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Evaluations that are based on a minute representation of enrolled students lead to unwarranted assessment averages and skew the overall effectiveness of the guide. But with minor changes to the current evaluation system and an integrated online network, the CUE guide will provide accurate, easily accessible reviews...
Others who oppose cameras insist that juror privacy is essential to the sanctity of the process. Cameras, they say, will skew the composition of juries by removing people who don't want to deliberate in front of them. And jurors who don't feel articulate or confident may be reluctant to speak out or take an unpopular stand--as Henry Fonda did in the classic movie 12 Angry Men--if they think their neighbors are watching and judging them. Furthermore, recording jury deliberations, opponents say, might encourage litigation and prolong what some feel is the already cumbersome process of appeals...
...Redline is no kitchen nook, and Stitch and Bitch is certainly not your grandma’s knitting circle. The club welcomes a wide range of participants, from 20-year-olds to retirees. But despite the inter-generational mix, Marcus notes a definite skew toward “young urban professionals.” Hence Redline as ideal gathering spot—after all, where better for said young urban professionals to relax than at a bar with drink in hand. “A lot of people in the high tech industry have learned to relax by going...
...Sept. 15, hostilities have already broken the surface calm. In the past two weeks, a pair of Macedonian police and two ethnic Albanians have been killed and five Macedonians kidnapped (and later released) in what locals believe is an attempt by extremists on both sides to intimidate voters and skew results. At such a delicate time, even the shift away from a NATO peacekeeping force in Macedonia carries tangible risks, says Edward Joseph, an analyst in Skopje with the International Crisis Group, a think tank. "If you lose NATO you lose the Americans," he says. "When somebody shoots...
...consuming and storing more calories than they expend. In this fashion, they create a reservoir of fat that comes in handy when food grows scarce. It's easy to imagine that repeated famines over the course of human development practically forced the biological system for regulating weight to skew strongly toward resisting weight loss rather than protecting against weight gain...