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Oprah's “Next TV Star” may beJacquelineWattimo
The online votes for the "YourOWN Show: Oprah's Searchfor the Next TV Star" competi-tion have been verified, and thetop five finalists have been cho-sen. The online finalists, inorder of verified vote count,are:
1. Jacqueline Wattimo ofWaterton, MA with 9,360,096votes.
2. Dr. Phyllis Tucker-Wicks ofTampa, FL with 8,453,803votes.
3. Stacia Pierce of EastLansing, MI with 7,604,501votes.
4. Kornelius Bascombe ofRaleigh, NC with 5,856,075votes.
5. Dr. Tony Roach of Abilene,TX with 3,842,648 votes.
6. Maria Holloway of Miami,FL with 3,796,219 votes.
7. Zach Anner of Austin, TXwith 3,484,018 votes.
8. Jasbina Ahluwalia of OakBrook, IL with 2,728,232 votes.
From the total pool of hope-ful superstars to Hollywood, 10will be selected to participate inthe reality series, "Your OWNShow: Oprah's Search for the
Next TV Star." At least one ofthe top five from the onlinepopular vote is guaranteed aspot among the 10 on theseries.
When auditions closed June26, 2010, there were more than9,500 online videos and morethan 6,100 contestants whocame to open casting calls inNew Jersey, Texas, Californiaand Georgia. Over 143 millionvotes were cast online and theresults were carefully verifiedby a third party before the win-ners of the online competition
were announced. During the verification
process, the final vote countsfluctuated, as votes that couldnot be authenticated wereeliminated from the competi-tion. The verification processdid not change the top 8 appli-cants with the most votesonline.
"The response was amazingwith over 15,000 people havingauditioned," said ExecutiveProducer Mark Burnett."Oprah Winfrey is such aninspiration and motivates peo-
ple to seek their dreams. Thisresponse shows the enormity ofthose who wish to communi-cate their ideas on television."
"Your OWN Show," pre-sented by Kohl's and premier-ing on OWN in Januar y 2011,will be a reality series in whichcontestants compete in a "hostboot camp." Challenges willrange from booking interviewsand researching story ideas, tosuccessfully completing anactual screen test. The personselected to be the winner willreceive a 6-episode commit-ment for his or her own show,executive produced by MarkBurnett, and scheduled to pre-miere on OWN in 2011.
About OWN: THE OPRAHWINFREY NETWORK
A joint venture between Harpo,Inc. and DiscoveryCommunications, LLC,OWN: THE OPRAH WIN-FREY NETWORK is a multi-platform media companydesigned to entertain, inform,and inspire people to live theirbest lives. OWN will debut onJanuary 1, 2011 in approxi-mately 80 million homes, onwhat is currently the Discover yHealth Channel.
Online
From the total pool of hopeful superstars comingto Hollywood, 10 will be selected to p articipate in
the reality series, "Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star."
Jacqueline Wattimo
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The Children's EquitationCenter (CEC) is a non-profitorganization whose mission isto stimulate, support, andencourage the involvement ofchildren of color and otherunderserved urban children inthe equestrian world, and tofind a place for them in horserelated activities.
Committed to supporting amulticultural environment inequestrian sports C.E.C. wasfounded in late 2001 by anAfrican American horsewomanRoberta Lee Wilmore. Anengaging speaker and devotedhorsewoman Wilmore embracesa simple philosophy of support-
ing children on issues of self-hood, diversity, and intercultur-al understanding. She believesthat all children are curiousabout differences and that it isthe responsibility of the adultsin their lives to lead them gentlyout of their comfort zone toexperience lifestyles and cul-tures different from their own.Such experiences, Robertabelieves, teaches children whatit means to be human and torecognize the worth andhumanity of others.
Roberta was born inPhiladelphia Pa. and spent herearliest years living in a Quakercommunity in Pa. surrounded
by farms and large animals. Itwas there that her love affairwith equines began. Althoughshe went through most of herlife without a horse of her own,Roberta worked with great focusfrom a young age to get trainingand opportunity in a world thatwas far from her reality.
Roberta Wilmore hasworked in the equestrian indus-try teaching and managingequestrian facilities for overforty years. She has trainedhundred of riders inMassachusetts, Vermont,California, New Jersey, Georgia,and Pennsylvania and receivedher most formal training at an
equestrian center inHuntingdon England. In 1969while living and attending anall Black Presbyterian highschool in Keysville Georgia shemanaged to secure four horsesfrom a Pa. camp to start a ridingclub. Roberta was the soleinstructor for her fellow stu-dents at the age of 17.
As President and founder ofthe Children's EquitationCenter, Roberta is creating achallenge for urban youth byencouraging their involvementin the equestrian world. In thiswork, she teaches children whowant to learn to ride horses howto tackle a host of issues. Sheencourages participants andtheir families to resist thenotion that only certain peoplelive in certain areas. They aretaught to push aside self-limit-ing beliefs and see themselves ina variety of lifestyles.
Determined to create ahome base for the Children'sEquitation Center and afteryears of serving a predominant-ly White affluent clienteleRoberta saved money for over
ten years to purchase a 60 acrefarm in Western Massachusettsand to work on diversity in theworld of equestrian sports. Shearrived alone in Ashfield, MA.to create a very special place ina farm community of 1700 peo-ple where a diverse group ofchildren train, plan, organize,and support each other whilegetting a sense of ownership ofa rural horse farm. RobertaWilmore is the daughter ofGayraud Wilmore a scholar,author, and theologian and LeeElla Wilmore, her devotedmother for whom the farm wasnamed.
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Roberta Wilmore Photo by; Fred Collins
Awardee Roberta Wilmore of the Children'sEquitation Center in Ashfield, MA
Today's universitystudents areextremely con-cerned with issuesof globalization andsustainability, butonly four out of 10believe their educa-tion has preparedthem to addressthese issues,according to a newIBM study designedto gauge the atti-tudes and opinionsof the next-genera-tion global work-force and businessleaders.
This first-of-its-kind survey-- which asked university stu-dents the same questions posedto global business leaders inIBM's 2010 Global CEO Study-- finds that both students andCEOs believe creativity is themost important emerging com-petency of future leaders; andreveals clear confidence aboutthe ability of information tech-nologies to address loomingissues in business or society.
Conducted through IBM'sInstitute for Business Value, theStudy, "Inheriting a ComplexWorld: Future LeadersEnvision Sharing the Planet,"reflects the consolidated view of
more than 3,600 students inmore than 40 countries.
The study reveals a discern-ing and decidedly optimisticnew ethos -- based on an inte-grated view of globalization,sustainability and belief in tech-nology as a path to solutions toemerging and existing prob-lems. Almost 50 percent of stu-dents said that organizationsshould optimize their opera-tions by globalizing, rather thanlocalizing, to meet their strate-gic objectives.
At the same time, these stu-dents describe a gap in this gen-eration's training to cope withissues that will arise in anincreasingly interconnected andcomplex world, but a strongbelief that information tech-nologies can bridge the gap.
Within four years, this"Millennial generation" willmake up half of the globalworkforce. Despite the econom-ic environment and the chal-lenges students may face enter-ing the current job market, thefindings from this study werecharacterized by an unmistak-ably optimistic outlook aboutwhat's ahead – and their capac-ity to affect change in the worldthey will inherit.
Students surveyed indicat-ed that they will lean moreheavily on data analysis -- overgut instinct or existing "bestpractices" -- to reach theirstrategic and operational goalsas business leaders in their ownright. And as fact-based deci-sions begin to prevail, they mayneed to pioneer an entirely newmanagement style -- one that
continually enriches personalexperience and education withnew sources of insight based ona new ability deal with theexplosion of real-time informa-tion.
The study revealed broad-based confidence that increasedaccess to information, analysis,and the resulting insight canreduce uncertainty about thefuture.
Clearly, the students' experi-ence regarding globalization isdifferent. Growing up moreconnected globally, students seethe shocks and threats, but aremore prone to view globaliza-tion as an opportunity to solveincreasingly global problems.They are strongly committed toa global view of shared respon-sibility for both environmentalissues and societal prosperity.
The new IBM survey wasconducted as an extension ofthe 2010 IBM CEO Study,"Capitalizing on Complexity,"which discovered that today'schief executives are chartingnew courses of action inresponse to the increasing com-plexity of the world's businessand competitive environment.
Global Thinking, Local Views
Students' attitudes toward glob-alization were reflected in theirexpectations of leadership aswell. Like CEOs, studentsselected creativity as the topemerging leadership quality forthe successful enterprise of thefuture. But among the nineleadership traits CEOs and stu-dents were asked to select, stu-
dents placed a higher emphasison only two qualities -– globalthinking and a focus on sus-tainability.
Given students' concerns aboutglobalization and sustainability,the Study found a gap in edu-cational experiences, as well asbusiness expectations. Askedhow well their education hasprepared them in a number ofareas, only four out of 10 stu-dents believe their educationhas prepared them well toaddress these issues.
In China, 76 percent of stu-dents value global thinking as atop leadership quality, morethan students anywhere else.Yet, only 38 percent of studentsin China believe their educa-tion has prepared them forglobal citizenship, which islower than students in anyother region.
Only 17 percent of studentsin Japan, less than any otherregion, believe their educationhas prepared them well to ben-efit from the growth of emerg-ing markets.
Understanding these andother sharp differences emerg-ing by geography is increasinglyimportant as economies andsocieties become more closelylinked. Students will confrontthese differences as theyincreasingly become the futureleaders of business and organi-zations.
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The U.S. Census Bureaureported today that the depend-ency ratio, or the number ofpeople 65 and older to ever y100 people of traditional work-ing ages, is projected to climbrapidly from 22 in 2010 to 35 in2030. This time period coin-cides with the time when babyboomers are moving into the 65and older age category. After2030, however, the ratio of theaging population to the work-ing-age population (ages 20 to64) will rise more slowly, to 37in 2050. The higher this old-age dependency ratio, thegreater the potential burden.
The projections are notbased on 2010 Census results.Rather, they project 2000Census counts forward usingcomponents of populationchange — births, deaths andnet international migration.
The expected steep rise inthe dependency ratio over thenext two decades reflects theprojected proportion of people65 and older climbing from 13percent to 19 percent of thetotal population over the peri-od, with the percentage in the20 to 64 age range falling from60 percent to 55 percent.
"This rapid growth of theolder population may presentchallenges in the next twodecades," said Victoria Velkoff,assistant chief for estimates andprojections for the CensusBureau's Population Division."It's also noteworthy that those85 and older — who of tenrequire additional caregiving
and support — would increasefrom about 14 percent of theolder population today to 21percent in 2050."
The findings are containedin the report, "The Next FourDecades: The Older Populationin the United States: 2010 to2050," which presents informa-tion on how the age str uctureof the overall population andthe composition of the olderpopulation in terms of age, sex,race and Hispanic origin are
expected to change over thenext four decades. The reportprovides an analysis of nationalpopulation projections releasedin August 2008.
According to the report,minorities would comprise 42percent of the 65 and olderpopulation in 2050, more thandouble the proportion theycomprise today (20 percent).Likewise, among those 85 andolder, 33 percent are projectedto be minority in 2050, up from
15 percent in 2010. (In thereport, the minority populationrefers to people who are otherthan non-Hispanic, single-racewhite.)
Other highlights include:
•The percentage of the 65 andolder population that isHispanic would rise from 7percent today to 20 percent in2050. In absolute terms, itwould increase more than six-
fold — from 2.9 million to 17.5million. At the same time,among those 85 and older, theHispanic population wouldincrease more than ninefold,from 305,000 to 2.9 million.•Among those 65 and older, 12percent are expected to be sin-gle-race black and 9 percentAsian in 2050, up from 9 per-cent and 3 percent, respectively,in 2010. In addition, 77 percentare projected to be white alone,down from about 87 percent in
2010.•The least populous racegroups are projected to seelarge growth relative to theirpopulations. The older multira-cial population, for instance,would increase from 278,000 in2010 to 1.3 million in 2050.•The multiracial populationwill continue to be theyoungest population, as the 65and older percentage would risefrom 5.1 percent today to 7.8percent in 2050.
•With the projected more rapidincrease in the life expectancyfor men over the next severaldecades, women would com-prise a smaller percentage ofolder people: 57 percent ofthose 65 and older today, 55percent in 2050. Among those85 and older, the drop would beeven larger (from 67 percent to61 percent).
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"This rapid growth of the older population may present challenges
in the next two decades." Victoria Velkoff
