Binomial distributions and multiple choice tests
Readers of my blog know that I generally regard multiple choice tests (MCTs) as an adequate tool to assess student knowledge of, and proficiency with, a given set of topics.…
October 2012
St Petersburg cartoon ‘tools’ guide for migrant workers called insulting
A cartoon style “advice” guide for migrants in St Petersburg, Russia, has attracted a lot of criticism. The guide has the title Labour Migrant’s Reference Book and according to Russia…
140Law – Legal Headlines for Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Wednesday, October 24, 2012: Lawyers argue names shouldn’t be public in divorce cases – StarPhoenix 104 Ontario bills…
Ontario’s Prorogation Stench
As the dust settles on McGuinty’s shocking resignation announcement, the pungent stench of his prorogation decision remains. It is unclear if there are long term ramifications for a clearly unpopular…
Do you make what Mitt Romney makes?
Didn’t think so.
Awesome motion passed by the OCDSB last night!
… especially point “C”. It won’t make a hill of beans of a difference, but the Board said what needed saying. Thanks to @nancy_akehurst for the pic. (7) Trashy, Ottawa,…
Star page one: Duncan throws support behind Pupatello?
Finance Minister Dwight Duncan will not run to succeed Premier Dalton McGuinty as Ontario Liberal leader, the Star has learned. Duncan will announce his decision Wednesday, paving the way for…
Pleadings to be read broadly on a motion to strike
Fox v PW Lorch & Associates Ltd, 2012 SKCA 93 is a useful source for the principle that, on motions to strike, pleadings must be read broadly: Because of the…
Oil Poisons Everything – Defend Our Coast And Our Democracy
* Today there are community actions happening at MLA offices across BC. People are participating in the Defend Our Coast Campaign, and are showing up across the province to link…
Ask General Kang: How do I make myself look attractive on a dating site?
Your human mating rituals are really quite amusing. Dating sites are so passé on my homeworld of Neecknaw. Instead of dating sites, we have two bi-weekly “Gathering of the Gonads”…
Muskrat Falls – The Importance of Transparency #nlpoli
Nalcor will install new generating capacity at Portland Creek in the mid-2030s despite having about 1200 gigawatt hours of electricity available from Muskrat Falls. In his latest assessment – Muskrat…
Hollowing Out, Part 1: 30 of Canada’s Top 100 Companies in 1995 Have Since Been Taken Over by Multinational Corporations
In honour of the recent controversy over the proposed takeover of Nexen by the government of China (since only foreign governments are allowed to make money off of Canada’s oil…
The Haida’s Lousy Eco-Bet
Read between the lines in the financing agreement between the Haida and the North Coast Credit Union and it appears the Old Massett Village council’s $2.5-million gambit was a scheme…
Austerity only for the "plebs"
The most read article at Northern Insights is Adventures in not net zero land. It begins with this: “Helping manage the BC government’s war on school teachers and public education…
Idealism for Ideals
In the middle of the summer, I was asked by my friend Joseph Uranowski to write an article on whether or not Justin Trudeau should run for the Liberal leadership.…
Despite plans to reopen next week, ripples from XL Foods closing may spread
Everything from ranches to feedlots to auction operations not quite like this one could be affected by a financial disaster at Nilsson Brothers Inc., the owner of XL Foods in…
Great line of the day
From Nancy Nall: Maybe Dave Barry is right — as we get older, our brains fill up with song lyrics and there’s no room for anything else. These fans better…
Dwight
CP, CBC and others are reporting similar stuff. So, if it’s true that Dwight is leaving, it is another very sad development for Ontario Liberals. Dwight Duncan is a giant…
Suzuki: Short-Term Thinking On Display in Canada-China Deal and Budget
By David Suzuki Why, when so many people oppose the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project, would government and industry resort to such extreme measures to push it through? The problems…