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Gen III
Gen III
Tesla has to focus on Model S and X, Gen 3 is low priority now.
I personally don't expect it to come sooner than 2016. Model S deliveries at the begining was also planned for 2011 and they actually started deliveries at 2012 so I guess it'll be similar. No hurry, rather later better product than crappy sooner.
In one of his interviews, didn't Elon say he was looking at the Gen III design?
The majors may have more resources, but have long been coping with internal admin and operational and conceptual inertia and complexity. I think you will find TM is much swifter than they to do anything except variations on a theme. For a design from a clean sheet, the MS was designed and produced at unbelievable speed for the "auto experts" who were opining in the early days.
Also, I believe the battery / motor platform is so unobstrusive it can be used without much if any modification, with different bodies. This appears to be a huge bounus in developing a new car.
GenIII is not a car, it is the new platform. That's the definition, so it can't be build on Model S platform.
I'm expecting narrower and shorter platform with plenty of models made, including that affordable car and the next Roadster (or whatever sport car they have in mind).
A prototype something along the size of a Leaf with a larger capacity battery sometime in 2015.
Applying the same timeline is crazy. TM has learned so much since 2009 that the unveil-production gap will probably be half as long, at most. The big challenge will be being able to deal with the order-of-magnitude greater volume necessary to achieve economies of scale.
Current battery cost for Tesla is approx $450/kWh (guesstimate).
85kWh costs then $38250. 8% drop / year.
38250 -> 35190 -> 32375
If the car is lighter and gets 200+ miles with just 60kWh battery then 60*85/32375 = 22852. ~$35k very basic GenIII car would be doable, but it would need to be very basic.
Of course I could be completely wrong, and battery costs could go down a lot more than that by 2015. There are already few companies making full batteries (in small scale) that have more than double the Model S battery energy density. If Panasonic gets to same by 2015 then $38250 drops to $19125 for 85kWh (assuming same / cell price) and $13500 for 60kWh.
@ BrianH Maybe not so crazy for marketing purposes. It takes time to build demand. The Gen lll will be a whole new market that may not be in synch with the ballyhoo about the Model S. Furthermore, stimulating demand for a mass market car will be a new experience for Tesla. As much as we may love the Model S, it is still a niche player in the larger car market. I think the marketing challenge may be greater than the technical/design ones.
TIMO tesla has stated there goal was to make 25% profit on the Model S. This implys (using your math) the battery costs $337.50/kWh. For a mass market car there profit margins will likely be less. I would suggest 15-20%.
Based on your Figures then.
85kw costs = $28,687.5
60kw cost = $20,250
Three years drop in price my 8% = $15,768.50
Plus profit magin of 15-20%= the battery pack ranging from $18,133-$18,922
That's another $4000 off your estimate, if we think they can build a premium shell for 32000 with profit, I think we have a formula for a $40,000 car with 200 mile range.
But I suspect the shell will cost less then this judging by the Model S price taking out the battery costs.
I feel we will see a no added options 300-350 model in the $40,000 price point, and I'm hoping for a Febuary 2013 prototype.
I agree with Timo's 25th statment. The Gen III and Roadster III will probably have the same base platform.
One with economy/mass production appeal and the other with more carbon fiber.
I was just browsing around on Teslas website and came to http://www.teslamotors.com/en_EU/about/careers and clicked on the movie about a Tesla career... at 1:23 in the clip some guys a sculpting a prototype of some kind, the design looks like a Model S at first glance but looking a bit closer the front and the rear are much smaller than the Model S... could this be the first look of the Gen III? It looks really promising!
Don't have the link, but that was spotted a year ago or more, and the conclusion was that it was an early S mockup, IIRC.
But doesn't the 40 kWh Model S get 160 miles per charge?
That's not really a real life range. Constant 55mph at optimal conditions give you that. Looking at the reports I have seen from Model S it looks like EPA estimate is actually quite accurate, so expect to see 265/300 ratio for that. That gives roughly 141 miles for 40kWh.
It is possible to make car that gets 200 miles out of very small battery pack, but I believe GenIII affordable version will not have emphasis on low consumption but practicality, and it wont be very small. Smaller than Model S, but not tiny. I'm thinking Prius -size class. Obviously I have no idea if my guess is right, Tesla has been very quiet about that.
Distance between SC and the next city is likely to be around 150 miles. On long hauls, that would be the distance between SC stations. So the 40kWh battery is unlikely to cut it.
teddyg (and others) when talking about pricing of the genIII I don't thing we can automatically include the $7,500 fed rebate.
Even if it survive the coming tax law changes, it is a non refundable tax credit that reduces taxes owed in the year the vehicle is placed in service. If you owe less than $7,500 the credit is only the amount you owe.
While I thing that it is safe to assume that most Model S (and X) buyer owe that much in taxes, the genIII mass market will be very different.
@teddyg - below 60mph rolling resistance dominates over aero drag. RR is directly proportional to the weight of the car, so it is possible to increase range by reducing weight. Increasing by 50% to get from 140 to c. 200 might be possible but it would be tough.
I don't think that price of batteries for Tesla are more than $400/kWh. Probably less.
If you have 60kWh battery pack and want 85kWh you have to pay additional $10,000.
10,000/25 = 400$/kWh.
If we count in some margin I'd think about 350-390$/kWh.
40kWh -> 60kWh = 10000/20 = $500/kWh. That ten grand is kind of arbitrary price tag, with supercharger hardware installed price difference between 60kWh and 85kWh is only $8000 (both have same HW then) even that kWh difference between them is bigger than between 40kWh and 60kWh.
Of course pack itself adds some more or less constant value to that consideration and batteries in it cost less. OTOH it can be that Tesla doesn't put any margin to battery pack (it is gained elsewhere) and might even sell that particular part in loss to get long range car more desirable.
That incoming price increase might actually be response to that (more % of 85kWh cars sold than they anticipated).
Tesla stated that's a REPLACEMENT price, meaning that's the premium after a Core is considered. There is no way we will see $142/ kWh in that time frame unless a quantum leap is found in battery technology before then.
That's a pre-pay price. So you have to consider ROI for that money for 8 yrs added on. Tesla's alternative forms of capital/loans probably cost it about 4%, so 1.04^8=1.37 x 12K = 16,400. That's in the range of $200/kw. (And the money is probably worth more than that market ROI to it.)
The battery cost is dropping at about 8%/yr as well, which is another factor of 1.85, so that means $12K x 1.35 x 1.85 = $30K worth of battery at 2012 prices is what TM estimates it will be able afford for that deposit. About break-even, which makes it a promotional and confidence-building policy.
I don't think Tesla will produce the Gen III as $29,990 car. It's supposed to compete with the BMW 3-series and also make Tesla a grip of money. The 328i starts at $37,100 and quickly climbs up to $58,225 for a fully loaded M Sport 328i (not M3).
I think the Gen III sedan's price and performance will be comparable to or better than the 328i, 335i, and the M3 for the 50kW, 75kW, and P75 Gen III respectively.
BMW 328i sedan: $37,100-$58,225 0-60 in 5.7 Man./5.8 Auto sec.
BMW 335i sedan: $43,200-$63,625 0-60 in 5.4 Man./5.1 Auto sec.
BMW M3 coupe: $60,100-$81,492 0-60 in 4.7 Man./4.5 Auto sec.
(no sedan option).
You've got it mostly right on the pricing.
Did you hear the conference call? Elon said they are targeting $35K without the Federal $7500 rebate for electric vehicles. That's $27.5K if the rebate still exists in a few years.
I guess we'll find out eventually!
My guesstimate is that TM will have <100,000 credits left by 2016, unless the rumored bump to 500,000 cars/mfr happens.
Brian - also there is a good change that MS and MX will eat all the credits by 2016. When I look around who is buying and who is planning to buy - only a small portion are the traditional premium car buyers - we might be in for another suprise. Wouldn't be a bad scenario. But all depends how many batteries TM can get.
I am working on another MS for my wife - I want her out of her unsafe Mercedes.
If they are target $35K without it, then I would imagine they would raise the price to $42500 if it were still available...
No, they would not. A cynical and foolish comment.
Note that the subsidy has no impact on how much TM receives per car.
You have to start some where... today $70k for a 200 miles car, cut that in half and you end up at $35k. Cutting in half is a common approach in manufacturing. How to get there - some more efficiency, some economics of scale, some less features and some technology tweaks. Divide 50% by 4 and all of a sudden 12.5% for each category looks much more achivable. Then you divide it into subtasks... 2% here, 4% there, etc. - no rocket science and you have 4 years.
Obviously it has nothing to do with it. How do you know that they currently don't use the tax credit as a means to raise the price a bit to gain a little more profit per car sold? You don't.
Im not being cynical, its realistic for a company that needs large margins, to get them by those means.
We will never know if that is the case, but it could be.
What's foolish, is that you think you know for sure how Tesla prices their vehicle.
?? Irrelevant. Tesla receives the price it sets, from the buyer, regardless of whether he qualifies for a subsidy in the following tax filing.
I believe Tesla will give us what they promised: a $35k car. BUT.
There's a caveat, Tesla has perfect tool to tweak prices any way they wish, and just like in Model S it will be "starting price". The tool is the battery. If they can't make 200 mile version with $35k then they make 150 mile version. Or 100 mile.
It's a starting price. Model S Performance+ with all options costs about twice as much as the cheapest Model S. With GenIII price range can be even bigger.
I think 200 miles is the lowest Elon will go. They have no problem today to make the 200 miles Gen3, just not for $35k... for that they have to get less dumb.
And yes there will be higher priced versions reaching in the beginning and later overlapping the MS price range.
I didn't say that is how it is, just that it could be. Your "facts" are just speculation. It wouldn't make much sense for Tesla to price their vehicle in the way that I stated mainly because not everyone will qualify for the entire $7500 but it doesn't mean that they couldn't do it.
They could still advertise $35000 on the "order" screen because they would have the $7500 subsidy already accounted for. They do it that way now for the Model S.
Anyways, arguing my opinion is futile anyway, because it will never be confirmed or denied.
Elon would not go below 200miles. The car will just not sell.
$35K @ 200mi will change the world forever.
If Tesla sticks to the sporty/luxurious styling and keep the price under 40k, they will sell a TON. The model S competes with the 5 series bmw. I would guess that the gen 3 will compete with the 3 series. Tesla is going to force automakers to go electric when they see people lining up to buy the gen 3.
Like others, I am waiting for the Gen III model or possibly a used Model S down the road. I believe the Gen III model will have a 200 mile range based on Mr. Musks feelings about existing electric cars with low range. It would be easy to keep the vehicle costs down by keeping the extras out. Without the power door handles, 17 inch display, and other high end luxury features the cost should drop there. Also what about the customer using their own tablet devices as displays for the vehicle. I am assuming of course that the 17" display is just a display device. I would gladly pay $30,000-35,000 for a Tesla with less luxury features.
I want to buy an electric car but do not want to settle for 80-100 mile range.
@JamesH, I think it's fair to say that the transition to EV is far more effective with cars that have 200 mile range, and also that having the option for 200 is important even if the most common model doesn't have that.
In 10 years time, it's plausible that most people will accept that 120 miles is good enough for their day-to-day needs - as long as superchargers are common, and Tesla provides 2 free yearly "swap for a big battery" to use on the big trips.
In a couple of years though? May not be enough superchargers etc for people to be comfortable.


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You know what the national spelling needs to make it even more compelling? INJURIES. No one ever gets physically injured during a spelling bee. Oh sure, there's extensive PSYCHOLOGICAL damage that occurs when children get eliminated and their dads won't even give them a hug when they get escorted back to their chair. But you never see a kid trying to spell out "babushka" on his palm and then suffer an aneurysm. THINK OF THE DRAMA.
Anyway, I'm here all night to watch the Bee and make with the penis jokes. Feel free to join in down below in the comments, or refresh the window for updates from me. I have a two-month old who eats like a goddamn Mangino, so there may be some slight gaps in the coverage. But fear not. I'll drop that baby on its head at a moment's notice if some unibrowed 12-year-old has a nervous breakdown on stage. Please note that, while these kids are not permitted to make spelling errors, I am. Let's go!
9:38pm: GUETAPENS! SHE GOT IT! Snigdha is your winner! And kudos to the Bee for delaying the confetti drop for an extra thirty seconds, just to baffle every goddamn one. Congrats, Snigdha! OH SHIT! Sam Steele just congratulated the wrong girl! RAYCESS!!!! Good night, folks.
9:37pm: For the win, Snigdha must spell GHETTOPROM. I think.
9:36pm: Stuti just got bitched by SCHWARMEREI, which means "Unbridled enthusiasm". As you know, SCHWARMEREI also led to Billy Mumphrey's downfall.
9:34pm: Stuti got a German word. German words are the worst. Every German word is spelled WELTANSCHAANGSCHAUDENFREUDENACHTSDFKJAHLSKDJFSDFLK.
9:30pm: Snigdha hits ARRONDISSEMENT. Shit. We're not going anywhere anytime soon. These girls don't give a flying shit about your bedtime.
9:28pm: Stuti gets a word that means "snow blindness." You know, like when you check out the crowd at Fenway. HEY-OOOOOO. She hits it. Stuti apparently went 43 rounds in the prelims. She won't be killed. You're gonna need a silver bullet to take her out.
9:26pm: Snigdha got ADMITTATUR. Hoping she blows on those finger guns after a good palm spelling.
9:24pm: I've just been told that Dr. Bailey's name is actually spelled Dr. Bailly. Just like this Bee to be presided over by a man whose own name is butchered. Bailly isn't a REAL name. I bet his full name is Dwyane Wade Bailly.
9:23pm: We're down to two: Snigdha and Stuti. I hope both of them did a lot of STUTIING for this moment. Huh? Huh? Sorry. It was right there.
9:22pm: Arvind just got bitched by SCHWANNOMA, cancer of the schwa.
9:21pm: We just had our first reference to The Knack. OH NO HE DIDN'T.
9:20pm: Stuti gets it right. "She knew it the whole time," the announcer says. Well then, what took her so long? I HAVE SHIT TO DO.
9:19pm: Stuti got PROLEGOMENON, which is also the title of the next SyFy made-for-TV film.
9:17pm: Snigdha gets SACCHAROLYTIC, a word that has Greek elements. Those elements? Back hair and walnuts. She aces it.
9:16pm: We have Sage Steele AND Samantha Steele on hand, which means double the ESPN girls with porn star names. I wish they had an extra reporter named CRYSTAL IRONTITS on hand.
9:13pm: Wouldn't this whole thing be better of Dr. Bailey was replaced by the OTHER Dr. Bailey, Chandra Wilson? This Bee would be 50% sassier. Yes, I know the names of characters from "Grey's Anatomy." Fuck you.
9:11pm: Saucy Lena goes down on GEISTLICH. And she's PISSED. Sage Steele can try and sugarcoat it all she likes. Lena is knee-slappingly angry. Three left.
9:10pm: GLADWELL IS OUT! GLADWELL IS OUT! Goddamn connecting vowels! He's out thanks to VETIVER, which I'm certain has been used here before.
9:09pm: Little Gladwell gets a word that derives from the original French from "Tamil." Tamil? Oh. TAMIL! Of course! THAT Tamil! Language of the Tamillionaires!
9:07pm: Arvind gets QUATTROCENTO. "Watch Dr. Bailey's lips," says the helper lady. Oh, I bet you'd like that. Arvind hits it.
9:05pm: And Gifton gets eliminated thanks to BLATANT RAYCESSNESS. And the lady offstage yelled at him to "please go" while the timer was running out! THE NERVE! Gifton got boned.
9:04pm: And Gifton gets ERICETICOLOUS. I don't know why he keeps thanking Dr. Bailey. Dr. Bailey is FUCKING HIM IN THE ASS.
8:58pm: Stuti is doing her invisible typing again for CHATOYANT and pulls it out. Do not fuck with her invisible Smith Corona.
8:57pm: Pretty sure Stuti was just asked to spell SHEBOYGAN. Home of Wigwam socks!
8:55pm: Dr. Bailey just pulled out a fey fashionista impression for LUTEOVIRESCENT, getting chuckles from the crowd. Such an easy audience. Nothing like the Oscars.
8:52pm: Lena hears the hint YTTRIUM for YTTRIFEROUS and gives a fist pump. SHE KNOWS. She hits it.
8:51pm: Little Malcolm Gladwell gets ROUILLE. Food ones are so goddamn easy. Gifton Wright gets PHTHISIOLOGY and some other bastard gets PORK. Gladwell Jr. asks for the spelling, which gets a laugh. You know he kept that one in his pocket for just now. Shrewd timing. He nails it.
8:50pm: Arvind gets DISHTLEFINK, which is an Amish bird or something. Can you use it in a stew? Can you use it in a comedic animated film? He CRUSHES it.
8:50pm: Oh ho ho! And here's Dr. Bailey making a cappuccino. SUCH MIRTHINESS.
8:44pm: They gave Gifton Wright PHTHISIOLOGY. Are you fucking kidding me?! What a bunch of bullshit. And he throws is right back in Dr. Bailey's face. YOU WON'T GET RID OF GIFTON THAT EASILY, YOU TURD.
8:43pm: Stuti #44 nailed MELOPOEIA, apparently thanks to playing an invisible piano.
8:41pm: Cahill just got the "Do you see the time?" warning from the lady to the side. BITCH, HE KNOWS ABOUT THE CLOCK. And the Tank gets dooced with PORWIGLE. POR FRANK! is what I say.
8:40pm: Frank "The Tank" Cahill is up. I give him the best odds of urinating on Dr. Bailey directly from the stage.
8:39pm: Snigdha! Love that beer.
8:38pm: Holy shit, my oldest kid won't stop coming downstairs. Kids now instinctively when you desperately want them to fall the fuck asleep, and then they go ahead and RUIN EVERYTHING. Go to bed, missy, or else I'll have Dr. Bailey take you down with a well-timed reference to the Bee clock.
8:33pm: Lena #213 just got her skull blown by OTOSTEON. Oof, and the dickhead announcer Dr. Bailey was like, "No, listen at the beginning." LEAVE HER ALONE, YOU MONSTER.
8:32pm: Little Malcolm Gladwell just hit TURNVEREIN with minimal effort. Now watch him link its usage to the age limits of Junior hockey players.
8:31pm: Little Arvind just nailed MAIEUTIC. I have him as a favorite. You don't show a video of his whole school cheering him on if you don't know he's the ringer.
8:30pm: Oof, they made the kids pose in wacky outfits for an interstitial. That's the kind of shit you carry with you for years.
8:29pm: "Let me guess. It's from Italian." Emma #145 is getting awful cute. BOOM YOU'RE OUT THE BEE GODS MADE YOU PAY.
8:20pm: Oof. Our girl Jordan is the first victim after getting boned by knishes or whatever. That came after the announcer's meta joke about the Bee. Huge swing in emotions.
8:19pm: If your hair is graying, you have knishes in your head.
8:16pm: Fucking Gifton Wright pulls out HARENGIFORM with the clock running out. TENSE. "Having the shape of a herring." Elton John is HARENGIFORM.
8:11pm: Girl #3 nails SAHEL. I think short words are bullshit. They want you to think that a word is double sneaky because it's five letters long, but it's so not. I say all words must be 15 letters or more, like SUPADUPAFLYPUSSY.
8:10pm: Christ, they made all the early round losers sit through this. That's BULLSHIT. Hey kid, congrats on not making the final. Please sit here on a boiling hot riser for three hours.
8:08pm: DA-DONG?! DEDANS!
8:07pm: Your opening word is PSAMMON. And the first girl kicks its ass. She asked way too many questions though. Like a pitcher trying to pick off a runner eight hundred times.
8:00pm: Before we really get into this, please note that I'm quite drunk. Also, the background set looks like the old set of Blockbusters. Remember Blockbusters? With Bill Cullen? No? I'm fucking ancient.

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Nappier's ticketing saga puts focus on state cars for top officials
Last month's ticketing of state Treasurer Denise Nappier by Hartford police has renewed the debate over why some of the state's highest elected officials need their own taxpayer-funded cars.
Ironically, according to Nappier's monthly mileage reports, she has put the least amount of miles on her car of four constitutional officers -- the others being the attorney general, comptroller and secretary of the state -- assigned 2011 Ford models for full-time use. Nappier and Comptroller Kevin Lembo drive Crown Victorias, Secretary of the State Denise Merrill a Taurus and Attorney General George Jepsen a Ford Escape.
Critics, particularly during tough fiscal times, have condemned the tradition as an unnecessary perk. And Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, who is chauffeured in a 2007 Lincoln Town Car by a state trooper, fueled that skepticism this summer, proposing the elimination of constitutional officers' wheels in a proposed "Plan B" budget alternative to union givebacks.
According to mileage reports filed with the Department of Administrative Services, Nappier put 5,842 miles on her Crown Victoria from January through August. During the same eight-month period Jepsen drove 24,275 miles, Lembo 16,743 miles and Merrill 11,461 miles.
All four have, according to DAS, daily commutes to their Hartford offices of varying lengths. Jepsen's is five miles, Nappier's eight, Merrill's 31 and Lembo's 70. This so-called "home to office right" is a taxable benefit, but DAS does not keep track of what the constitutional officers report to the Internal Revenue Service as personal use.
They also are not required to keep records of their destinations, reporting only total monthly miles driven to DAS.
Nappier was ticketed and her car confiscated for misuse of plates and operating an uninsured and unregistered vehicle after being stopped in September after dropping a friend at a housing complex in Hartford. Nappier's registration was for her previous state car, a 2007 Crown Victoria. According to DAS, constitutional officers' vehicles are traditionally replaced every four years, with the older vehicles reassigned within the current fleet of 3,645 cars.
Compounding matters, a data glitch left Nappier's license off a master Department of Motor Vehicles list.
The charges were subsequently dropped.
"Any personal use of the vehicle is limited, and I pay taxes on that use," Nappier wrote in an email to Hearst Connecticut Media Group, adding she is conscious of the expense to taxpayers and uses her car prudently.
In 2009 then-Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell, in an attempt to cut down on the number of employees assigned cars, issued an executive order mandating state workers had to drive an average of 700 miles per month for their jobs to justify use of a vehicle.
But constitutional officers over the years, in defending their state cars, have argued their circumstances are different because they not only conduct business statewide but are obligated to attend ceremonial events as elected officials.
Jepsen, Lembo, Merrill and Nappier have all tried to eliminate predecessors' controversial practice of having staffers chauffeur them from Point A to Point B.
House Minority Leader Lawrence Cafero, R-Norwalk, said the officers should instead drive personal, not state-issued, vehicles and receive the same 51-cent mileage reimbursement as legislators and other state employees.
"I've always made an exception that certainly (for) the governor and lieutenant governor it is justifiable given all of their duties and appearances that they not only have an auto but a driver," Cafero said. "But after that I'm at a loss."
Jepsen believes the cost differential between assigning constitutional officers cars or paying them mileage would be negligible. But Malloy's "Plan B" budget estimated saving $10,567 annually by cutting Merrill's car and $6,500 for Lembo's. The governor's alternative budget did not include numbers for Jepsen or Nappier, which the administration at the time said was an oversight.
Other agency heads do not even get mileage. Malloy in February issued a travel policy prohibiting mileage reimbursements to appointed officials, although many earn thousands more than the four constitutional officers.
Some critics argue constitutional officers spend too much time politicking, noting ex-Democratic Attorney General-turned-U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal's reputation for never missing a political or community event.
Cafero believes having to drive personal cars and put in for mileage would cause the officers to make fewer trips.
"The more you drive, the more wear and tear. You're paying the mechanic," Cafero said. "Maybe that's a good thing."
Merrill suggested someone in state government calculate the most cost-effective solution and settle the matter.
"Just set a policy and tell me what you want me to do," Merrill said. "I kind of prefer my own (Prius), to be honest."
Staff Writer Brian Lockhart can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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United States law recognizes American Indian tribes as distinct political bodies with powers of self-government. Their status as sovereign entities predates the formation of the United States and they are enumerated in the U.S. Constitution as among the subjects (along with foreign nations and the several states) with whom Congress may engage in formal relations. And yet, despite this long-standing recognition, federal Indian law remains curiously ambivalent, even conflicted, about the legal and political status of Indian tribes within the U.S. constitutional structure. On the one hand, tribes are recognized as sovereign bodies with powers of self-government within their lands. On the other, long-standing precedents of the Supreme Court maintain that Congress possesses plenary power over Indian tribes, with authority to modify or even eliminate their powers of self-government. These two propositions are in tension with one another and are at the root of the challenges faced by political leaders and academics alike in trying to understand and accommodate the tribal rights to self-government. The body of laws that make up the field of federal Indian law include select provisions of the U.S. Constitution (notably the so-called Indian Commerce Clause), treaties between the United States and various Indian tribes, congressional statutes, executive orders, regulations, and a complex and rich body of court decisions dating back to the nation's formative years. The noted legal scholar Felix Cohen brought much-needed coherence and order to this legal landscape in the 1940s when he led a team of scholars within the Office of the Solicitor in the Department of the Interior to produce a handbook on federal Indian law. The revised edition of Cohen's Handbook of Federal Indian Law is still regarded as the seminal treatise in the field. Critically, however, this rich body of law only hints at the real story in federal Indian law. The laws themselves serve as historical and moral markers in the ongoing clash between indigenous and nonindigenous societies and cultures still seeking to establish systems of peaceful coexistence in shared territories. It is a story about the limits of legal pluralism and the willingness of a dominant society and nation to acknowledge and honor its promises to the first inhabitants and first sovereigns.
Keywords: tribal sovereignty, Indian Commerce Clause, plenary power, legal pluralism
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Dave Dildine, wtop.com
WASHINGTON – Presidents Day brings a long holiday weekend, ushered in by the first unofficial getaway of 2013. And so, traffic along the Interstate 95 corridor may seem busier than usual through Monday – with perhaps just as many out-of-state license plates as local plates.
Many people will be traveling home after venturing west to the mountain ski resorts in search of champagne and fresh powder. Couples looking to celebrate a late Valentine's Day may head inbound for an evening on the town.
Delays may congest the region at strange times through the long weekend. These delays are difficult to predict in advance so tune into WTOP on the 8s for up-to- the-minute traffic coverage before you hit the road. The good news is this weekend's road work docket is light.
On Metro, however, riders should expect delays on parts of the Red, Orange, Blue and Green lines. WMATA plans to take advantage of lower ridership during the holiday, extending the hours of track work through late Monday. Most of the work will last through closing on Monday night.
Orange Line
- Free shuttle buses replace trains between Stadium-Armory and Cheverly.
- Minnesota Avenue and Deanwood stations will be closed.
- Buses will make stops at all stations.
- Customers who travel through the work zone should add about 30 minutes to their total travel time.
- Trains will run at 15 minute intervals outside the work area.
Blue Line
- Free shuttle buses replace trains between Stadium-Armory and Largo Town Center.
- Benning Road, Capitol Heights, Addison Road, Morgan Boulevard and Largo Town Center stations will be closed.
- Express buses will operate between Stadium-Armory, Addison Road and Largo Town Center.
- Local buses will make stops at all closed stations.
- Delays up to 35 minutes are possible for riders on express buses and up to 50 minutes on local buses.
Red Line
- Trains will single track between Rhode Island Avenue and Takoma Park.
- Delays up to 15 minutes are possible.
Green Line
- Free shuttle buses replace trains between Greenbelt and College Park.
- Customers who travel through the work zone should add up to 15 minutes to their total travel time.
- Work occurs only on Saturday.
Holiday road changes
In Virginia, HOV restrictions will be lifted on I-95, I-395, I-66 and Route 267. Maryland HOV restrictions will be lifted on I-270 but will remain in effect for the fast lane on U.S. 50 this holiday weekend.
In Washington, the reversible roads including Rock Creek Parkway, Canal Road and Clara Barton Parkway will remain two-way all day long. Center lane reversals will not occur on 16th Street NW and Connecticut Avenue. Refer to the curbside illuminated signs for guidance. Rush hour parking rules will not be enforced. Parking restrictions in residential zones and in metered spots will not be enforced.
Mass transit changes on Presidents Day
- Metrorail will operate on a Saturday schedule. Trains will run between 5 a.m. and midnight, however, work zones are scheduled along the Red, Orange and Blue lines.
- Metro buses will operate on a Saturday supplemental schedule. More information about route changes can be found here.
- MetroAccess service will follow a normal scheduled but subscription trips will be canceled.
- MARC and VRE trains will not operate on Presidents Day.
Downtown holiday events may cause brief delays
In Old Town Alexandria, the George Washington Birthday Parade will kick off at Wilkes Street and march up Fairfax Street around 1 p.m. The parade will then about-face and head south on Royal Street. Look for crowds, police direction and delays near the parade route. The parade's companion 1-mile race was canceled this year but the 10K and 2K Fun Run will still take place.
Ford's Theatre will host a variety of events including a short play about the life and assassination of President Lincoln.
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You might not like Angry Birds. You may think it's crap — or that it's not a real game. But you are not Shigeru Miyamoto. He thinks Angry Birds is fantastic.
The famed game creator told website Edge that he enjoyed the downloadable game.
"I usually don't comment on these sorts of questions," Miyamoto started, before going on to describe his feelings towards Angry Birds.
"What I like about Angry Birds is that it has a traditional video game [feel] to it, but also a very creative side," he added. "And you can really feel that they're having fun developing the game. That's what I like about it."
Miyamoto said he keeps his eye on the mobile gaming space. According to him, "This kind of environment inspires us to try even harder, and create even more unexpected new things."
Don't expect downloadable Nintendo games on your iPhone or Android phone anytime soon. Nintendo has repeatedly said its games will only appear on Nintendo hardware.
Miyamoto heaps praise on Angry Birds [Edge]


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Moore has 'good Day 1,' discusses goals for 2014
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- Matt Moore threw a bullpen session on Sunday, and the left-hander said "things went well."
"I threw about 30-35 pitches," Moore said. "It was nice to see [Jose] Molina back there again and having a familiar target. It was definitely a good Day 1 for us."
As for his 2014 goals, Moore noted that he had "two pretty big things that I'm focusing on."
"One is my walk rate, trying to keep guys off base that didn't necessarily earn it. The other is, I'd like to absorb more of those innings that have to be pitched by our starting rotation. I'd like to be averaging seven or eight innings. That's got to be my mindset heading out there each night. ... Focusing on whatever it's gotta take in those first few innings to have my pitch count where it's got to be for me to be out there in those late innings."
Moore told reporters that he worked out with Pro Advantage Training in Arizona for three months this offseason in hopes of getting past any physical issues in 2014.
Moore did not work out in Arizona prior to the 2013 season, which was a change after doing so prior to the previous three campaigns.
In addition to avoiding injuries, Moore said he hoped to get his body more behind his pitches, rather than just his arm, and perhaps even find a few mph for his fastball.
"It's kind of weird. I'm not trying to be the guy who says I want to pitch at 95 or 96," Moore said. "However, I think it's better for everybody in here if I am pitching at that particular level. You get away with more mistakes. For me, if I'm pitching at that level, it means I'm healthy elsewhere. My body's feeling well. It's not just my arm that's creating that velocity."


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Diamond Rio: Reason Enough
- 2009 26 Nov
For nearly 20 years, Diamond Rio has been a fixture on the country music charts, picking up numerous accolades along the way, including four Country Music Association Vocal Group of the Year awards and two titles from the Academy of Country Music.
When they debuted in 1991, they became the first band in country music history to have a debut single hit the top of the charts. Over the years, they've become known for such inspirational hits as "I Believe," "Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me" and "One More Day."
After years of wanting to record an album of songs expressing their faith, Diamond Rio is happy to be releasing The Reason via Word Records. Band members Marty, Jimmy, Brian, Gene, Dan and Dana have crafted a project that is near and dear to their hearts.
"They showed a lot of interest in what we were doing and they wanted to get our Christmas album out first and that was exciting for us," lead vocalist Marty Roe says of A Diamond Rio Christmas: The Star Still Shines, which hit stores last holiday season.
"We're all believers. We always have been," Roe continues. "I think our music reflected that somewhat, trying to be positive in what we do. A lot of our songs reflected that part of who we are, but this was a little different—actually [being] able to say in a stronger voice what our hearts are about. We have a story to tell about some struggle and about some victory and some things that have happened in our lives."
Instead of recording a collection of hymns or previously recorded classics, Diamond Rio opted to write new songs.
"When you are talking about faith and your spirituality, your connection to God, it felt less genuine to let other people speak for us," Jimmy Olander tells GospelMusicChannel.com. "So we've gone to great efforts to try to make sure we've written a record that's from the heart. These songs share what we believe in. This is who we are."
The title track was inspired by Roe's battle with vocal problems that nearly derailed the veteran band's career.
"It's a well-written song that applies to everybody, but it really was Marty's story that brought that song," says Gene Johnson. "It's a song about second chances and a song about surrender. You have to let things go into God's hands. You have to surrender all those arrogant feelings that we pretend we don't have sometimes, but they are there. When I hear that song, I hear it not just as Marty's story, but I think it will fit into most everybody's life. Good songs do. They just don't apply to one thing, they apply to a broad range of things."
The poignant "Into Your Hands" was also inspired by Roe's struggles. "This song very much reflects the theme of the record," Olander relates. "This song that we wrote with Chris Eaton is [saying] 'Man, I'm turning it all over to you. I'm giving it up. What I need and where I am, it's all in your hands—who I've become and where I will go from here.'"
Working with a vocal coach helped Roe get back on track, but he admits it was a scary situation. "I could still sing, but I couldn't hit the notes that I could hit in the past, and my accuracy, pitch and things like that weren't very good," he says. "The rest of my partners were having to deal with it too and they obviously began to bring it to my attention on a regular basis and it was a good conversation. I was kind of in denial for a little while. Then like a batter in a slump, all of a sudden [I just felt] like I couldn't do it anymore. It brought me to a point of kind of surrender."
Roe admits he was afraid he wouldn't ever get his voice back. "I felt like maybe I'd squandered my gift," he confesses. "There was a lot of prayer and just a lot of soul-searching. Then I went to this other vocal coach, Diane Sheets, and she's a believer. Things started to turn around immediately. I learned to take care of gifts that you have. I can't be more than what God made me to be and a singer is it."
Other songs on the album provide a look into other experiences in the band members' lives. Dana Williams wrote "What Are We Going to Do Now" after the death of his pastor.
"He had meant so much to our church," he says. "What were we going to do now? Then it hit me, we're going to keep doing what he's preached for 20 years. It ain't about him. It's about God and about us being faithful and us staying on the path and bringing people to the Lord."
Dan Truman penned "Moments" with Don Pfrimmer.
"It's always a lot of fun to write with Don," Truman says. "He's such a great lyricist and an interesting songwriter. I had the music that I really liked and this idea [that] there are certain moments that you have with a loved one that are amazing and those are what bond you with them and get you through some of the moments that are lot tougher."
I explained to him what I was talking about, and gave him some examples. I sat and hummed through my melodies and as I hummed, he jotted down ideas for about an hour and then he said, "Okay I'll get back to you.' He had so many great ideas that the second time we got together, we didn't rewrite anything. He had truly gotten what I was going for and did it a lot better than I ever hoped, so I have to hand it to him."
In addition to the new CD, Diamond Rio fans will be happy to know Thomas Nelson has just published Beautiful Mess: The Story of Diamond Rio, written by veteran Music Row journalist Tom Roland.
The band will be hitting the road this fall and shows no signs of slowing down. Just what keeps them going?
"I've been in the band 22 years," says drummer Brian Prout. "Jimmy, Marty and Dan have been together since I believe 1984 or 1985. A year after I joined the group, that's when Gene Johnson came in and the last personnel change was in '89 when Dana Williams joined the group, so we've been in our form right now going on 20 years.
"We don't know how to do anything else," he says with a warm laugh. "This is what we do and what we've always done. We still enjoy it."
About the Writer
Deborah Evans Price has covered Christian/Gospel music for Billboard magazine since 1994. She also contributes regularly to Country Weekly, CMA Close Up, Devo'Zine, Christian Single, HomeLife, BMI Music World, and other publications.
A Nashville resident since 1983, Deborah has held editorial posts at Radio & Records, Country News, American Songwriter and Billboard. Amy Grant, Trace Adkins, Brad Paisley, Charlie Daniels, 3 Doors Down, Third Day, Don Henley, Bon Jovi, Chris Rice, Sandra Bullock, Mercy Me, Alan Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Carrie Underwood and Steven Curtis Chapman are among her many interviews. Additionally, she's a sought-after music industry analyst who has been interviewed on CNN, MSNBC, TNN, The Today Show, and ABC PrimeTime Live, among other outlets.
Deborah is a member of the Gospel Music Association's board of directors and a graduate of Leadership Music. She resides south of Nashville with her husband, Gary, and 19-year-old son Trey.
© 2009 GospelMusicChannel.com. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
**This interview first published on November 26, 2009.
About Gospel Music Channel
Gospel Music Channel is the fastest-growing network in television and can be seen in more than 40 million homes on various cable systems around the country and on DIRECTV on channel 338. For more information, visit www.gospelmusicchannel.com.
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Hey Folks,
I love doing board layouts in EagleCAD and have been practicing a lot lately, but putting the schematics together is a pain. Are there any good resources or file dumps out there of EagleCAD .sch (schematic) files?
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Let's say that the concept of sharing schematics in a predefined schematic editor format is rather new to me. After that a schematic is a schematic and if one wants it in a certain editor one can enter it in that format. I mean, when one enters a circuit in a schematic editor one also adds stuff like the shape of the component isn't it? That means that if one takes a schematic from a source like this, finds out all is planned for SMT while desiring through hole, one has to alter all components to his needs.... essentially consuming as almost as much time as entering a fresh schematic.
Other than that most designers have their specific wants, requirements, demands or quirks. That forms a certain "handwriting". When using someone elses schematic as a source this handwriting will definitely be different.
I experience on a daily basis (in Altium) entering a schematic is the least work. Defining new components, PCB footprints, component data and revision tracking eat far more time than the circuit itself.
Dirk_Hendrik wrote:Which makes me wonder what exactly is your pain in entering schematics. I mean, about every CAD scham and PCB drawing system has a learning curve. However I never had the feeling that the PCB editor was way easier than the schematic editor. Usually it's the side tasks like creating components where the horror is. (Try creating a schematic symbol in Designspark for a change).
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Jane's Addiction is an American alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1985, the band's original lineup featured Perry Farrell (vocals), Dave Navarro (guitar), Eric Avery (bass) and Stephen Perkins (drums). After breaking up in 1991, Jane's Addiction briefly reunited in 1997 and again in 2001; both times with Avery declining to participate. In 2008, the band's "classic" line-up, featuring Avery, reunited and embarked on a world tour. Avery subsequently left the band in early 2010 as the group began work on new material.
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Fit's is a brand of Lotte chewing gum, and this August, there will be "slime-flavoured" gum for you to chomp on. But it's not really "slime-flavoured". PHEW.
"Slime" (スライム or "suraimu") is used as a pun: "suppai-raimu" (スっぱいライム). "Suppai" (here, スっぱい) means "sour" and "raimu" (ライム) is Japanese for "lime". The flavour is actually "sour lime" and not "Slime" — that is, unless DQ Slimes taste like sour limes. Right?
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An area near the egg collection operation on Little Cut Foot Sioux Lake in Itasca County will be closed May 11-17, because of high concentrations of walleye, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said.
An area near the egg collection operation on Little Cut Foot Sioux Lake in Itasca County will be closed May 11-17, because of high concentrations of walleye, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said.
The closure, due to late ice cover and early walleye opener, includes the area extending from Williams Narrows upstream through the First River Flowage up to Egg Lake.
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Back in July, Jane Wells of CNBC declared the PlayStation 3 the winner of the console wars based on her son's reaction to Sony's E3 press conference. Following Sony's showing, the young lad picked up his Xbox 360 and all of his games and marched down to the local game store to trade it all in for a PlayStation 3. Now Wells posted an update on her son's video gaming habits, suggesting that perhaps the trade-in was a bit premature.
My son still owns his PS3. I asked him if he likes it. Yes. I asked him if he regrets trading in his Xbox 360. Yes to that, too. Why? He says that while he enjoys the quality of game play on the PS3, especially the graphics (and no discs have been scratched yet), he misses all his friends on Xbox Live. I've noticed that he's not playing the PS3 very much, and, in fact, he's reactivated his old "World of Warcraft" account...
He misses his friends and has turned to World of Warcraft? Jane, your son isn't a finicky gamer, he's just lonely. Perhaps if you let him out of that gilded cage you've placed him in long enough to live...dammit live! *wipes at tear* She always makes me cry. Young Master Wells is currently working on saving up for a new Xbox 360 so he can enjoy the benefits of both systems, which seems like the perfect thing to do. Appreciate video games in all their form and function! There's a good lad!
Maybe Microsoft's new price cuts will encourage him to do that. Then, perhaps, we can unite as one nation, one household, behind both consoles. That will only leave out the Wii, which, I'm afraid, he wouldn't be caught dead owning.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Ad Watch: Olympic Edition
1. BC Tourism: Celebrities - who live in LA - stand in front of green screen shots of BC, telling us they call it "home" and that "you've got to visit".
2. Chevy: This isn't an Olympic-themed commercial, but it's been airing during CTV broadcasts. It's an attack-ad, where Chevrolet says four studies have shown they get better gas mileage than Toyota. I'm all for attack ads, but it just seems to me that there might be better things to attack Toyota on than poor gas mileage...
3. Presidents Choice: So I'm watching downhill skiing, and the Canadian team has gone through crash after crash. Then comes up a commercial from Presidents Choice, talking about how Canadian skiers eat their Presidents Choice blue menu. Fail.
4. McDonalds: This one only aired earlier in the Olympics - it features one of our athletes talking about how he always eats McDonald's fries. Me thinks "Own the Podium" should hire a dietitian...
5. Coke, McDonald's, and Visa: Giant US multinationals selling Canadian pride. Tim Hortons can do it, but since when are Morgan Freeman and Visa Canadian?
6. It's Our Game: I love this Coke commercial that tells us to "remind everyone whose game it is". The only problem is that they're going to have to pull it if Team Canada bombs out in the quarters, or else it will be a punch to the gut of hockey fans coast to coast every time it airs. That, or they'll have to remix it to remind Canadians to show the world who owns ice dancing!
7. MacDonald's Eggs Jugglers: No offense, but when I go to MacDonald's, I just want my McMuffin quickly - I don't want the cook staff spending twenty minutes juggling eggs before they cook it.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
February Poll Soup: The New Normal
Of course, every pundit has spent the past year talking about Harper's Olympic bounce. I'm not sure I really see the logic behind it - it's not like Alex Bilodeau is a Tory candidate, and we've seen a lot less of Harper over the past week than we usually do. But maybe that's the point. Perhaps with Canadians ignoring politics, the anger over prorogation will fade.
We'll find out over the next few weeks.
Ekos (Feb 10-16, n=3,600 auto-dialled)
Lib 29.0%
Green 11.8%
Other 2.7%
Decima (Feb 4-14, n=4,045 phone)
Lib 30%
Green 10%
Angus Reid (Feb 11-13, n=2,003 online)
Lib 30%
Green 8%
Environics (Feb 4-9, n=958 telephone)
Lib 37%
Green 9%
Other 1%
Nanos (Jan 29-Feb 4, n = 1,002 telephone)
Lib 33.9%
Green 5.6%
AVERAGE (change since January in brackets)
Conservative Party: 33.2% (+1.0%)
Liberal Party: 32.0% (+1.5%)
Bloc Quebecois: 8.9% (-0.5%)
Green Party 8.9% (-0.3%)
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Friday, February 19, 2010
This Week in Alberta - The BIG Merger
But that was then, and just two years later they've already begun carving Danielle Smith's face into the rocky mountains to commemorate her 30 year reign as Premier. So I guess we shouldn't be too dismissive of the merger between Renew Alberta and the Alberta Party - but it's sure hard not to be.
On one side, you have the Alberta Party, which has been around in various fringe separatist forms since the mid-80s, and who collected a whopping 0.46% of the vote last election...in the one riding they ran in. So they've got a base of 51 votes to work off of. But, hey, if they can double that every election, they'll be poised for power in 2068.
And their merger partner? Renew Alberta. Which isn't a party.
So it hardly seems like this is worth talking about, but there are a few reasons to not dismiss this outright:
1. I have a lot of time for the people involved in the Renew movement. They're bright and they're committed.
2. The "Alberta Party" name is a good one to have. Yes, yes, I know it's simplistic, but often politics is simplistic.
3. Alberta politics are all topsy turvy now. There's a mood for change - Danielle Smith has been the benefit of that so far, but that could change.
So I'm intrigued. I'm still on the fence over whether or not I wish them well. On the one hand, I've always felt a new party might be the best way for progressives to gain power in Alberta. After the last election, my dream scenario was an "Alberta Party" fusing together from the ALP, Green Party, disgruntled PCs, and left-wing reformists. Get someone like Dave Bronconnier to lead it, and it could have been them rather than the Wildrosers bearing down on the PCs right now.
But the problem is, the new Alberta Party is going to be fishing from the same pool as the ALP. So even if they do somehow manage to become competitive by 2012 (and that's certainly a long shot), they'd be draining votes from the Liberals - the end result of that would be a PC or Wildrose government.
Labels: Alberta Party, Renew Alberta
The Olympics Brings Canada Together, in a Common Desire for Success...and a Common Recognition that Michael Ignatieff is not a Leader
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Nattering Nabobs of Negativism
Ignatieff angered by critics of Vancouver Games
OTTAWA — Michael Ignatieff says he's angry about the criticism being levelled at organizers of the Vancouver Winter Games.
The Liberal leader dismisses the critics, primarily foreign journalists, as "nattering nabobs of negativism."
Hear, hear. Well said Mr. Ignatieff. I tend to agree that the nagging by those nattering nabobs of negativism has been needless, nonsensical, and naive. Because really, it just shows...what's that? Oh, never mind:
Still, Ignatieff agrees with those who've criticized the lack of French in the opening ceremonies.
When it comes to criticism of the games, I tend to agree with Don Martin - a lot of the flack from the British press can be written off as journalists looking for something to write about due to an absence of compelling stories about British athletes (still looking for their first medal).
It's like during an election campaign - if nothing of consequence is being said, we get bombarded with process stories ("so and so's plane was delayed", "look at the typo in this press release!"). And, as is the case in election campaigns, everyone loves a good easy-to-understand narrative. So after some weather delays and the tragic death on the luge track, a Zamboni malfunction suddenly becomes more noteworthy than it would otherwise be.
And as for complaints that Canada has adopted a "kicking ass, eh" mentality? Well, I for one welcome it. Nothing wrong with showing a little national pride and trying to, you know, win.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Do you think it is easy to make priorities?
-Job creation proposals to support manufacturers and young Canadians, and to encourage investment in start-up companies;
-Increase investments in clean energy and energy efficiency;
-Adopt a made-in-Canada climate change plan, including a binding and verifiable cap-and-trade system with hard caps, absolute reductions, and fairness to all industries and regions;
-Reform pensions to help Canadians save more and protect Canadians whose pension income is threatened by employer bankruptcy;
-Strengthen oversight of our independent watchdog agencies;
-Reaffirm the principle of equal pay for work of equal value as a non-negotiable right;
-Call an investigation into the national shame of missing and murdered Aboriginal women;
-Increase supports for Canadian veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder;
-Develop a National Neurological Strategy to address Alzheimer's and dementia;
-Reaffirm Canada's traditional support for a woman's right to access contraception and reproductive health services as part of the maternal health initiative;
-Protect victims of white collar crime with measures like mandatory restitution and tax relief;
-Pursue proven crime-prevention solutions that reduce crime, prevent victimization and enhance community safety;
-Provide the public with transparency over the government's role in the transfer of Afghan detainees by reconstituting and ending Conservative boycotts of Parliament's Afghanistan committee, and respect the will of Parliament by handing over unredacted documents in a manner that protects legitimate claims of national security; and
-Free Olympic mittens for all Canadians.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Let the games begin
So, with no election speculation, cabinet shuffle speculation, or Stockwell Day murse speculation to indulge in, what's a pundit to do? Well, how about torch bearer speculation?
Rumours are running rampant over who will light the torch in tonight's opening ceremonies. Let's run down the field:
Wayne Gretzky (3-1): He's the greatest athlete to ever play Canada's game and, short of giving William Shatner the honour, he'd be the most recognizable Canadian to an international audience. Still, his Olympic track record is underwhelming: 4th place in '98, and while he did pick the winning team in 2002, let's face it, picking a gold medal caliber Canadian men's hockey team is kind of like running as a Conservative in Medicine Hat...it's hard to really mess up. Plus, Gretzky's candidacy has no doubt been hurt by the "Just Visiting" attack ads the Terry Fox foundation has been running against him all week.
Betty Fox (3-1): Having Terry Fox's mother symbolically complete his cross-country run in Vancouver would have everyone reaching for the Kleenex. There's also been some talk of James Cameron creating a Terry Fox hologram to light the torch. But knowing Cameron's level of modesty, don't be surprised if there's a James Cameron avatar standing right beside Terry as he does it.
Aboriginal athlete (6-1): Sydney did it in 2000, and it's certainly the "Canadian" thing to do. Other good Canadian options include having 10 or 20 torch lighters to ensure every possible group is represented, or calling a Royal Commission to make the decision and then just never getting around to lighting it.
Rick Hansen (20-1): Having already lit the Richmond flame, the Man in Motion is probably out of contention. For better or worse, this means no performance of St. Elmo's Fire tonight.
Nancy Greene (35-1): She's got the Olympic CV for the job, but I'm concerned she'll be too busy with her arduous Senate workload to have the time for it.
Joe Sakic or Trevor Linden (50-1): There's been some buzz around these local stars but, really, if it's an NHLer it has to be Wayne. I'm just disappointed no one got a "Rory Fitzpatrick for torch bearer" campaign going.
Stephen Harper (100-1): Long odds, but no one who has watched this government over the past four years would be at all surprised...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Alberta Budget: Drawing the 2012 Battle Lines
In 2009, Alberta underwent a seismic political shift. Because of that, Budget 2010 has been more highly anticipated and speculated about than last week's Lost premiere. And, at first glance, it's just as confusing, with massive spending increases in some departments and deep cuts in others. After a series of cautious budgets, where the PCs basically threw money at anyone and everyone who asked for it, they've been forced into establishing priorities. And, as we all know, it is not easy to make priorities.
The number 1 priority is, without a doubt, Health Care, which sees its already massive operating budget increase by 17%. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the PC narrative for the next election campaign:
"We have to deal with Aunt Martha who needs her hip, we need to deal with thousands of students who want to learn in modern schools," Snelgrove said. "It's all right to suggest that we can cut $5 billion. I would be a lot more comfortable if they would show Albertans where they would like to cut the $5 billion from and see if Albertans support longer waiting lists, no roads and 60 people in a classroom."
That's not to say the PCs will spend like Alberta PCs have spent in recent years. But they've picked Health Care as their wedge issue with the Wildrose Alliance and, from a strategic perspective, that's not be a bad wedge - it's also an issue that could scare Liberal and NDP voters into voting Stelmach to stop Smith.
But as Colby Cosh points out, the PCs are basically toast if they can't post a surplus by 2012. The good news for them is that it's pretty easy to announce a surplus in Alberta - you just need to tinker with your projected price of oil and natural gas. Still, they needed to make room for the Health Care spending bonanza while gaining street cred with disillusioned right wing voters who have shifted to the Alliance.
So we get huge cuts to culture, the environment, and a dozen other departments, plus the elimination of 795 government jobs. Somewhat troublesome is the 6% cut to advanced education and technology which, to me, shows that an incredible short sighted government has grown even more incredibly short sighted now that its fighting for their political life.
So the PCs have picked Health Care as their issue. What does this mean for the Liberals and NDP, who may have just had their number 1 issue taken away from them?
Well, I think this budget creates a new opening for them. The second Red Ted delivered his budget speech, Calgary Mayor Dave Bronconnier was already complaining that Stelmach had reneged on promised funds for the city, which may lead to the cancellation of infrastructure projects. There's a certain deja vu to this. Stelmach's first budget (in 2007) was widely seen as being anti-Calgary, and Bronconnier pounced on it, hammering Stelmach into the dust day after day. A desperate Eddie backed down then, and Bronco rode his Danny Williams shtick to re-election that fall.
And, wouldn't you know it? This just so happens to be municipal election year in Alberta again.
Given that, it's almost a given that Bronconnier will try to turn a city and its media, already sour on Stelmach, even more against the Premier. Toss in a 19% cut to housing and urban affairs, and I suspect a few other mayors looking for re-election will be up in arms as well.
It's doubtful Danielle Smith's alternative budget will have any more money for the cities. So the opportunity is there for the Liberals to take the torch and rise to the defense of Calgary - after all, their leader is a Calgarian and they remain an urban party. If I were David Swann, I would pick this as my battle and hound the PCs on it day and night. Stand beside Bronconnier, raise hell in the legislature, write op-eds in the Calgary papers, go on Dave Rutherford demanding Calgary get what was promised. The road to government is going to run through Calgary and the Liberals need to paint themselves as the city's true defenders.
Stelmach has picked his issue - the Liberals need to find theirs.
Labels: Danielle Smith, david swann, Ed Stelmach, Ted Morton
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
The Art of Text Message Seduction, by Adam Giambrone
1. Always text! It is the best way 4 U 2 get ur message across. Whether you're telling your girlfriend about your other girlfriend ("You know I will be announcing I have a partner. It is someone named Sarah who I've been involved with in the past") or telling her why she's important to you ("I still think of you when I need ... um ... stimulation") - a text is perfect for any occasion!
2. Women like being used as campaign props. There is no greater compliment you can give a woman than letting her know you're dating her because "I had to have someone political".
3. Rather than buying your mistress a birthday gift, let her know "a long, long time ago about the (TTC) fare hike". Think of all the money she'll save stockpiling tokens in advance!
4. Show a woman how important she is to you - even after you tell her you can't be seen in public together, all will be forgiven when you text her "I still think of you when I need ... um ... stimulation". Other great compliments include: "I like you because you're smart and interesting. You're also good-looking naked."
5. Make it clear where you stand. Your live in girlfriend will appreciate your honesty when you text your other girlfriend: "I am NOT marrying (Sarah)".
6. Be sure to psych yourself up so that you are "ready" for any big date by doing push-ups and jumping jacks in your suit, and talking to yourself in the mirror. You'll appear that much more confident.
OK, OK. Now that we've had our fun with Giambrone, what does it all mean? Personally, I'm torn. I question the wisdom of anyone who thinks David Miller "is like a god", but I do appreciate Giambrone's use of proper grammar in most of his text messages.
Still, when the main knock on the guy is that he's too immature to be mayor, this is more than a sex scandal. This campaign could be over by the time the snow melts.
UPDATE: Quite a bit before the snow melts, it turns out. Giambrone quits the race, leaving a huge hole on the left.
Labels: Adam Giambrone
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Rob Anders: "Democracy is Petty"
The tumultuous history of the federal Conservative riding association in Calgary West continued this week with the Tory party's national council apparently assuming control of the association board.
Most members of the Conservative riding board support Donna Kennedy-Glans, who wishes to challenge controversial incumbent MP Rob Anders in a nomination race. Riding association members were to be asked by the board this spring whether they wanted to attempt to hold another nomination race.
"When you have some people that are focused on what are fairly minuscule, petty issues to the distraction of that overall effort -- they're doing it to cause disruption to the party as a whole, for the council, for the member of Parliament," Anders said Friday evening.
"You have to put that stuff to rest and move on."
Labels: Rob Anders
Friday, February 05, 2010
We can't change the British Parliamentary System...
Britain's "first past the post" voting system could be scrapped if Labour wins the general election, under plans which have been outlined by Gordon Brown.
The prime minister wants a referendum on changing to an "alternative vote" system, where candidates are ranked in order of voters' preference.
Mr Brown also backed proposals by Labour MP Tony Wright to beef up the power of MPs to hold the government to account, with elected select committee chairmen and control of what is debated at Westminster handed to a backbench committee.
He said the government also backed e-petitions, which would allow members of the public to suggest topics for MPs to debate and said voters would get the right to recall MPs guilty of financial impropriety, where the House of Commons had refused to act.
I'm not a huge electoral reform guy, but a transferable vote seems reasonable. It's how we nominate candidates and pick party leaders. It's not overly complicated, and it adds a certain amount of legitimacy to the system, by ensuring MPs have majority support in their constituency.
We've seen Canadian voters reject an overhaul of the political system in referenda, but I think this more modest form of tinkering could have some appeal. After all, what's more Canadian than "modest tinkering"?
But, beyond the actual proposal, I think it's important to look at this in the context of what's actually going on in the UK. Brown's reform package is a direct response to a series of scandals that have caused the British people to lose faith in their politicians. Think of it as Brown's version of Harper's 2006 Accountability Act, which fed an appetite for reform here, following Adscam.
And if you look at the Canadian political scene these days, the picture is fairly bleak. I get the sense that most voters are just fed up with politics - the bickering, the pettiness, the scandal...that may in part explain the reaction to Harper's prorogation vacation.
So I think the appetite is once again there for someone to step in and really change the way we do politics. And hey, as luck would have it, the Liberals have a leader who isn't a career politician - so why not play that up, and put something constructive forward next election? Reform parliament, change our system...try to restore a little faith in democracy.
Maybe voters have become so cynical that they won't believe the promises anymore, but it's worth a shot.
Labels: Gordon Brown
Layton Diagnosed with Prostate Cancer
Stepping down? Mayoral run?
Stay tuned.
UPDATE: Layton will be undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. You can read his statement here.
I think we can all join in together wishing Jack a speedy recovery.
Thursday, February 04, 2010
How ever will they escape this cunning trap?
Harper sets a trap for the opposition
After weeks of being pilloried for shuttering the Commons, Stephen Harper is trying to win back disaffected Canadians by adding extra House sittings in March and April to recoup some lost time.
The proposal sets a trap for opposition parties, which must consent to the move or undermine their complaints about Mr. Harper's Dec. 30 decision to prorogue Parliament until March 3.
Norman Spector jumps in:
By suggesting that the House sit an additional 12 days in March and April, Mr. Harper has badly outmanoeuvred Jack Layton and Michael Ignatieff. With both gentlemen having been out of the country when the media-stimulated prorogation storm hit Canada, this is an offer that neither can refuse.
Well, yeah - of course this is an offer neither can refuse. That's kind of why this sucks as a trap. Harper has dangled the cheese, but it's not tied to anything. So the opposition will eat the cheese and go on its merry way.
Because, let's face it - this is obviously damage control. Even Norman Spector must realize this - God knows as Mulroney's chief of staff, he did his fair share of damage control.
Maybe it would have been clever if Harper had said they'd give up their summer break to make up for the lost time as soon as he announced the prorogation - but this is obviously nothing more than the grandmaster himself scrambling to dodge a checkmate.
And after listening to Tory MPs spend the past month talking about how Parliament causes market instability, how the real work happens outside of Parliament, why it's important to spend time consulting with Canadians...well, there are certainly some inconsistencies in Harper's rationale.
Don't get me wrong, I think Harper's a fairly smart tactician. But can we get rid of this notion that every move the man makes is a master stroke of genius? After the last month, I would have thought that was self evident.
Labels: playing chess while everyone else works, prorogation
Justice Minister Lawrence Harper could not be reached for comment
Here, in its entirety, is an article from yahoo news:
OTTAWA (AFP) – Several dozen Haitian children adopted by Canadian families could arrive in Canada this weekend, Immigration Minister Lawrence Kenney said Friday after receiving Haiti's approval in 154 cases.
"Yesterday, Canadian officials presented a list to the government of Haiti with the names of 154 children who are currently in the adoption process," Kenney said.
"I am very pleased to announce today that the government of Haiti has given its full approval to that list," clearing the way for them to come to Canada, the minister said.
Eighty-six of the adoptions were at an "advanced stage in the process," with at least some level of approval from Haitian authorities, he said, adding that arrangements were being made "to bring these 86 children to Canada in the coming days."
The first flight could arrive in Canada at the weekend, Kenney said.
In the days since the quake, families around the world in the process of adopting Haitian children have pressured their governments to speed up the process.
Several including Belgium, Spain and the United States have moved to fast-track adoption procedures for children in Haiti, with the wretchedly poor Caribbean nation suffering critical shortages of water and food in the aftermath of the 7.0-magnitude quake.
Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Lawrence Cannon said he and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke by telephone Friday about ways to improve coordination of international relief efforts in Haiti.
Their discussion set some groundwork for donor country talks in Montreal scheduled for Monday.
Hat Tip - DD
Toronto Votes 2010: Adam Giambrone's Star Wars Kid Candidacy
From among that list of 24, there are a handful of legitimate candidates - one of Giorgio Mammoliti, Joe Pantalone, or the yet-to-declare Denzil Minnan-Wong could break through as a contender.
But early on, the media focus has been on George Smitherman, Adam Giambrone, and Rocco Rossi. For those unfamiliar with Toronto-politics, here's where you've probably heard of these men before:
-Giambrone's name gets mentioned on Facebook whenever someone is bitching about the TTC
-Smitherman is part of the "Former McGuinty Cabinet Ministers" Facebook group (closing in on the anti-prorogation one as the largest FB group in Canada)
-Rocco Rossi has most likely wished you happy birthday on Facebook.
So what should we make of our three challengers thus far?
Well, with John Tory gone, Smitherman is clearly the front runner. He's branding himself as the pit bull of the race (Q: What's the difference between George Smitherman and a pit bull? A: McGuinty has yet to ban George Smitherman):
In an exclusive interview with The Globe and Mail, Mr. Smitherman opened the door to road tolls, rejected banishing bike lanes from arterial roads and promised to apply bulldog toughness to the city's finances – unlike the current administration, he said, which is struggling to impose a 5-per-cent budget cut on recalcitrant departments and agencies.
"If my bureaucracy basically shot me the finger," Mr. Smitherman said, "well, I'll let my reputation speak for itself … a shrug of the shoulders and the middle finger salute isn't going to cut it."
Former LPC National Director Rocco Rossi (who, in passing, deserves a round of applause for the increased Liberal fundraising numbers in 2009), is positioning himself on Smitherman's right flank. It's not too surprising, really. Rossi was John Tory's campaign manager in 2003, so he stands to inherit much of the Tory organization...it only makes sense to try and inherit as much of Tory's vote as possible.
Which brings us to young Adam Giambrone, chair of the TTC. Giambrone should be taken seriously in this race - John Laschinger is his campaign manager, and Giambrone will appeal to many of the same people who elected David Miller. Now, when I say that Giambrone should be taken seriously, that's intended more as advice to his own campaign, than as a warning to the opposition. Case in point:
I'm as big a fan of self-deprecating humour as anyone out there, but there comes a point when you cringe. After watching this video, I just can't imagine this guy running the City of Toronto. Don't get me wrong, I love that he has a sense of humour, and he seems like an OK guy - the video would make me consider voting for him as SU President. Well, maybe not, but definitely as VP Events for the chess club.
But Mayor of Toronto? That's a fairly serious job, and nothing Giambrone has done thus far, during this campaign or during his political career, gives me any sort of sense that he's ready for that.
Labels: 2010 Toronto Muncipal Election, Adam Giambrone, George Smitherman, Rocco Rossi
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
The $200 Gap
Via Pundits' Guide, here's a look at the year-over-year numbers, since Harper cut the donation cap:
Pundits Guide also has the dollar breakdown - it's not perfect since this still includes "double dip" donations, but it clearly shows the Tory advantage remains on the small donation front. The Liberals actually out-raised the Conservatives slightly on donations over $200, but the Tories hold a commanding $12 million to $3 million lead when it comes to the small cheques.
So, despite some incredible progress in 2009, there's still a lot of work to be done.
(And, you know, if you're so inclined to help close the gap, just click through here)
Labels: Fundraising
Policy Time
Ignatieff sketches out 'doable' Senate reform ideas
Liberals present job creation proposals
Daycare tops Liberal agenda
Yes, the specifics are still missing, but those will come. With voters wholly unimpressed with Stephen Harper, now is the time for Michael Ignatieff to show Canadians what he stands for - and he appears to be doing just that.
Labels: Daycare, Michael Ignatieff, Senate Reform