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Leake struggles, but offense rallies late to top Dodgers
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Luis Cruz, the Dodgers' likely replacement for the injured Hanley Ramirez at shortstop, slugged a pair of home runs off Mike Leake and drove in four, but it wasn't enough as the Reds scored three runs in the ninth to win on Friday, 6-5.
Cruz played this game at third base, with Dee Gordon starting at short. They are the two shortstop candidates manager Don Mattingly has mentioned for the two months Ramirez will miss after tearing a right thumb ligament in the World Baseball Classic.
Cruz's home runs were in support of Clayton Kershaw, who allowed three runs (two earned) in six innings. Kershaw hit the first batter he faced and walked the next, leading to a two-run first inning for Cincinnati on RBI singles by Ryan Ludwick and Todd Frazier.
Leake, named the Reds' fifth starter earlier in the day, went five innings. He was relieved by closer Aroldis Chapman, who pitched a scoreless inning.
"I felt really good, just two bad pitches," Leake said following his outing. "I mixed well and kind of enjoyed it."
In the top of the ninth, the Reds were able to get the best of reliever Josh Wall, who was charged with three earned runs in just 1/3 of an inning. Jack Hannahan tied the game on a one-out, two-run single. Xavier Paul gave the Reds the lead with a sacrifice fly to score Emmanuel Burriss.
Dodgers Cuban sensation Yasiel Puig electrified the crowd in the fourth inning with a double and advanced to third on a fielding error by Ludwick.
But Puig had to leave the game in the top of the fifth inning when he tried to make a diving catch of a wind-blown fly by Brandon Phillips and had the wind knocked out of him when he landed hard on the ground. He said he was uninjured and expects to play Saturday night.
Up next: Shin-Soo Choo has been out for a week because of back spasms, but has felt good for a few days. If he still feels fine after Friday's full workout, Choo will likely be back in the Reds' lineup vs. the Rangers on Saturday. The two teams meet at 4:05 p.m. ET at Goodyear Ballpark. Mat Latos will make the start and be followed by Manny Parra and Jonathan Broxton.


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For us, evaluation also goes well beyond the immediate utilization of services and health impacts to encompass the long-term, social and multigenerational effects of interventions on multiple dimensions of well-being. Our work includes evaluation of health interventions and evaluation of policy impact.
Health and Development Interventions in Rural Bangladesh
This project explores the long-term, multigenerational effects of randomized interventions in mother and child immunization, disease outreach and family planning introduced in the rural Matlab area of Bangladesh.
Between 1977 and 1989, the International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) introduced a block-randomized Maternal and Child Health/Family Planning (MCH/FP) program that produced well-documented improvements in disease mortality and family size over the initial experimental period.
This study and the Matlab field site represent one of the few opportunities in the world to fully understand the social and economic benefits of targeted investments in health and family planning in poor countries and the potential long-term and sustainable impacts of today's widely publicized global disease control efforts.
Social Connection and Well-Being in Agincourt, South Africa
Social connections are important determinants of health, education, nutrition and other dimensions of well-being—particularly in youth and old age. The most common measure of social connection in population and public health research is co-residence, which has critical limitations.
Failure to attend to the full range of social relationships limits our ability to understand the social context of health and well-being. Non-household relationships are particularly important under conditions of extreme social or epidemiologic transition, as in the post-Apartheid South African context of high rates of unemployment, labor mobility and HIV/AIDS.
To redress this failure, we are using existing ethnographic data and longitudinal demographic data from rural South Africa to develop new measures of social connection that can be used in social surveys.
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The first morning I met Kevin Crain, a Managing Director at Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, he was feeling tired, as he did most days.
We were at a conference Kevin was hosting for the institutional retirement team and a group of their corporate clients. He'd invited me to the event to speak about managing personal energy.
Before my talk, we got to chatting and Kevin mentioned that he'd gotten less than six hours of sleep the night before, and that he didn't often get much more.
That's not too different from the average American, who gets between six and six and a half hours of sleep a night, according to a 2006 Science Daily study, or the thirty percent of working Americans who get less than 6 hours. And yet the research suggests that nearly all of us require between 7 and 8 hours of sleep a night to feel fully rested, and only a tiny percentage of us feel rested with less than 7 hours.
The costs show up physically, emotionally, and cognitively.
Kevin wasn't overweight, had no history of heart disease in his family, and worked out regularly -- in fact, he had once been a competitive marathoner. And yet five years earlier, at the age of 46, he had suffered a mild heart attack.
Two factors were likely at play. First, sleeping less than 6 hours a night increases the risk of developing or dying from heart disease by an astonishing 48 percent. Second, Kevin worked very long hours, at very high intensity, and he experienced a high level of stress much of the time.
I offered to try to help. Two weeks after his conference, we caught up by phone and I quickly focused in on his sleep habits. He typically went to bed around 1:00 am, he said, but there was no good reason for staying up that late. It was just habitual.
He woke up before 6:00 am, in order to be at work by 7:15. Once again, he acknowledged that there was no compelling reason to start that early. It was just something he'd always done. My suggestions were very simple. "What if, as an experiment, you chose a highly specific time to go to bed -- say 11:30 pm -- and you began winding down at least a half hour before that? And what if you woke up an hour later than you do now?"
Kevin did exactly that, and dutifully from day one. There is no single behavioral change we've seen in our work with thousands of executives that more quickly and powerfully influences mood, focus, and productivity than a full night's sleep.
In Kevin's case, the impact was also rapid and dramatic. In the mornings, he stopped rushing out the door and instead sat down for breakfast, spending a half hour chatting with his wife and two teenager daughters and flipping through the newspaper.
In the past, he'd find himself exhausted by mid-morning. Now, when he got to work around 8:30 or 8:45 am, he felt a higher and more consistent level of energy. In turn, he had more focus and more clarity all the way through to lunch, even if his meetings ran back to back. In the evenings, when he got home, Kevin felt less drained and more present with his family. The effects of sleeping more cascaded through his life.
After a month, we added a new behavior to his life at work. At 12 noon every day, Kevin gets up from his desk and takes a half hour walk outside. He doesn't bring along his Blackberry and he's realized the world doesn't end. Instead, he uses the time to clear his head or to think through key issues that arose in the morning meetings.
In the past, when he felt something didn't go right at one of his meetings, his inclination was to fire off an email to a direct report right away. "Ninety-five percent of my reactions were negative and counterproductive," he told me.
Now, the walk gives him time to take a step back. He's sending far fewer emails, and instead he's asking himself, "What do I need to do to get this to a better place?" By the time he addresses the issue with anyone else, he's calmed down.
Between sleeping longer, coming into work later, and taking a half hour walk, Kevin is actually working an hour and a half less each day than he did in the past. "I'm actually more productive than I used to be because I'm more attentive to the issues I should be focusing on," he says.
"In the past, I'd come in to work already feeling tired, and I'd put my energy into getting small tactical things done, rapid fire. That allowed me to feel productive without expending too much energy, but it was like eating chocolate. The satisfaction didn't last. Now I'm putting my energy into longer-lasting, strategic activities. They take more intellectual energy, but they're more satisfying, they add more value, and they're what I really should be doing as a leader."
The lesson: Two behaviors we've devalued and sometimes even demonized -- rest and renewal -- have a profound impact on people's productivity at work and their satisfaction across their lives.


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Master of Education in Educational Policy & Leadership, Marquette University
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I worked as a Student Coordinator and Staff Manager for 2 1/2 years as a Marquette student. In June of 2001, I became the Program Assistant Director and as of January 2009, I have been the Program Director.
As a Marquette student who benefited from doing Service Learning, I watched as the text, philosophies, and research I read for my classes became real, feasible, and concrete. As a teacher in an alternative high school who used Service Learning, I watched as my students were moved, challenged, and changed by their service experiences. As an agency staff member who supervised Service Learners, I watched as my clients got the extra attention that they so desperately longed for and deserved.
Now as the Director of the Program, I get to watch it all, as well as supervise to make sure the Program continues to make a difference. These experiences helped shape who I am today, and I continue to find fulfillment and passion in service. I would not be happy in a position that offered any less.


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Electrical safety is of paramount importance at Nordling Dean Electric Co., Inc. Chatham, N.J. According to Jerry Murphy, president of the firm, electrical safety plays a major role in company operations because of the many benefits imparted to all concerned.
First and foremost is the health and welfare of employees, particularly on-site electricians who face possible accidents every day. Murphy says that when employees know that we care enough to plan, install, and enforce a total safety program, they appreciate it and reward our efforts by returning a sincere effort to comply with the program. It's a win-win situation.
Accidents cause injury to personnel, impact the family, and result in lost time as well as damage to property. When accidents happen, morale drops, efficiency suffers, insurance rates go up, customers are unhappy, and everybody loses.
On the other hand, a well-planned safety program benefits everyone.
Multi-facet safely program
The safety program was planned and organized by Carl Dumont, vice president of construction. As the years passed, the program has expanded, developed further, and diversified to cover essentially all aspects of safety. Some of the major parts of the safety program are as follows.
Corporate statement of policy. The firm has published their Safety Manual, a public document that includes the following corporate statement of policy.
"Safety of employees and the public is a top priority that will not be compromised. Every effort will be made to prevent accidents by timely recognition and correction of unsafe conditions and unsafe practices. The firm will comply with all laws concerning safety and health enforced by local, state or federal authorities."
All-level safely coordination team. A safety coordination committee consists of four key members from all levels in the company. All members have multiple duties; however, each has specific duties. For example, Abe Bawarshi, vice president of engineering, coordinates and updates the entire program with special emphasis on the Safety Manual. Leon Baptiste and Charlie McCormick, project managers, monitor and review safety at job sites, especially work procedures, to assure maximum safety. Roger Dumont, warehouse manager, keeps tabs on all protective equipment, test instruments, and safety items. He regularly sends out rubber gloves, blankets, and instruments to be tested for reliability. Bill Davi, journeyman electrician, teaches apprentice safety classes.
Job start-up and site inspections. As soon as a job is scheduled, the superintendent and foreman meet to discuss accident prevention. Job-site conditions are examined and any danger spots are pointed out. Foremen make regular inspections of the site looking for any accident-prone locations.
Supervisor/foreman meetings. At these meetings, which are held at least quarterly, supervisors and foremen discuss safety data, experiences, accidents, and/or problems in detail. Their objective is to increase safety and reduce accidents. These meetings accomplish much the same as the job start-up and site inspection procedures do.
Tool box meetings. At each job site, a ten-min. meeting is held by the project supervisor or job foreman each week. Accidents or near accidents are reviewed and actions to prevent recurrence are discussed. Everyone is encouraged to contribute ideas that would enhance work safety.
Accident investigation. Accidents will happen, however. When they do, the Safety Coordination Team makes a full investigation, obtains all facts, details, and possible causes, and then takes suitable action to prevent recurrence. The team uses a thorough accident investigation procedure to assure a meticulous inquiry. The procedure investigates sequence of actions, condition of protective equipment, if they were used properly, etc. The job foreman is responsible for assignment of men who are trained or competent for each kind of work. A comprehensive questioning guide is used and an accident report must be filled out and sent to top management.
Seminars/training. On a regular schedule, Leon Baptiste, power quality engineer, also serves as a safety director. One of his responsibilities is to attend OSHA and safety seminars to be certain that work procedures and the safety manual incorporate the latest data concerning safety. Training also includes sessions for all company personnel held at least twice a year. Training of journeymen is an ongoing process in the field, as they observe and use protective items, instruments, the safety manual, safety checklists, etc.
Safety manual. The company's 110-page safety manual is a mainstay of the safety plan. It covers all common safety situations and provides guidance for essentially any safety circumstance that might exist. For example, chapters in the manual discuss OSHA regulations, accident investigation procedures, first aid, training, fire prevention and control, lockout and tagout procedures, ground-fault protection on construction sites, just to name a few.
Safe procedure checklists. For common or repetitive work, certain hazardous work, and to meet OSHA rules, "Safe Procedure Checklists" must be read and used to guide work; completed checklist must be submitted to central accident record-keeping when the work is completed.
Working in confined space is especially hazardous; permits are required and checklists for the work must be used. The same is true for work procedures such as work performed with hazardous materials.
Protective equipment, tools, test instruments. All protective items are listed on a main index, signed out to job sites, and tested upon return and/or on a schedule. Typical equipment includes hard hats, hearing protection, glasses, face shields, respiratory equipment, first-aid kits, stretchers, ladders, scaffolds, power tools, test instruments, rubber blankets, gloves, and high-voltage testers.
OSHA training. The firm keeps up to date with the latest OSHA standards by sending safety directors to OSHA seminars and carrying out all regulations as required. Information concerning OSHA rules is included in chapters in the Safety Manual. Typical OSHA rules and activities include displaying OSHA posters in company buildings and strict use of signs, labels, color codes, and posters, etc. to warn of hazards. Additional regulations relate to maintaining detailed records (using the OSHA log and summary of occupational injuries and illnesses), maintaining a list of all hazardous chemicals present at the company or at work sites, training relative to hazardous chemical materials, and the use of safety data sheets.
Management review. Top level officers in the firm review all reports pertinent to the safety program and are well versed in all aspects of the safety program on the job. They are aware of the benefits that accrue as mentioned earlier. As a result, motivation program has been instituted.
Incentive plan. The firm started a program that motivates and rewards the foreman that has the best safety record each year. The award is given at the company annual holiday party. This award program reaffirms the company's dedication to an effective safety program and helps to motivate foremen to do their best.


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Reaching into near and far corners of the world, this exhibition draws on a rich collection of materials that represents the book hunting activities of a fervent bibliophile in the first half of the 20th century. Wherever he traveled Nat Schmulowitz searched out bookshops and added humor books to what has become the world's largest public collection of wit & humor.
From a gift of ninety-three jest books, the Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor now holds over 22,000 volumes, representing over 400 years of humor in thirty-seven languages and dialects.
Innocents Abroad opens April 1 in the Skylight Gallery and continues through May 31.
A gallery of images from the exhibition may be viewed on our Flickr page.
Making Tracks -- Don't Forget to Write: Selected Travel Books. A book cover display on the Third Floor, General Collections and Humanities Center Wall Case.
Thursdays at Noon Film Series: April 5, 12, 19
Image: R.M.S. Andania postcard, Nat Schmulowitz scrapbook, 1926. Schmulowitz Collection of Wit & Humor, SFPL.


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BMW Tests Lightweight Assembly for Electric Cars
The new BMW i3 electric car has an expensive battery and a costly carbon fiber body. But BMW executives say they will make money on it because of the unusually low-cost way they're putting it together. Joe White has details on the News Hub.
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by William Mullins, Coast Guard Sports Information
NEW LONDON, Conn.-The Coast Guard women's soccer team dropped a hard-fought 1-0 decision to UMass Dartmouth on Sunday afternoon. With the loss Coast Guard drops to 2-3-0 on the season while UMass Dartmouth improves to 2-1-1.
The Corsairs got on the board first when senior Jillian Van Ness got free on a breakaway attempt in the 23rd minute and clanged the ball off the crossbar. However, the rebound fell right at the feet of junior Maura Gonsalves who blasted home a one-timer to beat Coast Guard junior Holly Moore for the early 1-0 advantage.
Moore did everything but stand on her head to keep Coast Guard in the contest in the first half, twice stopping great scoring chances by freshman Lucy Jensen. First in the 34th minute, a shot from about 12 yards out was deflected over the bar with one hand to keep the deficit a manageable one.
With the half winding down, in the 43rd minute, following a shot by Van Ness that was blocked by a Coast Guard defender, the ball fell at Jensen's feet but with Moore rolling around on the ground she was able to deflect the ball away from point blank range to be cleared and avoid any damage.
The Bears came out much more aggressively and put more pressure on the Corsairs after the half-time break but were unable to mount any significant threats to level the match. Coast Guard did get the ball into the box a couple of times in the final three minutes but were not able to put any attempts on frame.
Throughout the course of the game, UMass Dartmouth controlled the midfield and that seemed to be the major difference as they were able to generate more chances, out-shooting the Bears 26-6 and holding an 11-3 edge in corner kicks.
Coast Guard was, however, better conditioned and were able to mount a furious rally late in the game getting the ball up field almost at will against what appeared to be a very tired UMass Dartmouth defense.
Moore got her second start of the year in goal for Coast Guard and made nine saves on the afternoon as her record moves to 1-1-0 on the year. Freshman Nicole Butts recorded three saves in the UMass Dartmouth victory to move her mark to 2-1-1 on the season.
The Bears will return to action on Thursday, September 12th when they play host to Nichols College. Game time is set for 7:00 pm.


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Database-Modifying Malware Narilam a Corporate Sabotage Tool
Researchers have uncovered a new malware that modified corporate databases targeting Middle East systems, but the sample appears to be a form of corporate sabotage rather than a cyber-weapon on the scale of Stuxnet.
The malware, discovered Nov. 15 and dubbed W32.Narilam by Symantec, appears to be targeting and modifying corporate databases in the Middle East, Shunichi Imano, a Symantec security researcher, wrote on the Symantec Connect blog. At first glance, Narilam is very similar to other network worms, as it copies itself onto infected machines, adds registry keys, and propagates itself through removable drives and network shares.
Narilam is "unusual" because it can update Microsoft SQL databases over the Object Linking and Embedding Database (OLEDB) protocol, Imano said. The worm specifically targets SQL databases with three distinct names, alim, maliran, and shahd. Once the targeted databases are found, Narilam looks for specific objects and tables and either deletes the tables or replaces items with random values, Imano said.
The malware "appears to be programmed specifically to damage the data held within the targeted database," Imano wrote
How Big a Threat Is It?
The bulk of the infections thus far have been found in the Middle East, particularly Iran and Afghanistan, although infections have been reported in the United States and the United Kingdom. The malware appeared to have been created between 2009 and 2010, according to Kaspersky Lab's Global Research and Analysis Team. While "about 80 incidents" have been recorded over the past two years, the fact that just six infections were reported in the past month suggests the malware is "probably almost extinct," the researchers wrote on SecureList.
Gauss and Flame also were discovered earlier this year targeting systems in the Middle East. However, Narilam does not appear to have any information-stealing capabilities. Kaspersky Lab did not find any "obvious connection" between Narilam and Duqu, Stuxnet, Flame, and Gauss. Narilam was developed using Borland C++ Builder 6, while the others used various versions of Microsoft Visual C, according to the post.
Iran's Computer Emergency Response Team also warned against comparing Narilam with Stuxnet, Duqu, and Flame in a statement, claiming Narilam was not "a major threat, nor a sophisticated piece of computer malware." It was previously detected in 2010, and appears able to corrupt only the database included in a small business accounting software developed by an unnamed Iranian company, CERT said.
"The simple nature of the malware looks more like a try to harm the software company reputation among their customers," Iran-CERT said.
Narilam is "not a threat for general users," according to the CERT statement, but customers of that particular software package should make backups of their database and scan their systems with updated antivirus products.
Corporate Sabotage Tool
Kaspersky Lab uncovered an alert from an Iranian company named "TarrahSystem" claiming Narilam was targeting their software. It appears Maliran (Integrated Financial and Industrial Applications), Amin (Banking and Loans Software), and Shahd (Integrated Financial/Commercial Software) are all TarrahSystem products.
Within the targeted databases, Narilam looks for tables and objects with financial-related names such as BankCheck, A_Sellers, and buyername. Persian words such as Pasandaz, (savings), Hesabjari (current account) R_DetailFactoreForosh (forosh means sale), End_Hesab (hesab means account) and Vamghest (installment loans) are also on the list of terms Narilam recognizes.
The malware modified the following objects: Asnad.SanadNo (sanad means document), Asnad.LastNo, Asnad.FirstNo, and Pasandaz.Code, refcheck.amount, and buyername.Buyername. Narilam also deletes the following tables: A_Sellers, person, and Kalamast.
"Unless appropriate backups are in place, the affected database will be difficult to restore," Symantec's Imano warned.
Even if this particular malware sample winds up not being a major threat, the fact remains that malware authors can always modify existing samples to attack new targets. In fact, Kaspersky Lab uncovered several other variants with the same functionality and method of replication. Corporations need to make sure they maintain regular backups of databases and other critical systems in order to protect themselves from these kind of attacks.
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(Reuters) - An independent monitoring board said a large trial of Merck & Co's Vytorin cholesterol drug can continue, suggesting no major safety issues have yet been seen with the pill.
The news eased investor concerns that a safety issue could arise and further hurt sales of already struggling Vytorin. Merck shares were up 3.7 percent in Tuesday morning trading.
"We believe it is increasingly difficult to suggest any safety issues with (Vytorin)," JPMorgan analyst Chris Schott said, in view of the panel's green light to continue with the study.
Such panels of medical experts, which are allowed to examine confidential clinical trial data, are routinely used to assess whether drug studies should continue or be halted because they have already proven a drug is effective, ineffective or has safety problems.
Investors have been avidly awaiting an update from the panel on the study of Vytorin, called IMPROVE-IT, which began in 2005 and involves more than 18,000 patients with well-controlled cholesterol who had heart attacks or the kind of chest pain that can precede heart attacks.
The study will now continue until its planned conclusion in September 2014, Merck said on Tuesday. The study aims to prove conclusively whether Vytorin, whose annual sales total $1.75 billion, can significantly reduce heart attacks, strokes and heart-related deaths compared with Merck's older, generically-available Zocor (simvastatin) cholesterol fighter.
"Getting this interim look out of the way is a positive, given where investor sentiment has been," Sanford Bernstein analyst Tim Anderson said in a research note. He said "a surprising number of investors" have been worried about potential safety issues with Vytorin.
Doubts about the true worth of Vytorin and a related Merck drug called Zetia, and debates about their safety, have hurt sales of the medicines since 2008, after a pair of smaller studies showed unfavorable trends.
Vytorin combines Zocor with Zetia, a $2.6 billion-a-year product that Merck also sells as a standalone treatment. Zetia and Zocor block "bad" LDL cholesterol through different mechanisms, the reason they are paired in Vytorin.
The IMPROVE-IT study was begun in 2005, a year after Vytorin was introduced, to get a far better picture of the combo drug's worth and safety than could be seen in earlier trials that led to its approval.
Merck investors are hoping the final IMPROVE-IT results next year will establish Vytorin's clear effectiveness and safety, and thereby spark revived sales of Vytorin and Zetia.
Merck shares were up $1.60 to $45.26 in morning trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Reporting By Ransdell Pierson and Caroline Humer; editing by John Wallace


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Newtown donations scammer seeks probation
HARTFORD >> A New York City woman who posed as the aunt of a child killed in the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school last December is facing sentencing.
Nouel Alba is scheduled to be sentenced Tuesday in federal court in Hartford. She pleaded guilty in June to wire fraud and making false statements.
Alba is seeking probation, arguing she's already been punished by the media. Prosecutors are asking that Alba serve at least a year in prison.
Authorities say she made up details about the aftermath of the shooting to solicit donations for a "funeral fund" on behalf of the child's family and the families of other victims of the shooting, in which a gunman killed 20 children and six educators in Newtown.


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Workplace diversity will get a leg up thanks to a planned change in apprenticeship regulations that's been a long time coming. (Image from "Behind the Civil Rights Act, npr.org)
(Reprinted from Gamaliel.org)
The weekend's headlines focused, no surprise, on the flash: President Obama's announcement that the administration had rejected plans to build the Keystone XL pipeline.
But the same day his administration gave notice of another key decision that, while less flashy, may have more impact long-term. With no fanfare or "Back to the Future" jokes, the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration issued a news release announcing the first update to Equal Employment Opportunity regulations on apprenticeship programs since 1978.
If you believe broken or unjust systems have kept too many out of those jobs and held back many lower-income communities of color from getting ahead, this is really good news.
You might want to thank the administration for doing it or weigh in positively on this proposed regulation. You have until January 6—but more on that in a moment.
High road to good jobs
Apprenticeships in jobs like manufacturing, construction, health care, homeland security, educational services, and transportation are a high road to good-paying jobs in today's economy. Apprentices who complete programs earn an average starting yearly salary of more than $50,000 and during their careers earn $300,000 more on average than their non-apprentice peers, Labor officials state.
The Obama administration has been expanding and investing in this area, according to a recent article in Forbes. The Labor Department reported more than 19,000 program sponsors representing more than 200,000 employers offering apprenticeship training to more than 375,000 registered apprentices in 2014.
…But for whom?
Despite that investment, the pool of apprentices fails to reflect the diversity of the work force. People with disabilities, pregnant women, transgender people, and LGBT folks have not been included until now, so there's no data to track their participation in these jobs and job-training programs.
Working women, African Americans, and Latinos land fewer apprenticeships for lower pay than we might expect given their participation in the U.S. workforce, and the apprenticeships they do get pay less well (all the figures below are from the Labor Department background briefing on the proposed regulation change):
Fewer apprentices than workers
- Most apprenticeships tend to be in construction, but construction has the fewest women apprentices. In 2013, for example, 379 women completed construction apprenticeships compared to 16,510 men.
- In 2014 Latinos comprised 15.8 percent of the civilian labor force in manufacturing, but only 6.3 percent of the manufacturing apprentices.
- Blacks were under-represented in 81 percent of 67 apprenticeship categories, relative to the number of black men in those professions.
- Women and people of color applied for apprenticeships that were among the least well paid. For example painters, electricians and pipe fitters make $25 to $35 per hour but women are from 1 to 8.5 percent of these apprenticeships. Meanwhile CNAs and child care development workers earn less than $15 per hour but women are 85 to 99 percent of these apprentices.
- African American and Latino men apprentices tended to cluster in lower-paying apprenticeship positions, too. For example, blacks make up less than 8 percent of the electrician and plumber apprentices earning about $24 an hour on average but 14 percent of construction laborers earning about $12 an hour on average.
Looking at the numbers, the biggest question about the regulations update seems to be: what took us so long?
The proposed new regulation will help apprenticeship providers catch up with today by updating coverage to align with newer legislation and regulations related to age discrimination, the Americans with Disabilities Act, gender and sexual orientation and other workplace protections.
It will also provide companies and associations that sponsor apprenticeships clearer guidance and more flexibility on how to do fair outreach and gain a more representative pool of apprentices.
Comment time
Department of Labor will definitely be looking at and counting the comments pro and con the proposed new regulation--consider commenting on the potential and the need for jobs and training in your neighborhood, even if this sounds like inside baseball to you.


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Germany's Euroskeptic Party Buoyed by Polls
Support for Germany's euroskeptic Alternative for Deutschland is rising according to the latest polls. Christopher Lawton explains how the party could have an impact on Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition.
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... I ... the ECB chief Mario drug he was having a recovery in the euro zone and his monthly press conference ... a crowd of supporters of the Euroskeptic party Alternative for Germany ... gathered outside to hear its co-founder ... Conrad added ... they've done the European Union flags and science attacking the ECB for its role in keeping grease in the monetary bloc ... their enthusiasm for it by their highest rating yet in the pools of four percent ... just a tantalizing percentage point below the level which guarantees them parliamentary representation ... Linn doesn't govern Germany ... debates before YouGov in Germany ... stratum AFG co founder and spokesman told the crowd ... Mr. jargon as people decide how high inflation rises home low interest rates go ... and look left over for you and me ... since its founding this year if the party has injected controversy into what many predicted would be a run of the mill election ... by calling for Greece ... and other southern European countries in crisis ... to exit the euro currency bloc ... should it be into the government ... it could affect Germany's role as the euro zone seeks to exit the crisis by installing a voice in Parliament that does not oppose countries leaving the euro ... but supporters of German Chancellor and of the metal ... are more concerned that the AFP could up in the election but siphon votes away from her junior coalition party ... the free Democrats ... which the center right ... the AFP remains the only party in Germany to abdicate the exit of some euro zone members ... even if it wins only a fraction of the vote that could be enough to prevent the ruling coalition from forming a new government ... for The Wall Street Journal this is Christopher Lawton ...


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Parents have taken their kids out of the Castello di Serravalle nursery school in Bologna, Italy after news broke that their children's teacher, Michela Roth, had posed in glamour calendars, sporting sexy, see-through underwear.
Branded as "too attractive," by parents, one mother told a local Italian newspaper, "I don't want her teaching my son."
Roth, a sultry brunette with a similar look to Marisa Tomei or an older Eve Longoria, has lived in Italy for over a decade and is originally from the U.S. She said her modeling doesn't interfere with her teaching schedule.
"For me being a model is my second job," she told the UK Daily Mail. "I do shoots when school is over and especially in the holidays when I am back in the United States. I am always dressed in the pictures and never naked."
Over the course of her modeling career, Roth has posed in a Harley Davidson calendar and won the 'Miss Mamma Italiana' and 'Miss Cultetto D'Oro' (Miss Golden Bottom) beauty competitions. She says teaching is more important to her though.
"Maybe I could have been a model, but I just love being a teacher," Roth told the Mail. "I think there is a little bit of envy going on here and it has gone over the top - there are also mums who tell me that their children can't wait to see me in the morning."
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It's funny how some Christmas memories fade and some endure,
especially when it comes to gifts.
We weren't poor but we weren't exactly well off either when we
were young. Santa's gifts were often determined by budget
concerns but he always managed to leave us clothes and some
toys. (although one year I got a note with the other gifts:
"Dear Bill, I owe you one telescope. Santa Claus")
Ads for a forthcoming movie brought back more memories. One
Christmas Eve my sister and I could hear Alvin and the
Chipmunks "Christmas Song" play over and over while our
parents laughed. When we asked why the song kept playing we
were told it was the radio and to get to sleep before Santa came.
(of course by now I already knew the Awful Truth). It turned
out Santa had left us a portable record player along with a copy
of the record!
I still have the gift my sister gave me one year: a wooden chess
set, the kind that doubles as a box to hold the chessmen. It's
over thirty years old now.
As I grew older I learned that giving gifts was as much fun as
getting them. We didn't have a color tv so one year when I was
working at the toy warehouse I put a portable Magnavox color
tv on layaway and gave it to my folks for Christmas. That tv lasted
for years, even after my folks got a larger console set. It migrated
from bedroom to bedroom passing from my kid brother to my
sister's kids back to my brother's kids until it finally gave up the
And then last year, I got a gift from a group of great friends, the
computer that I'm using right now to preserve these memories.
Oh, yeah! I eventually got the telescope!
2010 Update: When I moved here from my old apartment I had
to give up my desktop computer from my friends due to space
limitations. But my family had given me Sheldon the laptop
computer for Christmas last year, so I'm able to sit here in
the living room and do my blogging and research in my
comfortable chair. And the year before they gave me the
digital camera that lets me chronicle my road trips in pictures.
I'm very grateful for these and other gifts from them.
So Genea-Santa has been very good to me over the years!


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Laura Snyder
There are some questions that may never be answered. The greatest minds in the world have taken us to a point in history where we can see solar systems millions of light-years away.We have solved the genetic code that will one day help us avert dreaded genetic diseases before our children are born.We can detect and sometimes predict natural and cataclysmic events with precise technological devices. Still, some questions remain unanswered. One such question has dogged me through 27 years of parenthood: Why won't anyone drink the last glassful of milk in the jug before opening a new one? Is this a genetic disorder? It's possible, because my husband shares this malady with all my children.
However, you would have thought that following certain rules of evolution, this trait would have been watered down and perhaps spread more thinly among our children. But, in fact, each child has that exact propensity and has added to it in their own unique way.
For the youngest child, eating a bowl of cereal that is not a full bowl is poisonous. So, if the box does not contain a full bowl, a new box is opened and, rather than waste time pouring two boxes, he simply pours a full bowl out of the new box. Thus, it could be said that this child is mindful of his time. Old boxes of cereal, however, can simply be left to rot.He explains by saying that the "schnibbles" are too dusty. If there are any aspiring inventors out there, here is a project for you: How can one pour the last of the cereal without having to eat the dust?
My daughter not only has the milk dregs and dust aversion, she also will stop eating a piece of fruit at the halfway mark. She will then place it in the refrigerator thinking that she will finish it later. "Later" is pretty ambiguous, however, and in our house, "later" never becomes "now." The result is a refrigerator full of what looks like shrunken heads and milk jugs that have turned to curds and whey. So when exactly is later?
The fourteen-year old has developed this disorder into a science. Peanut butter is his medium. At any given time, there are approximately a half dozen jars of peanut butter in the cupboard that have just enough peanut butter in them to make one or two sandwiches.If there is a new jar, only one side of the jar has been defiled. The virgin side still has the little curl on top that was made when the jar was filled. What, I wonder, is his plan? I asked him this question once. He said his plan was to take over the world. I never asked again.
There does not seem to be any rhyme nor reason to his madness. He only explains that the reason for the mostly-finished jars is because he hates it when his knife gets peanut butter on the handle. Apparently, it is impossible to dig peanut butter out of the depths of a jar without getting your knife slimy. And slimy knives are apparently not acceptable for the future ruler of planet Earth. I introduced him to a spatula five years ago, but the association didn't stick. Why? I don't know. These questions may never be answered.
Laura Snyder is a nationally syndicated columnist, author & speaker. You can reach Laura at firstname.lastname@example.com Or visit her website www.lauraonlife.com for more info.
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The Aldrich Alert
A Publication of the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty
by Gary Aldrich - Volume 2, Issue 29
This article appeared on WorldNetDaily on Saturday, May 25, 2002.
We're inching closer to that awful anniversary date of Sept. 11, when last year our lives were changed forever. No longer can we assume safety for ourselves or our loved ones. We have joined Israel and Great Britain and other nations who have been victims of a special kind of horror.
For years we watched in relative security as bombs were detonated all over the world the desperate, evil acts of those who cannot find peaceful means to pursue their political agenda. Meanwhile, we have found a way to tolerate our own homegrown terrorists the violent criminals who have all but taken over our cities and roam our interstate highways at will. And we have told ourselves that rampant, steady, deadly crime is the price of living in a free society.
If we lose 3,000 citizens in a single day, that's huge news. But if we lose 20,000 citizens to violent crime over the course of a year, that's a segment for "America's Most Wanted" unless, of course, you're Chandra Levy's mom and dad, or one of the loved ones of the victims of violent crime.
Now we have both plagues. But, what steps have been taken by the federal government after they have spent more than eight months investigating terrorists with one of the largest manhunts ever? They've had and will continue to have hearings and investigations so that they can avoid another 9-11. They have pointed fingers and shifted the blame. There is a steady parade of cabinet officers, heads of agencies and others to warn us about potential dangers. They can identify specific targets that they believe the terrorists have in mind for their next atrocity.
All these procedures could have a positive outcome, but there is one big thing the FBI and other law enforcement agencies can do right now to give us more protection and mitigate the threat that seems to be growing by the day. It's so obvious that I know even a hard-left liberal can agree with this:
We can have another roundup of suspects.
Immediately following 9-11, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies did a sweep of all known suspects, mostly illegal aliens who matched a certain description, and as a result, we have been incident free for eight peaceful months. After the arrests, detentions, roundups (call it what you want), the FBI and other agencies continued their search with a massive investigation to learn the identities and whereabouts of additional terrorists.
They've been working feverishly around the clock, weekends, holidays and they have even traveled the globe to identify and track as many terrorists as possible. While our great military does its job, FBI agents pore over documents, examine the results of surveillance and listen to wiretaps.
Now we are being told that bombers can waltz into the Statue of Liberty, or walk across the Brooklyn Bridge, or do whatever they want, whenever they want. Meanwhile, the "loyal" opposition is harping on the Bush White House about what they knew before 9-11 and when they knew it.
Both parties seem to have lost direction here. Why isn't anybody asking the most obvious questions: Where are the rest of the indictments? When are we going to see some more arrests? When are we going to launch the next roundup of illegal-alien suspects?
There is one sure way to eliminate the threat of terrorism: Kill the terrorists or lock them up. Lately, we've been distracting ourselves with arguments about who's at fault for what happened in the past. In the meantime, terrorists who are mostly illegal aliens apparently walk and drive on our streets with complete freedom.
Who do these terrorists think they are? Do they think they have the same rights as our own homegrown terrorists? Do we think they have the same rights as our homegrown terrorists? Will flawed logic force us to extend our tolerance for domestic terrorism to illegal aliens?
Do we have to put up with the inaction and timid responses of our federal government because of the fear of possible lawsuits brought about by "profiling" so that a few can continue to worship the god of political correctness?
I don't know the answer, but my family and I hope somebody can figure this out in a hurry. I know pragmatic people think they have to factor in mainstream-media reactions and those awful, dreaded lawsuits! But sometimes, to save a country, you just "gotta do what ya gotta do!"


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As Brian Ashcraft reported during the Tokyo Game Show in September, Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor foregoes the pricey, complicated controller of the original game in favor of a slightly less convoluted control scheme that uses Microsoft's Kinect and a real gamepad.
You are the controller! That's what Microsoft told us during E3 2010, when their camera-powered motion controller made its debut as Kinect. Soon we will all be playing games without traditional controllers at all, waving our hands mystically about to do everything from mixing potions to controlling giant mechs. Apparently we're not a very versatile controller, because Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor requires both the Kinect and a standard Xbox game pad.
I find this disappointing. Why? Well for one it's a game that requires Kinect to play, but also requires more traditional controls for key gameplay elements. Why not allow players to forego Kinect control completely, using the analog sticks on the Xbox controller to act as stand-ins for the player's hands?
I'm guessing it's because then it wouldn't be the hardcore Kinect exclusive it's being touted as, just another normal game with a little Kinect functionality thrown in to appease purchasers of the peripheral, sort of like Forza 4.
It's kind of sad that there's a new Steel Battalion game coming out and I'm less interested every time I see it. Perhaps it's time to dig that massive controller out of the closet and give the original another go.
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Summary Meeting Notes: August 28, 2012 Neighborhood Centers PEG
August 28, 2012 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
PEG Attendees: Kate Allen, Lisa Bates, Jason Barnstead-Long, Andre Baugh, Kristin Cooper, Gordon Davis, Alan DeLaTorre, Betty Dominguez, Justin Douglas, Ivy Dunlap,Allen Field, Ryan Givens, Bob Granger, Brett Horner, Rick Michaelson, Jennifer Moore, Dora Perry, Mark Raggett, Nick Sauvie, Allison Stoll.
Other Attendees: Tom Armstrong, Debbie Bischoff, Tyler Bump, Brian Campbell, Troy Doss, Courtney Duke, Alisha Kane, Doug Klotz, Jordan Lanz, Lora Lillard, Don MacGillivray, Robin McIntosh, Liza Mickle, Linda Nettekoven, Chris Smith, Deborah Stein, Spencer Williams.
Key Points and Outcomes
The following are key takeaways from the August 28th Centers PEG meeting that staff will consider in refining design and historic preservation policies:
Urban Design Concept and Public Realm
- Consider ways of making equity a more explicit part of the citywide design policies. Citywide policy direction needs to be inclusive and flexible enough to be defined at the local scale by the local community.
- Incorporate physical accessibility and mobility needs into policies about pedestrian-friendly design (making it clear that it is more than about walking, but creating public places that are accessible to people of all abilities). Develop broader policies for a multigenerational city that are responsive to our aging society.
- Consider the inclusion of diagrams/mapping showing intended density and development scale, instead of focusing just on land use. Highlight areas of change, versus places of relative stability.
Pattern Areas
- While there was general support for the simplicity of the five pattern areas to acknowledge differences and create flexibility in implementation approaches that are responsive to community characteristics, consider how citywide policies might also acknowledge that smaller areas within the broader pattern areas have their own distinctive characteristics that should be continued over time.
Historic Preservation
- Acknowledge the importance of an inclusive process to identify places of historic and cultural importance.
- Consider how policies on historic preservation and aesthetics relate to housing and other community needs. Consider how accessibility/mobility can be integrated into policies related to the rehabilitation of historic buildings.
Welcome, Introductions and Centers Reports
Presenter:Steve Faust, Facilitator
Summary: Neighborhood Centers PEG members introduced themselves and shared observations from visits to Neighborhood Centers in Southeast Portland – Montavilla, Jade District, Lents/Foster andWoodstock. Themes from PEG member observations include:
- Each center has unique issues.
- Importance of civic uses, such as libraries, in making centers successful. Need more than commercial services.
- Authenticity important –Woodstockseems truly neighborhood oriented.
- Transportation is an issue – Taking transit, it took a long time to reach the southeast centers from North/Northeast.
- Centers can have many assets, but connections between them are not always good.
- Jade District an example of a place with a good amount of small businesses, but different in form from traditional main streets.
- Centers are very different from each other.
Presenters: Steve Faust; Bill Cunningham, BPS
Summary: An Equity Framework being used by all PEGs to aid in decision-making was distributed at the July Neighborhood Centers PEG meeting. The group agreed that time would be allotted in the August meeting agenda to discuss the framework. Since that time, BPS and the Office of Equity and Human Rights (OEHR) have partnered on efforts to ensure that the aspiration of the Portland Plan Equity Framework becomes operational in the Comprehensive Plan Update process. OEHR will be convening an Equity Group to advise Comprehensive Plan Update project staff on content and process in coordination with the Community Involvement Committee. Judith Mowry, the City's Equity Strategies and Initiatives Policy Analyst, will attend the PEG's September meeting to provide more information on this issue.
Meeting Handouts and Presentations:
Citywide Urban Design Discussion
Presenter: Mark Raggett and Lora Lillard, BPS
Summary: After a brief presentation on what urban design is and what is meant by an urban design concept, PEG members shared comments on the following potential new policy approaches for the Comprehensive Plan Update: 1) An urban design concept diagram, 2) Portland's public realm (streets, open spaces and natural landscape), and 3) policies acknowledging the differing characteristics and context of Portland's five fundamental pattern areas (inner, eastern, and western neighborhoods; the Central City; and the industrial and riverfront areas.
Urban Design Concept Diagram and Portland's Public Realm
- Differentiate between centers and corridors.
- Need a greater focus on creating a quality street environment in places such asHawthorne.
- The design concept should include landscape elements such as the eastside Buttes, but also need to identify rivers and the slough.
- None of the design principles address equity. Need to make connections to equity explicit and incorporate accessibility into policies about pedestrians.
- Include all water bodies in the diagram as all, no matter how small, are important parts of an interconnected system.
- It will take more than just zoning to achieve urban design concept aspirations. Consider how to address non-confirming uses.
- Diagrams should show density and development scale, not just land use.
- Show areas of change, versus places where less change happens.
- Idea of considering role of streets beyond movement function is important. Buffers are needed between traffic and pedestrians and gathering places.
- Provide guidance on how to create great streets that support more community activity, such as the festival streets inChinatown.
- Need to move beyond one-size-fits-all approaches for green streets.
- We have an aging society, making accessibility a key issue. Craft consistent policy language to convey goals about creating accessible environments that go above and beyondADArequirements.
- Intuitive design concepts should be considered to accommodate older people and people with disabilities to ensure access and safety.
- Currently, standardized designs are used for streetcar stations. Seek opportunities to design stations that contribute to unique character of places.
- Consider potential negative impacts of policy recommendations as we transition to decisions and implementation.
- Balance continuity and distinctiveness in design. Light rail station designs are good examples.
- Don't assume you can design for everyone. Design needs to be responsive to different people and the way they use places. The images used in the presentation are too Western-centric.
Five Pattern Areas Approach
- Five pattern areas are over-simplistic, as there are many more than five types of neighborhoods. Laurelhurst, for example is different from the grid of other inner neighborhoods, while some areas in Southwest have a grid of streets unlike other areas in Southwest.
- The broad pattern area approach is good, but neighborhood-level planning is also needed.
- What tools can be used to ensure new development fits in with neighborhood character and meets neighborhood goals? Are design review and regulations needed?
- The pattern areas are useful for highlight differing characteristics and assets of different parts ofPortland, such as in considering appropriate street design approaches.
Meeting Handouts and Presentations:
- Citywide Urban Design Policy Updates
- Citywide Urban Design Presentation
Historic Resources Discussion
Presenter: Liza Mickle, BPS
Summary: PEG members commented on new policy direction for Historic Resources in three areas: 1) preservation strategy, 2) the cultural and social value of historic resources, and 3) resource conservation and sustainable development.
- Move historic preservation out of the urban design chapter. Historic preservation is more than about design and aesthetics. It is more about sustainability, community economic development and neighborhoods.
- Ranch houses are an important source of accessible housing. Bungalows and other older houses present barriers due to entry steps.
- Historic resources should be at core of policies and planning for neighborhood centers and urban design.
- Concerned about new buildings not fitting into neighborhood character. Policies sound good, but how do they ensure that builders do not build incompatible development?
- Consider the importance of accessible housing and how this relates to historic buildings.
- Concerned about emphasis on neighborhood character. Who determines this and what is good design? Need to be careful about who is empowered to do this. Need to consider community needs versus aesthetics.
- Like preservation being part of urban design. Impacts on the historic fabric of neighborhoods are related to equity, such as was the case with urban renewal in Albina. Preserving culture and places is part of urban design.
- Need equitable approach to who is identifying places of historic or cultural importance.
Meeting Handouts and Presentations:
Public Comment
1. Commented and distributed a handout on the importance of maintaining allowances for some development to not include off-street parking, linking this to goals for reduced vehicle travel, response to global warming, and achieving growth management and design goals.
- PEG member noted that urban design was a key consideration when the Zoning Code was amended to eliminate parking requirements in the CS zone. Parking requirements were resulting in surface parking lots, creating empty spaces that disrupted the urban fabric of main streets. At the time, neighborhood associations were in support of eliminating parking requirements.
2. Growth projections are showing an increase of 300,000 more people over the next 25 years. This will mean a lot of change we are not prepared for (200% change in Downtown, 60% changing in Southwest and some inner neighborhoods, 30% change elsewhere).
Economic Development analysis indicates a lack of industrial land and an over-abundance of neighborhood commercial property. This means too much land is zoned commercial, too many commercial corridors. Concentrating on centers is a better approach than corridors.
Next Steps
Presenter: Steve Faust
- PEG members requested feedback on how their comments are being used to revise new policies. Staff will report on key points from each meeting that will be considered when preparing new policy language.
- The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 20 at 8 a.m. BPS will send out a list of suggested Neighborhood Centers to visit before the next meeting along with policy questions to consider.
- Please use the survey tool to share any additional comments you have on urban design and historic resources.
For more information, please contact Bill Cunningham, Bureau of Planning and Sustainability at 503-823-4203 or email@example.com or Steve Faust, Facilitator at 503-278-3456 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Survey Responses (posted 9/7; closed 9/14)
Urban Design
Portland's Public Realm (natural landscape, parks, and streets)
While most of the existing policy for Portland's public realm focuses on the pedestrian scale, there is currently little guidance to ensure citywide equitable access or to allow streets to provide more public gathering, habitat connections, or wayfinding. Additionally, the current Comprehensive Plan does not specifically identify Portland's most significant geographic features, such as the Willamette and Columbia Rivers or Portland's buttes and ridges, to serve as context for place-based decisions.
Please review the next four policy statements and let us know if you agree or disagree with the proposed new approach for Portland's Public Realm.
1. Create a unified, citywide plan for Portland's public realm to include habitat connections, civic corridors, and city greenways.
Agree (9)
Disagree (0)
- Unified, and equitable, citywide plan.
- I would like to reiterate that we, as a city and region, need to develop an understanding of language that pertains to accessibility. Terms like accessibility have different meanings to various stakeholders and there is not a common understanding of the difference between accessibility, universal design, usability, visitability, etc.
- There is a huge disparity in public investment of all kinds. East Portland deserves more public buildings, parks, community centers, etc. It has great potential for habitat corridors. The street grid needs to be filled in to make non-auto travel feasible.
2. Focus on areas "under-served" by access to open spaces and connections.
Agree (8)
Disagree (1)
- This is at the core of the equity debate!
- I think I support this, but need more information on what "focus on" means or entails. What will happen as a result (i.e. will more parks be built or enhanced in underserved areas)?
- Yes, see answer to #1.
- I do not really disagree. However, the open spaces need to be determined based on ecosystem concerns, not just where they are lacking now
3. Expand the functionality of streets beyond movement.
Agree (9)
Disagree (0)
- Third places are critically important to vibrant streets (e.g., public squares, businesses that serve as gathering space).
4. Highlight Portland's most significant geographic, natural and cultural features.
Agree (8)
Disagree (0)
- What does "highlight" mean?
- It would be incredible if, in partnership with the Portland Business Alliance, we were able to create an age-friendly tourism guide focusing on accessible features of the city (San Sebastian, Spain has been successful in a similar approach)
- In doing so, how will this serve as a context for place based decisions as stated above?
Portland's Five Pattern Areas
Existing development regulations tend to follow a "one-size-fits-all" approach. The Portland Plan provides a map toPortland's five major areas: Western, Eastern, and Inner neighborhoods, Central City and the Industrial and River Area. Highlighting Portland's major pattern areas in the citywide Comprehensive Plan can help future development better respond to each area's unique needs and characteristics (smaller areas of distinctive character will remain a focus of area plans and plan districts).
Please review the next three policy statements and let us know if you agree or disagree with the proposed new approach for Portland's Five Pattern Areas.
5. Recognize and strengthen Portland's five pattern areas.
Agree (5)
Disagree (3)
- I think the wording is a little off… the pattern areas don't need to be "strengthened"… does that mean strengthen the lack of connected street pattern in outer SE? Perhaps "recognize and use the pattern to customize policies and zoning that will strengthen the livability of the area and provide equitable opportunities for all regardless of the pattern area."
- Additional research needs to be undertaken to understand how these pattern areas impact activity and well-being. The Institute on Aging at PSU has started to look at how different urban development characteristics impact age friendliness (they are looking for funding to study this area further at the neighborhood level).
- Somewhat agree; be careful not to create too much homogeneity.
- Expand to show more areas.
- I think that we should recognize and strengthen pattern types in the areas where they occur, rather than by area, since the patterns are more based on when and how the areas were built, not where they are. For example, Multnomah village fits the so called inner east side pattern because it was built at the same time, based on the streetcar. Similarly, the design and character of Laurelhurst has more to do with the design of Terwilliger parkway than it does with Buckman.
6. Build on the existing assets of each pattern area while accommodating growth.
Agree (8)
Disagree (0)
- But don't let that detract from supporting new assets that would provide a wider range of opportunities for the surrounding communities.
- East Portland has suffered a great deal from accepting a huge portion of the city's growth -- nearly half of the new housing built in the city between 1996 and 2006 was built in East Portland-- without getting any of the benefits.
7. Support and strengthen areas identified for growth.
Agree (6)
Disagree (1)
- Too vague to support as written.
- Beware that current infill strategies (e.g., townhomes, duplexes, triplexes) have been seen as barriers to age friendliness. What are the opportunities for stacked flats to replace commonly seen infill practices that are inaccessible?
- What does "support and strengthen" mean? I hope that this means areas identified for growth will be prioritized for improvements in infrastructure (everything from sidewalks and sewers to parks and amenities). Please clarify.
- Not enough information at this time to answer.
Historic and Cultural Resources
New policy language would incorporate Portland Plan guidance regarding the need to consider preservation of community characteristics and history when making decisions regarding growth and development. Other policies would place a new emphasis on cultural and social history, as well as links between historic preservation and sustainable development.
Please review the next five policy statements and let us know if you agree or disagree with the proposed new approach for Historic and Cultural Resources.
General Preservation Strategy
8. Integrate new development into Portland's urban fabric and patterns, prioritizing new development that fills in vacant and underutilized gaps while preserving and complementing historic resources.
Agree (7)
Disagree (1)
- This statement doesn't fit East Portland, where acres of low-quality development have already destroyed the urban fabric.
- This probably means that we need to adjust zoning densities to match what exists in historic areas. Identifying those areas needs serious work and tough decisions.
Emphasis on Cultural and Social History
9. Promote awareness and appreciation of cultural diversity and the social meanings/significance of historic places and their role in enhancing community character and sense of place.
Agree (7)
Disagree (1)
- This is very vague and curious ... how will the city promote awareness and appreciation of these things and to what end? How will this "appreciation" actually direct future growth and development in a way that enhances community character and sense of place?
10. Foster inclusive historic preservation and public history activities that embrace Portland's diverse communities, cultures and history.
Agree (8)
Disagree (0)
Emphasis on Historic Resource Conservation and Sustainable Development
11. Encourage reuse of historic buildings to conserve natural resources, reduce waste, and model stewardship of the built environment and community assets.
Agree (8)
Disagree (0)
- Must be mindful of generally higher costs when preserving historical buildings particularly in the context of affordable housing.
12. Increase the long-term viability of historic structures and improve public safety through seismic and energy-efficiency retrofits.
Agree (8)
Disagree (0)
- Same as above.
- This is a lower priority to me than some others.
Other Comments
13. Are there any other questions or comments you would like to share?
- This was an especially difficult survey to complete. I am left feeling like I have more questions than I did when I left the meeting. It is difficult not to agree with generalized statements such as these, but hard to fully agree given that I do not feel like I have enough information to provide meaningful input related to public health goals/values. I realize that this is due in large part to the fact that Comp Plan policies are very high level in nature and that we will not get into details about how they will be implemented, but it might be helpful to give us some examples of what sort of implications these new directions might have on the ground in real time. Thank you for providing key takeaways in your email. Are all PEG leads/presenters being asked to provide this feedback to their groups?