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Thursday, March 6, 2014
And if the polls change in Quebec...
Obviously, the polls in Quebec will likely change. There are some 30 days of campaigning to be done, with one or more debates. Plenty of opportunity for a leader to fall on his or her face, a high-profile candidate to say something stupid, or the momentum of the campaign to escape the carefully planned agenda of each of the parties. Readers of this site know all about this possibility - I don't need to spell it out to you that simply because the site is projecting a majority for the Parti Québécois now means they will get one on April 7.
But can we try to estimate how the polls might move, if they do? No set of calculations based on anything plausible would have predicted a surge of the NDP by some 25-30 points in the 2011 federal election campaign in Quebec, so the range of possible outcomes in the province are virtually limitless. But let's try to do our best, using yesterday's Léger/JdM poll.
The chart to the left shows how supporters of each of the four main parties would cast their ballot if they couldn't vote for the party they intended to support. The light gray band represents those who responded "others", "would not vote" or "I don't know", and those who refused to answer (just 1%).
Liberal supporters mostly went to the CAQ as their second choice (34%) or the Greens (13%). PQ voters moved over to Québec Solidaire (30%) or the CAQ (18%), while CAQ voters chose the Liberals (44%) and the PQ (19%) second. Supporters of Québec Solidaire primarily selected either the PQ (26%) or the Greens (16%) as their second choice.
The CAQ had the fewest number of respondents choosing one of the lesser-committed categories, suggesting they have fewer my-party-or-no-party supporters than either the PQ or the Liberals.
The question asked by Léger about how committed voters were to their party reflected this. While 74% of PQ voters and 70% of Liberal voters said their choice was definitive, just 52% of CAQ supporters and 48% of QS supporters said the same thing. About a third of CAQ voters said they would probably change their mind - compared to just 14% of PQ voters.
So let's use these two poll questions to estimate how the polls may move if various scenarios play out.
First, let's assume all those voters who said their choices were not definitive cast their ballot instead for the party they said was their second choice (or they stay home if they did not choose one). Recall that the overall results of the Léger poll were 37% for the PQ, 35% for the PLQ, 15% for the CAQ, and 8% for QS.
If all those uncommitted voters drifted, the results would not be much different:
35% - Parti Québécois
33% - Liberals
15% - Coalition Avenir Québec
9% - Québec Solidaire
With those lower numbers, however, the PQ would have a harder time cobbling together a majority government. But they'd likely still be leading by some 20 points among francophones, so it would be far from impossible. Québec Solidaire would have a good chance of electing a third or even fourth MNA.
Next, let's assume that the uncommitted supporters of the smaller parties (Québec Solidaire, the Greens, and Option Nationale) decide that the race is really between just the PQ, the PLQ, and the CAQ. Those supporters decide to vote for their second choices (but not other small parties) or stay home. Again, the results only change marginally, though QS would have difficultly holding their two seats:
40% - Parti Québécois
37% - Liberals
16% - Coalition Avenir Québec
4% - Québec Solidaire
Now, a PQ majority is far more likely. And with both the PQ and PLQ increasing their vote share, the CAQ would have even more trouble holding their seats.
That being the case, what if voters decide that the CAQ does not have a shot, and that they must support either the PQ or the PLQ? Uncommitted CAQ and smaller-party supporters vote for their second choices (only if they were the PQ or PLQ), or stay home. Now it gets a bit more interesting:
43% - Parti Québécois
42% - Liberals
8% - Coalition Avenir Québec
4% - Québec Solidaire
This is the sort of scenario that Philippe Couillard hopes plays out as the campaign goes on. If the CAQ vote was cut in half, that boosts the Liberals tremendously. And since most of the CAQ's support is among francophones, that is the electorate in which the Liberals would make their gains. This no longer makes a PQ majority as likely. Though it does increase the likelihood that the only parties in the National Assembly would be either the PQ or the PLQ.
But while Couillard may be hoping the campaign takes that kind of turn, he is the rookie leader. What if Liberal support collapses? All the uncommitted Liberals become disappointed with Couillard's performance, and cast a ballot for their second choices (if they are the PQ or CAQ) or stay home. Uncommitted supporters of the smaller parties decide that they should either vote for the PQ or CAQ or not bother.
44% - Parti Québécois
27% - Liberals
22% - Coalition Avenir Québec
4% - Québec Solidaire
Now a PQ majority is guaranteed. The CAQ would have a good shot at re-electing most of their incumbents, and the Liberals would be reduced significantly. But there aren't enough uncommitted Liberals to move the CAQ out of third place. There will need to be a very important shift in voting intentions and underlying support for the CAQ for François Legault to have a real shot at winning, or even placing second. The fundamentals simply don't point towards that happening.
But what if something more unexpected occurs? Pauline Marois has never been loved by voters. What if she does something that seriously turns voters off during the campaign, and support for the PQ collapses? In this scenario, uncommitted PQ and smaller-party voters cast a ballot for their second choices (if they are the PLQ or CAQ) or stay home.
42% - Liberals
31% - Parti Québécois
20% - Coalition Avenir Québec
4% - Québec Solidaire
The Liberals do have the potential to win if the CAQ vote collapses, but the PQ would stand to gain from such a collapse as well, making it still too close to call. Only if the PQ's vote collapses a great deal can the Liberals win (the results of this scenario are relatively close to those of the 2008 election). But the PQ still has a considerable base from which to work.
So based on the information we currently have to go on, a number of scenarios are reasonable: a large PQ majority, a toss-up majority/minority for either the PQ or the PLQ, or a PLQ majority. But a scenario that puts François Legault near the premier's office - or even the job of leader of the opposition - is currently not in the cards.
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One more scenario: What if one of the leaders starts to really appeal to voters, as Layton did in 2011? I'm not familiar enough with all of them to know who it might be, but for example if QS maximizes their potential vote, what would that look like?ReplyDeleteReplies
For QS, you're probably looking at 12% to 13% for a sort of maximum. I don't think QS is mainstream enough to do something like the NDP did.Delete
Otherwise, one can simply imagine that rather than the PQ, PLQ, or CAQ vote collapsing, one of the parties is simply surging.
It sure helps when you can count on your own sister...
Another possible scenario... if the PQ pushes right in the hopes of maximizing votes from former CAQ voters, they may be vulnerable on their left flank to the QS. You could see the PQ then gain a few points from the CAQ but then lose a few to the QS. My guess is that the PQ will campaign more on the right with the occasional overture to the left in the hopes of maximizing gains and minimizing losses.ReplyDeleteReplies
Got a hunch the PLQ will do better than the polls would indicate. Couillard (?) comes across as much more a "father figure" than Marois does as "mommy dearest" ??Delete
Mommy Dearest! Wasn't that Joan Crawford? We both remember how well that one went. My prediction: she loses thanks to the government's wrong track number at 56%.
I don't really get what you're saying... Couillard doesn't come across so well, he's barely registering better than Marois in the best premier poll. He is not registering as a "father figure" at all, and neither does Marois in the mother equivalent. She's more the Iron Lady, and right now, people are looking more for a strong figure than a parental one. Not that I like Marois, I just don't get her... she's cold and selfcentered, I don't understand how she got that far into the political realm, she's an anomaly in my book. But anyway, to say that Couillard's personality will turn things around... No. This election will be won or lost by the PQ, like it or not.ReplyDeleteReplies
And you don't get that the "View From Outside" can often be completely different from the view in the middle of the fight.Delete
Relax, Marois will lose.
It highly depends on your definition of losing: If you mean not make it as the government, I highly doubt that, if you mean not make it as a majority, that is a possibility. But somehow, I think people will move in behind the PQ, if only to avoid another minority government where nothing happens, where blame for it is thrown everywhere and where an election will happen in another year and a half. But hey, it's still early, we'll see how it plays out!Delete
Have you looked at any turnout models, Eric?ReplyDelete
That seems to be one of the biggest variables in my mind. If PLQ can produce high turnout of anti-referendum voters by hammering on that question, they may be able to achieve a large turnout advantage, given PQ base`s ambivalence about Marois (and her hedging on sovereignty). I believe that even in the last election (when PLQ was in a negative light) their turnout was pretty good.Replies
I've used turnout models in the past, but I don't think they work because turnout is never the same from one election to the next. I keep hearing that the Liberals are always under-estimated in Quebec, but that is simply not true. They were under-estimated in 2012, but over-estimated in 2008. What will happen in 2014? Flip a coin.Delete
That is why I give confidence intervals. They are meant to represent the likely outcomes if any party gets a boost or is penalized by turnout.
Sure, turnout models are just that - models. You can't predict who's going to turn out. But I think there's some value in looking at turnout as a variable, given how important that appears to have been in some recent elections. And likely to decide this one as well.Delete
Some of your second-choice scenarios are interesting and relevant (e.g. CAQ collapse), but some seem less relevant than likely turnout moves (e.g. all uncommitted voters switch to 2nd choice).
All I'm saying is that if you look at the major possible change drivers in this election, you're missing some. In this kind of analysis, error bars (while necessary) are not very insightful. It's the scenarios that tell you what's reasonable and what's not. (And yes, I realize that unforeseen events and changes can occur, but those also make the error bars irrelevant).
- Anonymous11 March, 2014 03:05
"In this scenario, uncommitted PQ and smaller-party voters cast a ballot for their second choices (if they are the PLQ or CAQ) or stay home"ReplyDelete
But further up in the article you say that the 2nd choice for the majority of PQ voters is QS... then why exclude them from the scenario where support for the PQ collapses? Is the assumption then that they will have changed their second choice? If so, why?Replies
I just wanted to focus on some best/worst case scenarios for the three main parties.Delete
- Anonymous11 March, 2014 17:57
But your worst case scenario for the PQ doesn't make sense, inasmuch as it excludes the largest (by quite a margin) second choice of their voters.Delete
What would the scenario look like if you don't impose this totally artificial restriction?
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South By Southwest (SXSW) Interactive kicks off tomorrow, with Apple planting a popup store in the Scarbrough Building on Congress Avenue downtown, says the Statesman.
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There is a standard story about the exercise of the power of judicial review by the U.S. Supreme Court before the Civil War. In this story, judicial review of Congress was exceptional and idiosyncratic, with Marbury and Dred Scott and little else. The standard story is wrong. This paper shows that the U.S. Supreme Court was more active in exercising the power to interpret the Constitution and limit the legislative authority of Congress than is conventionally recognized. In doing so, Court made itself available as a forum for resolving constitutional disputes and enforcing constitutional limits in low salience cases in the course of ordinary litigation, establishing judicial review of Congress as a regular if politically minor feature of the constitutional system. Uncovering this history not only corrects the historical records, but it contributes to our understanding of the politics of judicial review and the ways in which the Court often acts in partnership with political leaders.
Monday, June 1, 2009
Whittington on Antebellum Judicial Review
Keith E. Whittington, Princeton University, has posted an abstract for Judicial Review of Congress Before the Civil War, which will appear in the Georgetown Law Journal 97 (2009). Here it is:
2 comments:
- Alfred Brophy said...
Hmm, looks like Whittington's posted only the abstract. As always with Whittington's work, I'm really looking forward to reading it.
- June 1, 2009 at 9:42:00 AM EDT
- Dan Ernst said...
Thanks for pointing this out, Al. I did this one too quickly this AM.
- June 1, 2009 at 12:53:00 PM EDT
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Revised by the ACRL Committee on the Status of Academic Librarians and approved by the ACRL Board of Directors on October 21, 2011
ACRL supports faculty rank, status, and tenure for librarians but recognizes that not all academic institutions provide faculty status to their librarians. To ensure that their rights, privileges, and responsibilities reflect their integral role in the mission of their institutions, ACRL has developed the following guidelines for academic librarians without faculty status.
1. Professional responsibilities
Librarians should be assigned responsibilities matched to their educational competencies and the needs of the institution. They should have maximum latitude in fulfilling their responsibilities. Supervisory personnel and peers should regularly and vigorously review their performance. Review standards and procedures should be published and uniformly applied; reviewers should have access to all appropriate documentation.
2. Governance
The library exists to support the teaching, research, and service functions of the institution. Thus librarians should also participate in the development of the institution's mission, curriculum, and governance. Librarians should participate in the development of policies and procedures for their library including the hiring, review, retention, and continuing appointment of their peers.
3. Contracts
A librarian should be appointed by a written contract of no less than one year. The contract should state the terms and conditions of service and grant security of employment for the contractual period. After a period of no longer than seven years and through a process which includes peer review, librarians should be granted continuing employment if they have met the appropriate conditions and standards.
4. Compensation
The salary scale and benefits for librarians should be the same as for other academic categories with equivalent education, experience, or responsibility.
5. Promotion and salary increases
Librarians should be promoted through ranks on the basis of their professional proficiency and effectiveness. Procedures for promotion and salary increases should include a peer review. Librarians should have ranks equivalent to those of the faculty.
6. Leaves and research funds
Librarians should be eligible for internal and external research funds, leaves of absence, sabbaticals, and other means of administrative support to promote their active participation in research and other professional activities.
7. Academic freedom
Librarians are entitled to the protection of academic freedom as set forth in the American Association of University Professors 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure.
8. Dismissal or nonreappointment
The institution may dismiss a librarian during the contractual period only for just cause and through academic due process. Nonreappointment should involve adequate notice, peer review, and access to a grievance procedure.
9. Grievance
Librarians should have access to grievance procedures. These should include formal steps to be completed within specified time limits and effective safeguards against reprisal by the institution, or abuse of the procedures by the grievant. They must be consistent with applicable institutional regulations and contracts.
For standards and guidelines related to librarians with faculty status, please refer to the documents below:
1. ACRL Guidelines and Procedures for Screening and Appointment of Academic Librarians (1977), revised July 2009.
2. ACRL/AAUP/AAC Joint Statement on Faculty Status of College and University Librarians (1972); currently under review.
3. A Guideline for the Appointment, Promotion and Tenure of Academic Librarians (2004,) revised July 2010.
4. Standards for Faculty Status of Academic Librarians (revised October 2011).


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Not only does her work reflect the struggle for survival in the harsh living conditions of the New World, but also of a well-educated and intuitive woman surrounded by Puritan ideology.
Her writing style is deceptively simple, but speaks of a free-thinking woman of high intelligence, airing her views in a restricted society with ease. Bradstreet's rich vocabulary, and lyrical, yet logical quality, is a pleasure to read.
I love the description on the cover of a chapbook, published after her death: "Compiled with great variety of wit and learning, full of delight ... with diverse other pleasant & serious poems, by a Gentlewoman in New England."
One of her early pieces dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I, alludes to the role of women and their capabilities with a sly wit that emerges in many of her poems. Say it, Annie baby ...
Another poem touches on the subject of the definition of the Puritan roles of men and women, with the understanding of the likelihood that her poetical accomplishments would not be accepted:


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Yeah, Sick for me. My friend emailed me the link. Jim is hot, but my mom saw me watch it and get a little dreamy, so she was like "Turn that off before you go to Jim heaven!"
When once asked what I would do if I met Jim I said that I would give him so many hugs because he is so damn HOT and then I would tell him to get married. Response, "he is hot, but...nevermind."
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It was a very...steamy clip! Hotness!!!!
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"I don't like to brag and I won't cuz I don't have to!"
Dammit, will the movie come out already!? I refuse to watch any clips until then....
But believe me, the temptation is eating me alive!
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After 17 seasons, 11 district titles, a pair of Seventh Region crowns and a trip to the state tournament final, Todd Driskell is stepping down as head baseball coach at Male.
The 45-year-old said the time commitment has become too much.
"It's just very demanding and…you hardly get to take any time and enjoy a lot of the things with family and friends,†he said.
Driskell, a 1986 Male graduate, became head coach in 1996 after spending five seasons as an assistant. His first regional title came in 2003 and that team advanced to the state final before falling to Paul Dunbar. In 2010 the Bulldogs lost in the state semifinals to Harrison County.
Last season Male finished with a record of 28-11, losing to St. Xavier in the regional final.
Driskell said the decision took time.
"It's probably been creeping into the forefront the last two or three years,†he said. "I felt like I may not be able to give that one hundred and ten percent like I had in the past.â€
While Driskell will continue teaching at Male, he's looking forward to some reclaimed time come next spring.
Watson at Eastern
Following nearly a decade of middle school and youth travel team coaching, Tom Watson has been named head baseball coach at Eastern.
He replaces 11-year veteran John Morris, who went 338-89 and led the Eagles to Seventh Region runner-up finishes in 2005 and 2011.
"I've coached as young as the eight-year-old level all the way up through high school,†said Watson, who worked with Eastern's fall and summer teams the past year. "Even though I know there were a lot of other applicants and candidates for this position, I think it helped me already having some knowledge of the organization (and) of the players.â€
Eastern finished with a 32-8 record last season after falling to Male in the regional semifinals.
Maya McClendon, a senior-to-be at Manual, has been named to the 12-player USA Volleyball Women's Junior National Team.
The 5-foot-10 outside hitter was selected from a 24-player pool that convened in Des Moines, Iowa, last month for two weeks of training and an international tournament.
"I was extremely excited to know that I made the 12 (-player roster),†said McClendon, who plays for the Kentucky-Indiana Volleyball Academy and has committed to the University of Louisville. "There are so many good girls here and everyone's fighting for every spot. It's constant competition.â€
The freshly assembled team will compete in the Aug. 19-27 NORCECA Continental Championships in Nicaragua.
The National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association recently named its 2012 high school All-Americans and Kentucky ranked 20th nationally with 49 qualifying performances. California was No. 1 with 750 and Pennsylvania second with 366.
To qualify swimmers needed a top-100 performance nationally. Here are the local honorees:
Peyton Greenburg
100 Breast, 82nd, 1:04.54
Konnor Rist
100 Back, 88th, 56.16
Emily Holt
100 Fly, 78th, 55.75
Sarah Love
50 Free, 10th, 23.04
100 Free, 78th, 51.18
200 Medley Relay – Holt, Rist, Greenburg, and Jordan Caravona, 35th, 1:45.54
200 Free Relay – Love, Holt, Caravona and Kim Zehnder, 67th, 1:36.81
400 Free Relay – Love, Zehnder, Rist and Elizabeth House, 55th, 3:29.92
Sacred Heart
Leah Stevens
200 Free, 87th, 1:50.60
500 Free, 22nd, 4:50.00
Miranda Mercke
200 IM, 79th, 2:04.08
100 Breast, 44th, 1:03.83
Becca Corbett, Diving
200 Medley Relay – Mercke, Ashley Leclair, Victoria Horsman and Madison Lichtefeld, 43rd, 1:45.98
200 Free Relay – Mercke, Leclair, Lichtefeld and Rebecca Sears, 64th, 1:36.76
Thomas Cooper (Trinity)
50 Free, 30th, 20.66
100 Free, 11th, 44.71
Trinity's Jason Hatcher, a senior-to-be at defensive end, committed to Southern California last Friday in a ceremony at the Hyatt Regency.
The 6-foot-3, 230-pounder also considered the University of Louisville and Tennessee, but said he'd always "wanted to get away and go somewhere else for college.â€
Hatcher recorded 40.5 tackles last season, including seven sacks, as part of a Trinity defense that allowed only 8.3 points per game.
Contact columnist Chris Cahill at email@example.com.


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|System: PS3, Xbox 360, PC
|Dev: Reality Pump
|Pub: Topware Interactive
|Release: January 25, 2011
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
The central storyline offers enough impetus to continue through the game, but it's certainly not going to have you sitting on the edge of your seat. That said, it's briefly interesting at times and some of the characters are genuinely unique, which is more than you can say for most fantasy games.
Two Worlds 2's more important story elements are dynamic. It's about the player creating his/her own story during the play experience. It's hard not to craft your own tale automatically when romping through the forests and slaying wild beasts. Two Worlds 2 helps this idea along in some really neat, occasionally brilliant ways.
Early in the game I walked into a town I had to pass through to get to another city. The town was destitute and starving due to a recent drought. As I came to the gate to the next town I was told I'd need official papers to pass through. I left to try to figure out what that meant when a man approached me, telling me he could supply what I needed...for a hefty price tag. All of this seems completely ho-hum so far, but what happened next was legitimately brilliant open-world game design.
The son-of-a-gun made off with my money!
I was annoyed at first, and I vowed to hunt him down and put an arrow in his back. I continued walking around the town until I met another person offering a similar service. This time, I was at least a little less surprised when the guy made off with my money and locked himself inside his house. These weren't glitches in the game code though. They were storytelling moments meant to pull me into the world. You can tell the player fifty times that the town is starving and desperate, but it was far more effective to involve me in the town's struggles, making me a personally-affected victim of the town's desperation.
Two Worlds 2 has some amazing moments that I won't soon forget, but it's still such a mess in some ways. The online modes are also potentially cool and unique, however they're completely unbalanced. There's next to no matchmaking in the dueling mode and the match is an instant landslide if the players are more than one level apart. However, there is some fun to be had with the group quests. You can gather up to eight players online to run chains of quests together. This mode is fun, but to a limited degree. Plus, the small amount of players online right now makes it kind of hard to get good games going.
Two Worlds 2 is an improvement, but not a complete success. It still has many areas that need a lot of work, but if you can get over those parts then you'll have a good time exploring the rich, vibrant game world. Reality Pump has gone a long way since Two Worlds 1, and they've got a long way to go still. But Two Worlds 2 is a definite step in the right direction. Let's just hope that the original Two Worlds didn't damage the series' reputation to the point that people are wary to try Two Worlds 2.
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GCH CH Mt View's Ripsnorter Silver Charm
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Our Monday Morning Mop Up consists of just one show, yesterday's Delaware Water Gap Kennel Club show in Allentown PA. We did tell you yesterday that Dennis McCoy's BIS was the German Wirehaired Pointer, GCH CH Mt View's Ripsnorter Silver Charm, assuring that the GWP, Oakley, would finish the year as the Number One Dog All Breeds.
GCH CH Kiarry's Pandora's Box
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Reserve went to the American Foxhound, GCH CH Kiarry's Pandora's Box, who had a tremendous five days with five Group Ones and two BIS, to nail down the Number One Hound Title and move up to the Number Eight Dog All Breeds. Also finishing their year with a Group 1 were the Portuguese Water Dog, GCH CH Claircreek Impression De Matisse, the Colored Bull Terrier, GCH CH Banbury Bedrock Bright Star Bright, the Dalmatian, GCH CH Spotlight's Ruffian, and the German Shepherd Dog, GCH CH Pine Hills Payday of Hayshill.
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Martha Stewart is feeling some sympathy — and some empathy, too — for Paula Deen. The homemaking mogul, who once had her own cooking show on Food Network, was asked to weigh in on Deen's stunning fall from grace over the past week during a Wednesday June 26 appearance on Watch What Happens Live! with Andy Cohen.
"I feel sorry for Paula Deen," Stewart, 71, said. "She's a public figure. And I know you have to be extremely careful being a public figure."
Asked whether she "agreed" with the public and corporate reaction to Deen's admitted past use of the N-word — Deen has been dropped by the Food Network and by sponsors such as Walmart, Smithfield's and Caesar's Entertainment — Stewart was careful in her response. "I don't want to say whether I agree or not. I just feel you have to really watch yourself especially especially in this day and age, with cameras all over you and google." She added knowingly: "What I just said….It'll be there forever."
Of Deen specifically being dropped by the Food Network, Stewart had "no comment."
Stewart herself had to claw her way back from disgrace back in 2005. After serving five months in prison related to her involvement in the ImClone insider trading scandal, the domestic doyenne successfully relaunched her TV, magazine and book publishing empire.
On Wednesday, a source told Us that Deen had frantically hired crisis management expert Judy Smith — the basis for Kerry Washington's Scandal heroine Olivia Pope — to stage a comeback.
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Did the Redskins handle RGIII's concussion properly?
Somewhere in between the Washington Redskins recognizing that Robert Griffin III received a concussion on Sunday and the correct decision to keep him out of the rest of the game, it somehow got twisted that the team had erred in their handling of the rookie quarterback's brain injury.
The team was criticized for giving an in-game status update that said Griffin was "shaken up."
Then head coach Mike Shanahan took heat after the game when he said Griffin had a "mild concussion."
"When he really wasn't sure what quarter it was, what score it was, we knew he had a mild concussion, at least according to the doctors," Shanahan said after the game.
Take it away, peanut gallery:
"Oh, he didn't know what was going on? Just a little shaky! Shanahan's a classic smashmouth FOOTBALL coach, and it's hardly a surprise to hear him talk about a concussed Griffin like there was any chance he could've gone back in the game. But this is the battle the NFL has to fight as it continues to try and improve player safety."
"In using that term, Shanahan is doing his superstar rookie quarterback a disservice. And in allowing teams to use phrases like "mild concussion" or "neck injury" to describe what are obvious injuries to a player's head, the NFL is doing a disservice to player safety.Concussions aren't chicken wing flavors. Calling something a "mild concussion" is like telling someone that your wife is "kind of pregnant." A concussion is, medically speaking, known as TBI. That stands for Traumatic Brain Injury. Not mild brain injury, spicy brain injury or Caribbean jerk brain injury. Traumatic brain injury."
"The term "mild" concussion may be more descriptive than "shaken up," which was how the Redskins initially described Griffin, but with the NFL's emphasis on protecting players from head injuries, it's probably better for coaches not to refer to any concussions as 'mild.'"
It's time to kill the term "mild concussion." It's only mild if someone else suffers it. Apart from being medically inaccurate, the term downplays the severity of suffering a concussion. It basically is an update of the outdated terms "bell rung" or "shaken up."
Oh, Internet, you never fail to disappoint when bloggers try to out-earnest each other.
There are only two ways to deal with a concussion: the right way and the wrong way. RGIII didn't play another snap on Sunday. The Redskins did it properly.
So what's the issue? Shanahan's word choice in diagnosing his quarterback? Did the football media suddenly turn into MDs and English professors? Are we all so concussion sensitive that we can't accept all brain injuries aren't created equal? I can Google "CDC mild concussion" and read the same report everybody else did. What I read is that the severity of concussions can vary, the same as heart attacks, strokes and forms of cancer. Assuming the concussion was not on the severe side, why is it a disservice to say that? We need more awareness about concussions. Lumping all of them together is a terrible way to do that.
The NFL is looking into the Redskins' injury reporting because the NFL has been a great champion of concussion awareness for the past five minutes. What better way to make up for a half-century of looking the other way than hitting a team for using an adjective.
Late Sunday, Griffin tweeted he was okay and would likely play next week after concussion tests. I suppose we should get mad at him for not treating his injury seriously enough.


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In the third of four interviews hosted at the OneTeamGov Global event in London, we talk to Pablo Fernández Vallejo; Service Designer at Laboratorio de Gobierno Argentino; part of the Argentinian Ministry of Modernisation. We discover how international service design principles translate in Latin America, and how LabGovAr is tackling deep societal issues in partnership with government departments.
We chat to Pablo about his transition from industrial design into service design, through his education in Berlin, and how he's applying this expertise in Buenos Aires. We learn how living in multiple international cities builds empathy across cultural difference, why products that are kind can be the most effective, and what the UK border experience can teach us about the design of public services.
Pablo also shares his hopes and expectations for the International Design Conference, as it brings together specialists from around the world to explore themes around ethics, power, and diversity.
In the second of four interviews hosted at the OneTeamGov Global event in London, we talk to the Director for the Centre for Homelessness Impact; Ligia Teixeira. With the recent publication of a new rough sleeping strategy, we learn how data and evidence can make the UK government's vision to eradicate homelessness by 2027 a reality.
We chat to Ligia about her background in academia at the London School of Economics, and hear how her conversations with homeless people in London inspired her to volunteer, and then work, for the charity Crisis. Ligia explains how the 50 year anniversary of the homeless sector prompted the creation of a new organisation, with a mission to promote and support evidence-based interventions.
Ligia also shares examples of how we can all practice effective altruism, gives us tips on using our 80,000 hours of work for good, and inspires us towards self improvement through constant reflection and learning.
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In the first of four interviews hosted at the OneTeamGov Global event in London, we chat to FutureGov Australia's Studio Director, Sarah Hurcombe. Having worked across all levels of public sector, private sector, consulting, and charities, Sarah shares her unique perspective on how these organisations can work together to improve outcomes for citizens.
From working within the heart of UK government in the Cabinet Office through to the local levels in Australia, we hear how Sarah's legal background helped her to bringing together analytical and user-centred approaches to service delivery. We talk about qualitative versus quantitative data, the value of stories in amplifying the voices of underrepresented groups, and how to create better public sector leaders.
Sarah also shares her reflections on moving back home to Australia, why running a cafe in Sydney means applying the best of human-centred design, and gives our listeners a freebie offer you won't want to miss!
We're in North America talking to Lena Trudeau, co-founder and CEO of Nuage Cloud Strategies, formerly of the Canadian Digital Service in Ottawa and 18F in Washington DC. A passionate public sector leader, Lena has served many tours of duty in government technology, and also spent time at Amazon Web Services growing cloud adoption within government.
We chat to Lena about her long career in public service, including at the Presidential Innovation Fellows program in the White House, and how she went on to establish a digital delivery culture in the US government with 18F. We learn why she believes international public servants are a national asset, how the tech world can do better with diversity, and hear her thoughts on empathetic and human-centred leadership models.
Lena also tells us why she loves Canadian cultural values, and educates us on the fast-paced world of ice hockey. We get her top bourbon recommendations in preparation for the regular Friday afternoon OneTeamGov celebration!
We're in London at the BSides conference chatting to our former colleague Ahana Datta, Head of Cyber Security at the Financial Times newspaper. The first ethical hacker hired in UK Government; Ahana went on to lead the security profession within the civil service, working with the Ministry of Justice, the Foreign Office and the National Cyber Security Centre.
We chat about her time doing security for the greater good, the practicalities of securing the prison system in a traditional risk averse culture, and how motivations differ in the private sector. We get Ahana's inside scoop on classic security myths, and why she hates the term 'cyber'.
Ahana also shares stories about breaking into cash machines, being mistaken for the intern, and how she manages to 'secret squirrel' on social media. All of this set to a backdrop of RnB classics! We dare you to try and find her anywhere else on the interweb.
We go on the road to Gothenburg for the launch of One Team Gov Sweden! In this show we chat to Adrian Solitander; programme manager at the research and innovation agency Vinnova, and co-founder of the Swedish One Team Gov community. Adrian is passionate about helping people engage digitally in government and society.
We chat about Adrian's background in European policy, his transition into the digital space, and how it feels to be working at the forefront of Swedish innovation. We hear Adrian's reflections on Brexit, his experience working in the European Commission during the financial crisis, and creative ways of fostering innovation through funding.
Adrian also shares his thoughts on encouraging collaboration across public sector silos, how government is enabling everything from algorithms to inflatable bike helmets, and why he's excited about the One Team Gov Global event in London on the 16th of July. Visit oneteamgov.uk to apply for your ticket now!
In our first ever show we talk to Kit Collingwood; co-founder of the One Team Gov public sector reform movement. Kit is a senior civil servant who is passionate about public services that work for everyone, and about modernising government. She cares deeply about new leadership models based on radical empathy, humility, and vulnerability.
We chat about how One Team Gov got started, and how it's bringing together disparate communities to take practical action for public sector reform. We hear Kit's reflections on her career in policy and digital; including her role in delivering the first Government Digital Service exemplar, and on leading data teams for the welfare state.
Kit also gives her thoughts on how we can make government more inclusive, why Rebecca Solnit is her patronus, and why you should join us at One Team Gov Global event in London on the 16th of July. Visit oneteamgov.uk to apply for your ticket now!


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U.N. climate chief cashes in on carbon
Tied to conglomerate that stands to make hundreds of millions in emissions scheme
By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2009 WorldNetDaily
NEW YORK – A story emerging out of Britain suggests "follow the money" may explain the enthusiasm of the United Nations to pursue caps on carbon emissions, despite doubts surfacing in the scientific community about the validity of the underlying global warming hypothesis.
A Mumbai-based Indian multinational conglomerate with business ties to Rajendra K. Pachauri, the chairman since 2002 of the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, stands to make several hundred million dollars in European Union carbon credits simply by closing a steel production facility in Britain with the loss of 1,700 jobs.
The Tata Group headquartered in Mumbai anticipates receiving windfall profits of up to nearly $2 billion from closing the Corus Redcar steelmaking plant in Britain, with about half of the savings expected to result from cashing in on carbon credits granted the steelmaker by the European Union under the EU's emissions-trading scheme.
Corus has accumulated 7.5 million European Union surplus carbon allowances, given the company free by the EU, after corporate officials lobbied EU officials aggressively in Brussels.
The Corus-owned 7.5 million allowances are estimated at up to $650 million; the company also anticipates "saving" 6 million tons of carbon dioxide by closing the plant and not producing the plant's capacity of 3 million tons of steel. The 6 million tons of carbon dioxide is worth an estimated $130 million at current rates and possibly as much as $325 million at expected market levels.
The British government also announced Wednesday it would auction off rather than cancel the millions of carbon permits resulting from the Corus Redcar steel-plant closing. The Corus Redcar facility is scheduled to be closed in January, and if the facility is to be closed more than 50 days, Corus would not be entitled to receive the permits, worth about $147.5 million per year at current market rates.
How does the closing of a steelmaker in Britain tie to the chairman of the U.N.'s global-warming science committee?
In 1974, the Tata Group provided the financial resources to found the Tata Energy Research Institute, or TERI, a policy organization headquartered in New Delhi, India, of which Pachauri has been chairman since the group was formed.
Continued business ties between TERI and Tata are demonstrated by a press announcement on the TERI website dated Feb. 4 in which Jairam Ramesh, the Indian minister of state for commerce and industry as well as minister of state for power, announced a joint venture with TERI and Tata power to extract and use carbon dioxide for the propagation of microalgae.
On Dec. 10, 2007, Pachauri shared with Al Gore the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on global warming. At the Nobel ceremonies, Pachauri in his Nobel lecture openly represented the U.N.'s IPCC.
The Tata Group decision to close the Corus steelmaking plant has caused the Labour government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown political difficulties. Manufacturing accounted for 22.5 percent of Britain's economic output when Labour came to power in 1997, while it accounts for little more than 11 percent today, according to the London Times. (McAuleys World – in the last 12 years of Labor Party Rule, Britian has lost 1/2 of its manufacturing base – the vast majority of that loss has occured since Gordon Brown took office just 2 years ago – http://u.tv/News/Where-did-all-go-wrong-for-Gordon-Brown/e553a4b7-50d7-4925-8c16-08f037d589f8)
Arguing that the Brown government needs to provide financial assistance to manufacturing in Britain, Kirby Adams, the chief executive officer of Corus, told the newspaper, "Jobs paying £30,000 ($50,000) a year are only in manufacturing sectors or sectors where you are adding value – you are not going to make that flipping burgers."
He added: "In some way I hope that this [decision to close Corus Redcar] will be the final wake-up call or alarm bell to get things across to people in Whitehall and Westminster – we need to help other sectors of the economy, not just the columns of the Bank of England."
In July, thousands of steelworkers marched in Redcar, North Yorks, England, protesting the proposed closing of the Corus steelmaking facility.
The European Union Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading System began operations in January 2005, billing itself as "the largest multi-country, multi-sector Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading system worldwide."
McAuleysWorld: In very plain terms – this is how the "Cap & Trade" scandal will work. Manufacturing facilities throughout Western Europe and the United States will be purchased and closed or will have their production curtailed significantly, creating "Carbon Credits" ….. these "Credits" are then sold to these same companies competitors, be it in China, India or another "developing country" …. where the "production" will be transfered … frequently with an end result that the new location or facility actually produces more evironmentally harmful polution. (Yes, you can question global warming and still recognize industrial poillution as a negative – "Global Warming" and "Cap & Trade" scams have nothing to do with improving the environment – they are tools for the redistribution of wealth – nothing more – nothing less. Gloabl Warming was the tool needed to create "Cap & Trade" – "Cap & Trade" is the vehicle for the redistribution of wealth and the transfer of jobs from the industrialized nations to the developing world ……. all you need do is follow the money ………
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Day 1: Breakfast
Assignment: Create a gmail account.
Link: GMAIL
Why?: You do not need to switch to this email account. We will use it later for some Open ID places and for Google Reader.
Day 1: Lunch
Assignment: Create the following accounts: Twitter and Facebook.
Link: Twitter and Facebook
Why?: These are two of the biggest social network sites right now. You are not doing anything with these accounts yet. You are just signing up.
Day 1: Dinner
Assignment: Create a blog and add the following: About Me, 2 Gadgets (sometimes called Widgets), and One Small Post
Link: Blogger (people use other sites, I prefer this one)
Why?: A blog is where you will direct readers to your posted thoughts and opinions, the links you enjoy, and connect with you a lots of other ways.
How?: To start the blog, pick a simple design (you can change it later). Focus on being clear in the "About Me" part (Job, Family, Hobbies). The two gadgets can be any you pick on the design page (you can also get widgets from other sites and add them in). My favorites: Wibiya (the toolbar you see at the bottom), Revolver Maps (shows where visitors are from) or add a simple gadget on the design page by clicking on "Add gadget". Now for your small post, this can be an introduction of yourself, a welcome to visitors, or you can jump right in and post your thoughts. Make sure you hit save, and then admire your work (rule of thumb: save often!).
Want more? Forgo sleep, and continue....
Day 2: Breakfast
Assignment: Join some Nings! (+Inter. Edu Bloggers)
Why?: Nings are a lot like Facebook, but they are often directed around a topic. Here are a few I am part of: Second Grade, Another Second Grade, Educator's PLN, or find your own. These sites will be places for you to join discussions, gather resources, network, and link back to your blog. You should also join the International Edubloggers Directory if you want to connect globally.
Day 2: Lunch
Assignment: Store sites and feeds with Diigo, Delicious, and Google Reader.
Why?: You do not need to sign up for all of these, and if you are going to pick just one, I like Diigo the best. They all have special features. Make sure you install the tool bar with Diigo, it will place some cool tools on your internet browser (I use Mozilla). If you are ambitious you can sign up for Delicious and Google Reader also. Now that you have one or all of these, spend some time and figure out how to bookmark a website with the tool you chose. The job now is to go back to all the sites you joined and bookmark them (facebook, twitter, your blog site, the Nings, etc.)
Day 2: Dinner
Assignment: Create an awesome blog post.
Why?: You have something to say right? Maybe it is about an article you read, or another blog you read (More Ideas Here). This is the time to really get your thoughts out. Be sure to include some links in your post, read through it once, and fill in a couple of labels at the end before you publish.
Day 3: Breakfast
Assignment: Connect with people using Twitter and TweepML.
Why?: If you are not following anyone on Twitter, most likely no one is following you. Time to change that.
How?: I am going to give you two lists that contain educators:
http://twitter.com/bonjour606/education-related and http://twitter.com/ImaginationSoup/education. You need to do this procedure twice. Copy one of the lists (highlight and control+c). Go here. Paste the list in the section that says "Follow a Twitter List" and click submit. It should load up a bunch of people. At the bottom you want to click "Sign in on Twitter Account." A window will open and you must allow the program to access your Twitter. Repeat process with second list. You should now have a bunch of people you follow on Twitter.
(You will get a bunch of direct automatic messages from people. This is a welcome note. You can set up your own at Socialoomph)
Day 3: Lunch
Assignment: Tell people about your blog.
Why?: Know that you are a bit more connected, you should share you awesome blog. To start, create a Tweet that says what your blog post was about and includes a link (you can make a Tinyurl or add a tool later that allows direct tweets from your posts). Next you should revisit all the nings you joined and kindly ask the people in the forum to read your blog and comment. You can also post it on Facebook as a status update or you can join some education groups on there and share.
It may be slow and take a few tries to get people to visit your blog. Don't get discouraged. It may also take some time for people to follow your Twitter. The more you post on your blog and twitter that is relevant to what people are interested in the more followers you will get. (Frequency and Relevancy are key).
Day 3: Dinner
Assignment: Build a network of connections.
Why?: If your PLN is small you may not be getting the best info. Start following other blogs, reading their posts, and leaving a comments (your comment can ask them to read your posts too). Here are a few favorite blogs: Principal's Reflections, Around the Corner, and Moving at the Speed of Creativity. On each of these sites you should see other blogs to follow on the side columns. Feel free build from here. You can add them to your Diigo, Delicious, or Google Reader. You can also follow them at the top if they are on Blogger. There may be other ways to connect (RSS great guide from Will Richardson) so look around the sites. These people are experts and have great things to read.
Day 4: Breakfast
Assignment: Blog again and Get Twittering
Why?: If you want to keep people coming to your site and connecting with you, you need to say more stuff. Blog about a great teaching idea you thought of that others can use. Now get sharing it, share your blog site on Twitter, Facebook, Nings, and other groups you joined.
Day 4: Lunch
Assignment: Explore the Features of Your Tools
Why?: Mostly likely there are more ways you can use Diigo, Delicious, Google Reader, Twitter, Facebook, etc. You would do some searches on some useful ways to use the tools. Will Richardson has a great blog to check out.
You are now pretty well connected. You may want to relax a bit (but keep blogging and sharing).
To keep from going stale and getting out of the loop, you should always respond to messages sent to you. You should do something to your blog at least once a week.
If you are hungry for more, here a few things to explore:
- Get to know some html code. It is useful for adding widgets, and other tools to your blog. A lot of code is copy and paste now, but it is still useful to understand how it works.
- Explore some other cools: TweetDeck, Plurk, Glogster, Skype, and Digsby are just a few tools you may want to look into.
- Message people through a variety of tools. Direct Message on Twitter. Email people. Post comments on forums, and blogs.
- Build a network of people to follow on Diigo and Delicious. Share bookmarks.
- Read, Blog, and Comment often. Stay relevant and connected.
- Look for ways you can collaborate with other educators (Wikis, and other projects).
What things did I miss? What are some other useful ways to help newbies?


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The ALA's Copyright Subcommittee (Committee on Legislation) is hosting a panel on the Google Book Settlement at ALA Midwinter this year — Saturday at 1:30 at the Grand Hyatt. (I'm on the committee and on the panel.) Should be interesting.
Come to the Google Book Settlement Session at ALA Midwinter Conference January 24th, 2009, 1:30-3:30, Grand Hyatt, Maroon Peak Room
If you'll be at ALA's Midwinter Conference in Denver at the end of January, please check out the session "Google Book Search: What's In It for Libraries?" The open forum will be hosted by the ALA Committee on Legislation's Copyright Subcommittee to discuss the proposed Google Book Search settlement. The discussion will take place on Saturday, January 24, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Grand Hyatt, Maroon Peak (listed as the Washington Office Breakout Session IV – Google Book Search in the program).
Panelists will include Dan Clancy, Engineering Director for the Google Book Search Project, Karen Coyle, Digital Librarian and Consultant, Paul Courant, Dean of Libraries at the University of Michigan, and Laura Quilter, Librarian and Attorney at Law. The session will be moderated by Nancy Kranich, chair of the COL Copyright Subcommittee. Following brief opening remarks by each panelist, there be an opportunity for dialogue and questions from the audience.
Additional information about the proposed Google Book Search settlement is available at http://wo.ala.org/gbs/.


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An evening of good fun and entertainment awaits the audience at recordings sessions of Mediacorp's Toggle's talkshow, LOL, which is recorded in from of a live audience. The recordings also present an opportunity to get up close to your favourite celeb, as well one in which the audience can learn great make-up tips from the creator of Fashion Forward, stylist Marcus AC, the show's co-host. The most recent session saw the appearance of model and actress Jaymee Ong and hunk, model and TV host, Paul Foster – who was urged by the audience (and host Judee Tan) to show-off his nipple rings. Also making an appearance was singer, songwriter, and yoga instructor, Alicia Pan – who certainly showed off the wonderful vocals she's blessed with. Just three more recording sessions are left for Season 1 of LOL – next week on 18, 19, and 20 March 2013 and limited seats are available. Details on how you can be part of the audience (ladies only) can be found at this link.
Photographs from the last recording session on 8 March 2013: