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ENERGY REPORT says the Tulsa metro boasts about 27,000 jobs in E& P plus powergeneration (utilities) and oil/gas support (drilling, technical professions). However, the reportindicates there are 29,000 jobs in what it calls primary support sectors, including pipelines,refining, energy manufacturing and more. (Contributed Photo)

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Are you a Zero-TV household? No,I don't mean restricting the kids' TVviewing to the weekends or until afterthey've completed homework. I mean -do you watch TV the traditional way oron any of the growing techy optionsavailable to us?So many of us are watching video content on ourphones, computers, or tablets, that Nielsen designatesthis group of consumers: Zero-TV Households. This con-sumer segment is so significant; it will soon be includedin our measured samples.For those of us who are hard-core holdouts or justplain tech-challenged, don't worry. Ninety-five percentof Americans still get entertainment and information theold-fashion way - via traditional TV. In fact, according toNielsen's latest Cross-Platformreport, American TVviewing time was up in late 2012 over the same periodthe previous year, averaging more than 41 hours a week.That makes sense. There were a few notable, life-alteringevents towards the end of 2012 which kept our eyes onthe continued coverage.Several states along the East Coast suffered the cata-strophic Hurricane Sandy. The Newtown, Conn. tragedytouched all of our hearts, and the highly anticipated 2012Presidential Election was also noteworthy. Since you andI have been together in this space for a while now, youknow that the black community tends to log more TVviewing hours a week than other demographic groups.The latest numbers show that African-Americans average55 hours a week in front of the telly.The new kids in town, the Zero-TV households, doown televisions - about 75 percent of those in this cate-gory have at least one in the house, but they prefer towatch, or consume content, on other devices. The datashows that 36 percent of viewers feel cost and 31 percentof viewers say a lack of interest are reasons for their pre-ferred choice.Right now, about five percent or five mllion Ameri-can households fall into this Zero-TV category. African-American consumers make up almost 10 percent of thatnumber. Nielsens latest African-American consumer re-

port looks at our alternate traditional TV viewing numbers more closely. We enoy our multiple-screen options.Thirty-one percent of us watch video onine. I have toadmt it took me a mnute to get there, but I've learned toappreciate the charms (and convenence) of other screens.(I know, I know. In some instances, size does make a dif-ference and ony a nce, large, flat screen will do).These are our favorite video sites: YouTube (48%), Other (31%) Netflix (10%) Hulu (8%) VEVO (3%) Y ahoo! (1%)Our technological world is spinning so rapidly, andthe way we respond as consumers is having such atremendous impact. Another adjustment could ulti-mately be made in the way TV ratings are measured. Asmuch as we love to watch TV, we also love to let our fin-gers do some of the talking, too. A new Nielsen / Social-Guide study shows that 32 mllion people in the U.S.

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BUSINESS

E n e r g y S t u d y S h o w s T u l s a M a j o rP l a y e r I n T h e E n e r g y S e c t o rNIELSEN G LOBAL SURVEY

A new report comms-sioned by the City of Tulsashows that the energy sec-tor has helped lift the Tulsametro economy out of a sig-nificant recession and thatthe regon is shownggrowth in jobs and personalincome for the first time infour years.The bulk of the study,researched by economsts atOklahoma City University,is focused on Tulsa's dy-namc energy sector. The 23-page report provides apicture of the Tulsa energyindustry that is "uniquelylayered," to the extent thatprimary support activitiesprovide more jobs than thetraditional cornerstone seg-ments of exploration, pro-duction and generation."Tulsa's energy indus-

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KOKI-TV FOX23 an-nounced the hiring of ShaeRozzi to joinFOX23 News, inthe position of Evening An-chor. Shae comes to FOX23fromWSB-TV in Atlanta,where she has served as a re-porter for Channel 2 ActionNews since October 2012.Prior to joining WSB-TV,Shae worked at WTVD-TV inRaleigh-Durham NC, as aweekend anchor and inves-tigative reporter for nearlytwelve years."Shae Rozzi is an out-

OKLAHOMA CITY AT&T Inc. announced the ap-pointment of David Under-wood as AT&T director ofsaes (DOS) for wireess opera-tions in Oklahoma. AS DOS,Underwood will oversee thecompany's retail operations in31 company-owned stores andmore than50 deaer-owned lo-cations across the state."I amproud to haveDavid leading our sales or-ganization in Oklahoma,"said Steve Gray, vice presi-dent and general manager for

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standing journalist, whoseknowledge and experience incovering maor breakingnews and investigations, willdeliver tremendous value tothe people of Tulsa, and tocommunities across GreenCountry." says Greg Bilte,Vice President and GeneralManager of KOKI-TV andKMY T-TV. "We are deightedto have Shae join theFOX23News team, as part of ourcommtment to informandalert our viewers about theevents that affect their fam-

AT&T's wireess operations inOklahoma and Arkansas."David understands the wire-less industry tremendously,and he's an accomplishedleader at identifying completesolutions for our customers. Ihave no doubt that David willhelp elevate our brand andour customer experience inthis new role."A graduate of the Uni-versity of Texas at Arlington,Underwood began workingfor AT&T in 1997, most re-cently serving as director of

lies every day."Shae has covered every-thing frompresidential campaigns to crime, educationand other community issues.She has also covered devas-tating hurricanes along theNorth Carolina coast anddeadly tornadoes in theRaleigh area, with her storiesaring on CNN and TheWeather Channel.??One ofthe most difficult stories forShae was the massacre at Vir-

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retail execution."I have enoyed workingfor AT&T for more than 15years," Underwood said.Planned Investment toExpand Reach of Wirelessand Wired BroadbandAT&T recently launchedProject Velocity IP (VIP), athree-year investmentintiativeto expand and enhance itswireess and wireine IP broad-band networks. As part of Pro-

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K O K I - T V W e l c o m e s S h a e R o z z i T o T h eF O X 2 3 N e w s T e a m A s E v e n i n g A n c h o r

A T & T A n n o u n c e s D a v i d U n d e r w o o d A s N e wD i r e c t o r O f S a l e s F o r W i r e l e s s O p e r a t i o n s

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The commttee's reportalso noted that in addition toimproving the child protec-tion system Oklahoma mustfind a way to address unsta-ble famly and home envi-ronments, which contributeto occurrences of abuse andnegect."The truth is, DHS maynever be able to stop childrenfrombeing murdered be-cause many times the prob-lemis upstreamfromthem"said Lane. "Sadly enough,children are going to con-

tinue to die in unstable family environments. Just tweak-ing a government agency isnot going to stop this.""As a state, we need toconcentrate on building safehomes for our children andstatistically the least-likelyplace for child abuse andnegect is in the home of thechild's biological, marriedparents," Lane stated.National statistics showthe hghest rate of chldabuse is for a child livingwith a singe parent who isco-habitating with a non-bio-logcal partner. The incidenceof abuseand negect forthose children is almost tentimes greater than for chil-

dren living with their mar-ried biologcal parents."The work of this Commttee will be in vain if ourstate does not act on thesefindings and recommenda-tions," Lane said. "The citi-zens serving on thiscommttee brought a lot ofgood old Oklahoma commonsense to the table. They weredeeply concerned that whatwe have with child abuse isfar beyond just a DHS prob-lem It's an 'all of our' prob-lem. We need to payattention to what they had tosay." In addition to the Spe-cial Review Commttee'swork, Lane and formerHuman Services Comms-

sioner Karen Waddell, haveworked wth promnentbusiness and faith leaders inOklahoma to forma clearing-house matching needs, serv-ices, and people wanting tohelp abused and negectedchildren, called "Count Me in4 Kids.""The Commttee's reportspeaks to our belief that chil-dren suffering fromabuseand negect are not simply aDHS responsibility, buteveryone's responsibility,"said Lane. "Karen Waddell ismodeing what wehopemany other Oklahomans willdo for at-risk children - see apieceof theproblemandown it. She has launched an

organization to identify themany needs of the thousandsof children involved withDHS in the greater Okla-homa City area -and meetthose needs with the help ofthousands of citizens of goodwill. Our expectation is thatthis community partnershipbetween DHS and Oklahomacitizens wll accompishthings together for childrenthat DHS alone could neverhave been able to do. Theseare all of our children," Lanesaid."Count Me In4 Kids" is agrass roots colaborativematching the needs of fosterkids, foster famlies, adoptivekids, and adoptive famlies

wth those who want tohelp," Waddell said. "This isan organization where any-one in Oklahoma who wantsto help kids and famlies cando so. We'll connect themtothe right place or help themsend a donation, sign up forrespite care, be a foster par-ent, or read to a child. Theneeds are many and we'regoing to make sure that Ok-lahomans know who needshelp and how to help them"The pub l i c w i l l be ab le t ovo lun tee r , dona te taxd e d u c t i b l e f u n d s o r o t h e rr e s o u r c e s t o C o u n t M e i n 4K ids a t :www.coun tme in4k ids .o rg

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"National Women's Lib-eration believes that any fe-mae old enough to getpregnant is old enough todecide that she doesntwant to be pregnant. Thisdecision to grant immediateaccess to the Morning-AfterPill is a huge step forwardin the fight for women andgirls to be able to controlthe course of their lives,"sad Plantiff StephaneSeguin, NWL-GainesvilleChapter organizer.The Partnership for CivilJustice Fund (PCJF) repre-sents grassroots femnsts ac-tivists with National

Women's Liberation (NWL)and 15 year-old Anaya Kellyin Tummno v. Hamburg, thelawsuit against the Food andDrug Admnistration andHealth and Human Servicesto remove all restrictions onover-the-counter access tothe Morning-After Pill (alsoknown as Plan B One-Step or"emergency contraception")for all women and grls in theUnted States. As of thecourt's ruling today, emer-gency contraception waskept behind a counter, onyavailable without a prescrip-tion for women age 17 andolder, and government is-sued identification had to beshown to buy it.The lawsuit, originallyfiled onJanuary 21, 2005, un-covered evidence that the

Bush Admnistration pres-sured FDA review staff toenact an age limt on the pillfor poitica reasons. OnMarch 23, 2009, the Courtruled that the FDA "acted inbad faith and in response topolitical pressure," "departedin significant ways fromtheagency's normal procedures,"and engaged in "repeatedand unreasonable delays."The Court ordered theFDA to make PlanB availableover-the-counter without aprescription to 17 year olds(the drug was previously limited to women ages 18 andup). The Court also ruled thatthe FDA had to reconsiderwhether to approve a CitizenPetition, filed by women'shealth and reproductive rightsorganzations in 2001, asking

for unrestricted over-the-counter status for women andgrls of al ages.In December 2011, theFDA finally decided to elim-nate the unnecessary age re-striction but inanunprecedented move, HHSblocked thechangewthPresident Obama's support.The FDA thendened the Cit-izen Petition. On February 8,2012, Plaintiffs moved to re-open the case, added HHSSecretary Kathleen Sebeliusas a Defendant and filed amotion for prelimnary in-junction and for summaryjudgment. For more informa-tion about the case, followingthis link: http: / /www2.jus-ticeonine.org/ site / R?i=m1B-puy3kxvOjGguR4982gNWL has led the grass-

roots fight for unrestrictedaccess to the Morning-AfterPill inthe U.S. Fromsittinginat the FDA, sending the FDAover 4,000 petition signa-tures, speaking out at HHS,to filing this lawsuit, NWLmembers have been at theforefront of this struggle,winning a huge victory in2006 when the FDA decidedto elimnate the prescriptionrequirement for women ages18 and up, and another in2009 when the Judge orderedthe FDA to elimnate the pre-scription requirement forgrls aged 17. For more infor-mation, go to the NationalWomens Liberation website:http: / / www2.justiceonine.org / site / R?i=91j qnZZ1OBvY l_fkVOlhIw.The Partnership for Civil

Justice Fund is a not-for-profit constitutional rightslegal and educational organi-zation that brings a uniqueand cutting edge approachdedicated to the defense ofhuman and civil rights se-cured by law, the protectionof free speech and dissent,and the elimnation of preju-dice and discrimnation. ThePCJF's work includes: consti-tutiona law, civil rights,women's rights, economcjustice matters and Freedomof Information Act cases.For more in fo rmat ion go t o :www .Jus t iceOn l ine .o rg , y oum a y r e a d t h e c o u r t ' s f u l lop in ion here :h t t p : / /www2 . jus t i ceon l ine .o rg /si te/R?i=03GRXxCz116E3YsFmo f n P w