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New vids: amount in controversy, aggregation

New videos are available on my YouTube channel. Details are below. Diversity advanced: amount in controversy This video explores the “amount in controversy” (AIC) requirement of 28 U.S.C. 1332(a). Topics include: Basics of the AIC The “St. Paul Mercury” test Examples of where the AIC can and cannot be met Measuring the AIC for cases seeking […]

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Happy Labor Day

I rescued this little dragonfly from my screened-in porch. Afterwards, we hung out for a little while. A good day. Hope all are also having a good Labor Day holiday. I’ll post more videos in about a week. Check here for details.

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Diversity videos posted

I’m experimenting with “screencasting,” which is creating instructional videos that “flip” the classroom. Here are my two first videos, with more to follow: Diversity basics: 1332(a)(1) and (a)(2) Diversity advanced: 1332(a)(2) and (a)(3)  

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Obama’s Change.gov promise to protect whistleblowers? Scrubbed from the Web

Well, this pissed me off. Long-time readers of this site may recall my interest in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, which aims to preserve the historical web. I’ve previously written to criticize the Bush administration for its lengthy robots.txt exclusion file (thousands of lines long), which could be viewed as an attempt to prevent the […]

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