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MIXED-METHODS DESIGNS
Multiple-Choice Questions
By definition, mixed-methods research designs
include both relationship questions and difference questions in the same study.
include both descriptive and inferential statistics in the analysis.
include both quantitative and qualitative data.
include a number of quantitative measures of student performance.
Of the following, which best illustrates an example of a mixed-methods study?
Jenka conducts interviews and observations in her study of transitional students.
Vanda conducts observations and supplements her findings with class grades.
Micky looks at percentages of successful transitions from the district and class grades.
Svec interviews both parents and their children regarding transition.
A study that relies primarily on quantitative data and uses qualitative data to follow up is considered an example of which approach to mixed methods design?
Multiphase iterative
Explanatory
Dorothy has been collecting both quantitative and qualitative data in parallel. She wanted to ensure triangulation with the hope that analyses of both data sets lead to similar conclusions about the phenomenon under investigation. Which design has Dorothy employed?
Shenny has been collecting quantitative and qualitative data within the same time frame. Each data set aims to address related but different research questions. Which design has Shenny employed?
Rodrigo wanted to investigate students' feeling about reading for pleasure. First, he interviewed students and then he used insights from the interviews to construct a survey to collect quantitative data. Which design has Rodrigo employed?
Sharon wanted to investigate student perceptions of homework. First, she distributed a survey to students and their parents and collected quantitative data. Second, she interviewed a few participants to gain insights on their survey responses. Which design has Sharon employed?
Tacita is interested in how teachers' classroom management practices change over time. She conducts observations of 8 teachers' classrooms over the course of five years. She interviews the teachers and follows up with counts of referral data, disciplinary notes in children's files, and number of notes home per teacher per year. This study can be described as a:
QUAN-QUAL study
QUAL-quan study
Quantitative study
The QUAN-qual model of mixed methods design is also known as
triangulation.
exploratory.
explanatory.
Which of the following scenarios best illustrates a multiphase iterative design?
A city has a typical voter turnout of 40% and so decides to implement a program to "get out the vote." First, they interview 38 voting-age adults about their voting practice. Then, six weeks before the local election, they begin an advertising campaign in the local media, community services, and neighborhoods. After the election, they see that voter turnout remained at 40%. They conduct more interviews to find out why, and ask in particular about people's response to the advertising campaign. They then begin planning a new campaign for the next election.
A researcher is interested in how low-income families budget each month, identifying and balancing necessities with items that might be considered luxuries. She begins by conducting a small focus group, asking open-ended questions about budgeting and letting the group take the topic wherever they choose. From their responses, she develops a more extensive set of interview questions and conducts a series of individual interviews over a six-month period. After analyzing the data, she develops a detailed survey, which she administers to a large sample of families, asking them to fill it out every other month for a year.
A team of medical researchers wants to understand why parents do not consistently take their children to the hospital for evaluation after falling and hitting their heads during play or sports. They conduct a two-phase study in which 283 parents first complete a 26-item survey regarding their parenting practices, medical knowledge of head injury and concussion, and medical histories. The team analyzes the survey results and formulates a set of focused interview questions, then calls a subset of the original sample and invites them to participate in a 2-hour interview.
A sociologist is interested in whether the increase of gender-nontraditional characters on television affects the way people think about laws on equal treatment. He contacts a sample of 16 individuals in his community who are active in civil rights organizations and conducts four focus groups to identify target television shows and key questions to ask in a second phase of his study. He then does a qualitative content analysis of the targeted television shows and uses that analysis to develop a set of interview questions. He then contacts a random sample of individuals across the country and invites them to participate in the interview via computer.
Mixed-methods research that has more than one phase usually employs which type of sampling method?
stratified random
Mixed-methods researchers should ask themselves, "Are the quantitative and qualitative data equally relevant to the same or related topics and research question(s)?" This question is most useful to help the researcher evaluate:
the validity of the study.
the purpose of the study.
the type of analysis to be used in the study.
the conclusions drawn as a result of the study.
What are the general advantages of conducting a mixed-methods study, rather than two or more different studies, to address a single research question?
Why do mixed-methods studies require special consideration of the ethics involved in conducting the study? Explain, using an example to support your claims.
PLANNING AND PREPARING A Final Research Report
To assist students in recognizing different styles of technical writing, return again to the pool of articles collected for the Chapter 1 activity. Ask students to sort the articles into the various styles (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) they represent. Having categorized the articles, it will be easy to compare and contrast how headings, citations, referencing, and so on are handled in each style.
This group activity will help students pull together all that they have learned about research. Form small groups of students who are heterogeneous in terms of experience and research interest. Have each small group critique a research report using the checklist provided in Chapter 12. If time allows, you might ask groups to critique two research reports: one chosen as a good example of a high-quality research report and one chosen as a poor example. If each group is critiquing the same article (or articles), groups can compare critiques and discuss any differences of opinion. Alternatively, the activity could conclude with a whole-group discussion of each article and how well it conforms to standards of good technical writing.
This activity is a good assessment tool as well as a good learning tool. As part of a final exam, students can read a short research article and critique it using the checklist provided in the chapter.
Before beginning to write a report of your own research study, you should first:
confirm the required style or format.
surf the Internet for published reports on similar topics.
complete all data collection and analyses.
find a friend or colleague who is willing to read it when it's finished.
Alana has completed a study on the development of political attitudes in adolescence as part of her graduate studies. She begins her dissertation by stating, "Previous research has shown…" and then summarizes the related literature on her topic. Which of the following pieces of advice is her advisor most likely to give her for revision?
Introduce your hypotheses immediately after the review of the literature.
Begin with a statement of the problem, in context, before introducing previous research.
Discuss the studies in chronological order, ending with the most recent study, to highlight how your study fits into the history of research on this topic.
Define "political attitudes" in the first paragraph, to ensure that the readers will be able to follow the literature review.
Marc is working on his dissertation. He wants the introductory section to be thorough and easy to understand, so for any terms that might be ambiguous, he explains how he's defined the term, why he's defined it in that particular way rather than in another way, and an example. Which of the following pieces of advice is his advisor most likely to give him for revision?
Keep it up; it's important to be clear and define your terms so that everyone is on the same page.
Cut back — for a dissertation, assume that your reader is familiar with your topic and explain only new terminology.
Take out the examples; a definition and explanation should be clear enough to an intelligent reader.
Move any operational definitions to the method section, where you should explain how variables are measured.
Kimathi conducted a case study that included a series of interviews. He knows that he should describe his research methods in sufficient detail that someone else could replicate his study exactly, so in a section titled "Methodology," he includes all of his interview questions, and all accompanying follow-up probes, in a lengthy table. Which of the following pieces of advice is his advisor most likely to give him for revision?
keep all the questions in the table, but exclude the follow-up probes.
describe the purpose of the interview and how it was conducted in the method section and put all the questions into the appendix.
include only sample questions in the method section but put the full interview protocol in an appendix.
include only the interview questions that led to significant results.
Estrella has completed a qualitative study, and although she coded and organized her data, she did not conduct any statistical analyses. She thus does not want to present a separate results section in her paper. Which of the following pieces of advice is her advisor most likely to give her for revision?
It's okay to go straight to conclusions since she doesn't have statistical results.
She does not need a results section in the paper itself as long as she presents all her data in an appendix.
Every paper really needs a dedicated results section, so she should include this section in the paper.
However the section is labeled, she should present a summary of the data, in detail, in the body of the paper.
Tiffani has completed an experiment with a factorial design and begins to write the section of her report titled "Results." She starts by saying she conducted a factorial analysis of variance and then describes, in sequence, each of the other statistics she ran. Which of the following pieces of advice is her advisor most likely to give her for revision?
Present only the statistics that provide evidence to support the original research hypothesis.
Be sure that the reader can understand how each analysis is related to the problem or subproblem.
After each individual statistic, provide a clear conclusion so that readers fully understand what it shows.
Don't forget to back up your numbers with thick description of the data so that readers will be able to replicate the study.
Zara finished a survey study and found unexpected results — in some cases, the analyses showed that variables were correlated, but Zara had no a priori hypothesis about those variables. She is unsure whether to include these results at all in the final report. Which of the following pieces of advice is her advisor most likely to give her for revision?
Present the unexpected results, perhaps after she presents the results that relate directly to the original questions and hypotheses.
Present only the statistics that provide evidence to support the original research hypothesis in the results section and save the others for a discussion section.
Consider revising the introduction, possibly with a review of more literature, to see if the unexpected results should have been expected after all.
Present the results in the order in which she ran the analyses, without distinguishing that some were unexpected.
Ami conducted a quasi-experimental study for her thesis. In her final report, she includes one section titled "Results and Conclusions." In that section, she presents statistical analyses, the limitations of her study, and plans for future research. Which of the following pieces of advice is her advisor most likely to give her for revision?
That looks good — everything is covered in one place so it's easy for the reader.
Include interpretations of the data — how do the data help us answer the research question?
Take out the section on limitations — no need to draw attention to a study's weaknesses.
For a quasi-experimental study, a separate Results section is really needed.
Monisha conducted a narrative study that turned out exactly opposite of what she expected. She ends the report of her study with a brief summary of the findings and a more lengthy discussion of the importance of the research question, including a new literature review that might explain her unexpected findings. Which of the following pieces of advice is her advisor most likely to give her for revision?
Don't lose sight of what you actually found — suggesting new research is great, but in this report focus first on interpreting the data you have and reflecting on any possible weaknesses in your design.
It was smart to do a new literature review — but it should replace the old one, so that the results do not appear to be unexpected; you should reorganize the paper with a new prediction.
Sometimes research doesn't turn out as we expect, but those studies generally don't get published. So don't spend too much time on a revision of this paper.
Instead of a new literature review at the end of the paper, include more information about the possible weaknesses of the method, analyses, and interpretations. That way the reader will have a better understanding of why the results are so unexpected.
Yanfeng completes a qualitative action research study as part of his student teaching experience. His report includes front matter in which he acknowledges the people who helped with the study and an appendix showing his interview questions. When discussing his results, he presents quotations from the participants, who were students in his class. He uses only their initials, to preserve their anonymity. In his conclusions, he notes the next steps he plans to take in the classroom, based on his results. Which of the following pieces of advice is his advisor most likely to give him for revision?
It's okay as is — because Yanfeng was in the classroom as a student teacher, preserving anonymity is impossible.
Remove the acknowledgments so that any information about the school is anonymous, and then the initials are anonymous and so okay.
Revise the results section so that the students are not identifiable, but keep the acknowledgments.
Remove the acknowledgments section and the students' initials to preserve everyone's anonymity.
Malia did a lot of reading for her dissertation project as she tried to narrow her topic to something that was researchable. She looked at primary and secondary sources, journal articles, Internet sites, and even interviewed a few people who are prominent in the field. She kept careful notes, and when writing the literature review for her project she discussed only those studies that were directly relevant to the research question she ultimately focused on. However, she wants to be sure that her advisors know she completed a comprehensive search of the literature, so she includes a full bibliography chapter, listing all the sources she read. Which of the following pieces of advice is her advisor most likely to give her for revision?
For a dissertation project, that's sensible —in a dissertation, a student needs to show that she is an expert in the area.
Revise the reference list to include only those sources cited in the paper.
Revise the literature review to include all the sources you read.
Instead of a chapter, use an appendix of "Additional Sources" so that the readers can see the full list.
As part of her graduate work, Liana conducted an ethnographic study, which included several participant observers — undergraduate students who received course credit for their participation across a full semester. Liana is unsure whether to include the students as co-authors on a conference proposal she is submitting, in which she summarizes the main findings of the study. Which of the following pieces of advice is her advisor most likely to give her?
Include them, because their participant observation required substantial intellectual contribution to the project.
Do not include them, because they received course credit for their participation.
Only include the students whose observations were used to support the conclusions you drew.
Include them for the conference presentation but not a later journal article, because journals have more rigid rules about shared authorship.
Throughout your textbook the authors return to the importance of interpreting the findings of a research project. Explain why this is an essential element in a high-quality research report.
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Evidence-based policy: Making it work
by	William Gardner March 28, 2015
Many of us would like to see a world in which social policies comport with our best understanding of science. Is this possible? Professor Patrick Fafard is skeptical.
the idea is to select among candidate policies or programs in a rational manner using the scientific method. Sometimes this view goes by the name of evidence-based policy making.
In response, my first inclination is to discount if not dismiss the argument by simply asserting that in real life things are not so simple and grumble about the hubris of scientists.
He argues that
policy making should not be reduced to rational problem solving.
and that
most of the truly interesting and non-trivial policy issues do not lend themselves to rational decision-making.
This is puzzling. The Canada Health Act is truly interesting and non-trivial. Was it the outcome of irrational decision-making? We can, do, and should reason about principles and values, even though many other factors will enter into our policy decision-making.
I expect that what Fafard wants to say is that policy making cannot be reduced to scientific problem solving. I agree that policy decision making can't be reduced to science, even in principle. Fafard correctly observes that much of the conventional literature on knowledge translation is naive about the
complex social, political and values-based dimensions of policy change and research use.
Nevertheless, we would be far better off if we could bring more science to bear on our policy choices.
Scientific evidence is most clearly relevant to decisions about the policy means to pursue agreed upon ends. We sometimes overlook that there is agreement among all parties on many fundamental policy goals — e.g., that "all Canadians should have reasonable access to quality health care regardless of their ability to pay" — and on specific goals toward that end, such as that we should improve infant mortality among the Aboriginal population. But there is often great uncertainty and disagreement about what if any effective means we might have to reduce infant mortality. The only reliable way to determine what works is science. So it seems straightforward that health policy choices should conform to the best available evidence.
In practice, however, this is really hard. In the US, John Bridgeland (former director of the G. W. Bush White House Domestic Policy Council) and Peter Orszag (former director of Obama's Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office) wrote that:
Based on our rough calculations, less than $1 out of every $100 of government spending is backed by even the most basic evidence that the money is being spent wisely.
There are many reasons why the policy decision-making fails to arrive at an evidence-based result.
There may not be enough data to decide the issue. A health policy or a social program may only have been studied in a limited experiment that does not map well to the new setting and larger scale represented by the proposed legislation.
The process of passing a law is long and complex. Often, there is no point where evidence is reviewed in a disciplined and independent way.
Members of Parliament are "" of course "" partisans. They have convictions that lead them to process evidence through motivated reasoning. Their prior beliefs are impervious to evidence because they find reasons to discount inconsistent data.
In summary, politics doesn't lead to a disciplined and objective review of the evidence because the decision makers don't really want to do that.
This seems hopeless. But a new book by Ron Haskins expresses cautious optimism that we can do better. Haskins is a Republican who was a domestic policy advisor in the G. W. Bush administration. But he writes with admiration about the Obama administration's attempts to change the process so as to generate more evidence-based policies.
The book presents case studies on six programs (e.g., a bill to fund teenage pregnancy prevention). Haskins highlights ways to restructure the policy process to increase the leverage of scientific evidence.
Legislation should do less to specify the social intervention and more to specify a) measurable outcomes that the intervention is supposed to achieve and b) the procedures that will be used to select and evaluate candidate interventions.
The outcomes that should be considered in selecting and evaluating programs should be substantive social and individual benefits (e.g., reduced teen pregnancy). They should not be program or process outcomes (e.g., the number of teens who received sex education).
Programs should be selected based on good quality evidence: the results of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) or strong quasi-experimental designs.
There should be procedures for gathering and synthesizing evidence to score solutions. These procedures need to be specified before the evidence is gathered, so that program operators cannot pick the scoring procedure to rationalize the choice of their desired solutions.
Programs should receive funding on the condition that they collect data on real outcomes. Even more importantly, the implementations should include studies with strong designs that generate good evidence about program effectiveness. We want Learning Health Care Systems and, similarly, Learning Social Services Systems.
So there is a route to evidence-based policy making. It's a hard route and there's no certainty that it will succeed. But it's the way forward.
@Bill_Gardner
William Gardner
William Gardner is a child psychologist at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario and Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Ottawa. He writes professionally on children's mental health, on statistical methods in social research, on Canadian and US health policy, and on ethics. He also blogs at The Incidental Economist. @Bill_Gardner
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Evidence-based policy: Making it work

by William Gardner. Originally published on Policy Options
March 28, 2015

Many of us would like to see a world in which social policies comport with our best understanding of science. Is this possible? Professor Patrick Fafard is skeptical.

the idea is to select among candidate policies or programs in a rational manner using the scientific method. Sometimes this view goes by the name of evidence-based policy making.

In response, my first inclination is to discount if not dismiss the argument by simply asserting that in real life things are not so simple and grumble about the hubris of scientists.

He argues that

policy making should not be reduced to rational problem solving.

and that

most of the truly interesting and non-trivial policy issues do not lend themselves to rational decision-making.

This is puzzling. The Canada Health Act is truly interesting and non-trivial. Was it the outcome of irrational decision-making? We can, do, and should reason about principles and values, even though many other factors will enter into our policy decision-making.

I expect that what Fafard wants to say is that policy making cannot be reduced to scientific problem solving. I agree that policy decision making can't be reduced to science, even in principle. Fafard correctly observes that much of the conventional literature on knowledge translation is naive about the

complex social, political and values-based dimensions of policy change and research use.

Nevertheless, we would be far better off if we could bring more science to bear on our policy choices.

Scientific evidence is most clearly relevant to decisions about the policy means to pursue agreed upon ends. We sometimes overlook that there is agreement among all parties on many fundamental policy goals -- e.g., that "all Canadians should have reasonable access to quality health care regardless of their ability to pay" -- and on specific goals toward that end, such as that we should improve infant mortality among the Aboriginal population. But there is often great uncertainty and disagreement about what if any effective means we might have to reduce infant mortality. The only reliable way to determine what works is science. So it seems straightforward that health policy choices should conform to the best available evidence.

In practice, however, this is really hard. In the US, John Bridgeland (former director of the G. W. Bush White House Domestic Policy Council) and Peter Orszag (former director of Obama's Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office) wrote that:

Based on our rough calculations, less than $1 out of every $100 of government spending is backed by even the most basic evidence that the money is being spent wisely.

There are many reasons why the policy decision-making fails to arrive at an evidence-based result.

There may not be enough data to decide the issue. A health policy or a social program may only have been studied in a limited experiment that does not map well to the new setting and larger scale represented by the proposed legislation.

The process of passing a law is long and complex. Often, there is no point where evidence is reviewed in a disciplined and independent way.

Members of Parliament are "" of course "" partisans. They have convictions that lead them to process evidence through motivated reasoning. Their prior beliefs are impervious to evidence because they find reasons to discount inconsistent data.

In summary, politics doesn't lead to a disciplined and objective review of the evidence because the decision makers don't really want to do that.

This seems hopeless. But a new book by Ron Haskins expresses cautious optimism that we can do better. Haskins is a Republican who was a domestic policy advisor in the G. W. Bush administration. But he writes with admiration about the Obama administration's attempts to change the process so as to generate more evidence-based policies.

The book presents case studies on six programs (e.g., a bill to fund teenage pregnancy prevention). Haskins highlights ways to restructure the policy process to increase the leverage of scientific evidence.

Legislation should do less to specify the social intervention and more to specify a) measurable outcomes that the intervention is supposed to achieve and b) the procedures that will be used to select and evaluate candidate interventions.

The outcomes that should be considered in selecting and evaluating programs should be substantive social and individual benefits (e.g., reduced teen pregnancy). They should not be program or process outcomes (e.g., the number of teens who received sex education).

Programs should be selected based on good quality evidence: the results of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) or strong quasi-experimental designs.

There should be procedures for gathering and synthesizing evidence to score solutions. These procedures need to be specified before the evidence is gathered, so that program operators cannot pick the scoring procedure to rationalize the choice of their desired solutions.

Programs should receive funding on the condition that they collect data on real outcomes. Even more importantly, the implementations should include studies with strong designs that generate good evidence about program effectiveness. We want Learning Health Care Systems and, similarly, Learning Social Services Systems.

So there is a route to evidence-based policy making. It's a hard route and there's no certainty that it will succeed. But it's the way forward.

@Bill_Gardner

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Fast fashion to ethical couture: Vietnam's design evolution
· April 8, 2016 ·
Fashion designer Thao Vu works at her home studio in Hanoi
Long a bastion for cheap, fast-fashion manufacturing, a new crop of designers are trying to transform the Made in Vietnam label and save the country's rich ethnic heritage in the process.
In the remote hills of Cao Bang, some 300 kilometres north of the capital Hanoi, Vietnamese designer Thao Vu is gleefully dropping swaths of hand-spun cotton into a large bucket of fermented indigo leaves.
Her label, Kilomet 109, is at the forefront of Vietnam's new 'ethical fashion' movement — an approach to design that seeks to maximise benefit to communities while minimising environmental harm.
A Nung ethnic woman makes textile fibre from cotton using traditional methods, at Phuc Sen village in Vietnam's northern province of Cao Bang.
The 38-year-old designer has been tapping into this growing global trend by working with some of Vietnam's 54 ethnic minority groups, each of which have their own unique textiles and traditional clothing designs.
"I learn the techniques from them," Thao told AFP, explaining how she has drawn inspiration from Nung women in Phuc Sec village, who use natural dyes and weave on hand looms.
She then adds "a more modern, contemporary touch" to style garments that will appeal to clients in fashion capitals like Berlin and New York.
But bridging this divide isn't always easy.
Thao said the Nung women were shocked when she suggested experimenting with colours outside of their traditional dark indigo shade.
"They looked at me like 'what'? And they said: 'if you lived here you wouldn't find a husband,'" Thao told AFP, explaining that crafting the perfect dark indigo fabric dye is a prerequisite for marriage in their community.
Fashion designer Thao Vu shows one of her creations at her home studio in Hanoi.
Thao persevered, and now uses traditional roots and leaves to colour organic silk, cotton, and hemp, which are also manufactured from scratch, in a range of hues from deep indigo to pale grey, and earthy oranges and browns.
Returning to the roots
Vietnam has in recent decades become a hub for massive garment factories that churn out reams of cheap clothes as quickly as possible for fashion giants like Zara, Mango and H&M.
The multi-billion dollar sector has helped drive impressive economic growth but also drawn criticism for weak environmental and labour rights regulations.
Yet products made by the country's traditional fabric spinners are inherently eco friendly — made with natural dyes and textiles, not harsh chemicals or synthetic fibres. And there is not a sweat shop in sight.
"At first, I just wanted to keep the traditional techniques alive… but then I realised we need to be concerned about the environmental, ethical side (of fashion) now or it will be too late," said Thao.
The designer has already attracted accolades, winning international design awards and selling her wares to high-fashion buyers.
The local women who work with her, such as Luong Thi Kim, 40, say they too have benefited from the colloboration.
Nung ethnic women dye fabrics at Phuc Sen village, in Vietnam's northern province of Cao Bang.
"Before I weaved for personal use but now … our weaving products can go to other countries. I want to earn money to raise my children," Kim told AFP.
Over in central Hue — the former imperial capital of Vietnam — another label is also helping local artisans market their skills to the global fashion industry.
Fashion4Freedom founder LanVy Nguyen, a former refugee who fled post-war Vietnam in a wooden boat and forged a successful Wall Street career, returned to Vietnam in 1998 and decided to use her venture capital acumen to save ancient artisanal techniques.
"We knew these people had generations of skill, we just had to unlock it so the market could appreciate it as we did," LanVy told AFP.
Fashion4Freedom stepped in to help, teaching traditional woodworkers, who carve ornate pillars in pagodas or local houses, to learn how to make platform shoes that cost some $600 a pair.
Do Quang Thanh, a carpenter, said the idea of making shoes initially struck him as "strange" but he is glad he gave it a try.
"In the past I carved traditional wooden houses now I carve shoes in a modern style — I love the job," he said.
Foreign buyers keen
Jimmy Lepore Hagan, vice president of strategy for high-end US clothing line Nanette Lepore, said he's considering a collaboration with Fashion4Freedom, which also sells luxury jewelry and apparel.
A model displays a new creation by designer Thao Vu at her Kilomet 109 studio in Hanoi.
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Ensuring consistent quality is also a problem.
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According to a new poll, the majority of Americans do not agree with the Democratic leadership's resistance to the great President Trump.
A Harvard-Harris poll, which was conducted between Feb. 11 through Feb. 13, found that 73 percent of voters think Democrats should start working with Trump, compared to 27 percent who said they want Democrats to continue to fight Trump on every decision he makes.
In a breakdown of Democrats versus Republicans, Democrats are nearly split down the middle. Of the Democrats polled, 52 percent said their party should cooperate with Trump when they can find common ground and 48 percent believe they should dig in their heels and resist any Trump proposal, regardless of the measure. 48 percent of Republicans would like to see Trump find common ground with the Democrats in Congress, but 52 percent want Trump to do whatever it takes to push his agenda through.
The poll surveyed 2,148 registered voters consisting of 39 percent Democrats, 30 percent Republicans, 27 percent Independents, and five percent in the "other" category.
Yes, this survey had +9% more Democrats than Republicans.
No big deal, really -- after most presidential elections, most Americans want the two parties to work together. Americans as a whole are much bigger on bipartisanship than it would sometimes seem.
Ben, this goes much deeper than a simple case of "Post-Election Nice Play". Just look at the past 8 years and what it's meant for the Democrats.
The Democratic Party suffered huge losses at every level during Obama's presidency.
Democratic U.S. Senate seats fell from 55 to 46. Their share of the House plummeted from 256 seats to 194.
We're not even a national party at this point. We have some support on the coasts, but we've lost the support of middle America, and we've got to make some changes. So I'm pulling the fire alarm here, because the house is on fire.
The problem isn't with the American people.
Trump only perceives his existence in antagonism. For the Democrats to move together, would be impossible, because it would deny Trump his enmity.
He would have to find new ones.
I will say this: the McConnell-Boehner doctrine changed politics forever. Unfortunately, it is permanent precedent now. You work for America to fail under the programs and platforms of the other party.
Perhaps with a new political party on the right, things could go back to the old way.
I think that denial is the Democrats' biggest enemy.
When they get elected, they immediately forget who put them there and why. Then when people get fed up with the lack of results or kept promises, the Dems call the voters "deplorable", "racist", "bigoted", etc.
That's why there are fewer and fewer Democrats in office, with each passing election.
Keep ignoring and deflecting your problems, Dems. We'll have another election in less than 2 years and We, The People, will finish moving the rest of the Dems out of Congress.
I think the Democrats were recalcitrant in only one way: they didn't pay attention when the Republicans were rigging the system. Gerrymandering and voter exclusion, and laws like Michigan's emergency manager law, are now infections that we must live with.
The good news is that the population has moved so far to the left that such shenanigans will soon not matter anymore. When Hispanic populations overwhelm states like Texas, Arizona and Colorado, as they have in California, it will be all over.
The good news is that the population has moved so far to the left that such shenanigans will soon not matter anymore.
"I think that denial is the Democrats' biggest enemy."
The population shifts are the second topic. Get your thinking straight.
...it was the result of Republican voter fraud shenanigans.
I sure hope that the rest of the Democrats have come to the same conclusion as you. So long as they keep believing they're doing everything right and the voters are the problem, the world will be better off because they'll be the "forgotten party".
The Dems have lost over 1,000 posts during Obama's tenure in office. I think if they keep up with their defensive posturing, we can expect 1,500 even fewer Democrats by the time Trump finishes his second term.
Denial is a river in east Africa. We've got all we need to shut America down. Lawsuits, strikes and demonstrations...plus 3-million more votes than the Republicans.
And if this isn't going to be a democracy, we'll herd you rednecks aboard South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama and untie your barge.
I think that time is the Republicans' biggest enemy.
In recent polls, nearly 80% of respondents aren't happy with Trump -- the support for the Teabaggers has already dropped from 25.4% just over 20% in less than 4 weeks -- that's a drop of one-fifth in real world numbers..
If Herr Nitwitsky believes that 20% support for a gov't is true democracy in action, then he has a very odd notion of democratic representation.
Bring on the "Divided States of America".. Let the Teabaggers and alt.right have their redneck and reactionary 'Middle Merica' -- while the West Coast, Texas and the East could easily continue on without them dragging the chain.


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The UCLA Trojans took advantage of two turnovers in the first quarter and have jumped out in front of the USC Trojans, 17-0. Devin Hester picked off Matt Barkley's first pass, and Bruin defensive pressure has continued to stifle the Trojan offense, forcing a fumble on USC's 3rd drive.
The first Bruins drive went 17 yards for a touchdown following the interception. UCLA converted the fumble into another touchdown to open the lead even farther. The Bruins also had a long drive that ate up much of the clock, going 84 yards in 18 plays over 7:41 and picking up a field goal.
Brett Hundley has been extremely efficient so far, going 12 of 14 for 93 yards with one touchdown on the ground and one through the air. Johnathan Franklin isn't as dominant as usual, but he has racked up 25 yards on six carries.
Barkley is just 1 of 5, and Marquis Lee's primary impact on the game has been the fumble. He did make a catch late in the quarter for 21 yards. Curtis McNeal has the biggest offensive play for the Trojans, a 33 yard run.
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Tel Aviv-based designer Luka Or combines paper and brass to recreate beautiful flowers, exploring the tension between the natural and the artificial in his 'Botanica' series. 'Botanica' is an ongoing exploration questioning the ability to recreate and maintain the natural essence of an organic plant in artificial ways.
Diverse textures, shapes and materials were tested in search of preserving both the fragile aesthetic and the ephemeral essence of natural life, using the "industrial" materials to create an hybrid that will not imitate life but combine the artificial nature of the materials with the organic nature of the plant to create a new form of aesthetics and raise discussion about the boundaries of our perception of the natural.
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'Botanica' by Luka Or will be exhibited in Milan design week as part of the 'yes&' exhibition at the XXI Triennale di Milano – '21st century. design after design'.


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Dior welcomes Raf Simons
If you aren't interested in fashion, I guess you better look away now. But honestly, you should be, because yesterday (until mid-afternoon, the slowest news day of the year so far) saw an announcement that finally put an end to the rumour-mill that has kept the fashion industry in gossip since John Galliano put paid to his career over a year ago.
Raf Simons, the Belgian designer who made Jil Sander a must-have ticket on the Milan fashion schedule, has been named Artistic Director at iconic french fashion house, Christian Dior.
You could hear the collective global cheer from my living room. And not just with relief that it was finally over and we'd all have to find something else to yak about come September.
Simons is that rare thing - talented AND popular AND not full of himself. Dare I say it (and I might live to wish I hadn't) but these are not always three things that go together in the world of spectacle and fantasy (and hard finance) that is the fashion industry. Which is probably why - until his seemingly abrupt departure from Jil Sander - Simons was not the obvious choice for the House of Dior. (Not least because he was widely rumoured to be in talks to take over from Stefano Pilati at YSL. Rumours also scotched last season by the appointment of fellow menswear alumni Hedi Slimane.)
Not showy enough - his predecessor Galliano was rivalled only by Marc Jacobs at Louis Vuitton when it came to showmanship. Not a big enough persona (aka ego?). His designs were not feminine or romantic enough for Dior (whose voluptuous New Look skirts caused a scandal amidst post-war rationing, and shaped an era). And, crucially, could he do couture?
As if in answer, Simons spectacularly blew all those questions and more out of the water with his last collection for Jil Sander. Couture-like? Tick. Feminine? Tick. Romantic? Tick. Shades of the New Look? Tick. Tick. Tick.
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Quiet. Modest. Popular. Exceptionally talented. Raf Simons' appointment to one of our leading couture houses is a victory for style and substance over all the other noise that all too often gets in the way.
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SIU to Help Welcome New Tonnage
Seafarers-contracted American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier has issued the following news release, dated Sept. 16. It's available on the company's website HERE
As noted in the release, SIU President Michael Sacco will be a featured speaker at the ceremony.
ARC to Hold Naming Ceremony to Celebrate the Newest Additions to the U.S.-Flag Fleet: M/V ARC Resolve, M/V ARC Integrity, M/V ARC Independence
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – In a ceremony to be held Friday in the Port of Baltimore, American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (ARC) will christen the ARC Resolve, ARC Integrity and the ARC Independence, welcoming three of the most versatile and militarily-useful ships to the U.S.-flag commercial fleet. ARC's three new vessels will be enrolled in the Maritime Security Program (MSP), the bedrock Congressional maritime readiness program, and the Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA).
Maritime Administrator Mark H. Buzby will deliver the keynote address at the ship naming ceremony. He will be joined by several other distinguished speakers: Major General Michael C. Wehr, director of Strategic Plans, Policy, and Logistics (J5/J4) at U.S. Transportation Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois; Seafarers International Union of North America, AFL-CIO President Michael Sacco, and Maryland Port Administration (MPA) executive director James J. White.
M/V ARC Resolve (formerly M/V Otello) is 199m long with a beam of 32.26m. She has a 14.15m wide and 7.04m high stern opening, with a stern ramp rated for cargo weighing up to 240 MT.
M/V ARC Integrity (formerly M/V Fedora) and M/V ARC Independence (formerly M/V Faust) are sister ships – each is 237m long, has a beam of 32.26m, a 14.15m (w) and 7.04m (h) stern opening, and stern ramp rated for cargo up to 240MT.
These three new vessels all have a main deck that can accommodate cargoes up to 6.5 meters in height (21.32 ft), which will make them among the most capable vessels in the U.S.-flag commercial fleet for government and project cargoes.
ARC is the largest U.S.-flag roll-on roll-off (Ro-Ro) carrier, and the second largest U.S.-flag carrier operating in international trade. The company provides American-owned, managed, and crewed Ro-Ro shipping and intermodal services committed to the requirements of the Department of Defense, other U.S. government departments and agencies, and commercial customers.
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Putin: No plans for BRICS military, political alliance
Russian President Vladimir Putin (RIA Novosti / Michael Klimentyev) © RIA Novosti
The BRICS countries want to challenge the international financial system's dependency on US policies and strengthen the rule of international law, Vladimir Putin said. He stressed, however, that there are no plans for a military or political alliance.
"In the BRICS case we see a whole set of coinciding strategic interests," Russia's President Vladimir Putin said in an exclusive interview with Itar-Tass.
Read the full interview with President Vladimir Putin
"First of all, this is the common intention to reform the international monetary and financial system. In the present form it is unjust to the BRICS countries and to new economies in general. We should take a more active part in the IMF and the World Bank's decision-making system. The international monetary system itself depends a lot on the US dollar, or, to be precise, on the monetary and financial policy of the US authorities. The BRICS countries want to change this,"Putin said.
In the modern world, the factor of common borders does not play a defining role; global processes encourage countries to join efforts as challenges and problems become shared, he said.
"Another long-term common interest of the association's members is strengthening the rule of international law and the UN's leading role in the international system," the president added. "To be honest, without Russia's and China's principled position on Syria in the Security Council the events in that country would have followed the Libyan and Iraqi scenario."
It is clear that all the BRICS economies need serious infrastructure modernization, Putin said. "Our initiative to establish the Development Bank is aimed at expanding cooperation in this sphere."
"Another important initiative that is underway is creating a BRICS pool of foreign currency reserves. It will become a safety net to help us form a joint response to economic challenges."
Putin emphasized that both the Development Bank and the foreign currency reserves pool are practical steps for the BRICS countries, intended to strengthen international financial architecture and make it more balanced and just.
"It is in our common interest to use the complementarity of national economies to the maximum. Cooperation opportunities are great indeed. This is the market with almost three billion consumers. The BRICS countries have unique natural resources and a substantial technological, financial and industrial potential."
Another important question that BRICS nations are going to raise at the summit is the increasing cases of unilateral sanctions.
"Recently Russia has been exposed to a sanction attack from the United States and its allies. We are grateful to our BRICS partners who have criticised such practices in different forms," Putin said.
"Together we should think about a system of measures that would help prevent the harassment of countries that do not agree with some foreign policy decisions made by the United States and their allies, but would promote a civilised dialogue on all points at issue based on mutual respect."
Cooperation in setting rules of responsible behavior in the global information space is another important issue, the Russian president said.
"Such rules must be based on the principles of respect for a country's sovereignty, non-interference in domestic affairs, observance of human rights and freedoms, as well as equal rights for all countries to participate in Internet management. I think our joint efforts will ensure that the BRICS countries hold a leading position in strengthening international information security."
"We are planning to shape a joint information policy in the international arena to support BRICS' activity and to present a more unbiased picture of the world."
"I believe it is time to raise the BRICS' role to a new level and to make our association an unalienable part of the global management system for sustainable development."
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – US technology giants plan to intensify lobbying efforts against stringent Indian data localization requirements, which they say will undermine their growth ambitions in India, sources told Reuters.
Stricter localization norms would help India get easier access to data when conducting investigations, but critics say it could lead to increased government demands for data access.
Technology firms worry the mandate would hurt their planned investments by raising costs related to setting up new local data centers.
Shamika Ravi, a member of Modi's economic advisory council, said data localization was a global phenomena and India wasn't an outlier.
In a meeting last week organized by lobby group US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, executives from Facebook, Mastercard, Visa, American Express, PayPal, Amazon, Microsoft and others discussed plans to approach Indian lawmakers, including Indian parliamentary panels on information technology (IT) and finance, five sources said.
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