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DCF chief tries to right agency as scrutiny grows

Olga Roche faces a massive task

In October, Olga Roche became the permanent chief of DCF.

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In October, Olga Roche became the permanent chief of DCF.

She has what one children’s advocate called “the worst job in state government.” She runs an agency that in recent months completely lost track of a 5-year-old Fitchburg boy, allegedly ignored multiple reports of sexual abuse of another child, and was chastised by a federal judge for failing thousands of children whose futures in Massachusetts he called “murkier than in most places in America.”

“Do you care?” the judge wrote, expressing outrage.

Olga I. Roche, the commissioner of the state Department of Children and Families, says the answer is an emphatic yes.

But child welfare advocates say the problems plaguing DCF may be too monumental and longstanding for any one commissioner, no matter how confident, to fix.

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The agency, which is charged with protecting 36,000 children from abuse and neglect in some of the most troubled families in the state, is woefully underfunded, its caseworkers are overburdened, and morale is low, according to advocates.

Competence is also a chronic concern, according to federal judge William G. Young, who declared in November that the department has “failed not only to comport with national standards of care and state and federal requirements, but also to comply with its own internal policies” for protecting children in foster care.

Young issued his ruling as he dismissed a class-action lawsuit against the department, but said he was disturbed to find that DCF places children in inappropriate foster homes, lacks proper educational and medical services, and has subpar caseload management and training practices.

The agency’s failings, Young said, were “more about budgetary shortfalls than management myopia” and added: “We are all complicit in this financial failure.”

“When next you bemoan your tax burden, remember that, at that moment, somewhere in Massachusetts there is a youngster who has just been taken from her parents’ home,” Young wrote. “She is confused, inexpressibly lonely, homesick, and desperately afraid. Because of Massachusetts’ penury, her future is murkier than in most places in America. Do you care?”

Roche’s response to that ruling, as well at to the case of the missing boy, Jeremiah Oliver, has been relentlessly forward-looking.

“My passion has been how to help the family unit, to maintain safety around the kids, so children can thrive,” said Roche, a mother of two. “I’m not asking anything different than my children had. I want the children of DCF — who I call my children of DCF — to have the same opportunity.”

A social worker who has spent 33 years climbing the ranks of the state’s social services system, she became interim commissioner in April and was given the job permanently in October.

Born in the Bronx and raised in Puerto Rico, she is one of four children of a teenage mother. She says she was raised in part by her grandmother and great-grandmother, like many of the children in foster care the agency now tracks.

Roche, 59, spent six years working for the state Department of Youth Services before joining the social services department in 1987. Since then, she has risen from area director to regional director, to deputy commissioner in 2007.

As DCF commissioner, she has “the worst job in state government,” said Maria Mossaides, executive director of Cambridge Family and Children’s Service, a private child welfare agency. “And that is because you are dealing with an inconsistent mandate, a mandate that says protect children and preserve families, and that is a very hard line.”

The agency — and Roche — were cast into an unwelcome spotlight in December when officials acknowledged that Jeremiah Oliver, who had been under DCF supervision since 2011, had not been seen by a relative since September and by a DCF worker since May.

Authorities have said they are treating the boy’s disappearance as a potential homicide. Albert L. Sierra, 22, the boyfriend of Jeremiah’s mother, has been charged with brutally beating the boy, and his mother, Elsa Oliver, 28, has been charged with doing nothing to stop the abuse.

Roche has fired a social worker and two managers who handled Jeremiah’s case. Shortly after that, the superintendent of schools in Northborough went public with her concerns about the agency. She said DCF only removed a second-grader from home after school officials filed 13 reports of sexual abuse in one year.

No one has called for Roche’s ouster, and Governor Deval Patrick has expressed support for her.

But with Jeremiah still missing, the agency is under intense scrutiny. The state auditor, the state Office of the Child Advocate, and three legislative committees have launched investigations. The Children’s Welfare League of America is conducting an outside review.

Some child advocates worry the focus on safety, while long overdue, could have a downside. More children under DCF supervision, they say, could now be removed from their homes, because DCF workers would rather take the safer route of sending children to foster care, rather than leave them in a home that could result in another tragedy.

The advocates say that approach reflects workers more concerned with job safety than helping families in distress.

“Safety concerns tend to blind people to the connections that kids have to their families and communities,” said Michael Dsida, a public defender who represents children and families battling DCF custody orders.

Martha Grace, a retired chief justice of the Juvenile Court, said she often saw a flood of children being sent into DCF custody after the agency was hit with past scandals.

“All of a sudden, we would see this flurry of filings in the court, and you’d look at them and say, ‘Whoa. This wouldn’t have been filed two months ago,’ ” Grace said. Some of the orders were warranted, Grace said. But she added: “You can’t let the horror of this particular situation drive bad decisions.”

In the past, commissioners at the agency, which was known as the Department of Social Services prior to 2008, have been forced to resign after children died on their watch. Roche could face such calls in the coming days.

But Marylou Sudders, a former president of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, said Roche is well positioned to steer the agency through turmoil.

“What I’m struck with is someone who is dedicated to public service and is committed to child protection,” said Sudders, who has known Roche since the 1990s, when Sudders was the state’s mental health commissioner. “Her deep knowledge of the department will be helpful and will serve her well in this time of crisis.”

The union that represents DCF social workers took a vote of no confidence in the previous commissioner, but has not taken that action against Roche. Peter MacKinnon, DCF chapter president of SEIU Local 509, said Roche sincerely believes in trying to protect children from harm, but has been slow to lessen the burden of heavy caseloads.

“We found her slow to act when it counts and, especially now, when you’re in a crisis mode, you need someone who is going to be there when it counts,” MacKinnon said.

Those who have watched the agency closely for years say the ability to fix it will not depend on whether Roche is ultimately deemed the right person to lead DCF out of scandal. Grace, the former juvenile court judge, said it will require attention even after the latest wave of public outrage has faded.

“The trouble with child protection agencies is there’s no constituency for them,” Grace said. “There’s nobody fighting for them.”

Michael Levenson can be reached at mlevenson@ Follow him on Twitter @mlevenson.
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The Bowling Green Bobcats were the victors of Friday night’s battle against Clopton, 52-42.

The Bobcats rode on the shoulders of Adam Holt’s offensive strength for much of the game. The junior scored an impressive 21 points.

Holt made 64 percent (9-for-14) of his shots attempted and hit 50 percent of his attempted free throws. He grabbed eight total rebounds, and made one block and three steals.

Cory Buchanan was next on the leader board, hitting two three-pointers and scoring 12 points total. The junior was the rebound leader, snagging nine total. He also made one block.

Senior Corey Brown wasn’t far behind, putting up 11 points for the Bobcats. Brown got four total rebounds and made one steal.

Also contributing were Josh Early, with four points, five rebounds, and one block and Andrew Martinson, with two points, four rebounds, and one steal.

The Bowling Green Bobcats finished the game with 36 total rebounds, four blocks, and six steals. The ten-point victory put the team in an excellent mind set as they prepared to take on Elsberry Saturday night in the final round of the Bowling Green tournament.

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By Salvador Rodriguez

Japanese promoter Akihiko Honda, director of Teiken Promotions, is targeting a date in September for the anticipated battle between Roman 'Chocolatito' Gonzalez (39-0, 33KOs) and Japan's Akira Yaegashi (20-3, 10KOs), who holds the flyweight championship of the World Council Boxing (WBC). The card would also feature the first defense by WBC junior flyweight champion Naoya Inoue (6-0, 5KOs), who captured the title in April with a sixth round TKO of Mexican veteran Adrien Hernandez.

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<!–[if !vml]–><!–[endif]–>The first in a series of public roundtables on the Johnson Building Improvement Project was held on August 15 (pictured at right). Members of the public joined Boston Public Library staff to review recommendations from the master plan. David Leonard, Director of Administration and Technology, led the discussion and walked the group through each area of the four floors (concourse, first floor, mezzanine, second floor) slated for improvements. The group was also shown a series of interior and exterior computer renderings that depict what the library might look like after the renovation. David discussed the project timeline with the first major milestone being the closure of the second floor of the Johnson Building planned for this coming October in preparation for the first phase of construction.

Discussion followed with questions related to the optimal location for the children’s library, the prominence of public art, plans for quiet spaces, technology, spaces for tutoring sessions, and the size of the collection. Attendees also discussed the best use for the enterprise area on the first floor, which has been planned as a possible café or retail space.

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by Aaron Earls, posted Friday, May 09, 2014 (2 years ago)

NASHVILLE (BP) -- Ben and Julianna Zobrist know what it's like to live under a microscope. Ben is a two-time Major League Baseball All-Star for the Tampa Bay Rays, while Julianna is a professional recording artist.

But they are accustomed to people watching their every move -- they both grew up as pastors' kids.

In their new book, "Double Play" (B&H Publishing), the Zobrists describe the real life of what many would see as a dream come true.

Julianna says both she and Ben realize their lives, having reached the pinnacle of two fields, may appear too good to be true from the outside, but they are ordinary people with an extraordinary Savior.

"At the end of the day, we are all human beings with the same needs and the same Savior," she said.

Their book focuses on some of the struggles they have experienced.

"Some of the stuff in the book, we didn't necessarily want to share, but we felt the Lord could use us opening up our lives in that way," Ben explained.

Julianna said her dad referred to those moments as "the black keys," like the ones on a piano.

"He said, 'Jules, you don't have a great song without the black keys. You have to have all the keys," she recalled. "The power lies in Christ's ability to restore and take brokenness and make it something useful."

For Ben, as a Major League Baseball player, his career struggles are visible to everyone. "You have to have a short memory," he said. "You are going to fail, and people will see it on 'SportsCenter' and read about it in the newspaper. During those times it's important to rest in the Lord."

In learning to handle the opportunity he had been given, Ben said he found himself in a spiritual depression.

"I've realized over the years that I don't have to feel that pressure," he said. "We all have the same platform before the Lord -- we have one life to live for him. He's pleased with the heart more than the numbers."

As pastors' kids themselves, they want their book to speak especially to families in vocational ministry.

"It was so important for us to see our parents as real people," Ben said. "I would encourage any church leader to be real and genuine with your family."

Julianna feels a special burden for mothers facing the "daunting task of raising children when you feel like you are standing on stage."

For her, "it was freeing to think about what the Lord said, 'Well done, good and faithful servant.' He didn't say famous or fruitful. He said faithful. Mothers, be faithful in that moment. Be faithful with your children."

In their book, Ben and Julianna offer practical counsel to help husbands and wives pray together, create spiritual conversations, read and study Scripture as a couple and allow the Holy Spirit to guide their lives and families.

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"Down the Spine" Exhibit Showcases the Art and Craft of the Book

March 13, 2012

The exhibit " DOWN THE SPINE: The Art and Craft of the Book in Central Illinois" opened at the Contemporary Art Center, in Peoria Illinois, and runs from March 10th through April 6th. It features work by several Bradley faculty, alumni and graduate students.

Curated by Robert Rowe, Professor of Art at Bradley University, "Down the Spine" takes an expansive view of the art and craft of the book as it showcases new and traditional approaches to a cherished and enduring art form.

Artist represented in the exhibit are:

Nicole Blackburn

Peter Bushell

Andrea Ernest

Andrew Huot

Steve Kostell

Becky Krohe

Elizabeth Linn

Kevin McGuire

Bea Nettles

Joe Richey

Meda Rives

Veda Rives

Robert Rowe

Todd Williams

Charles Wisseman

Sarah Zaleski

Works range from traditional fine leather binding to experimental sculptural pieces that incorporate text and symbols. One one side of the gallery is a gossamer installation of hanging paper sheets by Meda and Veda Rives; to the other extreme is a finely-engineered 6-foot rotating machined metal piece that rotates in multiple dimension, replete with symbols and figures telling a life story. In all of the instances in this show, there are elements traceable to the history of the book as it has come down to us.

Books are about bonds that connect people. In 2010, a group of Peoria artists and designers met at the Prairie Center of the Arts in Peoria and formed a book and print collaborative. The group immediately embarked upon the collaborative endeavor that is in the exhibit, titled The Frankenstein Coffer - each member contributing to the whole. The group holds weekly open studio sessions and has offered instructional classes in bookbinding and letterpress printing.

The nature of books evokes sanctuary and protection of things that have value. In a time when so much is designed for immediate consumption and obsolescence, books evoke a sense of reverence for experience. The works here tell stories, stories that span a lifetime or just a sunny afternoon. The stories are in the words and images, but also in the very material itself, such the book done in conjunction with the the Combat Paper project, that works with returning war veterans, using material from their uniforms to make paper and print their stories.

The recent surge in interest in book arts has fueled the expansion of collaborative groups in many communities and through this exhibition we are reaching out to connect with the artists and makers of books along the Interstate 74 corridor across the state. The real glue and thread that binds this show is the common desire of those who share their love of making and experiencing books, who teach and attend workshops, and preserve and advance the art of the book for all of us.

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However, in the early 1990s, the growing understanding of the scope of the asbestos contamination of the town of Libby, Montana, raised an additional concern, that of naturally occurring asbestos exposure.

Asbestos is a natural mineral fiber. It has been mined for thousands of years, but it was only in the early part of last century that links between the mineral and occupational diseases were recognized.

Mining and industrial milling and use of asbestos laden dust exposed thousands of workers to the deadly potential of mesothelioma, caused when the microscopic fibers of asbestos lodge deep in the lungs of a victim, and after decades of irritation, trigger cancers like mesothelioma.

Last year, a researcher discovered a region in southern Nevada, where asbestos fibers could be picked up by riding a horse. She found 53,000 acres with asbestos-bearing mineral deposits. The greatest concern is that we do not know what we do not know.

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The Passion with Less Passion

March 27, 2016

Last week, Fox aired special program they called The Passion Live. Although widely panned, they still provided a small taste of something we need to try more often. They decided to show the story of Jesus's death and resurrection in modern times, but didn't do it very well.

Host Tyler Perry kicked off the program with some good thoughts about why they would recast the story in a modern context. Perry introduced the show as "the most celebrated story of all time told like you have never seen it before." He added it would be "shared in the language of today with familiar characters transformed into our modern world."

"If Jesus walked into this city in 2016 would we listen to him," Perry wisely asked to justify recontextualizing the story.

It's an important question since too often we assume we'd be one of the good guys. Sadly, the show mostly ignored the question. Only about one-quarter of the program actually showed the story of Jesus and his disciples in a modern New Orleans.

The rest of the time Perry narrated and overly-sermonized on the story (often cutting in just as a scene got good) and we watched as a group of people carried a 20-foot illuminated cross through New Orleans as entertainment reporter Nischelle Turner led "man-on-street" interviews about faith. There were also multiple songs on stage by Trisha Yearwood, who was supposed to be Mary but never interacted with her son or anyone other than Perry.

Additionally, there were numerous shots of the crowd at the stage, including while they're watching the modern scenes with Jesus on large screens. This cutting away from the scenes to show people watching the scenes broke the rhythm and realness. The songs throughout the musical were popular modern songs (with some changed lyrics), which at times worked quite well.

Yet, in the few modern scenes we got some interesting new takes on the old story. Jesus first appeared on a city bus and then later talked to his disciple in a coffee shop (above) and again while walking down a street in front of classic New Orleans shops.The group celebrated the last supper in a city park with the elements from a food truck.

There's a great scene of Judas (played by Chris Daughtry) singing mournfully in an abandoned warehouse as he prepared to betray Jesus. The garden scene occurred in an grassy area underneath a couple of bridges with the disciples falling asleep on cardboard. Suddenly, several police cars with flashing lights pulled up and cops in riot gear arrested Jesus (below). It's a powerful scene, but unfortunately the show pulled the punches after that.

It's interesting watching Peter move through the city while denying Jesus, but when a cop appeared to set up the third denial the cop still referred to "Jesus of Nazareth" (and didn't add Texas or something like that). There was also no attempt to modernize the crucifixion, so Pilate spoke of Passover, called Jesus "the king of the Jews," and ordered Jesus's crucifixion. With the Pilate scene occurring on the stale live stage, we lost any sense of a modern tale.

Additionally, Perry described the death of Jesus instead of having the characters act it out. Perhaps they did that out of fear of showing their modern cops beating and then killing Jesus. But if Fox wasn't willing to really tell the whole story, they should've left it alone. The resurrection was also merely described, followed by Jesus appearing across the street on a Weston Hotel to sing over the city.

Besides giving little airtime to the modern passion play, the scripting also added little depth to the effort. It's almost like they thought they could just throw some modern clothes on people and call it 'good.'

Perry justified setting it in New Orleans since the city showed after Hurricane Katrina that love and hope can come from suffering and pain. Rather than just some feel-good spiritual sentiment, a much stronger argument could've been made for the city based on its physical context.

Particularly problematic, the casting of the show seemed focused on random diversity without considering carefully the socio-political context of the biblical story. It's nice seeing a multi-ethnic group of disciples (as they represents New Orleans well), but having Seal (a black British singer) play the part of Pilate overseeing the death of a white Jesus really misses the power dynamics in the story. It would've been more interesting to see a black Jesus (particularly relevant for New Orleans), which could've made the death scenes with police more poignant.

Adding to the Seal casting, the scene in the back of a police van with two prisoners (instead of being killed together) had the white prisoner accepting Jesus and the black prisoner rejecting him. This all seems as problematic as when Jesus Christ Superstar made Jesus a blonde white guy and made Judas the only black disciple. The Cotton Patch Gospel, on the other hand, translates the racial dynamics of the original context much more carefully into a modern version.

Some Christian leaders argued the problem with the show was they tried to modernize the story of Jesus. I instead think we need more efforts that seek to help people experience the story in their own lives and context. Otherwise people may overlook parts of the story and not notice key connections with contemporary issues. The problem with The Passion Live was that the effort was poorly executed.


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SECURING millions of pounds to benefit the community has earned a council boss an award.

Sedgemoor District Council leader Duncan McGinty has been recognised in the Grassroot Diplomat Initiative Awards, coming third from a shortlist of 70 candidates.

The award recognises UK-based politicians and diplomats who are ‘representing civilian interests at the highest level’.

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Nielsen Dumped

Turned off by high fees and faulty service, TV-station owners in small markets are going without ratings

KNWA, the NBC affiliate in Fayetteville, Ark., has a lot to offer advertisers: a booming population, a thriving local economy and hot syndicated fare like Seinfeld and Fear Factor. But when it comes to the most fundamental question in the TV business—how many people are watching?—KNWA salespeople can't answer. The Nexstar Broadcasting-owned station does not subscribe to Nielsen Media Research's ratings. Last fall, KNWA made a radical move: It dumped Nielsen.

“People don't think the world can exist without Nielsen, but it can,” says General Manager Blake Russell. “We live in a world of estimates now. Why should I pay for something that is flawed?”

For stations that cancel their ratings subscriptions, here are a few alternatives to aid in advertising negotiations:
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Station managers rely on supply and demand, pushing for premium pricing on their most popular shows.
Market surveys follow TV viewing, media usage and buying habits.
Research and consulting firm charts consumer behavior and advises clients on media integration.
Media research giant tracks consumer use of more than 8,000 brands.

Spurning Nielsen seems almost unthinkable in an industry for which the company's ratings are the universal currency. Every company in the TV business relies on Nielsen data to set rates for the $60 billion in advertising revenue the medium generates each year. Ratings determine which shows stay on or get canceled. And local stations stake their reputations on the market positions that Nielsen reports.

An Archaic System?

But as the media world becomes less dependent on traditional advertising, stations feel more emboldened to drop what they feel is an archaic system. Now a small band of stations, including KNWA, has had enough. Upset over the price and quality of the Nielsen ratings, at least three dozen stations in cities from Little Rock, Ark., the No. 59 market, to Wichita Falls, Texas, the No. 143 market, are canceling their Nielsen subscriptions. “Their methodology is fraught with significant problems,” says KVAL Eugene, Ore., General Manager Dave Weinkauf. “The media community is so inextricably tied to a faulted methodology that the only way not to deal with it is to come up with some new tools.”

The stations say new technology—such as the data gleaned from digital cable boxes—promises to one day complement or replace Nielsen ratings. For the moment, though, they are content to resort to cheaper methods they say are just as efficient, from compiling local survey data to polling viewers. In Anchorage, Alaska, a few years ago, CBS affiliate KTVA contracted a local research company to devise a Nielsen alternative that comprised 1,000 Alaskan viewers. “Advertisers bought into it,” says station consultant Scott Tallal. “It seemed to be much more reflective of what was happening in the market.” (KTVA has since been sold and again subscribes to Nielsen.)

The big problem for stations is that Nielsen has no competition. One of the most high-profile attempts to compete was Statistical Research Inc.'s SMART system. Networks and advertising agencies put up $60 million to get the system, which featured advanced measurement technology, off the ground. But when the project needed more investment, both sides walked away. More recently, radio-ratings company Arbitron, which once measured local-TV ratings, has re-entered the scene and, with some support from Nielsen, is testing a portable ratings device in Houston. But its viability remains to be seen. “Everyone wants there to be another player,” says TV-station consultant Seth Geiger, of SmithGeiger, “but no one wants to step up and pay the freight.”

Still, high-profile defections could be costly for Nielsen. Several large stations' dumping the service could undermine confidence in the company and create a public-relations nightmare. The ratings giant has come under increasing fire from TV stations and their corporate parents protesting its methodology and results. Nielsen's new electronic system, the local people meter (LPM), undercounts minorities and younger viewers, say its toughest critics, and the older system of paper logs, or “diaries,” is simply inadequate for a nation of 109 million TV homes. For its part, Nielsen stands by its products and has said it is making improvements by investing in new and better technologies.

So far, the lost customers have hardly affected Nielsen's bottom line. The division of Dutch media company VNU takes in an estimated $274 million selling its local ratings data to more than 1,000 stations in 210 markets. In 2003, Nielsen Media Research logged an estimated $637 million in sales, according to Independent Minds, a European financial-research company. Of that, 43% came from Nielsen's local-ratings measurements. Since small-market stations pay the lowest fees to Nielsen, the defection of three dozen would result in only about $2 million in lost revenue for Nielsen per year.

Nielsen says that, while some stations have severed relations, there has been no mass desertion. “It is the normal course of business,” says a company spokesperson. “Sometimes they decide to cancel their contract, and, down the line, they may decide to sign back up.”

The latest wave of protest is led by Nexstar Broadcasting, which owns and operates 46 stations in 27 small and midsize markets. Over the past several years, the company has been whittling down its Nielsen accounts. Only three Nexstar markets—Springfield, Mo., Lubbock, Texas, and Hagerstown, Md.—still buy Nielsen data, and, when their deals expire, they will not renew, says Senior VP Brian Jones. That will make Nexstar the only major station group to spurn Nielsen altogether. Jones cites Nielsen's high prices and rate increases as the reasons for the defections: “They placed a value on the product that we are not willing to pay.”

To get their hands on Nielsen data, stations pay handsomely—and unevenly. A small-market station might plunk down $50,000 a year, while broadcasters in the largest cities pay upwards of $1 million per year. To attract new clients, such as local cable systems and advertising agencies, Nielsen often offers discounted rates. Even within a market, stations pay different fees. For years, UHF stations received a discount because their reach was less than that of VHF stations. With cable and satellite penetration now at 80%, most stations have blanket coverage throughout their market despite signal strength, but the price differences remain. Large broadcast groups negotiate discounted fees.

Small-market outlets are hardly alone in their Nielsen gripes. In the top markets, such as New York and Los Angeles, stations are coping with the debut of the LPM. Under the new system, ratings for younger viewers, minorities and large families have dropped, and overall viewing of broadcast stations is down. Earlier this month, 17 groups banded together to pressure Nielsen to delay rolling it out to new markets until the results are approved by the Media Ratings Council, an independent overseer that audits Nielsen's ratings. The ratings giant announced a 30-day stay in launching LPMs in Philadelphia and Washington, originally slated for June 2. Nielsen plans to expand LPMs to Detroit, Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta by the end of next year.

Getting Nielsen's Attention

By canceling their subscriptions, stations get Nielsen's attention—and changes often get made. Univision's largest stations—New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco—went without ratings for at least six months before the Spanish-language broadcaster finally signed a new deal with Nielsen last week that includes LPM measurement in top markets and improvements in the sample (see related story on page 10).

In the remaining 200 markets, Nielsen's diary system will continue, and stations must wait for demographic data until “sweeps” months—February, May, July and November—when Nielsen mails out diaries for its participants to record their individual viewing.

With diaries, many station executives complain, the samples are too small to glean accurate measurements. A midsize market might rely on 500 diaries. Denver, the 18th-largest market with 1.4 million TV homes, uses about 1,100. Another problem, industry executives say, is that response rates are often low, skewing the data. In a small market, a handful of diaries are used to determine ratings for an entire demographic. To increase the sample, though, stations would have to pay even more to Nielsen.

John Tupper, owner of KXND Minot-Bismarck, N.D., canceled his Nielsen service mid-contract five years ago. He says youth-oriented networks like Fox are hindered because younger viewers are less likely to fill out their logs. Ratings in metered and LPM markets, he notes, are better. If Nielsen improved the sample, Tupper says, he would consider subscribing again. “Now it works against me and devalues the product I have to sell.”

The latest assault on the diary system came after the February sweeps. Some Nielsen participants in Anchorage, Alaska, Palm Springs, Calif., and Tucson, Ariz., did not receive their weekly diaries in the mail—the usual procedure—and others got them late. The confusion resulted in lower-than-normal responses. In Tucson, for example, top-rated CBS affiliate KOLD's average prime time mark dropped 25%, to a 5.4 rating in adults 25-54, compared with the year-ago period. NBC affiliate KVOA and ABC outlet KGUN saw similar declines. Irate, some stations demanded Nielsen retract the ratings book or send letters to advertisers. In a letter to clients, Nielsen said the problems did not affect the overall month and should not be thrown out. The company blamed a postal subcontractor for the missing diaries and said it would switch carriers and send out more diaries for the May sweeps.

In Anchorage, KIMO General Manager Sean Bradley was so frustrated that he now plans to drop Nielsen when the station's contract expires next year. He says Nielsen has fallen short of its contracted sample in Anchorage several times before. “If we grossly underperform, our clients seek restitution,” he says. “But if Nielsen grossly underperforms, they blame it on a postal vendor.”

Bradley is accustomed to life without Nielsen. His company also owns stations in Fairbanks and Juneau, Alaska, that no longer receive ratings. The Fox affiliate in Anchorage, where he previously worked, was also Nielsen-free for a time. Alaska stations can survive without Nielsen, he says, because their advertiser base is mostly local businesses, as much as 85%, whereas most stations in the lower 48 have a more even split between local and national advertising. With so many advertisers nearby, he says, KIMO salespeople can spend time presenting alternate data.

But most media buyers still want to use ratings to negotiate price and hold stations to delivery estimates. In lieu of Nielsen, stations try to base price on supply and demand. For example, if they have the marquee programs or a market's favorite anchor team, they should be rewarded with higher rates. If a Fox station has one spot to sell on American Idol, it wants to set the price and let competition for the ad time determine the cost. The rating point is not factored into the discussion. “These are more effective ways to sell,” Nexstar's Jones says. “I can help an advertiser make a business decision, as opposed to saying my news has more viewers than their news.”

Local clients, who have relationships with their broadcasters, may take time to learn and adjust to a new system. National ad agencies may not have the time or the inclination, buyers say. “It creates more work for a buyer,” says Donna Lee Peters, a local-media buyer with Pivec Advertising who buys time in Mid-Atlantic markets. “If a station is a market leader, then people will still want to be on that station. But, for a third- or fourth-placed station, someone might not want to take the extra time.”

Tribune Broadcasting President Patrick Mullen has been an outspoken critic of Nielsen's LPM system, but he still can't imagine doing business without the data. “Their ratings are the only currency,” he says. “To not have access to that information would put a station in a difficult position to negotiate with clients.”

Still, several local-broadcast executives say they're monitoring the experience of Nexstar and other Nielsen-free stations, looking to the impact on their business. So far, Jones says, Nexstar's ad sales are strong as ever.

Life Without Nielsen

In place of Nielsen, stations have assembled qualitative data sources they consider viable alternatives. Some buy reports on their markets from Simmons Research, Media Audit and The Media Center. These surveys cover a range of topics, including buying habits, technology use and TV viewing. Unlike Nielsen, which asks its participants to record as they watch TV, these services ask viewers in phone interviews to recall what they have watched.

Although stations may not pay for Nielsen, they are hardly in the dark on their ratings. Advertising agencies that buy ratings see the data, as do the stations' competitors. Local newspapers and trade magazines often report selected results. Under copyright laws, however, the Nielsen-free stations are not permitted to use ratings in their sales proposals or materials. In interviews, most station execs declined to even discuss their market positions, although they surely know them.

It takes time to wean station staffers off ratings. KNWA's sister station in Rochester, N.Y., WROC, split with Nielsen after last November sweeps, but VP/General Manager Marc Jaromin still keeps an eye on Nielsen numbers. He says the CBS affiliate always used to notch above-average ratings for network programming, so national ratings provide a barometer. For major sports events, such as the NCAA Tournament and Buffalo Bills games, he checks ratings in nearby Buffalo, N.Y., and Pittsburgh to gauge the audience's appetite.

But not having the ratings hasn't hurt sales, Jaromin says. “We're above where we were last year, and our share of market revenue is up. In a year the market is down, that's not bad.”


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Upfront: Boston Legal to Exit with Two-Hour Finale

Two-Hour Finale to End Series' Run on ABC

Look for Boston Legal to exit the ABC schedule in December with a two-hour finale, according to a source familiar with the series' pickup by ABC. The network has not yet announced the date for the series finale.

Boston Legal

The drama, which will be going into its fifth season, is moving to Mondays at 10 p.m. for what will be its final season on the air. That December date will have to be in pencil, though, since if there is a strike by actors, delivery dates would almost certainly change.

Boston Legal had been on the bubble, with ABC moving it out of its Tuesday 10 p.m. slot to Wednesday nights to make room for Women's Murder Club.

Boston Legal creator David E. Kelley made sure the network would promote that move by working it into the opening of a recent episode in which the characters talked at length about moving from Tuesday to Wednesday.

Kelley will also have a new drama on ABC, Life on Mars, which is actually about a time-traveling cop who winds up in the 1970s. But while he will be executive producer on that show, he will reportedly leave day-to-day oversight to others as he shepherds the last season of a show insiders said is particularly special to him.

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They May Normally Do This

John O’Reilly writes:

I know you don’t normally do this but would be great if you could make an exception. Had my bike stolen from literally outside the door of our office in [Mount Pleasant Business Centre] Ranelagh [Dublin] in the middle of the day. Lock cut. I bought it from the guys 2 months ago and it was gone in a few seconds, true pros.. Needless to say would be delighted with any details of its whereabouts, and word of warning to those in the area that these lads go around with tools cutting locks in middle of the day. Someone might recognise them in the video too.
Below is the bike. a black, white and green Trek 4500.

67 thoughts on “They May Normally Do This

  1. Bacchus

    Sorry to hear of the theft. I’m guessing you gave this to the Guards first? They will know them and, despite the recent comments about Guards being useless, they shoudl eb able to get your bike back fairly fast.
    I could take a guess as to where those guys were heading back to but I won’t publicly.

    1. cross-eyed cow

      > “despite the recent comments about Guards being useless, they shoudl eb able to get your bike back fairly fast.”

      Yeah, right.

    2. Sean

      The Gards do not give a damn.

      You need a Kryptonite U-lock, locking your frame to something immoveable. Chains and cables are no good.

    3. Jesus

      I got bottled on O’Connell St… place is flippin’ covered in cameras, and the Gardai couldn’t wouldn’t do shit. There is no law in Dublin.

  2. Tickle

    Sorry to see this happen.

    I can’t comment on your security but better to have really visible cameras that deter thieves, than ones that they can’t see but allow you to watch yourself being robbed.

    I should know :(

    1. John

      Frustrating to watch all right.. The camera’s are visible but not that obvious, doesn’t look like the guys care too much about being seen though

  3. Nicola Carroll

    Wow, the video above is captured in real time. It must have took them literally a second to cut the lock off.

    These guys are seasoned pros.

    1. Rompsky

      The timestamp moves. However it only takes them about 20 seconds. Doesn’t say much for the lock

      1. John

        The video cuts but was locked just under the camera so I’d guess it took about 10 seconds. The lock was admittedly below par.. that’ll learn me

  4. Continuity Jay-Z

    Sorry to hear that you bike was nicked. Have the identical one to it, a lovely piece of kit.

    A couple of points to note. Firstly the two lads knew exactly where to go and what to do. It would lead me to suspect they are local to the area. Are you yourself local? The Trek 4500 is a pretty distinctive bike with the white saddle and the green flash on the rims. It is something that would get noticed. If so that narrows the search area.

    Secondly the second lad in the grey hoodie. Is there any technology that would blow up the logo on the left hand side of the hoodie. It could be an Umbro logo but it looks like a club crest. It is impossible to say for certain but if it could be sharpened and blown up and it was a club crest you again narrow the search field even further.

    Again sorry to hear about the theft.

    1. Dazza

      Yeah…..we could narrow down the search to an umbro wearing scumbag. They must be less than 10 of them in the country.

      1. Cool_Hand_Lucan

        Reminds me of the Overheard in Dublin story where two American tourists on O’Connell St were looking at their Dublin map, perplexed as to their exact location. One turns to the other and points to a group of skangers saying, “Maybe we should ask those athletes.”

    2. Man

      “Is there any technology that would blow up the logo ”

      Christ. You either work in marketing at standing over designer’s shoulders or you watch CSI and think it’s actually real.

      1. Gallant

        Hold on, don’t write him off so quickly. From my knowledge of csi it could be done.

        The more important question is was there any semen left at the scene?

        1. wafflewaitress

          Oh my god you’re such a pack of smart-arses. Shaaadap!… Never mind watchin CSI you lot read too many Broadsheet comments.

          Hope you get your bike back, if I see them/it in the area I’ll be sure to at least trip them up. I’m good at that.

    3. the-bag

      I blew up the sequence in final cut and exported a still of the lad in the grey hoodie, you can’t see the logo at all.

      1. nslatz

        The last episode of CSI I ever watched had a scene in a really seedy filthy brothel, the investigator was picking up towels with her gloved hand and commenting on how much “DNA” there would be, then her phone rang and she answered it, still with the gloves on. I nearly puked, never again watching it.

    4. Jesus

      Yeah – the Trek with disc brakes is an awfully fancy piece of kit for the zero-security country that is ours, I am afraid to say.

      I had a lot of success with something that cost me €150 that I spent €140 on locks for, for next time, you know?

  5. Rod

    dont know if they will recover your bike but I reckon they will certainly know these pair of criminals… hope you get some justice!

  6. CowboysTed

    Did you check the footage from when you locked the bike! I’d say they cut the lock beforehand and just collected it as they knew were to go for it!..

    1. rahz

      very possible – there’s another entrance to the centre on the other side so they could easily have managed something without being caught on the same camera

  7. Tom

    Where are they fencing all these bikes?

    Its like those scrap metal thefts that make all the headlines in the UK, the dodgy metal merchants are the point it needs to be stopped at and its the same here.

    Anybody know? Are they done dealing them or what?

  8. Dippy

    Looks like the guy in black has the cutters stuffed down his leg. He’s kind of limping walking out the gate. Or maybe he just walks like that..

  9. Always Wright

    What’s weird is that they look sort of respectable. Obviously they’re scumbags, but they look a bit like real people. Do you think maybe scumbags have finally realised that their sartorial choices make them easily identifiable? Is it possible these ones have attempted to disguise themselves?

  10. Daithi

    Sorry to hear about this, Those Treks 4500 are a decent bike. Solid hardtail, great for cross country riding.

    However, folks, you shouldn’t really be commuting to work with mid to high end mountain bikes with hydraulic dick brakes and decent forks like Suntour/RockShox/Fox.

    The vile disgusting c**ts that truly are the only type of criminal deserving of capital punishment, preferable of the inhumane kind, will spot a bike like this a mile away, and there is no chain or lock that will stop them.

    In future, buy a bike like this to take to the Wicklow mountains or Ballyhoura, and get yourself an old banger to get to work.
    Or, if your travelling long distance to work and use a good road bike, insist with your boss that you can take it into the office.

    My general rule of thumb with taking bikes into the city to arse around is: cheap bike, expensive lock.

    Hope you get your bike back, or at least one of them scumbags falls under a luas tram or a bus.

    1. Sinabhfuil

      Would you advise people with nice cars to drive only bangers into the city for fear of getting their Porsche stolen?

      The Guards need to get serious about bike theft. It’s the classic gateway crime – kids start with stealing bikes and move on to mugging, burglary, burglary with violence, and worse.

      1. Jesus

        Sadly, breaks my heart to say it, but it’s hard to have nice things in Ireland. Would you seriously park a Porsche in Dublin city?

    2. Rod

      I was thinking that clip on pedals would be handy for the city, would be very annoying if you stole a bike and had no way to drive it forwards… and easy enough to put in your pockets unlike a removable seatpost/saddle.

  11. The Lorax

    Have a lot of sympathy for this theft, ignore smartass comments. Had bike stolen by a van driver on CCTV from outside place of work 500m from here. The Gardaí do have a way of enhancing images, keep the footage on disk, make sure it’s in a readable format, as most CCTV system wipe after 6-10days. Bottom line, very smart & helpful Garda from Donnybrook got search warrant, visited a halting site twice and made arrest, succesful conviction on basis of CCTV evidence, and I got compo covering cost of bike paid in court, for theif to avoid prison! It’s the luck of the draw with the Garda investigating. Get a Pulse no, find out his/her Watch A/B/C and sergeant name. Have also had negative Garda crime reporting & investigation incidents, but once again, it’s down to the individual Garda you get. And in Irish crime investigation, the one you report to, and the the one who takes statement, is the only one who you can follow up crime with. The Hill pub & Mountpleasant Inn nearby might also be good places to mention a reward, no questions asked if you have the mettle…I’ve heard of property returned via The Swan with a reward offered…can’t wait for the trolls to jump on this post…

    1. Sinabhfuil

      Might also be worth offering a copy of the DVD to the Hill and asking them to play it when the pub’s crowded, see if anyone recognises the citizens.

  12. Dza

    Sorry to hear about your bike.Bring the pictures to Rathmines Gardai. Swan grove is right beside there and I would hazard a guess that one of scumbags there took it. The gardai know all those people. They are a terror in that area, I know as I lived near there. Always trying the back door, climbing into back gardens etc, always on the lookout basically.

    1. The Lorax

      Hate to agree, but 80% chance it’s in Swan Grove, 10% Charlemont flats…10% random…caught Swan Grove guys stripping lead off neighbours garage roof over several nights, leaving lead in lane, got Gardai on to it, after noticed one lot of lead disappeared in the 20mins Gardai from Ternure station took to get here..sent them down to McGoverns, and they got the lads (from Swan Grove) selling it for scrap on CCTV..caused about €2k of damage and repairs..have CCTV installed at my business in D6 and constantly provide footage to Gardai, so it does work, if you position it well and get good cameras..

  13. yogy

    In fairness, you said yourself your lock was below par so you deserved it.

    I will never understand why people splash out on expensive bikes and then buy a shit lock for 30 euro.

    A decent bike lock will set you back 100 to 150e minimum.

    This is how you hold onto your commute bike in Dublin…

    1. The bike should be of good quality but not look flashy, best thing is to buy a shit bike for 50e

    2. Spend 50e ensuring you have good breaks and gears

    3. Spend 100 to 150e on an Abus lock.

    I’ve had the same bike in Dublin for 6 years using this model.

    I also have a specialized that cost me 1,500e but that has never once been locked to anything. It gets taken out for training and racing and brought straight back to the gaf.

    And that, is how you don’t get bikes robbed in Dublin.

    PS You gotta give it to those guys, they are pros, fair play

    1. Tickle

      “I also have a specialized that cost me 1,500e but that has never once been locked to anything. It gets taken out for training and racing and brought straight back to the gaf.”

      I once had a specialized “that”

      But it was in another country where the legal age was younger so don’t judge me.

      Cost about the same

      1. yogy

        No idea what you are shiting on about but you obviously didn’t understand what I was saying.

        Specialized is a brand, like the way Trek is.

    2. Woahtherehorsey

      Thanks for that. Someday, when I have time, I’ll reciprocate with a list of things that I own and of ways in which I’m very streetwise and all-round clever.

      The fella is looking for his bike, not a sermon and he certainly didn’t need to read a comment referring to the professionalism of the two dipshites

    3. Pigeon Street

      “In fairness, you said yourself your lock was below par so you deserved it”.

      Yeah right, the bike stealing scum are justified in taking it just becasue the lock was below par.

    4. cyclecrunk

      wow, what a hard man. do you also kill your own dinner? what other tips do you have for the less alpha among us?

    1. L

      pinkbike and similar cycling sites have stolen bike threads. This doc is a bit tabloid but it shows how easy it easy to break locks.
      I hate this “you deserved it” attitude. So what, we accept criminality and restrict our entire lives? Pathetic. Should you not have a nice house, nice car, nice bike, nice family? If you do, you’re inviting people to subject you to crime and you deserve it. How sad.

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Eddie Bruce Set for Paper Mill Playhouse Fundraiser, 9/15

Paper Mill Playhouse has announced a unique fundraiser on the stage of the historic Millburn Theater on Saturday, September 15, at 7:00pm. With live-entertainment by cabaret performer Eddie Bruce, cocktail party guests will be treated to food from Exquisite Entertaining, one of NJ's premier caterers known for their delectable creations, and wine by Sean Larkin whose Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon have garnered rave reviews. Tickets are $300 per person, $200 of which is tax deductible, and all of the proceeds will go to benefit the many artistic, education, and outreach programs of Paper Mill Playhouse.

“We invite you to join us on the Paper Mill Playhouse stage for a cocktail party like none you have ever been to before,” remarked Todd Schmidt Paper Mill Playhouse Managing Director. “What a thrill to sit on the same stage where impressive performers have launched their careers for nearly 75 years. This is a true behind the scenes look at Paper Mill Playhouse with unprecedented access to our famed stage.”

Paper Mill Playhouse has hosted some of the most legendary actors and actresses of our time,” stated Mark S. Hoebee, Paper Mill’s Producing Artistic Director. “How unique to be able to walk in the footsteps of performers like: Ginger Rodgers, Anne Hathaway, Patrick Swayze, Liza Minnelli, Bernadette Peters and Kristen Chenoweth. This on-stage event will be a truly theatrical experience.”

For more than 25 years, Eddie Bruce has been engaging and delighting audiences. For Paper Mill’s event, he will be performing a special cabaret act. Bruce performs jazz standards throughout the country and after his show at Feinstein’s, the celebrated nightclub of New York, Michael Feinstein said of Bruce, “His voice is wonderful and his stage presence is just as good.” Bruce acknowledges that his career has personally been inspired by Bennett’s “musical integrity, wonderful musicianship, masterful phrasing and total commitment to the preservation of a particular genre of music.”

Wines will be provided by Sean Larkin of Larkin Wines. What began as a labor of love with 50 cases of Napa Valley Cabernet Franc in 1999, has grown into nearly 500 cases of what critic Robert M. Parkers describes as "Always one of the finest Napa Cabernet Francs made." Founded by Sean Larkin, a devout and unapologetic hedonist and raconteur, the Larkin brand now extends into serious Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. Additionally, a second label called Jack Larkin was developed in 2004 to showcase production, single vineyard wines. Most recently, Sean has launched both the Tin Knocker and Grand labels as more affordable options for Napa Valley drinking. Sauvingon Blanc, Viognier, Roussanne and a lusty red blend are a few of the wines that fall beneath these marquees.

Gourmet food for the evening has been generously donated by Exquisite Entertaining, New Jersey's premiere caterer since 1987. The extensive cocktail & grazing menu by Executive Chef Mark Biroc will feature his signature Coconut & Herb-Glazed Sea Scallop Dumplings, Wild American Shrimp, Andouille On Smoked Gouda Grits and Cinnamon Roasted Long Island Duck With Fig & Grape Relish.

Exquisite Entertaining will also offer “comfort food favorites with a twist” including: Macaroni and Five-Cheeses With Truffle Oil Drizzle, Thai Spiced Turkey Burger "Sliders," Barbecued Pulled Pork In Corn Cups with Pickled Vidalia Onions and Mini Lamb Meatball Tapas In A Rioja Wine Sauce, as well as many other delicious surprises.

For more information or to RSVP contact Leigh Shaedel at lshaedel@papermill.org or call 973-315-1663.

Paper Mill Playhouse, a not-for-profit arts organization, is one of the country’s leading regional theaters. Paper Mill Playhouse programs are made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, A partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by the generous contributions of numerous corporations, foundations, and individuals. Paper Mill Playhouse is a member of Theatre Communications Group, the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, the Council of Stock Theatres, and the New Jersey Theatre Alliance.

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"A New York Treasure" --Village Voice

The Right Side of Things

Mark Teixeira, who told reporters the other day that he plans to be “buried in pinstripes” does not want to start the season slowly, as he has done for the past two years. According to a piece by Ben Shpigel in the Times:

“To me,” the hitting coach Kevin Long said, “it’s taken him too long in the past to get going.”

…According to Long, Teixeira told him, “I’ve probably taken for granted my hitting is always going to be there.”

“I told K-Long, give me some tough love if you need to,” Teixeira said.

It says here that Teixeira will have a good start this time around. Fearless prediction, I know, but hoop, there it is.

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Categories:  Bronx Banter  Spring Training  Yankees

Tags:  Kevin Long  Mark Teixeira

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1 Sliced Bread   ~  Feb 20, 2011 12:58 pm

well, if Tex doesn't get off to a good start we can always blame it on the third baseman. ba-da-bum.
I don't mind if Tex starts slow, as usual - as long as he consistently plays good defense, and ends the season with his usual averages, and totals, (and doesn't get hurt !) he'll be fine with me. Once he gets cooking, he can carry the team. The Yanks will need a few hot bats in April, but Tex doesn't have to be the man that particular month.

off-topic, I like that they're calling Montero, Monty.

2 RIYank   ~  Feb 20, 2011 4:25 pm

Oh, sure, Sliced, blame the Left.

3 RIYank   ~  Feb 20, 2011 7:20 pm

And here's the story on Long's work with Jeter (from Chad Jennings). Awesome article.

4 Mattpat11   ~  Feb 20, 2011 7:20 pm

I'm not sure this team can withstand a slow start from Teixeira

5 Alex Belth   ~  Feb 20, 2011 9:02 pm

4) Sure they can. I'm not saying they'll win it all this year, but they can withstand a lot. Dude, you would have been a wreck in '78, lol.

6 RIYank   ~  Feb 20, 2011 9:09 pm

The team isn't really very different from last year. I know Pettitte is a real loss, he is. So they need someone to perform better than last year to compensate. Could be AJ, could be Jetes, could be Hughes. Lotta could-be guys.

7 RIYank   ~  Feb 20, 2011 9:10 pm

And damn, the All Star game sucks. The pregame was unwatchable, I had to turn it off.

8 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Feb 20, 2011 11:41 pm

[1] I agree, Sliced, but the trouble is, last year he never got cooking.

9 weeping for brunnhilde   ~  Feb 20, 2011 11:42 pm

[6] And what do we think of Joba as a could-be guy? Or have we given up on him?

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a love of the Arts

Artist’s Love Letter to the City
By Samantha Rojas

“At the heart of world time is the momentum of history. At the heart of personal time is the mystery and wonder of individuality. At the heart of deep, new time is the creative spirit. But at the heart of our time is love.”

 - David Spangler

In a city with more than 165, 500 people, there is a bridge over a river near the center of the town.  On one side of this bridge, lies a center for the performing arts —a jewel of the city’s Arts and Entertainment District; under the bridge lies a park and marina —the historic site of a turn of the century massacre; and the other side of the bridge, a local downtown neighborhood. The bridge is the William H. Marshall Bridge over the New River in downtown Fort Lauderdale and it has just had a face lift.

A bridge-tender sits in a small structure and maneuvers the rising and lowering of the bridge on the quarter of the hour, half -at slow times, and sometimes on demand.  It is one of many in this city, and the people of the city know to plan for bridge risings and closings in their daily commute. This bridge is special though. It resides on Avenue of the Arts, it carries the community over the north fork of the New River, one of the last bridges from residential terrain into the center of town, and recently it has been beautified with artwork. The artwork, four mosaics-two on either side of the bridge, is a love letter to the city by the artists and the community who collaborated to make it happen.  The mosaic artworks are best seen by boat from the water.

North Fork of the New River
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Steeped with the history and lore of the city, the mosaics tell a tale with each individual tile being traced by hand from an image onto a plastic sheet. In honor of the city’s 100th anniversary, local artists Kevin Kichar and Diane Hutchinson were commissioned by the Tarpon River and Sailboat Bend homeowners associations to create four, 7’ x 10’ murals.

“The Marshall Bridge project was a labor of love for the communities of Tarpon River and Sailboat Bend who started to raise funds in the 1990s to beautify the bridge and surrounding area. After ten years of saving, Diane and I, were chosen  to design their vision for the mosaics,” says Kevin Kichar.  “The interesting part of our project was creating removable mosaic. Public art of this type had not been done before and the engineering remained untested until the final days of installation, when the works were lifted by crane and flown over the water to be mounted to the bridge. That was the best day,” he says.

 Sailboat Bend Murals :Avenue of the Arts
Avenue of the Arts

 Sailboat Bend Murals : Tarpon River
Tarpon River

 Sailboat Bend Murals
Sailboat Bend

Two west facing mosaics Sailboat Bend and New River can be viewed at Cooley’s Landing. One can walk under the bridge to view the east facing Avenue of Arts and Tarpon River. These names and visuals are not random. Sailboat Bend is the oldest neighborhood in the City, dating from the early 1900s; and along with being the namesake of a local bar, Tarpon Bend might quite well be Fort Lauderdale’s Cheers equivalent. Tarpon fish frequent many of the waters surrounding local establishments, such as SouthPort Raw Bar on Cordova Road, Coconuts near the ocean, or Fifteenth Street Fisheries providing guests with the viewing of a live aquarium as they dine, with a fish feeding attraction.

Sailboat Bend Murals : New River
The mosaic, New River, takes viewers deeper into the city’s Seminole history, where we find that Fort Lauderdale is named after three Seminole War fortifications built on the banks of New River in 1838. The forts took their name from Major William Lauderdale, the commander of the detachment of soldiers who built the first fort. Three forts named "Fort Lauderdale" were constructed; the first was at the fork of the New River, the second at Tarpon Bend on the New River between the Colee Hammock and Rio Vista neighborhoods, and the third near the site of the Bahia Mar Marina. The love letter ties the city and the history together with art.

The artwork for the final mosaic, Avenue of Arts, has been selected as the 2012 Las Olas Art Festival Poster. Depicting the arts district of Las Olas, the masks of comedy and tragedy come alive, while jazz plays in the background park. Las Olas (Spanish for The Waves), is the city’s first road to the ocean. This final depiction brings the story into the present, as Las Olas is the location of monthly Jazz and Art Festivals, now famous through the tri-county area.

The mosaics on the bridge, over the r iver, in the city of more than 165,000 people, have touched the history, the water, and the art of downtown Fort Lauderdale —three things that tie the culture of this city together.

After painting a small watercolor of the design — a watercolor that shows the tile pieces — the artists blow up an image of the painting to the full 7’ x 10’. Then they trace the tile cuts in that image onto a plastic sheet. The sheet is placed on top of the clay, and is used to guide the artists as they score the clay. Those indentations then serve as a guide for them to cut the clay into hundreds of individual pieces. The murals are mosaics with approximately 250 individually carved clay tiles per mosaic.

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Web update: After record-setting year, early acceptance rate steady at 20 percent

577 admitted to class of 2015

Staff Writer
Monday, December 20, 2010

Brown admitted 577 early decision applicants Dec. 13 to its class of 2015. The acceptance rate was just under 21 percent, with 2,796 applicants, according to the Office of Admission.

Academically, this year had “the strongest early decision applicant pool we’ve seen,” said Dean of Admission Jim Miller ’73.

This year’s numbers are similar to last year’s. Of the 2,847 students who applied early decision last year, 567 were admitted to the class of 2014, an acceptance rate of 20 percent.

Applicants have shown a slight increase in interest in the sciences over the past few years. The trend may reflect increased recruiting in the sciences and a recent increase in Brown’s national recognition in the sciences, Miller said.

A combined 46 percent of students are primarily interested in the sciences, with 26 percent in the life and medical sciences and 20 percent in the physical sciences.

Thirty one percent are primarily interested in the social sciences, and 19 percent are interested in the humanities.  Four percent of students are undecided, according to the Office of Admission.

Seventeen students were admitted to the Program in Liberal Medical Education, which grants students admission to Brown’s Alpert Medical School pending the completion of undergraduate study at Brown.

Fifty four percent of those accepted are women, similar to last year, Miller said.

Of those admitted, 11 percent identify as Asian, nine percent as African American, seven percent as Latino and one percent as Native American. Half identify as white. Others identified as unknown or international.

International students accounted for 11 percent of those admitted and hail from 20 different countries. China, Canada, South Korea, the United Kingdom and India top the list.

Students were accepted from all but six states, the most common being New York, California, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Twenty percent of those admitted are from New England, a slight decrease from last year, Miller said. Thirteen percent are from New York, and 17 percent are from the Mid-Atlantic. Nine percent are from the Midwest or Central areas of the country. Four percent hail from the Mountain or Pacific regions, and 13 percent are from California. Thirteen percent of students come from the South, an increase from last year, he said.

A majority of students — 57 percent — attended public schools. One third attended private schools, and 11 percent attended parochial schools. There are slightly more first-generation college students than last year, Miller said.

The acceptance rate for early decision applicants tends to be much higher than that for regular decision. The early decision applicant pool has a large number of recruited athletes, accounting for part of the discrepancy in admittance rates, Miller said.

“Last year’s pool was the biggest early decision pool in our history,” he said. The number of early decision applications last year jumped by about 20 percent from previous years. This year’s was the second largest in the University’s history.

The deadline for regular decision applicants is January 1, 2011.

In recent years, University officials have aimed to have incoming freshman classes with 1,485 students. The class of 2015 should be similar, Miller said. Last year, administrators said they planned to maintain the size of the incoming first-year class while increasing undergraduate enrollment, according to a campus-wide e-mail sent by President Ruth Simmons summarizing the Corporation meeting Feb. 27. The University is planning to accept more transfer students to make up the gap, she wrote in the e-mail.

For the first time, admission officials read all applications electronically. “The process went remarkably smoothly,” Miller said.

Last year, due to the overwhelming number of applications, the Office of Admission had to temporarily store some applicants’ files in Alumnae Hall. “Nobody’s yearning for paper applications anymore,” Miller said.

This year’s admission cycle also marks the first with the new School of Engineering, which was approved by the Corporation in May. But Miller said the engineering school did not have much of an impact on admission.

Unlike many other engineering schools, Brown’s does not have a separate admission process. Applicants apply to the College and do not have to declare a concentration until the end of sophomore year.

“We’ve tried to publicize the existence of the school,” Miller said. “I’m hoping we’ll see an uptick in engineering interests” among applicants.