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Summary Meeting Notes: February 6, 2013 Infrastructure Equity PEG Meeting
Summary Meeting Notes
Infrastructure Equity Policy Expert Group
Meeting Dates: February 6, 2013. 10:00 a.m. to 12:00
PEG Attendees: Susan Aldrich, Roger Anthony, Matt Brown, Justin Dollard, Liz Gatti, Karyn Hanson, Celia Heron, Jeff Leighton, Kathryn Levine, Jackeline Luna Acosta, Karen Meyer, Shoshanah Oppenheim (replacing Danielle Brooks as OMF ADA Compliance Officer), Olivia Quiroz, Steph Routh, Michelle Rudd, Joe VanderVeer, Sara Weiner-Collier, Randy Webster.
NOTE: There are two bureau staff changes on the IE PEG. Shoshanah Oppenheim replaces Danielle Brooks (as the City's ADA/Title VI Compliance Officer). Susan Hartnett replaces Celia Heron (from OMF Policy Team).
Other Attendees: Michele Crim, Bob Glascock, Joan Frederiksen, Michelle Kunec & Chris Scarzello (Bureau of Planning & Sustainability); Patricia Neighbor (Portland Bureau of Transportation); Ali Ray & Anna Chinberg (contract translators).
PEG Lead: Bob Glascock
Facilitator: Andrée Tremoulet, Commonworks Consulting
View the original agenda, including materials, for this meeting.
Welcome and Introductions (10 minutes)
Presenter: Andrée Tremoulet, Facilitator
Summary: Andrée Tremoulet welcomed participants and reviewed the meeting purpose, which was to discuss and provide feedback on the policies and goals in Chapter 6 (Public Facilities and Infrastructure), and, time permitting, Chapter 1 (Community Involvement). She led the group through an icebreaker.
Announcements (10 minutes)
Presenters: Bob Glascock, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability
Summary: In response to questions at the last meeting, Bob Glascock explained how feedback from the IE PEG would be captured and presented to staff to inform the next iteration of the Plan. He said that more detailed meeting notes are being taken. These notes will provide the basis for the consultant to draft a report for committee review and comment by the IE PEG as it concludes its work this spring.
He also reminded IE PEG members of the community workshops and encouraged each member to attend one and bring feedback from that meeting to the group as a whole.
Public Comment
No public comment was received at this meeting.
Review of Draft Infrastructure Goals and Policies
Presenter: Andrée Tremoulet, Facilitator
Handouts: Comprehensive Plan Working Draft January 2013 Worksheet
Summary: Andrée Tremoulet explained the exercise. She invited IE PEG members to review Chapter 6 goals and policies with an equity lens, write comments or concerns about them on Post-It Notes, and bring Post-Its to the front of the room.
Staff grouped related comments together and assigned a topic heading. A copy of all the comments received appears as Appendix A to these Meeting Notes. Discussion followed.
The following major themes emerged from this process:
- Policy Shift: The goals and policies should more strongly support a culture and policy shift toward integrating equity in all decision making, and prioritizing investments in underserved communities. Additional discussion by the IE PEG may help to identify specific opportunities where language could be added or modified to more strongly support this policy shift.
- Priorities and Tradeoffs: The Discussion Draft does not give clear enough direction to City departments about how to balance competing needs and concerns and make trade-offs. Ideally, the draft should help departments choose projects and develop budgets in ways that promote greater equity.
- Be intentional in the use of action verbs such as prioritize, require, encourage, balance and consider. Fit verbs to situations. There needs to be a term that describes how to make choices/tradeoffs among non-equivalent outcomes.
- Costs of Services: How the costs of services will be distributed is a key component of equity. Ability to pay needs to be considered. Cost recovery is mentioned with respect to some services but not others; is this intentional?
- Equity and Accessibility are Missing or Meaning is Unclear: Be more intentional about when equity and accessibility are included in a goal or policy, and when they are not. Give consideration to how they are included.
- Look at policies that specifically call out certain communities. For example, consider whether it is appropriate to prioritize community policing services for historically underserved communities (Policy 6.74.a) when the same communities are not called out as being prioritized for other services (parks, sidewalks, etc.).
- Accessibility should be integrated into Policies 6.64-6.67 (Park improvements, Trails system, Natural areas and Community centers) instead of through a separate policy (6.69 Special recreational facilities). Should also be integrated into 6.81 (Public safety/Emergency response in City facilities).
- The terms equity, equitable and equitably need to be defined in a way that helps staff operationalize equity. The Portland Plan should be the source of these definitions.
- Equity should be better integrated into the policies, rather than stand alone. For example, Policy 6.16 might be amended to read as follows: "Consider community health impacts, equity outcomes, and watershed health risks equitably when planning, designing and funding capital improvements."
- Flexible design (Policy 6.25) should include proactive communication with people with disabilities.
There was insufficient time to discuss Chapter 1 at this meeting; this discussion will take place at a future meeting.
Wrap Up (5 minutes)
When asked which discussion approach they preferred, a majority of IE PEG members indicated that they preferred the less structured discussion used today over the worksheet approach used at the January meeting. Some IE PEG members expressed concern that they did not feel that they had sufficient time to review the policies because they had just picked up their hard copy of the Working Draft at this meeting. IE PEG members asked where they should focus their review in preparation for the next meeting. Andrée Tremoulet said that she would meet with staff and provide further information in the next week or two.
Bob Glascock reminded everyone to attend a community workshop and the next meeting of the IE PEG on Wednesday, March 6, from 10 to 12 noon in the same meeting room.
The meeting adjourned.
For more information, please contact Bob Glascock, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, at 503-823-7845 or firstname.lastname@example.com or Andrée Tremoulet, Facilitator, at 503-267-9255 or email@example.com.
Appendix A: Notes from Brainstorming Session about Chapter 6 Concerns
Note: Because the brainstorming session resulted in numerous specific suggestions and concerns that are not fully captured in the "major themes" summary above, they are listed here to provide further information to staff responsible for editing specific goals and policies.
TOPIC: Equity is Missing (or unclear)
- Integrated Goal 1. Equity—Define "access to opportunities" to include public services.
- Chapter 6 should define equity, equitable and equitably. How to codify?
- Equity is called out separately, when it should be integrated.
- Make sure that ALL city agencies continue to maintain across-City standards for water and all other utilities (so no area is neglected).
- Goal 6A—Provide ALL Portlanders with optional levels of service.
- Goal 6.E—Should reference Equity as the BES Strategic Plan does.
- Policy 6.12 (Asset Management)—Suggest rewording, as "…cost effectively provide and equitably distribute economic, social, and environmental risks and benefits."
- Policy 6.16 (Health and equity impacts)—Suggest rewording, as "Consider community health impacts and watershed health risks equitably while planning, designing and funding capital improvements."
- Policy 6.16 (Health and Equity Impacts)—The term " equity outcomes" in the policy is not a commonly understood or agreed upon term and so is not particularly effective as criteria or guidance.
- Policies 6.30, 6.31, 6.32, 6.33—Should use equity language used in our (BES) strategic Plan, and should reference BES levels of service.
- Policies 6.34, 6.35, 6.36, 6.37, 6.38, 6.39, 6.40 – 6.48: These should reflect BES levels of service and Strategic Plan language on equity.
- Policy 6.74 (Community Policing) specifically addresses "historically underserved communities"; is this good or bad? If a good phrase, should it apply to all public facilities and services (in which case, it could be removed, here)?
TOPIC: Proactive Inclusion
- Policy 6.11 (Service deficiencies):
Assume disparities in services and facilities, and ways to identify them.
It is a burden to identify and champion disparities.
Add this language—"proactively identify".
- Policy 6.34 (Subsurface disposal):
Assumes locations are chosen "equitably".
Areas of concentrated low income/ people of color may be at risk for more disposal.
Add language to use "criteria to determine fairness", or something like that.
- Policy 6.93 (Broadband disparities)—Need to acknowledge the wide range of needs (linguistic, disability, or equipment-oriented).
TOPIC: Unintended Results
- What if proposed solutions don't effectively resolve deficiency?
- Provide direction to analyze, identify and discuss deficiencies, as well as address them (proactive inclusion).
- It seems costly and also seems likely to result in lots of small centers.
- Policy 6.11 (Service deficiencies)—Assumes knowledge of where service disparities exist, and what they are.
- Policy 6.17 (Environmental sustainability)—Assumes we want to reduce energy use. Actually, we want clean energy use. Total energy use may increase if we are successful in economic development.
- Policy 6.22 (Uses of rights-of-way)--Unclear on the legality of using right-of-way for "other appropriate public services and objectives". May create unreasonable expectations re what can legally be done within a public right of way before the "right of way" has effectively been vacated. The sub policies seem to clarify but the main policy could be problematic.
- Policy 6.28 (undergrounding, in rights-of-way)—Assumes it's best to place utilities under ground. In the future, there may be other options (at least for telecomm), and you don't want to use up the right-of-way if you don't have to.
- Policy 6.57 (Water rates)--The requirement to develop water rates annually is an old administrative decision, not something that belongs in Comp Plan.
- Policy 6.67 (Community Centers)—Is this truly feasible (a community center w/in 3 miles of every house)?
- Policy 6.70 (Public/private opportunities and partnerships, for parks)—Assumes that private involvement works at no cost to public access. Private funders may expect prioritized access (e.g., Buckman field or Grant Bowl). Include language about preserving/ensuring public access.
- Policies 6.88 & 6.89 (co-location & shared use)—May cause competition for resources that will likely impact people of color and people with disabilities.
- Policies 6.88 – 6.91 (School facilities)--The 1979 City School Policy likely needs review and revision if it is informing this policy section. It is likely that the policy does not reflect City schools and educational environment in 2013.
TOPIC: Accessible Design
- Goal 6.K—What about emergency response for technology access? What happens if an individual with hearing loss needs to call 9-1-1 while at a park? There is no accommodation available, except having to call pager with text messages.
- Policy 6.15 (Context-sensitive infrastructure)--What about universal accessibility? Is this included in documents elsewhere?
- Equity seems missing from two rights-of-way (Policies 6.22 – 6.29) and water (Policies 6.49 – 6.60).
- Policy 6.25 (Flexible design)—Universal accessibility?
- Policy 6.25 (Flexible design of rights-of-way):
Assumes adequate communication with organizations of people with disabilities.
Allow- is too vague- no action.
"Actively identify" for….
- Policy 6.63 (Park acquisition)—Should include increased accessibility.
- Policies 6.66 & 6.64 (Natural areas and Improvements)—Develop a plan to retrofit inaccessible parks and recreation areas to provide universal access, included in long-range park capital improvements program per Policy 6.62.
- Policy 6.81 (City facilities)—add "accessibility" and "equitable distribution of resources".
TOPIC: Community Role in Achieving Goals
- Goal 6A—Assumes that diverse communities seek their support from public institutions such that public investment in private institutions.
- Policy 6.71: Public Safety and emergency response. After an earthquake occurs here in Portland and its outside boundaries, how safe will the water be? What type of preparations should community members do now? And, in the next 20 years?
- Policy 6.79—Connect community preparedness and neighborhood+ social resilience (support community resilience) in 6.79 with providing community centers & recreation services and programs (6.67 + 6.68).
TOPIC: Who Pays? Shared Costs
- More clarity needed re: how priorities are developed and who pays. How will this be addressed?
- Goal 6.F (Water)—This ignores the City's skyrocketing water costs. There needs to be a discussion of revenue streams, pardon the pun.
- Goal 6.G (Parks, natural areas and recreation)—Goal assumes that park enjoyment is a universal value. However, there exists a segment of our population for whom destruction, not creation, is paramount. Others would rather keep their taxes lower. How to reconcile?
- Policy 6.14 (Shared Costs):
Assumes all use equal.
Potential burden to people of color + people w/ disabilities, which historically have higher unemployment rates + lower incomes.
Benefit is not defined.
- Policy 6.14 (Shared costs)—New public facility investment should be prioritized where there are gaps in levels of service. Assumption is that all of the users who benefit should help pay (6.14c +b) No differentiation of ability to pay. Potential on equity, based on ability to pay--if one neighborhood can afford an LID to pay their share, but another cannot afford the LID, does the neighborhood that can't afford it get no improvement?
- Policy 6.14 (Shared costs):
Assumes business resources are available for funding facilities and services.
May make it difficult for MBE/WBE firms with low capital to get started.
B.14b – Add language about create partnership with organizations to provide supplemental funding, as necessary.
- Rates (Policies 6.39, 6.48, 6.57)—Underlying assumptions:
Everyone has similar abilities to pay/afford rates.
Affordability of City utility services--are they affordable to all?
Need policy that City needs to find ways to provide affordable rates to disadvantaged.
- Policies 6.39 & 6.48—Sewer and stormwater policies seem to far exceed financial capacity of City residents.
- Policy 6.68—Cost recovery should be applied to all sectors where appropriate (transportation, BES, Water).
- Policy 6.68a.—Balance public/private benefits through public funding and cost recovery policies that guide setting recreation participation fees.
TOPIC: Growth and Infrastructure
- Sub-Policy 6.7.a.—Three miles does not account for mass transit. Centers located on frequent services corridors/routes.
- Policy 6.10 (System capacity)—Assumes physically feasible is appropriate. Why would you allow patterns of density not physically appropriate?
- Policy 6.63 (Park acquisition and development)—Assumes that the main priorities for targeting acquisition are two criteria. Should policy include a statement about "historically underserved" areas?
- Sub-Policy 6.63b—Why prioritize surplus public lands? Potential park lands should compete on equal footing, based on ability to meet service goals.
- Policy 6.65 (Trails system)—Add two sub-items: interconnections with regional trails, and support broad regional trail development w/ partners (e.g. complete Intertwine and build trail along West Mountains to Coast).
- Policy 6.92—Assumes high performance connectivity is needed at every business (i.e. Subway) and every residence (may not need "high performance"). Would you get more coverage with connectivity goal rather than "high performance goal"? Recognize this is an "encourage" rather than requirements, but not sure it is strategic.
- Policy 6.96 (Capacity and reliability of energy infrastructure)—Investments policy should refer to regional and federal investments in all basic infrastructure.
TOPIC: Integrating and prioritizing (trade-offs)
- Be intentional in use of action verbs (require, provide, prioritize, encourage). Fit verbs to situations (prioritize fits apples-to-apples; balance fits apples-to-oranges).
- Goal 6.B (Multiple Benefits)—What happens when it is not possible to achieve all Identifies three pronged criteria identified here? Will services disparities be reduced?
- Goal 6.D (Public Rights- of- Way)—Make commentary more specific, to tease out assumptions. The order suggests prioritization and provides enough info to suggest the complexity of trade-offs.
- Goal 6.E (Sanitary and stormwater system)—Does not provide direction to integrate proposed surface facilities with other infrastructure to avoid degrading service levels (i.e., pedestrian space, urban tree canopy).
- Policy 6.11—What are the metrics to be uses for prioritizing service deficiencies? See Policy 6.12.
- Policy 6.11 (Service deficiencies)—Need to develop a strategy of identifying service deficiencies supported by quantifiable metrics (look to 6.12 policy: "Investment decisions consider…).
- Policies 6.62 & 6.63 (Parks and Recreation)—Apply prioritization under criteria that includes low income populations areas where affordable housing exist.
- Policy 6.71 (Emergency preparedness and response)—How best to use limited funds (in the next 20-50 years) to prepare for a catastrophic disaster? What about improving the backbone of the City's water delivery system?
TOPIC: Meaning is unclear or too narrowly defined
- Refer to BES' levels of service policy.
- Policy 6.7 (Community services)—What does the term "centers" refer to—the center of a neighborhood? Community center? NOTE: consider inequities with centers, and barriers to co-location.
- Policy 6.15—"Context-sensitive" is ill-defined.
- Policy 6.16 (Health and equity impact)—Does this policy assume other environmental impacts (air quality, etc.) are already addressed? Why not broaden this from only watershed health risks to include other environmental impacts (air, tree canopy…)?
- Policy 6.20 (Environmental carrying capacity)—Is there a similar statement in transportation section?
- Policies 6.33 & 6.61—Find and replace "preventative" (correct spelling is "preventive").Policy 6.57 (Water rates)—The reference to the AWWA (American Water Works Association) is useful for the water bureau, but is inscrutable to the public. Policies should be more transparent/ understandable on their surface.
- Policy 6.67 (Community Centers)—"Strive" needs to better reinforcement.
- Policy 6.69 (Special recreational facilities)—What are special facilities?
- Policy 6.69—What does the term "special recreational facilities" mean? Does it apply to people with disabilities? Or does it refer to community members who need accommodations for access/use to facilities? Maybe change the term from "Special" to "Accommodations for recreational facilities"?
- Policies 6.88 – 6.91 (School facilities)—Why does the commentary refer to the City's 1979 school policy? It is so dated. Newer docs/ideas should inform.
TOPIC: Where Are these Issues?
- What policy addresses youth access to neighborhood parks? Several policies overlap (6.61, 6.63, 6.7, and 6.16).
- Safety in Rights-of-way.


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When you think of Mormons, you think sexy, right?
Well, pinups of hot moms dressed as naughty school teachers and Santa's helpers will grace the pages of a 2010 Mormon calendar coming out in June. A 2009 calender by the same company features hunky, shirtless missionary men.
Sexy, sure, but Mormons Exposed CEO Chad Hardy, publisher of the calendar, is sparking religious debate.
"I thought the calendar would be a way to grab some attention about stereotypes and how people look and react to certain things," Hardy said.
And that it did. Hardy's controversial calendar business got him excommunicated from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He was also refused his degree from Brigham Young University.
"Anytime you step outside the box, you're gonna offend people... I did disrupt the status quo and I think it's changed some minds for some people, and it's opened some minds."
Hardy received a good deal of criticism from the Mormon community with the release of his first calendar for 2008. It was called "Men on a Mission," a 12-month, ab-tastic calendar flaunting half-naked men, all who have gone on church missions.
The 2009 men's calendar with the same title is reminiscent of Abercrombie and Fitch ads and features muscular Mormon men. About 7,500 copies were sold last year.
Hardy's upcoming 2010 calendar featuring sexed-up Mormon moms will be a companion to the continuing line of men's calendars. Both of the new issues will be released in June.
"It's very sexy, but at the same time it's so cute," Hardy said of the 2010 calendar featuring Mormon moms and muffin recipes.
But with Hardy's business came personal changes. After being excommunicated, Hardy adopted a new religion.
"The religion of love," he said. "Treat people the way you want to be treated."
So will Hardy himself make an appearance in next year's calendar?
"I got way too fat," he said. "I'm working on it [for 2011]...I've been doing a very rigorous workout here every morning."


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We've all got stress -- but far too many of us are content to live with it, push it aside, bottle it up, and, eventually, fall victim to its ugly consequences. Not all stress is bad, of course: It can keep us striving to reach new goals and make our lives worthwhile -- exciting, even. But when your emotions and health are compromised, it's time to hit the brakes and plot out a new course.
Ready to feel better fast? Follow these step-by-step directions for navigating those everyday bumps in the road, getting rid of unnecessary sources of anxiety, and developing a healthier relationship with those you can't avoid.
On your Stress-Relief journey, you'll first learn to identify areas of your life that need extra attention. Your sources of stress may be clear to you already -- or they may take a few weeks to surface while you observe your daily patterns. In Step 2 and Step 3, you'll set goals and learn coping strategies needed to reach them. Finally, Step 4 is about making long-term changes to prevent stress, rather than just reacting to it.
Print out your Stress-Relief Road Map and think about how long you'd like to spend on each step, whether it's a few days or a few weeks. Use this timeline to keep you on track, but don't be afraid to slow down, back up, or skip ahead if you find that different strategies work better at different times.
Ask yourself: What health-related effects of stress have you already noticed in your life?
If you haven't considered (or you've chosen to ignore) the harmful effects that stress can have on your mind and body, you're overlooking a major threat to your well-being.
Taking a long, hard look at the potential consequences of unrelenting, unaddressed anxiety can help us realize that we need to make a change, before it's too late.
The most efficient way to home in on specific stress triggers is to start a journal. Commit to writing down, at least once a day for at least 10 minutes, everything that evoked a negative or stressful reaction -- the place and time of day, the source of the stress, and your reaction. You can do this either throughout the day, or before bed at night. (If nighttime stress journaling affects your sleep, do this earlier instead.)
Also take a few minutes to write down the positive points in your day: When did you feel the most relaxed, the most joyous, and the most fulfilled? Keep these thoughts with you as you put your journal away.
We can't tell you what your individual sources of stress are -- but we can guess that at least some of them fall into a larger category of universal problems: money, relationships, work-life balance, health (yours and your loved ones'), and time-management issues. Sound familiar? Our list of common stress triggers may provide some insight into your own situation.
Worrying does little to make our lives better. At best, it's counterproductive; at worst, it inhibits our thoughts, drains our energy, and even makes us sick. "Think of it as a negative thought loop," explains psychotherapist Stephen Cope, author of "The Wisdom of Yoga: A Seeker's Guide to Extraordinary Living." Since it never closes on a satisfying answer, worry only begets more worrying.
The driving factor behind worry is fear -- but fear of what? That depends on your worry profile. We asked experts to identify six types of worriers, and to show us how each can get a handle on their hand-wringing.
Can't sleep when there's laundry to be folded. Can't enjoy a good book when you have bills to pay. Does the thought of making a mistake give you heart palpitations? Welcome to the club.
Here's the thing, though: While the right dose of perfection can boost your satisfaction, too much can be paralyzing. There's a difference, after all, between holding yourself to a high standard and holding yourself to an unattainable one.
Now's the time to stop and reexamine what you've learned so far: Have you identified your stress triggers? The things you tend to worry about? The areas in your life where you're trying a bit too hard to be perfect? Have you spent at least a few days journaling about your recent ups and downs -- and have you recognized the patterns and problems that need fixing?
Once you've come to grips with your most pressing stress issues (congrats -- that's half the battle!), move on to Step 2 and start setting the goals you'll need to wave them goodbye.


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NAIA Football Players of the Week ? No. 6 (Oct. 7)
By: Sam Knehans, Communications & Sports Information Intern
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Austin Dodge of Southern Oregon is named the NAIA Football National Offensive Player of the Week; Trump Harrison of Faulkner (Ala.) is tabbed as the NAIA Football National Special Teams Player of the Week and Phil Latimer of Nebraska Wesleyan is recognized as the NAIA Football National Defensive Player of the Week, the national office announced Monday. The trio was chosen for their performances during the week of Sept. 30 – Oct. 6 and each was selected from a pool of conference and independent award winners.
Dodge, a junior from Vancouver, Wash., threw for 559 yards and eight touchdowns—both Southern Oregon single-game records—as the Raiders toppled Montana Tech 59-32. The quarterback distributed the attack, completing passes to eight different receivers including three who totaled at least 140 receiving yards. After starting the season 0-3, Dodge has led Southern Oregon to three-straight victories by an average margin of 42 points. Dodge, who has throw for at least 300 yards in each of the Raiders six games, leads the NAIA in passing yards per game (411.7), total offense (2501 yards), total offensive yards per game (416.8) and total passing (2470 yards).
Harrison, a Pasadena, Calif., native, had three kickoff returns for a combined 107 yards—including a season-long 46-yard return—as Faulkner defeated No. 5 Georgetown (Ky.) 55-31. But, the highlight of the game for the Eagles senior wide receiver and return man came when he fielded a punt at the 3-yard line and returned it 97 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the third quarter. The score was the first return touchdown of Harrison's collegiate career and just his second touchdown on the season. Harrison currently ranks among the NAIA leaders in total punt return yards (3rd, 232), all purpose yards (4th, 923), total kickoff return yards (6th, 434), punt return yards per attempt (6th, 17.8), all purpose yards per game (13th, 153.8), total receptions (27th, 26) and kickoff return yards per attempt (29th, 25.5).
Latimer, a defensive lineman from Broomfield, Colo., led the Nebraska Wesleyan defense with nine tackles, including five solo, as the Prairie Wolves took down No. 13 Doane (Neb.) 20-19. The junior also recorded 2.5 tackles for a loss, leading the Nebraska Wesleyan defensive unit that held the Tigers offense to 175 yards of total offense and six points in the upset win. Latimer currently ranks among the national leaders in tackles for loss per game (49th, 1.3) and total tackles for loss (50th, 6.5).
For a complete list of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
For the complete NAIA Player of the Week calendar, click here.
Offensive Nominees: Josh Hollingsworth, Faulkner (Ala.); Derek Serowski, Oklahoma Baptist; Alex Gomes-Coelho, Saint Mary (Kan.); Ryan Kasdorf, Morningside (Iowa); Derek Fulton, Grand View (Iowa); David Yoder, Saint Francis (Ind.); Tyler Audsley, Peru State (Neb.); Demondre Boler, Valley City State (N.D.)
Defensive Nominees: Donny Ruggles, Faulkner (Ala.); Jacob Grosz, Mayville State (N.D.); Jeff Howeth, SAGU (Texas); Mike Passo, St. Francis (Ill.); Stephen Lockhart, Trinity International (Ill.); Deron Bruce, Ottawa (Kan.); Denzel Billy, Evangel (Mo.); Kyle Mai, Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Special Teams Nominees: Austin Manger, Oklahoma Baptist; Andrew Muzljakovich, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Devin Thomas, Morningside (Iowa); Ky Nixon, Friends (Kan.); Kollin Carman, Saint Francis (Ind.); Clarence Clark, Baker (Kan.); Colby Lum, Valley City State (N.D.); Ryan Steska, Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
2013 NAIA Football Players of the Week (complete schedule)
Week 1 (Sept. 2)
Offense: Bryce Baker, Rocky Mountain (Mont.)
Defense: Zach Hollier, Grand View (Iowa)
Special Teams: Zach Keenan, Benedictine (Kan.)
Week 2 (Sept. 9)
Offense: E.J. White, St. Francis (Ill.)
Defense: Zach Dolph, Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Special Teams: Albert Huntley, Cumberlands (Ky.)
Week 3 (Sept. 16)
Offense: Melvin Mason, Southern Oregon
Defense: Erik Brown, Ottawa (Kan.)
Special Teams: Jordan Pedersen, Doane (Neb.)
Week 4 (Sept. 23)
Offense: Josh Miller, Saint Francis (Ind.)
Defense: JerSean Walder, Doane (Neb.)
Special Teams: Mike Phillips, McPherson (Kan.)
Week 5 (Sept. 30)
Offense: Christopher McGinnis-Parker, Eastern Oregon
Defense: Kris Lehmann, Sterling (Kan.)
Special Teams: Spencer Nolen, Saint Xavier (Ill.)
Week 6 (Oct. 7)
Offense: Austin Dodge, Southern Oregon
Defense: Phil Latimer, Nebraska Wesleyan
Special Teams: Trump Harrison, Faulkner (Ala.)


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Powell-Division Steering Committee
On Jan. 16, 2014, the Metro Council unanimously approved the creation of a steering committee for the Powell-Division Transit and Development Project. The Powell-Division Steering Committee is charged with the successful creation of an action plan for future transit service and amenities. The steering committee will be a consensus-driven organization and will provide direction to staff at key points in the project.
To ensure that the project fully incorporates economic, environmental and social sustainability into key decisions, the full committee includes elected officials; representatives from neighborhoods; and economic, social and community leaders.
For information on Powell-Division Steering Committee meetings, please visit Metro's website.
Powell-Division Transit and Development Project Steering Committee
Councilor Shirley Craddick, Metro - co-chair
Councilor Bob Stacey, Metro - co-chair
Trell Anderson, Catholic Charities
John Bildsoe, Gresham Coalition of Neighborhood Associations
Lori Boisen, Division-Midway Alliance
Devin Carr, student and transit rider
Matt Clark, Johnson Creek Watershed Council
Bill Crawford, Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Coalition
Representative Shemia Fagan, Oregon State Legislature
Heidi Guenin, Upstream Public Health
Jessica Howard, President, Portland Community College Southeast
Nicole Johnson, OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon
Kem Marks, East Portland Neighborhood Office and East Portland Action Plan
Neil McFarlane, TriMet
Commissioner Diane McKeel, Multnomah County
Melinda Merrill, Fred Meyer
Diane Noriega, Board Chair, Mount Hood Community College
Commissioner Steve Novick, City of Portland
Raahi Reddy, Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon
Councilor Lori Stegmann, City of Gresham
Jason Tell, Oregon Department of Transportation
Matt Wand, East Metro Economic Alliance


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Pa. Governor Corbett brings in lawyer on federal same-sex suit
Republican Gov. Tom Corbett's office announced on Thursday it has hired a lawyer from outside the government to lead his defense of the state's same-sex marriage ban in a federal lawsuit.
The Office of General Counsel said West Chester lawyer Bill Lamb, a former state Supreme Court justice, was hired to be lead counsel at a rate of $400 an hour. His associates will be paid $325 an hour.
The federal case, filed two months ago, seeks to overturn the state's 1996 ban on gay marriage. It was brought by a group that includes the widow of a woman who died in May after they were legally married in Massachusetts, 10 couples and one of the couples' two teenage daughters.
The defendants are Corbett, Democratic Attorney General Kathleen Kane, the health secretary and two county officials involved with the issuance of marriage licenses. A legal response by the state is due on Sept. 16.
The case is separate from a proceeding in Commonwealth Court involving the Department of Health attempting to stop a suburban Philadelphia court clerk from issuing gay marriage licenses.
Pennsylvania is the only northeastern state that has neither gay marriage nor a system of civil unions.
Corbett has been handling the federal lawsuit since Kane said she views the state law as unconstitutional. He filed the Commonwealth Court litigation.


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The Top Five Canadian Tax Return Questions Answered
When should you file your Canadian tax return? How do you get missing tax forms from the Canada Revenue Agency? These are just a couple of the common questions that arise at tax time. This article gives you the answers you need to eliminate tax-time stress and worry.
Where do I file?
If you choose to paper-file your return, the address where you send your tax return depends on where you live. The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) sends you mailing labels in your tax package each year, but if you've misplaced them you can visit the CRA Web site to obtain the address of the tax office where you should send your return. You can also call 1-800-959-8281 to request this information.
When is my return due?
Your income tax return is due on April 30 each year, or June 15 if you or your spouse ran a business in the year, although if you owe tax your payment is due on or before April 30). If you owe taxes, make sure your return is transmitted or postmarked before midnight on the due date to avoid late-filing penalties and interest.
What happens if I file late?
If you file your return late and you owe taxes, you'll automatically be charged a penalty of 5 percent of your balance owing. On top of that, you'll face a penalty of 1 percent of the balance owing for each month your return remains outstanding, to a maximum of 12 months. And don't forget the interest: the CRA charges interest, compounded daily, on outstanding balances and penalties. At the time of writing, the interest rate on overdue taxes was 5 percent, but this could change quarterly.
Can I change my return if I find a mistake?
Yes, you can file a T1 Adjustment using form T1-ADJ, "T1 Adjustment Request," to amend your return for any mistakes you may find after the fact. You can also request changes online under the "My Account" option on the CRA Web site.
Where can I get missing forms?
The majority of the CRA forms are available for download from the CRA Web site. To order forms by phone, call 1-800-959-2221. If you're missing the package and guide sent to you by the CRA, you can pick up a copy at your local post office.


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I don't think I've seen Adriana Lima looking so cool and stunning in ages as in the latest issue of Vogue Brazil. Usually I think her look is more suitable being a Victoria Secret Angel than a high fashion Vogue spread model but I have to admit I like this. That last dress btw, please send it my way.


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To Please Critics, Sinclair Retreats on Pledge to Sell
Armstrong Williams, the conservative commentator and entrepreneur, said Friday that he is "in jeopardy of losing all my [television] stations" in the wake of a decision by Sinclair Broadcasting Corp., his business partner and benefactor, to put on the open market stations it had planned to sell to Williams.
Should that happen, the number of television stations owned by African Americans, numbering less than a handful, would dwindle to two of the nation's 1,348 full-power commercial stations, by most counts.
As Jennifer Saba reported for Reuters on Thursday, "Sinclair Broadcast Group proposed on Thursday to sell some Allbritton TV stations it agreed to acquire in a deal last July to meet requirements of broadcasting regulators about companies sharing advertising and sales staff across competing stations."
Saba wrote of the Sinclair revision, "Sinclair proposed the structure as the Federal Communications Commission readies to vote on March 31 on new rules that would prohibit broadcast companies from controlling more than two TV stations in a market by sharing advertising sales staff.
"The new rules would count a broadcaster as having ownership interest in any stations where that owner sells 15 percent or more of advertising. . . ."
Last year, Williams acquired WEYI-TV, an NBC affiliate in the Flint/Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, Mich., market, ranked No. 67, and WWMB-TV, a CW affiliate in market 103 in the Myrtle Beach/Florence, S.C., market, near Williams's hometown of Marion, S.C.
In July, when Allbritton Communications announced that it had agreed to sell its seven television stations to Sinclair for $985 million, Williams said there was "no doubt" that he planned to buy WMMP-TV in Charleston, S.C., his home state, from Sinclair. Later, Williams added WHP, the CBS affiliate in Harrisburg, Pa.
Since then, the five-member FCC has installed a new chairman, Tom Wheeler, who declared that "our rules protecting competition, diversity and localism have been circumvented" by joint sales agreements — "arrangements in which one station sells advertising time for another station in the same market. In more than two-thirds of JSA transactions, one station sold 100 percent of the advertising time of the other."
He added, "JSAs are the centerpiece of what's known as the 'sidecar' business model, which also includes Shared Services Agreements (SSAs) and special financial arrangements. Under SSAs, stations pool resources such as news reporters or traffic helicopters," Wheeler wrote in a blog posting March 6.
Williams has such a "sidecar" agreement with Sinclair. Activist media groups such as Free Press have opposed such agreements. Bob Butler, president of the National Association of Black Journalists, has written that the shared services agreements have led to fewer jobs for journalists as newsrooms are combined.
"When there are fewer newsrooms, jobs are cut, normally leaving fewer opportunities for all journalists to find work. Viewers for the different stations get the same news delivered by the same people, limiting the opportunity to hear different viewpoints. For those who work in these newly 'shared' newsrooms, there is more work and less time for in-depth or investigative reporting," Butler wrote, also on March 6.
Williams contends, however, that such agreements are "the only vehicle for any chance of diversity or any kind of minority ownership. You cannot get financing," he told Journal-isms by telephone. "If I were to buy these stations [by myself], in three months, I would be out of business." A generator broke at his Myrtle Beach station, Williams said, and it cost him $400,000.
On Thursday, FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai estimated that 43 percent of female-owned full-power commercial television stations currently are parties to JSAs and that 75 percent of African American-owned stations were.
"Before we vote to restrict the use of JSAs, the Commission should conduct a formal study to evaluate whether these figures are accurate and how any action on our part would impact diversity in broadcast ownership," Pai wrote.
The National Association of Broadcasters on Thursday proposed a compromise that would allow some joint sales agreements to continue.
"The proposal essentially asks the FCC to carve out an exemption from the blanket ban on JSAs that the agency is widely expected to adopt as soon as March 31," Doug Halonen reported for TVNewsCheck.
"The exemption would protect JSAs that broadcasters can show provide public interest benefits and meet a series of specific tests intended to limit one station from using a sharing agreement to control one or more additional TV stations in the same market."
Among the benefits: "Diversity of ownership opportunities for new entrants in broadcasting, including women and minorities" and "Additional programming for niche or traditionally underserved audiences, including racial and ethnic minorities, speakers of foreign languages, children, religious [groups] and senior citizens."
"I think the NAB is spot on," Williams told Journal-isms.
Wheeler's spokeswoman, Maria Kirby, legal adviser for media, consumer,
governmental affairs and enforcement, did not respond to inquiries Friday about the FCC chairman's position or whether Williams was correct in stating that Wheeler's proposal would "unwind" what was already in place, such as the two stations Williams already operates.
John Eggerton reported a week ago in Broadcasting & Cable that Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, considered the swing vote on the issue, was "looking for a way to balance cracking down on bad actors who use the rules to skirt ownership limits and fostering sharing agreements that can boost diversity, particularly in rural markets where joint ownership of stations is disallowed but the need for some financial help is often greatest."
He quoted "sources familiar with conversations between Clyburn and National Association of Broadcasters executives."
The existing black-owned full-power commercial television stations are WLOO-TV in Jackson, Miss., owned by historically African American Tougaloo College, and WJYS-TV in Hammond, Ind., in the Chicago market and owned by Jovon Broadcasting. Free Press does not count Williams's stations, calling him the "nominal" owner. It also rejects his argument for keeping them.
"In a meeting last week, Armstrong Williams told FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and her chief of staff that JSAs and SSAs were the only means of boosting minority ownership," Lauren Wilson wrote for Free Press last week.
"That's just false. If Sinclair or any other broadcaster has any interest in helping people of color get started in the news business, it's free to help them buy and operate stations in any number of markets where the outcome would not be an end run around the ownership rules. But they're not doing that. Such an investment would be unwise given the diminished chances a small owner has of surviving.
"Free Press' research has shown that as markets become more concentrated, minority ownership plummets. When stations consolidate and markets become more concentrated, barriers to entry become even higher. Also, existing singleton and small-group owners are less able to compete for advertising and programming contracts. These effects create immense pressure on smaller owners to exit the market.
"And this cycle disproportionately impacts minority owners. Thanks to a lack of wealth, they're far more likely to own just a single station in comparison to their white male and corporate counterparts."
John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable: Free Press' Wilson Apologizes for Pai Tweet
David Lieberman, Deadline Hollywood: Are Broadcasters or the FCC to Blame for Problems With TV Localism And Diversity?
The Wall Street Transcript: [Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc.] Proposes Restructuring of Allbritton Transaction
Sue Wilson, OpEdNews: The FCC — Actually Enforcing Its Own Rules?
Paul Wyche, Journal Gazette, Fort Wayne, Ind.: FCC moves could affect deal to sell 2 TV stations
NABJ Leader "Concerned" About Media General-LIN Merger
"Media General said on Friday that it would acquire LIN Media for $1.6 billion in a cash and stock deal that will create the second-largest local television broadcasting company," David Gelles reported Friday in the New York Times.
"LIN Media shareholders will receive about $27.82 a share, about a 28 percent premium.
"Both Media General and LIN Media operate local television stations that act as affiliates to the big broadcast networks like ABC, CBS and NBC.
"The combined company will own 74 stations in 46 markets and reach 26.5 million households, or 23 percent of the market in the United States. It will rank behind only Sinclair Broadcast Group in terms of number of stations operated. . . ."
Bob Butler, president of the National Association of Black Journalists, told Journal-isms by telephone that LIN "has been proactive with NABJ" and had hired a news manager as a result of the NABJ convention last summer near Orlando, Fla. He said, however, that in some cities, LIN and Media General own competing stations, and he raised the possibility that one newsroom might shut down if the merger goes forward.
Butler added by e-mail, "In the 2012 NABJ Census, between the two companies there were 143 managers at 32 stations. Only eight were people of color, including one news director and one assistant news director. Both companies own more stations now but, if the merger is approved, I would be concerned about the impact on diversity of management—and staff—going forward."
With 77% Approval, Blacks Are Biggest Backers of ACA
"The 2010 health care law is politically divisive, but the differences go well beyond party affiliation. Views of the law continue to vary widely across racial and ethnic groups," the Pew Research Center reported on Thursday. "By nearly two-to-one (62%-33%) more whites disapprove than approve of the law. By contrast, 77% of blacks approve of the law, while just 18% disapprove.
"Hispanics are evenly divided: 47% approve of the law, while 47% disapprove. Over most of the past four years, Hispanics have offered more support than opposition for the health care law. As recently as September, 2013, 61% of Hispanics approved of the law. Support for the ACA among Hispanics fell sharply in October of 2013 (to 47%) and has yet to recover.
"Most men disapprove of the law (57%) while 39% say they approve. Women are more closely divided with 44% saying they approve and 50% saying they disapprove.
"People younger than 30 do not view the law as negatively as do older Americans. About as many young people approve (50%) as disapprove (47%) of the health care law. Among older age groups, majorities disapprove. That marks a change from December, when younger people had about the same view of the health care law as older adults. . . .
"College graduates take a more positive view of the law (50% approve, 47% disapprove) than those with only some college experience (40% approve, 54% disapprove) and those with no college experience (36% approve, 57% disapprove).
"Those with family incomes of $30,000 a year or less are as likely to approve (45%) as disapprove (47%) of the health care law. By contrast, majorities of those in more affluent households disapprove of the law. . . .
"There are differences in views of the ACA between whites who have graduated from college and those who have not.
"Whites without a college degree disapprove of the health care law by a lopsided 66%-27% margin. By contrast, white college graduates are much more divided (51% disapprove, 46% approve), and among white women with college degrees, slightly more approve than disapprove (51% vs. 46%). White college men oppose the ACA, 57%-41%. . . ."
Charles M. Blow, New York Times: Republicans Place the Wrong Bet (March 5)
Fox News Latino from Associated Press: Uninsured Across Demographic Scale Benefit From Obamacare but Hispanics Still Lagging (March 10)
Erica Goode, New York Times: Little-Known Health Act Fact: Prison Inmates Are Signing Up (March 9)
Rick Horowitz, Huffington Post: You're Young. You're Healthy. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Mary Mitchell, Chicago Sun-Times: Don't take the risk young people — sign up for Obama's health care plan
Charles Ornstein, ProPublica: During Final Obamacare Push, Conservative Author Sees Little to Celebrate
Patrick Tutwiler, Fishbowl DC: 'Between Two Ferns' Gives Obamacare a Social Boost (March 12)
Video Games Said to Reflect Media View of Blacks as Violent
"What happens when white video game players see themselves as black characters in a violent game?" Ohio State University asked Friday in a news release.
"A new study suggests some disturbing answers: It makes the white players act more aggressively after the game is over, have stronger explicit negative attitudes toward blacks and display stronger implicit attitudes linking blacks to weapons.
"These results are the first to link avatar race in violent video games to later aggression," said Brad Bushman, co-author of the study and professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State University.
"And it raises another troubling impact that violent video games can have on players," he said.
The release also said, "The media have the power to perpetuate the stereotype that blacks are violent, and this is certainly seen in video games.
"This violent stereotype may be more prevalent in video games than in any other form of media because being a black character in a video game is almost synonymous with being a violent character.. . ."
Meanwhile, "Love life? Love guns?," the closing forum Friday at Hampton University's 36th Conference on the Black Family, presented the face, numbers and psychological toll of gun violence, Wayne Dawkins wrote Friday forpoliticsincolor.com.
"Josh Horowitz of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence cited the numbers: Of 30,000 American firearms deaths on average annually, 12,000 of them were murders, and, of those homicides, 48 percent of the victims were African-Americans," Dawkins wrote.
"Candace Wallace, a Hampton University psychology professor, said mass media content — reality TV shows particularly – reinforce perceptions that black life is cheap. Wallace also cited Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder [PTSD] as a symptom prevalent in violent urban areas just as in battle zones.' "
However, ABC News correspondent Byron Pitts, the moderator, "urged the audience to avoid the phrase 'black on black' violence. Statistically, violence in America, said Pitts, often involves similar people living in close proximity, whether it is 'white on white, black on black or midget on midget.' "
Austin Bogues, Daily Press, Newport News, Va.: Hampton University forum focuses on how media portrays blacks in news, sports
Ta-Nehisi Coates blog, the Atlantic: Black Pathology and the Closing of the Progressive Mind
Gene Demby, NPR "Code Switch": 'Street Fighter II': Most Racist Nostalgic Video Game Ever?
NPR Ombudsman Urges That Use of 'Redskins' Be Avoided
The name of the Washington NFL team — the Redskins — "should be avoided in Web headlines and used only infrequently in stories," Edward Schumacher-Matos, the NPR ombudsman, recommended on Tuesday.
"NPR editors and sports reporters this past season met on the issue and decided to continue to use the team's name in news reports, editors told me," Schumacher-Matos wrote. " 'Since the name of the team is the Washington Redskins, we use that in our reporting,' Deputy Managing Editor Chuck Holmes said. But, he added, 'we also continue to cover issues prompted by the name.'
"And so it is that since the beginning of last year, 23 NPR segments used the name of the team without comment, and another 14 either focused on the name dispute or mentioned it in passing. Hourly newscasts were not counted."
The ombudsman continued, "Each of us will answer and weigh the questions in our own way, but my own conclusion based on the investigation that follows is that NPR should begin to purposefully disassociate itself from using the Redskins or the Washington Redskins on air and online.
"The name should be avoided in Web headlines and used only infrequently in stories. Some news stories—not all—should note the name dispute in passing. Other features and analytical stories should continue to directly focus on the dispute and the use of Indian mascots by other teams, as was done this past season. Scott Simon, who has some leeway as a long-time host who also does commentaries, should be left to do what he is doing, as a major voice inside NPR reflecting a Native American view."
Simon, who hosts NPR's "Weekend Edition Saturday," has referred to "the Washington football club whose name I refuse to utter."
Phillip Morris, Plain Dealer, Cleveland: Kill Chief Wahoo if you must but don't let him die in vain (March 9)
Students Say TMZ Insults Mexicans, Community Colleges
"When Miss Mexico and former Mt. SAC student Beatriz Cazares, 27, walked into the spotlights and microphones of the press in Hollywood, she greeted them with grace, style and enthusiasm.
"Little did she know that entertainment news show TMZ would not only ridicule her for being a Mexican without an accent, but would also go on to bash her for attending Mt. SAC Community College and pursuing a community college education," Mountiewire.com, a publication of journalism students at Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, Calif., reported Thursday.
The article also said: "This is not the first time TMZ has been accused of racism. Kim Kardashian recently called out TMZ for being racist against her and Kanye West as an interracial couple. In 2012, TMZ interviewed the Mexican rock group Mana and asked them a racist question, 'American rock bands get underwear thrown at them; do you get underwear thrown at you or Tapatio packets?' "
Sheila Johnson Wants Students to Watch Public Affairs
BET co-founder and entrepreneur Sheila C. Johnson challenged Hampton University students to watch more public affairs and social issues shows when she spoke Wednesday during the annual Conference on the Black Family at the school, Austin Bogues reported Wednesday for the Daily Press in Newport News, Va.
"Advertisers go where the most eyeballs are," Johnson said.
Bogues also wrote, "Johnson contrasted the content on black media networks with [that on] Hispanic-owned ones.
" 'You see sitcoms and soap operas but they also have news, hard-hitting news, on the issues that matter,' she said.
" 'As a co-founder of BET, I know why this isn't happening. Advertisers don't buy our programming unless it's music videos or comedy,' she said. 'That's the only way we can pay our bills. We're really caught between a rock and a hard place.'
Bogues added, "To change the trend, Johnson said it was important for African-Americans to diversify their media consumption, including looking at more programs that deal with public affairs and social issues."
For March 10-16, Nielsen reported that the top 10 programs on broadcast television among African Americans were, in order, "Scandal," "Resurrection," "Grey's Anatomy," "Person of Interest," "American Idol (Wednesday)," "The Voice," "Blue Bloods," "NCIS: Los Angeles," "Criminal Minds" and "Chicago PD."
For Hispanics that week, the top five positions were held by the telenovela "Que Vida Me Robo," on Tuesday, Wednesday, Monday, Thursday and Friday; followed by the telenovela "Que Pobres Tan Ricos" on Wednesday, Friday and Thursday; the reality show "Nuestra Belleza" on Sunday; and the Monday edition of "Que Pobres Tan Ricos." All are on Univision.
When all viewers are counted, the top 10 were: "The Big Bang Theory," "The Voice"(Tuesday); "The Voice," "Blue Bloods," "60 Minutes," "NCIS," "Bachelor: After Final Rose," "Criminal Minds," "Resurrection" and "CSI."
"What? Sanity hits March Madness?" Derrick Z. Jackson asked Tuesday in the Boston Globe. "The average graduation rate for black players on the 68 men's teams in the Division 1 tournament is a record 65 percent. To understand what a leap that is, at least in the 18 years I have been following college football grad rates and the 17 I have following basketball's, that percentage represents a sharp rise up from 51 percent in 2008 and 35 percent in 2003. . . ."
"Bonuses for the top echelon at Radio One—$1.5 million for CEO Alfred Liggins, $500,000 for founder Cathy Hughes," Tom Taylor wrote Thursday for his Tom Taylor Now site. "That's just the bonus, not the total compensation, and it represents a $500,000 jump for Liggins over the previous year. The board reasons that Liggins is now shouldering the direct CEO load at the TV One cable channel—and it also cites the stock price rise from 75 cents on January 2, 2013 to $3.79 a share at year-end. . . ."
David Steinberg, president of Unity: Journalists for Diversity, writing about this month's Diversity Caucus bringing together leaders representing more than 50 media and journalism academic organizations, said the conference showed, "News leaders value the chance to focus on two key areas of diversity in journalism: our newsrooms' staffing and improving the coverage of diverse communities." Writing for the Poynter Institute on Monday, Steinberg also said "UNITY: Journalists for Diversity has identified some specific actions that we can take immediately to assist our media partners, beginning with helping organizations bring diverse voices to discussions at industry conferences and workshops in the coming months. . . ."
"Adrian Carrasquillo, who joined BuzzFeed as a breaking news reporter less than a year ago, has been promoted to the newly created position of Editor of Latino Coverage for the social news and entertainment website," Veronica Villafañe reported Friday on her Media Moves site.
"Dr. Mallika Marshall is returning to WBZ-TV News as Medical Reporter," the Boston CBS affiliate announced Thursday. Marshall, daughter of former ABC News anchor Carole Simpson and cum laude graduate of Harvard College, "has nearly 15 years of media experience including serving as HealthWatch Anchor at WBZ-TV News for ten years beginning in 2000." She serves on staff at Harvard Medical School and practices at the Massachusetts General Hospital Chelsea Urgent Care Clinic and its Revere Health Center.
"As print advertising revenue erodes for the consumer magazine industry as a whole, there are titles finding success catering to pockets of readers. Epicurean, city and regional and high-end luxury are a few of the most-commonly cited—the LGBT segment falls into that group as well," Michael Rondon reported Thursday for folio: "LGBT advertising spend rose 18.2 percent to $381 million last year, with circulation jumping 15.1 percent to 2.7 million, according to a study released by Rivendell Media, an ad agency serving the market, this week. . . ."
"With news publications increasingly charging for their once-free Web sites and apps, they face a critical question: Will readers pay for digital content? Now, one Internet start-up has put a twist on that question: Will readers pay for a journalist?" Sydney Ember reported Wednesday in the New York Times. Ember also wrote, "Beacon has a straightforward business model. A reader funds a writer for $5 a month and in return gets access to all of the content on the site. Since it went live five months ago, the site has signed up more than 100 writers and 'more than several thousand' subscribers," Adrian Sanders, one of Beacon's co-founders, said. "Writers receive 70 percent of their subscription revenue each month, with another portion going toward a bonus pool paid out to those who wrote the most recommended stories. The company keeps the rest. . . ."
"ABC's 20/20 host Elizabeth Vargas has signed to write a memoir about her struggle with alcoholism, Grand Central Publishing announced," Andy Lewis reported Thursday for the Hollywood Reporter. "The untitled book will be published in spring 2016. . . ."
S. Mitra Kalita, ideas editor at Quartz, is urging parents not to lobby for their children to receive summer internships. "I am begging you to restrain yourself," she wrote Thursday. "Especially if you are a liberal who purports to care about inequality in this country. Or a conservative who supports the notion of meritocracy. Or a parent who wants a child to ultimately achieve confidence and independence. It is the wrong way to hire. . . ."
"Journalists investigating the recent slaying of one of their colleagues said Wednesday that they have found a slew of mistakes, omissions and bad policing that undermine government claims that the man was killed as part of a personal dispute," Tracy Wilkinson reported Wednesday from Mexico City for the Los Angeles Times. "Gregorio Jimenez, a prolific freelance journalist kidnapped and found dead last month, 'was without a doubt killed because of his work: to inform,' Maria Idalia Gomez, a representative of the Inter-American Press Assn. and participant in the inquiry, said at a news conference. . . ."
Randal Archibold, the New York Times bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, spoke before journalism and Chicano and Latin American studies students at Fresno State University in California on Thursday, Nadia Pearl reported for the Collegian, a student publication. " 'I think the ones that are really in danger, the real heroes of journalism, are the Mexican journalists who suffer a great deal more,' Archibold said. 'Many stay on despite dealing with the death threats because they believe in a brighter future for the country, and, again, the only way to change it is by exposing these issues.' Archibold said drug cartels should 'think twice' before threatening an American journalist in the same way. 'Harming an American journalist would bring such tremendous response and heat,' he said. 'These are practical business-minded people who run the cartels. They don't want interruptions to their products.' . . ."
"Shocked colleagues of Sardar Ahmad, the senior reporter in AFP's Kabul bureau, Friday mourned the loss of a charming and talented journalist with a deep, nuanced understanding of Afghanistan's wrenching conflict," Agence France-Presse reported. "Ahmad, 40, was shot dead along with his wife Humaira and two of their three children—a girl and boy—when gunmen attacked the Serena hotel in the Afghan capital on Thursday evening. . . ."
"Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of Pakistan promised on Wednesday to improve journalists' safety and freedom to work, saying his government would investigate targeted violence, ease visa and travel restrictions, and immediately review the blacklisting of The New York Times's Pakistan bureau chief, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists advocacy group," Douglas Schorzman reported Wednesday for the Times.
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Project Index and Resources
- Open HVAC Control
- Can-hacking
- AVR Page (robotics club code that we have used in testing AVR)
- EDuino-B Arduino clones
- Jenett's Projects
- dosman's Projects
- Steve's Projects
- Will's Projects
- Rex's Projects
- Joe's Projects
- Nick's Projects
- Charlie's Projects
- Jay's Projects
- Josh's Projects
- Daniel's Projects
- Heath's Projects
New page for our workshops: Workshops
Group Projects
- Bloominglabs side-lit LED sign
- RFID access control for our room and the building
- Amateur Radio use at the space (aka Ham Radio)
- MAME Cabinet ('nuff said)
- Digital Badges - Achievement unlocked!
Potential projects
- build a RepRap
- obtain/repair a laser etcher/cutter
- other group projects?
- build a LittleFe cluster, introduce it to area secondary schools.
- LittleFe is a small educational cluster made of low-powered boards, intended to be portable and able to demonstrate how a small cluster is built and operated. Used in high schools to teach computers and clustering.
- see http://littlefe.net/
- M. Standish at IU is leading this project (I thought I would pitch the idea here in his behalf, hope he agrees)
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