DRC) leadership has accused Kenya of collaborating with Rwanda in sabatoging the country; and a Russian frigate has paid a visit to the North African state of Algeria and the Port of Oran. In the second hour we look back on the Batte for Selma some 59 years ago. Finally, we pay tribute to Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, a co-founder of the SNCC Freedom Singers and Sweet Honey in the Rock.

Andrew Saville and Guy Heveldt join Mike Hosking to discuss the Olympics Games getting underway, including the NZ men's Sevens being knocked out from medal contention, Canadian spying, and the state of the River Seine.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

International sports broadcaster Lavina Good Lavina Good joins Sunday Morning from Paris where the Olympic Games get underway.

Full Paris Olympic Games gymnastics preview; teams, all-around, event medal favorites, the unbelievable scandal rocking the Japanese team and fluffy, heartwarming backstories. Plus, in part two of our interview, Dr. Hugues Mercier describes how the judges are selected for the Olympics Games with the F.I.G. Judge Evaluation Program (JEP) and what he thinks of the NCAA 10.0 system. PARIS OLYMPIC PODCAST SCHEDULE here  Simone Biles' coach for 15 World and Olympic medals, including Olympic all-around gold, has a book coming out. Pre-order Aimee Boorman's book now.  Join Club Gym Nerd (or give it as a gift!) for: Daily live podcasts in Paris at the Olympic Games GymCastic were the first and remain the only podcasters credentialed for the Olympic Games Weekly Q&A  Behind The Scenes podcast, dedications, mini-commissions , group commissions, exclusive extended interviews, and College & Cocktails episodes. Plus discounts and first dibs on Live Show tickets and merch. Exclusive VIP section on the message board Forum More goodies: GymCastic newsletters  2024 College & Cocktails menu (including mocktails, of course) GymCastic Fantasy Games GymCastic Store clothing and gifts to let your gym nerd flag fly "tapestries" (banners, the perfect to display your support in an arena) Baseball hats available now in the GymCastic store RELATED EPISODES Judging The Judges: Part One Hughes Mercier interview on Judges Evaluation System Interview with Simone Biles Rising director, Katie Walsh Simone Biles Rising docuseries review Biggest Olympic Gymnastics Judging Scandals Behind The Scenes: Back from Trials Behind The Scenes: Leos Liberated  Olympic Trials Paris Olympic Trials Recap  Women's Day Two: Olympic Team Named Men's Final Women's Day One Women's Podium Training Olympic Trials Stuff Photo Galleries Women's Final Women's Podium Training Women's Day 1 Men's Day 1 2024 U.S. Classic Recap Podcast with Denis Vachon RESOURCES  Spencer's Clickable Code of Points Highest scoring team machine from Emily Giambalvo at the Washington Post What Scores Get You a Medal How to Build The Paris Olympic Team The Highest scores, D scores and World Cup rankings at The Gymternet Gymnastics History and Code of Points Archive from Uncle Tim Men's Gymnastics coverage from Kensley Neutral Deductions   MORE WAYS TO LISTEN HERE      

AFL Daily's weekly offering of the AFL Daily Round-Table featuring Damian Barrett, Nat Edwards, Sarah Olle and Josh Gabelich. Every Tuesday afternoon for your commute home, hear the team unpack the biggest talking points in the world of footy.  The Cats have found another one with Lawson Humphries Can Collingwood fix this form slump they now find themselves in? Are they going to “rush” Dan McStay back in this weekend vs. Hawthorn? Gabo's flight-risk Collingwood took to get Lachie Schultz during the trade period Will Hawthorn bring Finn Maginness back into the side to tag Nick Daicos? Sydney won't be blinking too much about what goes on with WCE next coaching decision The list of club greats who've gone back to coach their club and failed Should Jack Buckley be allowed to go to the Olympics to watch his partner compete? What we're looking forward to this weekend Subscribe to AFL Daily and never miss an episode. Rate and review wherever you listen to podcasts.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Malcolm Levy, Raf Katigbak and Greg Liburd are co-founders of Refraction. An artist-owned community leading the next wave of digital art, music and culture — online, onchain and IRL.They all have extensive backgrounds in media, culture, festivals, films, brands. As artists, designers, writers, producers and creative people. Raf was early at VICE. Greg did a bunch with Jordan. Malcolm was the Director of the New Forms Festival 2001-16, and Curator of CODE Live during the 2010 Olympics Games.Today we reveal that Refraction and UFO are teaming up via our radio station. And exclusive alpha is shared for the future of Refraction for the first time on this show. ufo.fmnews.ufo.fmkarma.ufo.fm SPONSORSHigher is a lifestyle. A community of optimists on Base that formed on Farcaster. To join high agency crypto natives in a new experiment in onchain brands, visit higher.partyParagraph is where you can create, distribute & monetize - on your own terms. This publishing platform enables creators to mint posts as collectible content and send token-gated newsletters directly to wallet addresses. To get started with these radically powerful tools, visit paragraph.xyzOPEN has built state of the art onchain ticketing infrastructure that puts artists, organizers and fans back in control. Anyone can participate in the ticketing revolution through the DAO of creators, builders and token holders. To join the onchain tickets movement with OPEN, head to onopen.xyzLore is a group wallet experience for co-ownership. Own expensive NFTs, move memecoins markets and win crypto games together. Check out how you could use Lore with your friends to earn more than you could alone at lore.xyz.

The Paris 2024 Olympics Games are on the horizon, let's test some of your Olympic trivia! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Phillips is back with another big show chatting to the Australian 12U/14U Claycourt National Champions, a tour recap including Casper Ruud winning the biggest title of his career in Barcelona as we chat with ATP Courtside reporter Candy Reid and ATP Commentator Peter Odgers reflects on Jan Lennard Stuff maiden title in Munich. Brett speaks to Tony Moore from the Brisbane Times about what lies ahead for the Queensland Tennis Centre ahead of the 2032 Olympics Games, a Tennis Victoria State Grade preview featuring Ella Fitcher from Essendon and Lewis Miles from MCC Glen Iris is also on the show and Aussies C rocs captain Matt Barelle joins us from Spain to recap the Senior World Padel Championships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This a man who's living his dream before our very eyes. Emmet Brennan fought for Ireland at the Olympics Games in Tokyo during the summer of 2021. After that he chose to turn pro, but opportunities were few and far between as he moved to America to make his name. That led to a spell in the doldrums, to say the least, but Brennan has come home and put his days of drinking and gambling in the rear-view mirror given his overwhelming desire to succeed in boxing. He's secured an ambitious management team – under former world champions Darren Barker and Joe Calzaghe – and it's led to a slot on Katie Taylor's undercard on November 25. Taylor's second crack at undisputed world light-welterweight champ Chantelle Cameron should be a humdinger. But the fight of the night could take place much earlier – when Jamie Morrissey of Limerick defends his BUI Celtic light-heavyweight belt against the bould Mr Brennan in what will be just his second fight in the paid ranks. It'll take place one kilometre from his house and the 32-year-old has been running past the 3Arena most days as he puts in the road work, dreaming of his big night in the capital. Here, Emmet and Darren talk about how they teamed up, the short- and long-term goals they have, pestering Eddie Hearn for opportunities and what Emmet could pick up from the 168lb greats on this side of the pond from Steve Collins to Carl Froch via Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn and Calzaghe himself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alex Kirry and Scott Mitchell are joined by Matt Zemek of Trojans Wire to talk USC vs. Utah. They also create their own NFL flag football team since it will be in the 2028 Olympics Games. Plus, is NBA load management not really an issue? Follow UnRivaled on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for more.

As regular listeners to Unstoppable Mindset have observed, I have the opportunity to talk with a number of people referred to me by Sheldon Lewis, accessiBe's nonprofit coordinator. This episode includes one such person, Jagwe Muzafaru from Uganda. I will tell you upfront that you will need to listen pretty carefully to Jagwe as his Ugandan accent is quite pronounced, but he is quite articulate and I believe you will enjoy him.   Jagwe is nearly 27 years old. He has earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Computing. Due to burns when he was younger, his eyesight would classify him as low vision.   For a number of years, he has had an interest in sports. In 2021 he organized his company, Blind Football Uganda. Of course, “Football” is what we call “soccer” here in the States. Blind people playing Soccer/Football? Why not. I leave it to Jagwe to tell us all about how that is done. Believe me, the sport is every bit as competitive for blind people as for sighted people and teams.   I very much hope Jagwe's story will inspire you and help you to gain a broader dimension of blindness. Near the end of our time, Jagwe tells us how people can help support his efforts.     About the Guest:     Jagwe is a graduate of Makerere University (MUBS) class of 2019 with a Bachelor's degree in Business Computing. He is the Founder and Chairman of Blind Football Uganda a Para football organisation governing, promoting and developing the game of Blind Football in Uganda, a para sport administrator and a disability inclusion advocate who began his Para sport career as a volunteer with Uganda Paralympic Committee in 2018.     Ways to connect with Jagwe:   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/muzafaru.jagwe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/jagwe_muzafaru Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/jagwe_muzafaru Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jagwe_muzafaru Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jagwe-muzafaru-87ab69132 Link to GoFundMe effort for Uganda Blind Football, https://gofund.me/7a712989   Links about Blind Football, Uganda   CNN: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/09/football/blind-football-uganda-spt-intl/index.html   Voice of America: https://www.voaafrica.com/a/6779597.html   Al Jazeera: https://youtu.be/i6hqF2z9qi0   Black Excellence Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8xd3qbEi5o   New Vision: https://www.newvision.co.ug/articledetails/135489/blind-football-sets-sight-on-2024-paralympic    The Observer: https://observer.ug/sports/75448-blind-football-giving-new-opportunities-to-visually-impaired   NTV Uganda: https://www.ntv.co.ug/ug/news/sports/blind-football-players-are-eying-international-competitions-3995476   Mazima news: https://mazima.ug/sports/uganda-set-to-start-national-blind-football-league/   Uganda Radio Network: https://ugandaradionetwork.net/story/ugand-set-to-start-national-blind-football-league   Beautiful news South Africa: https://www.facebook.com/1675691709362077/posts/3300601080204457/?flite=scwspnss&mibextid=u81vWr868JTqCiLD   Solutions now Africa: https://youtu.be/YHP7Ih1slgM     About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog.   Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards.   https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/   accessiBe Links https://accessibe.com/ https://www.youtube.com/c/accessiBe https://www.linkedin.com/company/accessibe/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/accessibe/       Thanks for listening! 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Hi, I'm Michael Hingson, Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe and the author of the number one New York Times bestselling book, Thunder dog, the story of a blind man, his guide dog and the triumph of trust. Thanks for joining me on my podcast as we explore our own blinding fears of inclusion unacceptance and our resistance to change. We will discover the idea that no matter the situation, or the people we encounter, our own fears, and prejudices often are our strongest barriers to moving forward. The unstoppable mindset podcast is sponsored by accessiBe, that's a c c e s s i  capital B e. Visit www.accessibe.com to learn how you can make your website accessible for persons with disabilities. And to help make the internet fully inclusive by the year 2025. Glad you dropped by we're happy to meet you and to have you here with us.   Michael Hingson ** 01:16 Well, hi once again. And here we are with another episode of unstoppable mindset. Today, we get to travel outside of the United States to meet with Jagwe Muzafaru and I'm hoping I'm pronouncing that mostly right if I'm not he'll correct me. He is a person who has become very much involved in Paralympics in Uganda, especially blind football and we're going to talk about that what it is and, and and hear other things from him as well. So Jagwe, welcome to unstoppable mindset. We're really glad you're here.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 02:00 Thank you. Thank you, Mike, for hearing addition and interest in what I do.   Michael Hingson ** 02:06 Well, so I want you to start if you would, by telling us about you as a young man, and growing up and all that kind of stuff. So have you been blind your whole life? And none truly   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 02:24 informed you My name is Jagwe Muzafaru. And I'm the founder and CEO but tell you about my story. I'm totally blind or blind. Yes, I did. And I have one of my left eye is the one which domain and this came as a result of from school with a good a good band on the left side of the body with fire and lift my I dealt with the left side that your essay has some site. Yeah,   Michael Hingson ** 03:03 but you are considered blind today. You are considered a person who is who is pretty much mostly blind, I assume.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 03:11 Yeah, but they consider me as somebody with low vision may be   Michael Hingson ** 03:16 okay with low vision is fine. We we bring them all together. So that's okay. So tell me about you growing up. So you went to school and all that and well, so tell us about you a little bit growing up.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 03:31 Yeah. I went to school. And growing up, I'm born in a family of about eight people by the last born in the family. And I grew up maybe being taken care of by mostly my brothers sisters around because our mom, too, has grown us simply alone. Because that day the alley when I was young, in the 90s and then she has been caring for us for over all those years up to now. So for the studying, I started up to University where I graduated as a in a budget with a bachelor's degree in business computing from Macquarie University. And for through the growing up. It's where I've been participating in several events, mostly in sports. And that's where the interest came in. And this really interest comes in from what I do what I run, carrying, because even at campus I used to spit in sports. But I suppose mostly especially global, and it's really I will be in is to also inventor into sports management as an administrator.   Michael Hingson ** 05:05 Okay, so tell us a little bit about what Goalball is.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 05:12 Football is a team sport that is played by three people on each side. And for Bobo, you roll the ball around, but the ball makes you roll the ball around sending it to, to open it. And if you miss the ball, they end up, they end up scoring a goal, or it's a goal, which is considered if they fail to block the ball from going into their neck. Okay? for it. It's played on a surface of 18 by 918 meters long by nine in width. And it's played by three people specifically, but all these people are all blindfolded.   Michael Hingson ** 05:55 There, they're blindfolded or, or they're blind.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 05:59 They're blind, they can be blind or visually impaired. But they are blind for it. Right.   Michael Hingson ** 06:05 So that every move some   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 06:07 people Yeah, they are on an equal ground. So yeah, for for sports, we use certain ones like that i applying and then blind. So where does it come from? It comes from the classes that they give us for be one of those people who have not no, uh, no level of sight, or they can't see anything, then forbid to those are the people we always consider, who have some sight who can even do that this is a shape of something oh, can tell that this is light. So for with the people were cited, slightly cited, and this bit is at least have some side. They can do we can easily read or the use large print. And these can be people who have albinism or people when your eyes simply damaged, or people have long sightedness or short sightedness. So that's how we are categorized. So if I use the blind, so nobody get confused the voltage.   Michael Hingson ** 07:19 Okay. So you got a bachelor's in business computing? And when did you get that degree?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 07:30 I graduated in 2019   Michael Hingson ** 07:32 and 2019. So how old are you now?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 07:36 I'm going to plug in 27 in August.   Michael Hingson ** 07:40 Okay, well, and early, happy birthday to you. I was just asking because I wanted to really just put everything in perspective, because you have really done a lot. Since graduating. And while you were in school, you have done a lot. And I think that's pretty interesting to really have some of those experiences. So you formed an organization? When did you form it? And what's the name of it? And what is it do?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 08:15 Yeah, I started the organization. It's called blind football, Uganda. And I started in 2021. So blind football Uganda, it's a two way organization. First, we run it as an NGO that advocates for a few things related to persons with visual impairments and blindness. And then on the other side, we run it as a sports federation. So on the Ugandan setting, we are recognized by you we are affiliated to Uganda only Paralympic Committee, and, and even which is a member of our National Council of Sports. And currently we are, we applied to for review, to be and also to affiliate and our FA in Uganda, which is Federation of Uganda Football Association, that is FIFA. And so blind football Uganda is a passport organizations that specifically govern, promote, develops, and, and make the sport of blind football and when I tell you about blind football, it's a sport or game that is played specifically by people who are blind or visually impaired depending on their category.   Michael Hingson ** 09:41 Well, now you've told us about gold ball. And I assume that blind football is different than gold ball. gold ball sounds more like well, I was gonna say it sounds more like soccer but, but what's the difference between gold ball and blind football?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 10:02 Yeah, the difference between Goldberg and blank Soccer is the way it's played. For Goldberg Goldberg is played on. It's a team sport, like blind football, but golf is played by three people. But blind football will play five people on a beach. For Bobo, we use hands, draw the ball, then the ball reaches the open ends. But for blind football, we specifically use the feet we kick   Michael Hingson ** 10:32 the ball, like with regular soccer.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 10:36 Yeah, it's like no more rigid Ahsoka. And to tell you about later about blind football, blind football is a modified sport from the game of food. So for those who may have been in knowing foods or food, so is, is also a no more like a sighted persons game is played on foot on my foot diameter by 20 meter surface which is also blind football size of a game. But the difference comes in with a with the rules that we use our rules for blind football are always modified in one way, as compared to as compared to the footstool site. There are some things that will remove that applied in footsore, which don't apply in blind football, for example, for status, the ball we used to play is a board that makes returning sound whenever it was. So this is, I haven't worked here with me. And I think I can   Michael Hingson ** 11:39 I hear that. And so, whenever the ball moves, that's when, whenever the ball moves, that's what what people here.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 11:50 Yeah, that's the sound that it creates. As the boat. Yeah, and as the book keeps play in play. So the person who always have the ball, he has to say, or he has to keep quiet play. And I you can imagine if somebody is blindfolded, and is blind, how can somebody play without being injured? So we have communicating words or rules that we have in play. One of them is the voice rule. So it's V OYV. Oy, it comes from a Spanish word, it is it. It's just an interpretation of a Spanish word, which we use to save go go. So for us, we use voivode. Why is it in Spanish because the game was developed in Spain in 1970s, around 1970s. So if I'm the one with the ball, I have to keep sailing and keep playing. So if Mike has the ball, Mike has to say void void. So that's how I can easily understand that Mike is coming from the side I and then find means of dodging, not colliding with him. So when I hear his voice Desna is going to come off in an offense or defense mode to just take the ball or take possession of the ball from you. So to prevent it, you have to do it. And before us, we have gates in our in our normally now game behind the goalkeepers the somebody who stands behind the goalkeepers and communicates to a player that you have reached this direction. You can shoot any reduce them awareness so that they know and reach a point that they can shoot a ball at any time. So that's how they structure the structure. But some things are moved, like offsides, we don't have offsides, we play for less than two minutes late, which is not the same for cited for football. For us we play for 15 minutes, one half is 15 and the other half is 15. Which makes a total awful time that in minutes. So in the past we have been playing for 20 minutes each half. But as per the modified rules for this year occupant 2015 25 We are playing for 15 minutes on this stuff. So 14 by 20. And the only side on the side of the photo meters we always have boards that cover the catch lines because if somebody is blind, there is no way you can throw the ball if the ball goes out. There is no way you can throw it when when they can see and about a team it's played on by five people on each side. But the goalkeeper is a sighted person. The four outfield players are always blind or are blindfolded, but the goalkeeper is a sighted person And then as I've told you, behind the goalkeeper there has to be a guide with Deluxe these people are playing. The sweet thing about it. When it comes to scoring goals, the four outfield players can score a goal and they can be considered. But they will keep Piven if you score as any goal, it can't be considered for reason of fairness. And some people always wonder, why do blind people have to be you know, they're blind. So how, why do you still have to blindfold them? It's because of the classification that we have. Because some may be have some little side as mainland. And in football or in sports, we always have to promote that thing of fair play. So we cover their eyes, to put them at a level of ground where everybody plays at a level ground. And the game is played by male and female categories.   Michael Hingson ** 15:59 But they're separate teams. So you don't have male and female on the same team? Or do you   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 16:05 know, we don't have male on the same team? They feel differently. But when it comes to training for inclusive matches, you can do it but for official matches, standard matches. They're separate teams.   Michael Hingson ** 16:22 So I'm curious, why did they cut the time from 20 minutes and a half to 15 minutes and a half?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 16:29 I personally I don't sit on the on the on the assembly. Because internationally, you have to be a member of the International blind spots association. So for me, I'm at the receiving end, I didn't really get to know why they cut it. And Nick, as began this year, in January, last year in Vietnam, and   Michael Hingson ** 16:55 so now so when again, we're talking about blind football or what we call in the United States Soccer, right? Yeah, right. Right. Well, flying football is.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 17:12 Yeah, it's it should stay as well. Because when you consider your use you your direction like football, what you consider as football. It's used if you play with hands, which is?   Michael Hingson ** 17:25 Yeah. Yeah, well, no, I understand. And in most parts of the world, it is football, not soccer. So it's okay. So now, how do people? How do people know where the goal is? So you're playing and everyone is being very active? And they're trying to get the ball or stop the ball and so on. But how do you know where the goal is? Does the goalkeeper make sound? Is there some other sounds so that people know where the goal is compared to where they are? Yeah,   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 17:57 that's something I've been, I've talked about that forever. Every game has to get a guide. And the guide is a sighted person. So that's the person who communicates to the players when they play, it seem to them the direction of the goal, it seems to them when to shoot, or how to move, if they are going to reach the goal line or to score the state gate. They roll the game.   Michael Hingson ** 18:27 So how do people know when they're near the goal?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 18:31 Yeah, it's the guide still tells them because the goalkeeper doesn't have to. That's not his work,   Michael Hingson ** 18:37 right? So there are guides that tell you that that that notify people   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 18:43 Yeah, they stand behind the goals, like they give them two meters by two meters by length, and then five meters maybe by windy. This this is how they will always stand behind the goal line. So in that way, he can tell that you have reached the goal. You can shoot that that place then you should Okay.   Michael Hingson ** 19:15 All right. It's It's fascinating and certainly it is very I assume it's as aggressive a game as regular foot sighted said that people's football in Uganda.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 19:30 Yeah, yeah. aggressive and very, because Uganda is a football loving country. People have really embraced it.   Michael Hingson ** 19:40 Well, and that's, that's fine. So how many blind football teams are there in Uganda at this point?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 19:53 At this point, we have eight teams that I can safely if I say that tomorrow we have a competition We have ATMs and these teams are spread to Blue bullies then in the north, Northern Uganda. We have a team in in the center in the central area. We are situated in two universities, the central like Kampala, we have one team two teams in Macquarie University and then even CHambo University. And then we have also team in camera the cameras in the east of Uganda. After ginger, you go to calmly Oregon. So Camilla is in the East. And we also have a team there. And as of this week, I've spent a day a week in sorrow desert is almost like 292 kilometers in the East Far East, where we have fully organized and set up new team in cirrhotic districts and as they go on, we are many as but as per the current working on with my colleagues, we are remaining with to two venues to areas that we are going to introduce playing football and then we shall set up teams there from the age when they will increase either to 12 or 13. So we are remaining with Lila realize she is in the north and then cover a cover the district and Cavalli is in the west. It comes   Michael Hingson ** 21:34 you have a teens now but you're growing, which is exciting. So how, how big are the crowds that come to watch you play?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 21:46 So far, most of the crowds that we are for this year as policia the crowds, we have organized the games have been specifically crowded within school settings, like secondary schools, to bring people aware about the sport and know how it is played. The crowds are very, very exciting. And the crowds are very, very many when we organize them. But our major product is various the blind football championship and that happens always on the 14th of October. We either do it on the 14th or 15th. As reserved word said they are white king, one of the two days but this year we are going to do it on on the 14th of October. So on the 14th Yeah, we always have so many people come around and then B is j s AP. is the major product that we sell the blank Bowl championship every year.   Michael Hingson ** 22:50 How many people do you think there will be   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 22:51 this year? This year? I can't tell because it's an open ground. So even if people are just passing they kind of come around and and see. Yeah, so I can tell at the moment. And lucky enough because of the activeness. We have. We have a team that has already requested it's going to come from Nairobi, Kenya, to be part of this year's don't I mean, because they understood that in Kenya, the blind football is not so active. And the people want to play. So when one of the coordinators there requested to me and we accepted, they are coming to Uganda, so we may have to have nine teams if they also come around.   Michael Hingson ** 23:39 How many people came to the championship game last year?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 23:43 That is we didn't record their numbers. Because the best game but they it was they were very, they are known so so many because we used an indoor beach. It was an indoor Beach, UK. And for Anindo it's always resisted the numbers but I can tell from the media. Because so many media persons were with us. They come around on that day.   Michael Hingson ** 24:13 You get a lot of people who are fans of sighted football who also come to see blind football because it's still a football game.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 24:23 Yeah. And so when by the way most of our spectators are always people who are sighted. Most of them well, yeah, because just as coming around wearing a jersey branded blind football, Uganda so somebody starts to imagine these guys are blind. They are going to play football. How do they play? So that intriguing mind forces somebody to come and see and stay around?   Michael Hingson ** 24:54 Why did you specifically start the organization blind football I'm what what really made you do that?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 25:07 For the first instance, is to give it was to widen the opportunities for playing opportunities for persons with visual impairments, to see that they can play some more from global and athletics, because those two spots are traditionally then in schools that have been here, but they don't observe a given number of people, or they don't give an update. Appreciate it. So I looked at, why can't we? Why can't I set up something that you can see, anybody can relate with. And, and way wherever you move in every household, there is somebody who plays football, or there's somebody who talks about football on the day, even if they don't pay at least a support. So that inspired me to start but as well, on my personal grounds, I always looked at most of us when we left sports at the university, and then we come to the community, most of the sports activities always die and stop at the university. So for me, I looked at why can't we start something and then be the spearhead that Oh, something that can grow and then be of great value to our communities. So from universities, I looked at, come into community, I looked at doing sports as a career itself, and inspire people to come and join the sports environment. Because in Uganda, our focus is always on jobs, jobs, jobs, and jobs are never easy to get. So I looked at sports as a shortcut, which can offer solutions to our socio economic difficulties that we have in our community, because sports is a universal language that you can use to promote or campaigned for anything. You can use words to promote jobs, your job creation, because of the network you may be having. You can use food as, as therapy, you can use sports as a health or well being activity in all aspects. So those are majorly the reasons why I strictly decided to form and start that organization and promote event planning.   Michael Hingson ** 27:32 Now, the real serious question is, do you play blind football today?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 27:42 I learned probably, I don't prefer it because I can't be a chairman, or a president for you. Most of the people who are you can't be I can't be a president of something. And then you double, double, double desk yourself. Because there are some things that need to be administrative specifically. And you have to handle administrative work. So for me, my role is on the technical side, and administrative work. So I find other people play, I identify other people play,   Michael Hingson ** 28:18 as they would say here, if you played it would be a conflict of interest, because then you're the chair, you're the chairman, the chair of the company, but you are playing for a team that is really kind of hard to separate. So that doesn't work. Do you play for fun? Or what do you do for exercise and for fun than when you're not being the chairman of the organization?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 28:44 And yeah, I do I do run. I do run for a while. I do some other physical exercises. But there is no rule that refuses me to play football, but I do even play blind football, for fun. And I also play some football with some sighted person persons. But for blind football. I only play like if these an inclusive match. And they want us to play like CEOs. Like they want as we are demonstrating to chair chairman of companies there. Yeah, then I can come in. But but for for the exact matches, standard matches. No rule refuses me to play, but I really look at it as anyway, even in Uganda, I think I'm the only leader in sport who is who is not playing on the pitch most of them find themselves playing.   Michael Hingson ** 29:47 But I think you take a right position because it's very difficult to be the chairman of the organization and then be on a particular team. It can be done difficult to sell. It's I'm glad that you, you don't know, when you're playing the CEO with CEOs and you're doing those kinds of fun matches. The real question is, do you win?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 30:14 It's it's never about winning. It's about just the giving the people the feel of what other Shapiro, what the, our, our our players go through, and giving them an understanding. Because for them, most of the CEOs, they can't even play for five minutes. They can play in minutes. So   Michael Hingson ** 30:41 they don't exercise that much.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 30:44 residentially so you have to be linear to them as well.   Michael Hingson ** 30:49 Make them work, make them work. But what how do they react, though? Do they, when when they're done? Do they go away with a different idea? Does it help teach them? Do they go away and decide to support what you're doing, and they, they have a whole different picture than when they started?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 31:15 Yeah, they are always interested. And they feel intrigued about how the game is played. And if they find it even more difficult to play it. And they always tell me that blind people are special people. And most of them always helped me and always want to come on board. And we have started a few relationships here and there with them work for free. For instance, we have started the a good few clubs. And they are willing to support a few of our activities. And also they invite us to the events, like we can demonstrate to more people to know about this boat. And that's how we we are moving on one step at a time.   Michael Hingson ** 32:12 I must admit that. I don't exercise enough to be able to play it. But I enjoy hearing about it. And I've I've not ever learned all the rules of football. I've learned more about us football than football in Europe and Africa and so on. But I do think it's fascinating. I was in New Zealand and actually learned about rugby a little bit, which is which is a totally different thing and probably even more aggressive than playing either kind of football, but it's still a there's always strategy. And that's what I'm fascinated about with sports, the strategies that that people have and that the teams work out. Yeah. So it makes it so it makes it makes it a lot of fun, which I think is important to do. So for you. You've now had this organization going what, four years, you started it in 2019 or 2018 rather.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 33:21 20 official   Michael Hingson ** 33:22 2021 2021 So it's only two years old. Okay. So what are what   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 33:30 was 17? I'm sorry, it was 17. June.   Michael Hingson ** 33:37 Okay. Oh, my gosh. So, two years. And right now, we're recording this on June 22. So two years and five days Happy Birthday. Well, what are your plans for the organization? What are your plans for the organization going forward?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 33:59 Yeah, first, for the plans, we have water. Bill continuing is expanding the game to all the more parts of the country so that more people can really get the chance to watch it and even play. So we are reaching more other places. Besides that, we are now rolling in more events for people to get the opportunity to participate fully in a spot. For the for status, we are going to include under age competition, and one of it is for primary schools next year. And from that we are going to also have a second School Championship. I believe if you're in the US, that's the High School Championship. So in Uganda we use secondary. So we are going to rule out as a secondary school championship and then even at at the latest If we want to have another another tournament, which we will be in for entire university, so universities will compete within themselves, and then our major product of the nationally will stay there. So those are the few things that we want to do in the competition side. But when you go to the technical side, we want to continue training more coaches, more people who can help us in the technical aspects, so that the every area has someone to, to coach, it's a really tear, some and costly if we have, you have some someone has a team, and he wants to play, but it's almost 200 kilometers from you. And you tell him come to this place where I am, which is very expensive, he comes and lands one day goes back goes. So it's not really impacting. So you want to leave every area so that if somebody calls from any area, we just contacted him, we have a coordinator or a coach there, go to this person, it says question you. And we also now focusing on having more ladies on the team. Even today, I've been chatting with at least four ladies, and they are willing and today we have the new status sessions. And we shall be progressing and see how they will perform. Then administratively I want to is because we are housed on the Uganda Olympic committee we share the address, they just give us a small desk where we can be so I'm looking at also going independent, we get our own office is separate from any other body where anybody can freely come. If possible, if you get maybe land where someone can come I come there to lay around and also can do anything related to blind football activities there from there. So that's that's those are some of our plans.   Michael Hingson ** 37:15 Now, in general, not talking only about blind football specifically but are their professional teams teams where the players and everyone get Pele and get paid for doing what they do.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 37:31 It's only I believe it's only in Europe and maybe okay, I don't know about but in Europe it's really very very, very active very active   Michael Hingson ** 37:42 out there yet.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 37:45 Yeah, they have sponsors on board everything but for Ugandan setting, we only play specifically just for fun, and there is no payment that is involved   Michael Hingson ** 38:00 about the coordinators, the coaches   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 38:04 and I don't pay anyone at the moment we don't pay any. But for for first what we do is like I told you that we do some advocacy work. So we use bots to to serve a few things that players may not be having or may not be accurate with for example, if someone needs a white cane so we corroborate with the organization's they get us the white cans for free if someone is needed agree with a puzzle coordinate with an organization's that you have within the blind community. And then we try to source some of the materials for them as as part of their sports aspects. Yes. And also we advocate and try to give them a few learning tips like on financial literacy, how can you start something you initial blind? How can you so we just share but we collaborate with a few organizations. Yeah. And then we try to do it.   Michael Hingson ** 39:06 About expenses like you talked about if somebody has to go a long ways to to get to be able to play is there any help to assist with expenses and so on for them?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 39:21 Yeah, for for our competitions, like if we organize an event, like we organize an event on 14th October always invite players from all over the country. So for us we'll get in the transportation and accommodation and feeding. So everybody who comes give them transport, accommodation and feeding. But for allowances like refunds on transport we don't normally give them. We help them in that way. And also have collaborations with a few led organizations that, that help us to in fundraising, for resources that we use, like water, feeding, and then we end up executing settings. So   Michael Hingson ** 40:20 how do you actually promote the organization? How do you make it known that you that you need money? Or what the organization does? How much? Are you able to talk about it and get people to take an interest? How do you promote it?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 40:38 I promoted firstly, with social media, through social media platforms, on our own social media platforms, on all social media platforms, then also on radio, TV and print. So in some instances, like when we have an event, just like we have one, in October, we start to visit Organized TV stations, radio stations, and then they give us time. And as soon as they were granted permission to be on air, it's when they sell, I will promote, and I've got the chance to be on several interviews, and booked about this spot and leaving the organization. Even in the US, I've been with the CNN, I've been with the Voice of America. I've been with the Al Jazeera, and they'll be in a week black excellence. So those are the media outlets that and work for the US. Organizations have never reached out to them. They just saw the work we do on social media. And then they came and interviewed us. But for our our Ugandan settings, even some of them, like 80% of them have not contacted them directly that I want at a time, or I want some publish about this. It's them have come out and come to me. And so is love enabled to promote the sport. Yeah, it's unfortunate that myself, I've never seen myself live on air. And even when some some of the recordings are taken, they just find me either moving or people just don't always say on TV. And I asked them when not remember, because nobody will tell you that just published. Suggested recordings of the interviews. I do. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 42:37 Have you ever looked on YouTube to see if any of them are there? So you can watch them?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 42:43 Yeah, I guess follow up afterwards. Yeah. They're always they watch them? And yeah, I see them.   Michael Hingson ** 42:51 Yeah, the fact is with television, a lot of times you just don't know exactly when it's going to air and like when I've been interviewed, I'll ask people when it will appear. And it can be on a newscast. But it could be anywhere within an hour or half hour newscast. And unless you have the time to watch the entire newscast, you don't always see it. So it's kind of one of the things that you have to deal with. Well, so you know, but it's kind of more important. Well, it's important that you get to see it so you can evaluate how you're doing and get a chance to listen and think about how you might do it better, which would be a reason for doing it. But it is more important that other people get to see you and and I'm sure that if somebody had some great thought for you, they would tell you about it. But you know, one of the questions that comes to mind is that the Para Olympics is coming up next August of when a year in Paris. Are you looking to try to to go there? And is there any kind of blind football matches in the Paralympics? Yeah.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 44:03 And what I have to first inform you is blind football as a sport is the only football currently in the Olympics Games is the only football that is there. So next year, yeah, it's going to be it's going to feature but as per the qualification window, I think we are very late for it. We woke up late. And to the west, we first have to be members of the international body and then we start to play sanction games. And by May it's when I first applied to the first regiments. It's when I first applied to the organ to the to the the national body to be for membership and there are some things they still requested, which I'm working on. One of them is the anti doping rules. For our country, because we have to come up with a code that we shall also be following. So we are working on it close with a few patronizing spots to see that we have it done. So for next year, we shall not feature in. We have not been Paris as blind football, Uganda. But we are in for 2028, which will be staged for Los Angeles, Angeles, I believe next year if yes, ingredient eight. So I believe next year, if everything is sorted, within the international body, we are going to start to play international sanction games and we shall see how we shall fight to qualify for 28. Yeah.   Michael Hingson ** 45:49 And some of your players play for other countries next year? Or do you see that even as a possibility?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 45:56 I have no problem with it personally, if a country approaches them, and you would like to, because for us, we are not, most of my prayers are not yet registered in a country that are based on international database. So if any country approaches us, or any country or someone approaches the country, individually, it's okay. For us, we are open to give them that opportunity so that they can venture and seize. We spots sports can help them to see how their legs contain.   Michael Hingson ** 46:37 What kinds of challenges do people who are blind or low vision face and going into sports, say in Uganda, like blind football or other things are, are there efforts to encourage that or do families and people still really say, well, blind people can't do that, and so they discourage it.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 46:59 Ah, it all ends with our participation, as as long as people are seeing plain, people easily understand that these guys can play. And whenever they see them on pitch, they always understand that I was scared to tell my child to go play because I thought they can collide. But when they see themselves on the pitch without any collusion, so people just encourage them to keep playing. So it's the mindset, which prevents them, but what if you're the challenges one of them is the accessibility it comes to the road, it comes to the technology, it comes even in communication. So, most of our people are known, when it comes to moving to the fields, they are not so visually impaired friendly, most of the fields we have even when it comes to playing, they are not visually impaired, or friendly moving in playing around or even just walking around them, you can find one peach is shared by almost four teams of sighted people. So when it comes to playing, you know, our game is a silent game. So, it always disturbs us in the training and you have to fight for the spaces. Another thing can be on the aspect to the finances, there is a lot of expectation because I if somebody sees you on TV, somebody hears you on radio, and there was CZ on international channels. So so someone comes, may reach out to you like on Facebook or, or email and say I want to be part of blind football Uganda, how can I can how can you involve me? So most of the people work with come with a high expectation of money because of a huge publicity we have. I had to devise the end up when we talk to them, we end up finding that we can't we can like work with them because of the aspect. You can't pay them at the moment. Yeah, if someone can be can you be a volunteer? It says I'm past volunteering. Legit. Some of us are volunteer. This was for over ever since we started like professional careers. Yeah, those are issue challenges.   Michael Hingson ** 49:43 It's an it's a new sport. Really. It's it's not been around long. And it is a process and a lot of times I can imagine people are impatient and when they they need to understand that it's new and it's a and sometimes it's a rare A person who will take the step back and say, Okay, I'll help try to make it better. And maybe someday there'll be money to pay. But it isn't all about money. As you said, the players are also playing for fun, which I think is really important and really pretty cool. So I'm glad that people do play it for fun. And so far that's working. And you'll grow. I mean, it will, it will continue to grow, and there'll be more substance later. So what can people do to help support what you do? And what kind of message do you want those people who listen to unstoppable mindset to hear?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 50:45 First that as, as blind football, we are challenged with the equipment side. So to get the equipment that we used to play in Uganda, and Africa at large, it's a little bit had an expensive, so work with. Yeah, so I began a fundraiser. It's on GoFundMe, we are only soliciting for only to buy standard equipments from eyeshades from the bulls. Even make our own boards that we use on the pitch, everything that you may understand that is used in soccer, we need support for it, because as I've told you have a teams spread over every region. So our fight is to have more and more teams, more teams with equipment supplied to them. So that's our fight. So if someone wants to help us in one way or the other, we can go to GoFundMe look for look for blend football. And then they can cast any donation. And I can assure you that the money goes to the right cause already we have like 700 700 euros that have been so far donated to us. And we are moving anyway, we are moving. But more so if someone needs Oh, is willing, who can be willing to come to Uganda Oh, it can come as a by the way, you somebody's coming to Uganda, then they come and give us just the knowledge of bland food. Because I've I've never been of all the people I work with even me, we have never got that knowledge of how to play standard out, like the standard training. We have never got that knowledge, we use YouTube tutorials, and even the internet. So we read, research, and then use it but we have never got like, experience knowledge with a professional. So if someone is willing to come to Uganda, just to give us some little knowledge about the game, how we can improve here and there and give us tips on how we can play then we also invite you to do Uganda.   Michael Hingson ** 53:16 Well, okay, so tell me how people can reach out to you and learn and contact you and learn more about the program and so on. If you would spell your first and last name and then tell us how they can reach out to you. I would appreciate that.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 53:34 My name is Jagwe Muzafaru, and if you want to reach out to   Michael Hingson ** 53:39 do if you could spell if you could stop. Can you spell that please?   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 53:43 Yes, my name is Jagwe Muzafaru and Jagwe is spelled as J A G W E Jagwe and Muzafaru is spelled M U Z A F A R U. And you can reach out to me directly on all social media platforms, specifically Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and even Instagram. And you can you can also reach out to our social media platforms, which run under the name blind football Uganda, blind football Uganda say you can reach out email. Even if I'm not the one who responds, someone will respond. And if you direct one to talk to me, someone will direct you to and then you can have an opportunity to chat with me or the team more so if you want to watch some of our works, you can go to YouTube and on YouTube we use blind football Uganda is where we post some of the videos of our work. So you can go there and watch a few of our activities that we are doing in Uganda.   Michael Hingson ** 54:56 So blind football Uganda is had a website   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 54:59 not yet we are working on that don't have as for now.   Michael Hingson ** 55:05 Well, I know that you're, you're working on it.   Jagwe Muzafaru ** 55:09 Yeah, but we are all we are on all social media platforms Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, just typing blind football, Uganda. Yeah. Okay. And then your computer   Michael Hingson ** 55:24 as well, I know, I met you through Sheldon Lewis at accessiBe. And so I hope that when you get a website, you'll use accessiBe to make sure that it is accessible for everyone to be able to use. And we're all ready to help in any way that we can to, to assist with that. And so keep working with Sheldon, but if any of us can help them, we're glad to do that. But I want to thank you once again for being here. This has been fun. And I think very interesting. And we're anxious to hear more about how things go with blind football Uganda as you continue to progress. So you'll have to come back and tell us more later. When for you listening. I hope that you enjoyed this, please, please reach out to us. I'd love to hear from you. You can reach me at Michaelhi at accessiBe.com. That's M I C H A E L H I at accessiBe A C C E S S I B E.com. Or you can go to our podcast page www dot Michael hingson.com/podcast. 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The increase will go into effect from spring 2023. 該計畫是要將包括山手線、中央線與京濱東北線等16條JR東日本主要路線的票價調漲10日圓（8美分）。新的票價將自2023年春天起生效。 The transport ministry in December 2021 created a new system of adding fares to a ticket to pay for the installation of platform safety doors and elevators at train stations. （日本）國土交通省在2021年12月創設一項新制度，將調漲的票價金額用來支付在車站設置月台安全門與電梯的費用。 Ministry officials said JR East is the first railway company to announce a specific plan. 國土交通省官員說，JR東日本是第一個（因應該制度）宣布明確計畫的鐵道業者。 Next Article Topic: Tasty TV: Japanese professor creates flavorful screen 美味的電視：日本教授發明有滋味的螢幕 Japan's Meiji University professor Homei Miyashita has developed a prototype lickable TV screen that can imitate food flavors, another step towards creating a multi-sensory viewing experience. 日本明治大學教授宮下芳明發明出一款可舔式原型電視螢幕，具有模仿食物味道的功能，朝創造多感官收視體驗邁進另一步。 The device, called Taste the TV (TTTV), uses a carousel of 10 flavor canisters that spray in combination to create the taste of a particular food. The flavor sample then rolls on hygienic film over a flat TV screen for the viewer to try. 這個名為「品嚐電視」的裝置內部設置裝有10種口味的罐子，可噴出調製成特定食物的味道，再輸送到平面電視螢幕的衛生薄膜上，讓觀看者品嚐。 In the COVID-19 era, this kind of technology can enhance the way people connect and interact with the outside world, said Miyashita. 宮下說，在新冠肺炎流行時期，這樣的科技可改善人們與外界連結和互動的方式。 "The goal is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on the other side of the world, even while staying at home," he said. A commercial version would cost about 100,000 yen to make. 他說：「目標是讓人們即使待在家，也能擁有類似於在世界另一端上餐廳吃飯的體驗。」商業機製作成本約為10萬日圓（約2萬4300台幣）。Source article: https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1510384 ; https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1510139 Next Article Topic: Shinzo Abe - Japan's longest-serving prime minister Shinzo Abe smashed records as Japan's longest-serving prime minister, championing ambitious economic reform and forging key diplomatic relationships while weathering scandals. 安倍晉三打破了日本首相任期的最長紀錄，他支持雄心勃勃的經濟改革，並在經歷醜聞的同時建立了關鍵的外交關係。 Nearly two years after poor health forced him to leave office, the 67-year-old was shot during a campaign event in the western region of Nara on Friday last week. 在他因健康狀況不佳而被迫下台後兩年，六十七歲的他上週五在奈良西部地區一場競選活動中被槍殺。 Abe was a sprightly 52 when he first became prime minister in 2006, the youngest person to occupy the job in the postwar era. 安倍在二○○六年首次擔任首相時年僅五十二歲，是戰後日本最年輕的首相。 He was seen as a symbol of change and youth, but also brought the pedigree of a third-generation politician groomed from birth by an elite, conservative family. Abe's first term was turbulent, plagued by scandals and discord, and capped by an abrupt resignation. 他被視為變革與年輕的象徵，但他也是出身精英保守家庭的政治家族第三代。 安倍的第一個任期動盪不安，飽受醜聞與不和的紛擾，並以突然辭職告終。 - They called it ‘Abenomics' - He ran again, and Japan's revolving prime ministerial door brought him back to office in 2012. It ended a turbulent period in which prime ministers sometimes changed at a rate of one a year. With Japan still staggering from the effects of the 2011 tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster at Fukushima — and a brief opposition government lashed for flip-flopping and incompetence — Abe offered a seemingly safe pair of hands. 他再次參選，日本的首相旋轉門讓他在二○一二年再度擔任首相。 這終結了日本首相更替頻繁（有時只做了一年便下台）的動盪時期。 當時日本仍因二○一一年海嘯及之後福島核災的影響而步履蹣跚，以及短暫執政、被批評為政策出爾反爾及無能的反對黨政府——在此情況下，安倍看來是穩健的選擇。 And he had a plan: Abenomics. The scheme to revive Japan's economy — the world's third-biggest, but more than two decades into stagnation — involved vast government spending, massive monetary easing and cutting red tape. Abe also sought to boost the country's flagging birth rate by making workplaces more friendly to parents, particularly mothers. 而且他有個計畫：「安倍經濟學」。 重振日本——這世界第三大經濟體，但已陷入停滯二十多年——經濟的計畫，有賴大量政府支出、大規模貨幣寬鬆，以及削減繁文縟節。 He pushed through controversial consumption tax hikes to help finance nurseries and plug gaps in Japan's overstretched social security system. While there was some progress with reform, the economy's bigger structural problems remained. Deflation proved stubborn and the economy was in recession even before the coronavirus struck in 2020. Abe's star waned further during the pandemic, with his approach criticized as confused and slow, driving his approval ratings down to some of the lowest of his tenure. 安倍還試圖營造對父母，尤其是對母親更友善的工作環境，來提高日本不斷下降的出生率。 他推動調高消費稅這具爭議性的政策，以資助托兒所並補強日本負擔過重的社會福利系統。 雖然改革取得了一些進展，但更大的經濟結構性問題依然存在。 事實證明，通貨緊縮很頑強，甚至在二○二○年冠狀病毒來襲之前，經濟就已陷入衰退。 安倍的光環在疫情期間變得更加黯淡，他的做法被批評為混亂及緩慢，讓他的支持率降至任期內最低。 - Political storms - - 政治風暴 - On the international stage, Abe took a hard line on North Korea, but sought a peacemaker role between the US and Iran. He prioritized a close personal relationship with Donald Trump in a bid to protect Japan's key alliance from the then-US president's “America First” mantra, and tried to mend ties with Russia and China. 在國際舞台上，安倍對北韓採取強硬立場，但又想在美國和伊朗之間扮演和平推手的角色。 他優先考慮跟美國總統唐納‧川普建立密切的個人關係，以保護日本的關鍵同盟免受當時川普口號「美國優先」的影響，並試圖修補與俄國及中國的關係。 But the results were mixed: Trump remained eager to force Japan to pay more for US troops stationed in the country, a deal with Russia on disputed northern islands stayed elusive, and a plan to invite Xi Jinping for a state visit fell by the wayside. Abe also pursued a hard line with South Korea over unresolved wartime disputes and continued to float plans to revise Japan's pacifist constitution. 但結果好壞參半：川普仍急於迫使日本為駐紮在日本的美軍支付更多費用，日本與俄國對北部島嶼主權之糾紛仍難以達成協議，邀請習近平進行國事訪問的計畫也被擱置。 日本與南韓間懸而未決的戰時爭端，安倍也採強硬立場，並繼續提出修改日本和平憲法的計畫。 Throughout his tenure, he weathered political storms including cronyism allegations that dented approval ratings but did little to affect his power, in part thanks to the weakness of the opposition. Abe had been due to stay on until late 2021, giving him an opportunity to see out one final event in his historic tenure — the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games.But in a shock announcement, he stepped down in August 2020, with a recurrence of ulcerative colitis ending his second term, too. 在他整個任期內，他經受住了政治風暴，包括裙帶關係的指控，這些指控讓他的支持率降低，但對他的權力幾乎沒有影響，部分原因是反對派的軟弱。安倍原定留任至二○二一年底，讓他有機會在史上最長任期內看見最後一件大事——延期的二○二○年東京奧運。 然而，他令人震驚地宣布在二○二○年八月下台，潰瘍性結腸炎的復發也結束了他的第二個任期。Source article: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2022/07/12/2003781569 Next Article Topic: Tokyo June heatwave worst since 1875 as power supply creaks under strain Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on Tuesday, as the capital's heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and authorities warned power supply remained tight enough to raise the spectre of cuts. 日本週二連續第4天受炙熱高溫所苦，首善之地打破將近150年來的6月高溫紀錄，政府警告電力供應依然吃緊，增加斷電之虞。 Temperatures in Tokyo hit 35.1 C by 1 p.m local time on Tuesday. For a second day, authorities asked consumers in the Tokyo area to conserve electricity to avoid a looming power cut - but in moderation. 東京氣溫在週二下午1點達到攝氏35.1度。政府連續第二天要求東京地區用戶節約用電—但是適度地—以避免可能的斷電。 "Apparently there are some elderly people who have turned off their air conditioners because we are asking people to save energy, but please - it's this hot - don't hesitate about cooling off," trade and industry minister Koichi Hagiuda told a news conference. 經濟產業大臣萩生田光一在記者會上說，「顯然有一些老人因為我們要求民眾節約能源而關掉空調，但是，拜託，天氣這麼熱，請不要猶豫涼快一下」。 Next Article Topic: Penguins at a Japanese aquarium are being fed cheaper fish - and they aren't happy 日本水族館的企鵝被餵食較便宜的魚—牠們不開心 An aquarium employee waves a mackerel near a penguin － but there's no reaction. When she moves the fish closer to its beak, the penguin turns away haughtily. An otter sniffs the fish, then runs away. 一名水族館員工拿著鯖魚在一隻企鵝身邊揮舞，但是企鵝沒反應。當她把魚靠近企鵝嘴邊，這隻企鵝倨傲地別過頭。一隻水獺聞了聞這隻鯖魚，然後游走。 Before, the Hakone-en Aquarium offered penguins and otters "aji," or Japanese horse mackerel, which the animals readily ate. 箱根園水族館之前給企鵝和水獺吃日本竹筴魚，牠們很樂意吃。 The price of aji has increased by 20% to 30% since last year, the aquarium said. So to cut costs, in May the aquarium switched to a cheaper alternative － "saba," or mackerel. 水族館說，自去年以來，竹夾魚價格已經上漲20%到30%。因此，為了削減成本，館方五月改用較便宜的替代品：鯖魚。 It has not been well received. The aquarium says penguins and otters have their preferred type of fish and the aquarium tries its best to accommodate their needs. 但是此舉並不很受到歡迎。水族館說，企鵝和水獺都有牠們偏好的魚種，館方設法盡量滿足他們的需要。Source article: https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1530996 ; https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1532193

Devoted to individuals over 50 years of age, the National Senior Games, also known as the Senior Olympics, is a multi-event sports competition for senior citizens held every 2 years in the United States.In this episode, Dr. Cassandra Vonnes, DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, AOCNP, CPHQ, FAHA, a Gerontological Nurse Practitioner, and member of the GAPNA Communication Team, talks with Ms. Martha Kennedy, NP, an Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner and a board member for the Tennessee Senior Olympics. Ms. Kennedy discusses the history behind the Senior Olympics, her involvement with the games, and how the games can motivate older adults to learn more about healthy aging.Martha Kennedy, NP, is an Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner in Franklin, Tennessee, and a board member for the Tennessee Senior Olympics.Cassandra Vonnes, DNP, GNP-BC, APRN, AOCNP, CPHQ, FAHA, is the Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) Coordinator, Geriatric Oncology, at the Moffitt Cancer Center, in Tampa, Florida. She is a member of the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association Communication Team and is a host of the GAPNA Chat podcast series.Discover GAPNA: https://www.gapna.org/Production management by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc., for the Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association.Opening Music by:Optimistic / Inspirational by Mixaund | https://mixaund.bandcamp.com
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Jamaican, Alia Atkinson is a four {5} time Olympian and a myth buster. She is the first person of color to achieve a Swimming World Title! Alia's indomitable spirit – After the 2012 Olympics Games, Alia felt that she had more to offer the sport of swimming and continued her training at the SOFLO Swim Club with Coach Christopher Anderson Jr. During the next four years she broke the Commonwealth Games record, won her first World Championship Title, tied and broke world records several times along with making history as the 1 st person of colour {regardless of gender} to hold a World Record. She will tell you emphatically that this would not have been possible without her supportive sponsors, coaches and family. In 2016 Alia made her 2 nd consecutive Olympic final as well as defended her World Championship Title and tied her previous world record {another rarity} Alia went on to creating WATABOUND, her way of giving back to not only her community, but all athletes including minorities in the sport that may have a difficult path ahead of them as she did. Doing swim clinics and still swimming, Alia went on to break the 50 short course meter breaststroke world record twice in 2016 and 2018. After her fifth Olympics Alia looked back on her career and realized she did everything she wanted to do in the sport and was content in retiring at the age of 33. In addition to her successful swimming career, Alia who graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology as well as a minor in English, writes children's short stories and is looking forward to them being published as well as her autobiography that deals with her obstacles and challenges throughout her long career and personal tips for young athletes. Alia sits on the World Aquatic Bureau and holds the Chair for the Athlete Committee She is also the Global Ambassador for Special Olympics and donates to the Jamaica Kidney Kids foundation. Alia was awarded the order of distinction from the Governor General of Jamaica, and an honorary doctorate from the University of the West Indies. Now focusing solely on swim clinics through her foundation AAN, WATABOUND is taking new strides to changing the sport of swimming through her experiences and building confidence of one swimmer at a time. Alia Atkinson OD, LLC

Between 1997 and 2003 house prices in Sydney increased by 97% off the back of the 2000 Olympic Games. Core Logic The Australia Financial Review recently published an article forecasting house prices could potentially double in Brisbane between 2021 and the 2032 Olympic Games. Westpac has forecast the 2032 Brisbane Olympic Games could produce at least $17 billion of economic and social benefits for Australia. Further, the event could create 130,000 direct jobs, between 2022 and 2032. 75% of Australia's population and job growth is predicted to occur in South East QLD, Sydney, and Melbourne over the next 20 years. Michael Matusik. Brisbane is chronically undersupplied from a rental perspective. Vacancy rates are now at record lows in Brisbane. SQM The Australian Government has committed to more than $218 billion of infrastructure projects between 2022 and the end of 2025. Propertyology" DISCLAIMER No Legal, Financial & Taxation Advice The Listener acknowledges and agrees that: • Any information provided by us is provided as general information and for general information purposes only; • We have not taken the Listeners' personal and financial circumstances into account when providing information; • We must not and have not provided legal, financial or taxation advice to the Listener; • The information provided must be verified by the Listener prior to the Listener acting or relying on the information by an independent professional advisor including a legal, financial, taxation advisor and the Listener's accountant; • The information may not be suitable or applicable to the Listener's individual circumstances; We do not hold an Australian Financial Services Licence as defined by section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and we are not authorised to provide financial services to the Listener, and we have not provided financial services to the Listener.

My guest today is American swimmer Ryan Murphy, who has achieved incredible success in the Olympics Games, winning multiple gold, silver, and bronze medals. Ryan discusses how his motivation and training have evolved over the past decade, enabling him to stay competitive. We explore his unconventional beliefs, the obstacles he has overcome, including an injury before the Olympic trials, and the rituals that have aided his success in major events. 01:29 Do any of those experiences stand out as your most memorable achievement? 04:20 What do you attribute your sustained success and longevity in swimming to? 06:15 Have you ever had a season where you didn't perform well and struggled to pinpoint why that is? 12:02 How has your motivation evolved in the past decade as you've continued to compete in swimming? 14:19 Can you explain more about the success-focused lifestyle you mentioned earlier, especially regarding areas outside of swimming? 16:48 As you get older and there's up and comers nipping heels, how do you maintain your confidence and mindset when you're one of the older guys in the field? 19:20 Which up-and-coming swimmer has caught your attention and impressed you the most recently? 21:50 Did you encounter any unexpected surprises in your professional swimming career that were different from what you expected or imagined as a teenager? 24:24 What are the key fundamentals you would focus on while coaching backstroke technique to a 15-year-old swimmer? 27:27 What are the main differences between your swimming technique or style and that of Mitch Larkins? 29:05 Did you get a lot of feedback on your swimming technique as a teenager, or did you develop your stroke naturally? 36:34 Can you share a memorable or transformative experience from your swimming career that has had a lasting impact on you? 42:01 What things beyond swimming motivate and excite you the most at the moment? For those interested in receiving coaching from Ryan, check out Skillest. 

This week's guest is Michael Johnson. Michael will not need an introduction to many of you, but for those who are not aware of one of the greatest athletes of all time and for those who want a recap here are a few highlights. Michael has won gold medals in 200, 400m and 4 x 400 at the Goodwill games. He took gold medals at the 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999 World Championships and golds the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympics Games. Unforgettably, Michael broke the world 200m record in an astonishing time of 19.32 s at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, having a few days before won the 400m title. Michael also broke the world 400m record in the Seville World Championship final in a time of 43.18. Those records stood for 14 and 17 years respectively. Since Michael retired he is familiar to many as a commentator and pundit for athletics, where he offers great depth, perceptive insight, challenge and clarity of thought about performance. He is also an entrepreneur, running Michael Johnson Performance, providing speed, agility and injury prevention support to elite teams. In this discussion we of course talk about all of these things, Michael's athletic career, as well as how he's how cultured insights into how people perform, where he thinks athletics is going, and his work in business. As you'd expect Michael brings rich insight to all of these. I hope you enjoy the conversation!   ***We're taking a short break from the podcast. I hope you're enjoyed the series***   Links https://www.mj-gold.com/ https://www.michaeljohnsonperformance.com/     Twitter at https://twitter.com/ingham_steve Supporting Champions on Twitter www.twitter.com/support_champs Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@supportingchampions Supporting Champions on Linkedin, www.linkedin.com/company/supporting-champions Instagram https://www.instagram.com/supportingchampions/    

Myriam Glez is a two-time synchronized swimming Olympian. She first competed in the 2000 Olympics Games for her home country, France. Born and raised near Lyon, Myriam began synchronized swimming at age six. Despite her success in the Olympic Games, her career for the French team was unexpectedly cut short, leading her to retire from competition in 2002. Thereafter, she finished business school, worked globally and moved to Australia. Surprisingly to her, Myriam would exit retirement and compete in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games for Australia.   Myriam's athletic career has run the gamut, as she not only competed at the highest level, but coached premier athletes and even became the CEO of USA Synchronized Swimming. Her varied experiences and own transition from sport made Myriam realize the unique challenges athletes face when transitioning from competition. These insights led her to found Athletes Soul, a nonprofit supporting athletes in their transition from sport. In this episode, Myriam discusses: Her rise to become an Olympic athlete; The role journaling played in strengthening her mental agility; How she navigated the loss of her athletic identity following her first retirement from competitive sport; What led her back to competition and how she was better prepared for her second retirement; and How these experiences inspired the founding of Athletes Soul Tapping into her deep knowledge of the subject, Myriam also: Highlights what athletes go through when they transition from sport; Provides advice for athletes approaching transition from sport; and Discusses what the sporting community must do to better prepare athletes for the experience of losing their athletic identity. Get the Ruling Sports Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠https://rulingsports.com/newsletter/⁠⁠⁠ Follow Ruling Sports Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠www.Instagram.com/RulingSports⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠www.Twitter.com/RulingSports⁠⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠www.Facebook.com/RulingSports⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠www.linkedin.com/company/RulingSports⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠www.tiktok.com/@RulingSports⁠

Join us for a compelling and unvarnished behind-the-scenes look into what we rarely see between the glamor, glory, and celebrity of the Olympics Games - the other three years. Kristi Wagner went to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo to compete for the women's rowing team. In this episode, Kristi shares what being an elite athlete in training really looks like: the ups and downs, life on the road, how to stay motivated with a goal so far away, the effects on things like mental health and relationships, and how it can all be thrown off by anything; from a meal to the weather. Above all, The Other 3 Years is a podcast that will serve as inspiration to anyone with a dream they're determined to make a reality. Kristi's dedication demonstrates that whether it's celebrating a win, or recovering from a hard day, the most important thing is to keep going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Topic: JR East to raise fares by 10 yen to improve disabled accessibility East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) will become the first railway operator to hike passenger fares and use the funds to improve accessibility for the disabled. 東日本旅客鐵道公司（JR東日本）將成為第一家調漲客運票價，並將這筆資金用來改善供殘障人士使用的無障礙設施的鐵道業者。 The plan is to tack on 10 yen (8 cents) to a ticket for JR East's 16 major lines, including the Yamanote, Chuo and Keihin-Tohoku lines. The increase will go into effect from spring 2023. 該計畫是要將包括山手線、中央線與京濱東北線等16條JR東日本主要路線的票價調漲10日圓（8美分）。新的票價將自2023年春天起生效。 The transport ministry in December 2021 created a new system of adding fares to a ticket to pay for the installation of platform safety doors and elevators at train stations. （日本）國土交通省在2021年12月創設一項新制度，將調漲的票價金額用來支付在車站設置月台安全門與電梯的費用。 Ministry officials said JR East is the first railway company to announce a specific plan. 國土交通省官員說，JR東日本是第一個（因應該制度）宣布明確計畫的鐵道業者。 Next Article Topic: Tasty TV: Japanese professor creates flavorful screen 美味的電視：日本教授發明有滋味的螢幕 Japan's Meiji University professor Homei Miyashita has developed a prototype lickable TV screen that can imitate food flavors, another step towards creating a multi-sensory viewing experience. 日本明治大學教授宮下芳明發明出一款可舔式原型電視螢幕，具有模仿食物味道的功能，朝創造多感官收視體驗邁進另一步。 The device, called Taste the TV (TTTV), uses a carousel of 10 flavor canisters that spray in combination to create the taste of a particular food. The flavor sample then rolls on hygienic film over a flat TV screen for the viewer to try. 這個名為「品嚐電視」的裝置內部設置裝有10種口味的罐子，可噴出調製成特定食物的味道，再輸送到平面電視螢幕的衛生薄膜上，讓觀看者品嚐。 In the COVID-19 era, this kind of technology can enhance the way people connect and interact with the outside world, said Miyashita. 宮下說，在新冠肺炎流行時期，這樣的科技可改善人們與外界連結和互動的方式。 "The goal is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on the other side of the world, even while staying at home," he said. A commercial version would cost about 100,000 yen to make. 他說：「目標是讓人們即使待在家，也能擁有類似於在世界另一端上餐廳吃飯的體驗。」商業機製作成本約為10萬日圓（約2萬4300台幣）。Source article: https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1510384 ; https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1510139 Next Article Topic: Shinzo Abe - Japan's longest-serving prime minister Shinzo Abe smashed records as Japan's longest-serving prime minister, championing ambitious economic reform and forging key diplomatic relationships while weathering scandals. 安倍晉三打破了日本首相任期的最長紀錄，他支持雄心勃勃的經濟改革，並在經歷醜聞的同時建立了關鍵的外交關係。 Nearly two years after poor health forced him to leave office, the 67-year-old was shot during a campaign event in the western region of Nara on Friday last week. 在他因健康狀況不佳而被迫下台後兩年，六十七歲的他上週五在奈良西部地區一場競選活動中被槍殺。 Abe was a sprightly 52 when he first became prime minister in 2006, the youngest person to occupy the job in the postwar era. 安倍在二○○六年首次擔任首相時年僅五十二歲，是戰後日本最年輕的首相。 He was seen as a symbol of change and youth, but also brought the pedigree of a third-generation politician groomed from birth by an elite, conservative family. Abe's first term was turbulent, plagued by scandals and discord, and capped by an abrupt resignation. 他被視為變革與年輕的象徵，但他也是出身精英保守家庭的政治家族第三代。 安倍的第一個任期動盪不安，飽受醜聞與不和的紛擾，並以突然辭職告終。 - They called it ‘Abenomics' - He ran again, and Japan's revolving prime ministerial door brought him back to office in 2012. It ended a turbulent period in which prime ministers sometimes changed at a rate of one a year. With Japan still staggering from the effects of the 2011 tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster at Fukushima — and a brief opposition government lashed for flip-flopping and incompetence — Abe offered a seemingly safe pair of hands. 他再次參選，日本的首相旋轉門讓他在二○一二年再度擔任首相。 這終結了日本首相更替頻繁（有時只做了一年便下台）的動盪時期。 當時日本仍因二○一一年海嘯及之後福島核災的影響而步履蹣跚，以及短暫執政、被批評為政策出爾反爾及無能的反對黨政府——在此情況下，安倍看來是穩健的選擇。 And he had a plan: Abenomics. The scheme to revive Japan's economy — the world's third-biggest, but more than two decades into stagnation — involved vast government spending, massive monetary easing and cutting red tape. Abe also sought to boost the country's flagging birth rate by making workplaces more friendly to parents, particularly mothers. 而且他有個計畫：「安倍經濟學」。 重振日本——這世界第三大經濟體，但已陷入停滯二十多年——經濟的計畫，有賴大量政府支出、大規模貨幣寬鬆，以及削減繁文縟節。 He pushed through controversial consumption tax hikes to help finance nurseries and plug gaps in Japan's overstretched social security system. While there was some progress with reform, the economy's bigger structural problems remained. Deflation proved stubborn and the economy was in recession even before the coronavirus struck in 2020. Abe's star waned further during the pandemic, with his approach criticized as confused and slow, driving his approval ratings down to some of the lowest of his tenure. 安倍還試圖營造對父母，尤其是對母親更友善的工作環境，來提高日本不斷下降的出生率。 他推動調高消費稅這具爭議性的政策，以資助托兒所並補強日本負擔過重的社會福利系統。 雖然改革取得了一些進展，但更大的經濟結構性問題依然存在。 事實證明，通貨緊縮很頑強，甚至在二○二○年冠狀病毒來襲之前，經濟就已陷入衰退。 安倍的光環在疫情期間變得更加黯淡，他的做法被批評為混亂及緩慢，讓他的支持率降至任期內最低。 - Political storms - - 政治風暴 - On the international stage, Abe took a hard line on North Korea, but sought a peacemaker role between the US and Iran. He prioritized a close personal relationship with Donald Trump in a bid to protect Japan's key alliance from the then-US president's “America First” mantra, and tried to mend ties with Russia and China. 在國際舞台上，安倍對北韓採取強硬立場，但又想在美國和伊朗之間扮演和平推手的角色。 他優先考慮跟美國總統唐納‧川普建立密切的個人關係，以保護日本的關鍵同盟免受當時川普口號「美國優先」的影響，並試圖修補與俄國及中國的關係。 But the results were mixed: Trump remained eager to force Japan to pay more for US troops stationed in the country, a deal with Russia on disputed northern islands stayed elusive, and a plan to invite Xi Jinping for a state visit fell by the wayside. Abe also pursued a hard line with South Korea over unresolved wartime disputes and continued to float plans to revise Japan's pacifist constitution. 但結果好壞參半：川普仍急於迫使日本為駐紮在日本的美軍支付更多費用，日本與俄國對北部島嶼主權之糾紛仍難以達成協議，邀請習近平進行國事訪問的計畫也被擱置。 日本與南韓間懸而未決的戰時爭端，安倍也採強硬立場，並繼續提出修改日本和平憲法的計畫。 Throughout his tenure, he weathered political storms including cronyism allegations that dented approval ratings but did little to affect his power, in part thanks to the weakness of the opposition. Abe had been due to stay on until late 2021, giving him an opportunity to see out one final event in his historic tenure — the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games.But in a shock announcement, he stepped down in August 2020, with a recurrence of ulcerative colitis ending his second term, too. 在他整個任期內，他經受住了政治風暴，包括裙帶關係的指控，這些指控讓他的支持率降低，但對他的權力幾乎沒有影響，部分原因是反對派的軟弱。安倍原定留任至二○二一年底，讓他有機會在史上最長任期內看見最後一件大事——延期的二○二○年東京奧運。 然而，他令人震驚地宣布在二○二○年八月下台，潰瘍性結腸炎的復發也結束了他的第二個任期。Source article: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2022/07/12/2003781569 Next Article Topic: Tokyo June heatwave worst since 1875 as power supply creaks under strain Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on Tuesday, as the capital's heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and authorities warned power supply remained tight enough to raise the spectre of cuts. 日本週二連續第4天受炙熱高溫所苦，首善之地打破將近150年來的6月高溫紀錄，政府警告電力供應依然吃緊，增加斷電之虞。 Temperatures in Tokyo hit 35.1 C by 1 p.m local time on Tuesday. For a second day, authorities asked consumers in the Tokyo area to conserve electricity to avoid a looming power cut - but in moderation. 東京氣溫在週二下午1點達到攝氏35.1度。政府連續第二天要求東京地區用戶節約用電—但是適度地—以避免可能的斷電。 "Apparently there are some elderly people who have turned off their air conditioners because we are asking people to save energy, but please - it's this hot - don't hesitate about cooling off," trade and industry minister Koichi Hagiuda told a news conference. 經濟產業大臣萩生田光一在記者會上說，「顯然有一些老人因為我們要求民眾節約能源而關掉空調，但是，拜託，天氣這麼熱，請不要猶豫涼快一下」。 Next Article Topic: Penguins at a Japanese aquarium are being fed cheaper fish - and they aren't happy 日本水族館的企鵝被餵食較便宜的魚—牠們不開心 An aquarium employee waves a mackerel near a penguin － but there's no reaction. When she moves the fish closer to its beak, the penguin turns away haughtily. An otter sniffs the fish, then runs away. 一名水族館員工拿著鯖魚在一隻企鵝身邊揮舞，但是企鵝沒反應。當她把魚靠近企鵝嘴邊，這隻企鵝倨傲地別過頭。一隻水獺聞了聞這隻鯖魚，然後游走。 Before, the Hakone-en Aquarium offered penguins and otters "aji," or Japanese horse mackerel, which the animals readily ate. 箱根園水族館之前給企鵝和水獺吃日本竹筴魚，牠們很樂意吃。 The price of aji has increased by 20% to 30% since last year, the aquarium said. So to cut costs, in May the aquarium switched to a cheaper alternative － "saba," or mackerel. 水族館說，自去年以來，竹夾魚價格已經上漲20%到30%。因此，為了削減成本，館方五月改用較便宜的替代品：鯖魚。 It has not been well received. The aquarium says penguins and otters have their preferred type of fish and the aquarium tries its best to accommodate their needs. 但是此舉並不很受到歡迎。水族館說，企鵝和水獺都有牠們偏好的魚種，館方設法盡量滿足他們的需要。Source article: https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1530996 ; https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1532193 歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments Powered by Firstory Hosting

Travis Stevens is a very accomplished USA Judo athlete having won the Silver medal in the 2016 Olympics Games a feat achieved only by a few Americans. In this interview we deep dive into training concepts, stories from his life long career in Judo, competition, mindset and approach to training. Let's go inside the mind of what it takes to be a Judo Olympian.

每日英語跟讀 Ep.K405: Shinzo Abe - Japan's longest-serving prime minister   Shinzo Abe smashed records as Japan's longest-serving prime minister, championing ambitious economic reform and forging key diplomatic relationships while weathering scandals. 安倍晉三打破了日本首相任期的最長紀錄，他支持雄心勃勃的經濟改革，並在經歷醜聞的同時建立了關鍵的外交關係。 Nearly two years after poor health forced him to leave office, the 67-year-old was shot during a campaign event in the western region of Nara on Friday last week. 在他因健康狀況不佳而被迫下台後兩年，六十七歲的他上週五在奈良西部地區一場競選活動中被槍殺。 Abe was a sprightly 52 when he first became prime minister in 2006, the youngest person to occupy the job in the postwar era. 安倍在二○○六年首次擔任首相時年僅五十二歲，是戰後日本最年輕的首相。 He was seen as a symbol of change and youth, but also brought the pedigree of a third-generation politician groomed from birth by an elite, conservative family. Abe's first term was turbulent, plagued by scandals and discord, and capped by an abrupt resignation. 他被視為變革與年輕的象徵，但他也是出身精英保守家庭的政治家族第三代。 安倍的第一個任期動盪不安，飽受醜聞與不和的紛擾，並以突然辭職告終。 - They called it ‘Abenomics' - He ran again, and Japan's revolving prime ministerial door brought him back to office in 2012. It ended a turbulent period in which prime ministers sometimes changed at a rate of one a year. With Japan still staggering from the effects of the 2011 tsunami and subsequent nuclear disaster at Fukushima — and a brief opposition government lashed for flip-flopping and incompetence — Abe offered a seemingly safe pair of hands. 他再次參選，日本的首相旋轉門讓他在二○一二年再度擔任首相。 這終結了日本首相更替頻繁（有時只做了一年便下台）的動盪時期。 當時日本仍因二○一一年海嘯及之後福島核災的影響而步履蹣跚，以及短暫執政、被批評為政策出爾反爾及無能的反對黨政府——在此情況下，安倍看來是穩健的選擇。 And he had a plan: Abenomics. The scheme to revive Japan's economy — the world's third-biggest, but more than two decades into stagnation — involved vast government spending, massive monetary easing and cutting red tape. Abe also sought to boost the country's flagging birth rate by making workplaces more friendly to parents, particularly mothers. 而且他有個計畫：「安倍經濟學」。 重振日本——這世界第三大經濟體，但已陷入停滯二十多年——經濟的計畫，有賴大量政府支出、大規模貨幣寬鬆，以及削減繁文縟節。 He pushed through controversial consumption tax hikes to help finance nurseries and plug gaps in Japan's overstretched social security system. While there was some progress with reform, the economy's bigger structural problems remained. Deflation proved stubborn and the economy was in recession even before the coronavirus struck in 2020. Abe's star waned further during the pandemic, with his approach criticized as confused and slow, driving his approval ratings down to some of the lowest of his tenure. 安倍還試圖營造對父母，尤其是對母親更友善的工作環境，來提高日本不斷下降的出生率。 他推動調高消費稅這具爭議性的政策，以資助托兒所並補強日本負擔過重的社會福利系統。 雖然改革取得了一些進展，但更大的經濟結構性問題依然存在。 事實證明，通貨緊縮很頑強，甚至在二○二○年冠狀病毒來襲之前，經濟就已陷入衰退。 安倍的光環在疫情期間變得更加黯淡，他的做法被批評為混亂及緩慢，讓他的支持率降至任期內最低。 - Political storms - - 政治風暴 - On the international stage, Abe took a hard line on North Korea, but sought a peacemaker role between the US and Iran. He prioritized a close personal relationship with Donald Trump in a bid to protect Japan's key alliance from the then-US president's “America First” mantra, and tried to mend ties with Russia and China. 在國際舞台上，安倍對北韓採取強硬立場，但又想在美國和伊朗之間扮演和平推手的角色。 他優先考慮跟美國總統唐納‧川普建立密切的個人關係，以保護日本的關鍵同盟免受當時川普口號「美國優先」的影響，並試圖修補與俄國及中國的關係。 But the results were mixed: Trump remained eager to force Japan to pay more for US troops stationed in the country, a deal with Russia on disputed northern islands stayed elusive, and a plan to invite Xi Jinping for a state visit fell by the wayside. Abe also pursued a hard line with South Korea over unresolved wartime disputes and continued to float plans to revise Japan's pacifist constitution. 但結果好壞參半：川普仍急於迫使日本為駐紮在日本的美軍支付更多費用，日本與俄國對北部島嶼主權之糾紛仍難以達成協議，邀請習近平進行國事訪問的計畫也被擱置。 日本與南韓間懸而未決的戰時爭端，安倍也採強硬立場，並繼續提出修改日本和平憲法的計畫。 Throughout his tenure, he weathered political storms including cronyism allegations that dented approval ratings but did little to affect his power, in part thanks to the weakness of the opposition. Abe had been due to stay on until late 2021, giving him an opportunity to see out one final event in his historic tenure — the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games.But in a shock announcement, he stepped down in August 2020, with a recurrence of ulcerative colitis ending his second term, too. 在他整個任期內，他經受住了政治風暴，包括裙帶關係的指控，這些指控讓他的支持率降低，但對他的權力幾乎沒有影響，部分原因是反對派的軟弱。安倍原定留任至二○二一年底，讓他有機會在史上最長任期內看見最後一件大事——延期的二○二○年東京奧運。 然而，他令人震驚地宣布在二○二○年八月下台，潰瘍性結腸炎的復發也結束了他的第二個任期。Source article: https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/lang/archives/2022/07/12/2003781569

Salt Lake City is a place rich in natural beauty and history. With the right combination of outdoor activities and robust nightlife, it is one of the best destinations for a business event or meeting. Andy McNeill and Todd Bludworth delve into the breathtaking landscape of Salt Lake City with professional aerial skier Megan Smallhouse, a resident of Utah, and Chris Erickson, general manager of Grand America Hotel. The hosts also share first-hand experiences about the city through their top ten bucket list. Listen to this in-depth episode highlighting how Salt Lake City blends nature and urban experiences into one exciting journey.Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! http://americanmeetings.com/podcast

In this episode, we sit down with Dirk Scheumann, the Founder of Schneestern, to discuss building the best parks and competitive courses in skiing. Among their many projects, Schneestern is responsible for the courses at Nine Knights, the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, and now the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Find out how Dirk went from a professional skier in Germany to building parks for a living. Learn more about Schneestern https://www.schneestern.com/en/products/snow-parks/ @TwoPlankerPod https://www.instagram.com/twoplankerpod/ Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4DoaAVYv69xAV50r8ezybK Listen on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/two-planker-podcast/id1546428207 Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRvAYQSF4s3bsC887ALAycg Show Notes: 0:00:00 Line Skis Ad Read 0:00:30 Intro 0:01:45 Dirk's background, Influences 0:09:00 Riding for Atomics first Freeski Team, Snowboardings influence 0:16:30 The start of Schneestern, Challenges of building parks 0:28:30 The Nines, The process from start 0:38:30 Getting involved with the Olympics Games, Shredsauce, involving the Great Wall of China, Rails vs jumps, Weather 1:00:45 Calculating trajectories, Permanent Big Air stadium in Beijing 1:09:00 The Best park? Plans for North America, Advice 1:15:40 Closing

We discuss polling, Brazil, and ways to get involved in your local elections.  Our guests are: Dan Schultz, Steve Kirsch, Ernesto Araujo, Joe Allen, Mark Eglinton Stay ahead of the censors - Join us warroom.org/join Aired On: 1/04/2022 Watch: On the Web: http://www.warroom.org On Podcast: http://warroom.ctcin.bio On TV: PlutoTV Channel 240, Dish Channel 219, Roku, Apple TV, FireTV or on https://AmericasVoice.news. #news #politics #realnews 

As the Canadian Olympic Trials continue, Kevin updates everyone on his time in Omaha at the U.S. Olympic Trials, the guys answer a really interesting mailbag question, and Warren tells us how the name “Roar of the Rings” came about in our storytime segment.Tabitha Peterson joins the podcast to talk about her big win at the U.S. Olympic Trials, what it means to her and her team to represent the U.S. at the Olympics, the eventful night that followed the win, scouting other teams going into the Olympics, having a Canadian as their coach, and what she is looking forward to most at the Olympics Games.This podcast is produced by Warren Hansen, mixed by Andrew Holland, and hosted by Kevin Martin, Warren Hansen and Jim Jerome. Production support by Amil Delic.The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the hosts and guests and do not necessarily reflect the position of Rogers Sports & Media or any affiliates.

The postponed Olympics Games held in Tokyo are now history. As always, there were highs and lows for competing athletes, but we'd like to focus on some insights we gain as we watched this year's young athletes perform. In this episode, Tim Elmore and Andrew McPeak discuss four lessons on leading young people from the Tokyo Olympics. Resources: Habitudes for […]