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"I couldn't accept that." Why Muskegon Heights teachers quit and how it impacts students
By Lindsey Smith • Jan 3, 2013
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Mosaica's Alena Zachery-Ross, Gene Eidelman, and Muskegon Heaights Schools emergency financial manager Don Weatherspoon (left to right) in July 2012.
This story is the second in a four-part series about how things are going so far in Michigan's first fully privatized public school district. Find part one here, part three here, and part four here.
The on-air version of the story. An expanded online version is below.
At least one in four teachers at the new Muskegon Heights school district have already quit the charter school this year. That's after an emergency manager laid off all the former public school teachers in Muskegon Heights because he didn't have enough money to open school in the fall. That means there have been a lot of new, adult faces in the district.
Students say the high teacher turnover has affected them and top school administrators say it has held back academic achievement this school year.
Students: teacher turnover causing issues in the classroom
17-year old Muskegon Heights senior Deaisha Cooper says many of her friends transferred out of Muskegon Heights schools over the summer. Then homecoming got canceled because of fights. It took a couple of weeks to get her class schedule right.
"It's not like what your senior year is supposed to be," Cooper frowned.
Now she's upset the only teacher left at the high school who worked for the old public school district, one of her favorites, Ms. Fisher, just left for a new job at Grand Rapids Public Schools. She says Ms. Fisher took care of the senior class, made sure they "were all right."
"When she left it just seemed like everything just fell downhill and it seemed like the school was just running by day by day and they don't know what they're actually doing," Cooper said.
Cooper's classmate, 18-year old Tony Harris, says when a teacher quits the classroom feels even less productive than usual. He's had three math teachers by early December.
"Basically it's confusing because I go from this learning process to this learning process to that learning process and it's just ridiculous how some teachers leave and then we have to start all over and then we learn something new. It's just, it's crazy," Harris said.
Harris and some other students say during this time in between teachers, they feel like they're really just doing busy work until a new teacher comes in.
"I actually feel dumb because I'm just sitting there not doing anything, well, I'm not saying I'm not doing anything but I'm not doing nothing, basically," Harris said.
17-year old Inari Spralls says she was angry when students brought one young math teacher of hers to tears in class. She says the teacher quit shortly after.
"I am very weak at math and when they made her cry that's like hurting me because I don't know nothing about math and I need to get it out of my way in order to graduate. And that's just really stressful because it's also interrupting everybody else that's trying to learn," Spralls said.
"... you got these new teachers, the kids are going to test them. So far, they have been failing," Hauke said.
"They're all your age," 18-year old Cody Hauke chimes in while looking at me (I'm under 30 years old).
"I just think it's a game of respect. The longer the teacher's been here the more authority they have over the kids. And when they're gone and you got these new teachers, the kids are going to test them. So far, they have been failing," Hauke said.
There's a "turnover of staff that we did not anticipate."
Alena Zachery-Ross is the Regional Vice President for Mosaica Education Incorporated. It's sort of equivalent to being the district's superintendent. Positive and full of energy, she's worked her way up from a teaching position at Detroit Public Schools, to an administrator at Van Dyke Public Schools to her current position.
"For me it wasn't – it's not a level step up even, it's really a risk. But I think the risk is worth it because it's changing lives," Zachery-Ross said of her move from public schools to Mosaica.
Alena Zachery-Ross discusses why she left a public school district to work at Mosaica Education this year.
Mosaica had less than 60 days from the time the contract was signed until classes started. Mosaica Education co-founder and President Gene Eidelman says probably the biggest challenge the company faced in this project was to hire and train a staff of 140 people during that short time.
"We've hired the best (teachers) we could find but some people were just not expecting how tough it's going to be," Eidelman said when I first reported on teacher turnover last month.
Shabadoo Waller, a parent of a Muskegon Heights high school student (and who's now employed as a sort of security person with Mosaica) says he figured teacher turnover would be high.
"You're dealing with inner-city youth kids and they're just going to test you – that's it. I mean once you stand firm and let them know that you're not going to back down, they'll back down," Waller said.
"We've have a turnover of staff that we did not anticipate," Zachery-Ross said.
In the beginning, Zachery-Ross says some teachers couldn't handle the discipline issues presented by a high poverty, inner-city school district. Later, it was mostly about how little the charter company pays.
"I don't know what their full packages are but other districts are able to offer more," Zachery-Ross said. Mosaica said in July base teacher salary would be $35,000 plus about $10,000 in benefits.
Alena Zachery-Ross shares what teachers have told her about why they have left the new charter system.
She feels the charter schools would make more progress if not for the high teacher turnover.
"I realized I couldn't make a difference." Former teachers on why they left.
Almost a hundred miles away from Muskegon Heights, I met Craig Oliver at his home in Portage, just outside of Kalamazoo. He's been a social studies teacher for more than 20 years.
Most of that time, Oliver worked at Martin Public Schools, a small, mostly rural district. But last spring he decided he wanted a challenge. So he applied at Muskegon Heights.
Craig Oliver in a 2011 school photo where he taught social studies before taking a new job at Muskegon Heights school.
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"I thought that it was a situation that really needed some experienced teachers and it was someplace I could make a difference," Oliver said.
He got a job teaching 3rd grade at Edgewood Elementary School, moved in with his 83-year mom who lives in nearby Muskegon, and he took a pay cut.
"Until I hit my head up against the wall basically, and encountered a lot more going on in the community and attitudes that I could fix just in the classroom," Oliver said.
He only lasted until October 12th.
Oliver says he couldn't seem to stop kids from talking or "guide" the class as he could in Martin. That made it hard to get through the day's lessons successfully.
Craig Oliver shares a personal story about his bond with one particular 3rd grader in his class during his brief time working at the new Muskegon Heights Public School Academy.
Another former teacher, Susan Strobel, stayed two weeks longer than Oliver at Mosaica.
Neither Strobel nor Oliver quit for another job. They quit out of frustration.
"It's very hard for me to describe what it's like (in class). It's nothing that you've ever experienced before," Strobel said.
Strobel was one of the few teachers the charter school company hired from the old Muskegon Heights Public School district. At first she was kind of excited. Muskegon Heights middle and high schools have close to the lowest student achievement scores in the whole state. So she figured change could be a good thing.
"I mean if I can be part of something good and help move the students forward and see them achieve – who wouldn't want to be a part of that? I mean that's why I'm a teacher," Strobel said.
As a former Muskegon Heights teacher under the old system, she has a soft spot for a few students there. She's mentored three in particular; they still meet for tutoring at the public library, going to museums and even to check out Strobel's daughter play in a holiday music concert in Holland. "They really made working a joy," Strobel says with a smile.
But change just wasn't happening fast enough for Strobel under the new system. Near the end of the first marking period this fall, Strobel says about half of her students weren't even showing up.
School data shows it wasn't just her high school class either. Mosaica officials acknowledge attendance in the high school, is "a concern." The company is implementing several strategies to increase attendance.
The high school principal has set a goal to raise attendance 10 percent by the end of this month. The average weekly attendance rate in November was around 60 percent. A couple of those weeks, only one in two high school juniors or seniors were reportedly in class.
Despite Strobel's offers to tutor them, only 12 of her 74 students were passing.
"I could not accept that. To me, that was the reality, I couldn't change that and I won't change that, but I couldn't accept that," Strobel said. "I just felt that I couldn't do the teaching that I felt these students deserved, and I couldn't continue."
Susan Strobel says many people don't fully realize the challenges students in Muskegon Heights face to get through school.
Both Strobel and Oliver say a lack of clear discipline policy, work expectations and the right supplies to teach students with poor reading skills played a big part in why they left.
Both say it was a tough decision to quit, not one they took lightly.
Susan Strobel says it was not an easy decision to hand in her resignation this fall at Muskegon Heights Public School Academy.
Oliver says most of the teachers he knows who are still at Muskegon Heights are there because they don't have a choice.
"They've got to stay. It's their income. But they're looking. They're always looking. You know? How can I move on?" Oliver said.
At last check, both Oliver and Strobel are in the final stages of securing jobs as substitute teachers.
Tomorrow we'll get into the classroom, to see how students are learning under the new charter system.
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Muskegon Heights students hope for less "chaos" as they return to class today
Muskegon Heights students are heading back to class today to begin the second half of what's been a very turbulent school year.
This story is the first in a four-part series about how things are going so far in Michigan's first fully privatized public school district. Find part two here, part three here, and part four here.
Muskegon Heights Public School Academy mini series. Feature 1 of 4.
Old district "implodes" after years-long financial problems
The school board in Muskegon Heights battled a budget deficit for at least six years in a row. They gave up the fight a year ago and asked the state to just take over.
"The system that was in place imploded," said Don Weatherspoon, the guy the state eventually sent in late April to be the emergency manager.
"Enrollment went down, costs went up, they borrowed more than they could pay back; you're on a collision course with disaster and that's what happened," Weatherspoon explained. Student enrollment is a big factor in how much money a school district receives from the state.
"Everything that you can think of basically broke down. Discipline, learning, record-keeping, financial accounting, etc," Weatherspoon said.
By May, Weatherspoon discovered the district is more than $16 million dollars in debt; so much debt it couldn't afford to open school in the fall.
Michigan's governor signs revised emergency manager law
By Rick Pluta • Dec 27, 2012
Governor Rick Snyder has signed an updated local emergency manager law to replace the one rejected last month by voters.
The governor says the new law is an improvement because it gives local governments more options to come up with a plan to dig out of a financial crisis.
Critics say it's not very different from what voters said "no" to. It still grants emergency managers sweeping authority over local governments that are taken over by the state.
1 in 4 teachers at Muskegon Heights schools quit during first 3 months of school year
By Lindsey Smith • Dec 3, 2012
Over the summer Muskegon Heights schools' then emergency manager laid off everybody who worked at the district and hired Mosaica Education to run operations for 5 years.
Muskegon Heights has some of the lowest performing schools in Michigan and is dealing with a multi-million dollar deficit. The state appointed manager says he had no other option but to privatize operations.
Three months in, one in four (20 of 80 total) of the newly hired teachers has quit.
"It's confusing because I go from this learning process to this learning process to that learning process and it's just ridiculous how some teachers leave and we have to start all over and learn something new," Muskegon Heights High School senior Tony Harris said, "It's just, it's crazy."
Muskegon Heights charter takeover a 'state bailout,' new report says
By Michigan Radio Newsroom • Jun 27, 2012
Muskegon Heights Public Schools voted late last year to request a state emergency manager in an effort to sort out chronically troubled finances. Part of the plan emergency manager Don Weatherspoon eventually came up with involved turning schools in the district over to a charter operator.
But as the Detroit Free Press reports today, a study from a non-profit research group says the turnover amounts to little more than a state bailout.
Using emergency loans to pay off other loans; some Michigan school districts are doing it
By Lindsey Smith • Aug 24, 2012
The recession has made it harder for local governments and school districts to balance their budgets. This summer the governor signed a new law creating a board that will help those hardest hit cope with short term cash flow problems.
Earlier this month the emergency financial managers of both Muskegon Heights Public Schools and Highland Park schools got emergency loans to pay off other state loans. MHPS borrowed $7.65 million while Highland Park schools borrowed $4.4 million.
"It's not a handout; it's a loan in order to help get people on their feet, in order to make the changes that are necessary going forward," said Caleb Buhs, a spokesman for Michigan's Department of Treasury. The school districts have 30 years to pay the state back.
Highland Park Public Schools selects Leona Group to manage charter system
By Michigan Radio Newsroom • Jul 27, 2012
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Highland Park Public Schools contracted the Leona Group to run its charter system next year.
A press release issued by the school system's Emergency Manager, Joyce Parker, said that she met with the newly appointed board of education today who approved the Leona Group, LLC contract as charter operator unanimously.
From the release:
Muskegon Heights charter school budget assumes more students and state money
By Lindsey Smith • Jul 15, 2012
The school board for the new charter school system in Muskegon Heights will likely adopt a preliminary budget Monday.
Muskegon Heights schools' emergency manager hired a for-profit charter school company to run the public school system for the next five years.
An attorney for the school board says Mosaica Education drafted the budget the school board will consider approving Monday. It's likely the budget will be amended throughout the school year if needed.


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IIT Guwahati researchers design "smart windows" to cut carbon emissions
Our Bureau | New Delhi, May 25 | Cleantech innovations | Updated on: May 25, 2021
Of the energy-related carbon dioxide emissions, buildings annually account for 39 per cent of them.
Climate control of windows and glass facades of structures can be easier and cheaper with a team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati developing a nanocoating that can regulate heat and light passing through such structures in response to an applied voltage.
.Buildings account for nearly 39 per cent of the energy-related carbon dioxide emissions annually. The primary consumption of energy in buildings is by climate control systems, in which energy-consuming devices are used to maintain comfortable indoor temperatures and brightness. To meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, a building energy intensity will have to improve by 30 per cent by 2030.
However, achieving such a target is made easier by innovation by Debabrata Sikdar, an assistant professor at IIT's Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, and his research student Ashish Kumar Chowdhary. They have designed a smart window material that can effectively control the amount of heat and light passing through these windows in response to an applied voltage. Such materials can help develop efficient automatic climate control systems in buildings, the scientists claimed. Their work was recently published in the journal Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells .
More importantly, the coating they have developed can be applied on existing windows as an adhesive film. The material required for this would cost as little as Rs 1-2 per square metre, the scientists said.
" There has been increased attention to sustainable architectural designs for better light and heat management in buildings in recent years, and deploying smart windows is the first step for such structures," Sikdar said in a statement.
Conventionally, window designs are static, that is, they are pre-designed for specific climatic conditions. On the other hand, the emergent smart windows can dynamically adjust the amount of light and heat radiation entering a building in response to external stimuli, thus conserving the building's energy.
The design of smart windows that are tuneable for all-weather conditions is challenging. The IIT Guwahati team has designed smart window 'glasses' using noble metals and their relatively inexpensive alternatives that can dynamically control the intensity of transmitted solar radiation, depending upon the weather/climate condition.
"We have proposed an electro-tuneable glass made of two ultra-thin metal layers sandwiching an electro-optic polymer whose refractive index can be changed by applying a small voltage, which allows filtering of visible and infrared radiation," explained Chowdhary .
The researchers used this design to perform simulation studies to understand the light and heat transmission properties in response to the applied voltage. They initially considered gold and silver as the metal layers but later tested their model with cheaper alternatives such as copper, and transparent semiconductor such as indium tin oxide.
These smart glasses can find applications for efficient automatic climate control in vehicles, locomotives, airplanes and greenhouses of the future. The smart glass material proposed by the IIT Guwahati team can easily be fabricated using existing state-of-the-art nanoscale fabrication methods such as e-beam evaporation and graphoepitaxy techniques.
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Oscars goof-up: La La Land announced Best Picture instead of Moonlight
In one of the biggest goof ups in the entire history of Academy Awards, the winner for the Best Picture was mistakenly called out as La La Land instead of Moonlight by presenter Warren Beatty.
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Producer Jordon Hurwitz holds up the card for the Best Picture winner Moonlight. (REUTERS)
Oscar winner, take two.
Barry Jenkins' Moonlight - not, as it turned out, La La Land - won best picture at the Academy Awards in a historic Oscar upset and an unprecedented fiasco that saw one winner swapped for another while the La La Land producers were in mid-speech.
Presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway apparently took the wrong envelope - the one for best actress winner Emma Stone - onto the stage. When they realized the mistake, representatives for ballot tabulators Price Waterhouse Coopers raced onstage to try to stop the acceptance speeches.
Host Jimmy Kimmel jokingly blamed Warren for the mess:
And this was Emma Stone's reaction on realising what just happened:
But backstage, Stone said she was holding her winning envelope at the time. "I think everyone's in a state of confusion still," said Stone. Later the actress, who pledged her deep love of Moonlight, added, "Is that the craziest Oscar moment of all time? Cool!"
It was, nevertheless, a shocking upset considering that La La Land came in with 14 nominations, a record that tied it with Titanic and All About Eve. Barry Jenkins' tender, bathed-in-blue coming-of-age drama, made for just $1.5 million, is an unusually small Oscar winner. Having made just over $22 million as of Sunday at the box office, it's one of the lowest grossing best-picture winners ever - but also one of the most critically adored.
"Even in my dreams this cannot be true," said an astonished Jenkins, once he reached the stage. Moonlight, released by indie distributor A24, also had some major muscle behind it, including Brad Pitt's Plan B, which also backed the 2015 winner 12 Years a Slave.
"It was unfortunate that things happened as they did but, goddamn, we won best picture," the still cool and composed Jenkins told reporters.
Warren Beatty speaks as Jordan Hurwitz hugs Moonlight director Barry Jenkins during presentation of Best Picture. ( REUTERS )
Host Jimmy Kimmel had come forward to inform the cast that Moonlight had indeed won, showing the inside of the envelope as proof. "I knew I would screw this up," said Kimmel, a first-time host.
Producer Jordan Horwitz then graciously passed his statue to the Moonlight producers. "I noticed the commotion that was happening and I thought that something strange had occurred," Jenkins said backstage. "The last 20 minutes of my life have been insane."
Moonlight co-star Mahershala Ali, the supporting actor winner, said the conclusion "threw me a bit." ''I don't want to go up there and take anything from someone," he said afterward. "It's very hard to feel joy in a moment like that."
La La Land still collected a leading six awards, including honors for cinematography, production design, score, the song City of Stars and best director. Chazelle, the 32-year-old filmmaker, became the youngest to win best director. "This was a movie about love and I was luckily enough to fall in love while making it," said Chazelle, speaking about his girlfriend and Oscars date, Olivia Hamilton.
Up until the chaotic end, the telecast had seesawed between jabs at Donald Trump and passionate arguments for inclusivity. "All you people out there who feel like there isn't a mirror out there for you, the academy has your back, the ACLU has your back and for the next four years we will not leave you alone, we will not forget you," said Jenkins, whose film is, in three chapters, about a young black kid growing up poor and gay in impoverished Miami.
Kenneth Lonergan, the New York playwright whose last film ("Margaret") was beset by lawsuits and conflict, won best original screenplay for Manchester by the Sea. ''I love the movies. I love being part of the movies," said Lonergan. After the wild ending, Lonergan deadpanned to reporters, "It turned out that we actually won best picture."
Justin Timberlake performs in the audience at the Oscars. ( AP )
Shortly later, Affleck - in one of the night's most closely watched races, won best actor - his first Oscar - for his soulful, grief-filled performance in Lonergan's film. Affleck and Denzel Washington ("Fences") were seen as neck-and-neck in the category. An admittedly "dumbfounded" Affleck looked shocked when his name was read. "Man I wish I had something bigger and more meaningful to say," said Affleck, who hugged his more famous brother, Ben, before taking the stage.
The show kicked off with Justin Timberlake dancing down the Dolby Theatre aisles, singing his ebullient song, "Can't Stop the Feeling," from the animated film Trolls. It was an early cue that the Oscars would steer, at least in part, toward festiveness rather than heavy-handedness. Protests, boycotts and rallies have swirled ahead of Sunday night's Oscars. But Kimmel, in his opening monologue, quickly acknowledged that he "was not that guy" to heal a divided America.
But he pointedlyled a standing ovation for the "overrated" Meryl Streep and later tweaked the president by tweeting to him on air, including telling him that Streep "says hi."
Best Supporting Actor winner Mahershala Ali (L-R), Best Actress winner Emma Stone, Best Supporting Actress winner Viola Davis and Best Actor winner Casey Affleck pose with their Oscars. ( REUTERS )
The wins for Davis, who co-starred in Denzel Washington's August Wilson adaptation Fences, and Mahershala Ali, the Moonlight co-star, were both widely expected. Their awards marked the first time in more than a decade that multiple Oscar acting honours went to black actors.
"I became an artist, and thank god I did, because we are the only profession to celebrate what it means to live a life," said Davis, the best supporting actress winner. "So here's to August Wilson, who exhumed and exalted the ordinary people."
The evening's most blunt protest came from a winner not in attendance. Best foreign film for the second time went to Asghar Farhadi, director of Iran's A Salesman. Farhadi, who also won for his A Separation, had said he wouldn't attend because of Trump's travel band to seven predominantly Muslim nations. Anousheh Ansari, an Iranian astronaut, read a statement from Farhadi.
Best Foreign Language Film The Salesman Asghar Farhadi (Iran) is accepted by a designated woman reading Farhadi's statement. ( Reuters )
"I'm sorry I'm not with you tonight," it read. "My absence is out of respect for the people of my country and those of other six nations who have been disrespected by the inhumane law that bans entry of immigrants to the U.S."
The broadcast often veered between such strong personal statements and Kimmel's efforts to keep things a little lighter with bits reminiscent of his late-night show. Shortly before he led a dazed, unsuspecting tour group into the theater, presenter Gael Garcia Bernal, the Mexican actor, declared: "As a migrant worker, as a Mexican, and as a human being, I am against any wall." Rich Moore, one of the three directors of Disney's best animated film winner Zootopia, described the movie as about "tolerance being more powerful than fear of the other."
Damien Chazelle (hidden) is congratulated by actor Ryan Gosling (R) for winning Best Director. At left is Nicole Kidman and (C) is her husband Keith Urban. ( REUTERS )
Gibson's World War II drama Hacksaw Ridge was, surprisingly, the evening's first double winner, taking awards for editing and sound mixing. The bearded Gibson, for a decade a pariah in Hollywood, was seated front and center for the show, and was a frequent presence throughout.
Ezra Edelman's O.J.: Made in America took best documentary, making it - at 467 minutes - the longest Oscar winner ever, beating out the 1969 Best Foreign Language Film winner War and Peace (431 minutes). Edelman's documentary, while it received an Oscar-qualifying theatrical release, was seen by most on ESPN as a serial, prompting some to claim its place was at the Emmys, not the Oscars.
Edelman dedicated the award to the victims of the famous crime, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. "This is also for other victims, victims of police violence, police brutality," Edelman said. "This is their story as it is Ron and Nicole's."
Host Jimmy Kimmel tweets to President Donald Trump. ( REUTERS )
The "OscarsSoWhite" crisis of the last two years was largely quelled this season by a richly diverse slate of nominees, thanks to films like Moonlight, Fences and Hidden Figures. A record six black actors are nominated. For the first time ever, a person of colour is nominated in each acting category.
"I want to say thank you to President Trump," Kimmel said in the opening. "Remember last year when it seemed like the Oscars were racist?"
The nominees follow the efforts by Academy of Motions Pictures Arts and Sciences President Cheryl Boone Isaacs to diversify the membership of the largely white, older and male film academy. "Tonight is proof that art has no borders, no single language and does not belong to a single faith," said Isaacs.
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Paul Juniper
Director's Note – August 2017
2017 continues to be a year of significant anniversaries. Queen's University is celebrating its 175th, Canada its 150th and the IRC is marking 80 years of professional development programs for HR, LR and OD professionals. These milestones are important, as they provide a valuable opportunity to celebrate our achievements, but also reflect on how the world of work has dramatically changed over time.
Director's Note – January 2017
There's a great deal of talk about high performance organizations and teams these days. In a rapidly moving global economy that increasingly relies on big data and technology, we all recognize the advantage of using information and systems to help drive innovation and set goals. But how do we determine which models are most appropriate for our organization's unique needs?
Do you know about Botlr, the robot who delivers room service requests to guests at the Aloft Starwood Hotel in California? How about Brian, a robot that provides companionship to seniors in a nursing home? Robots are just one example of how technology is affecting the workplace, and changing the skills that humans will require in the future.
A Message from Queen's IRC Director Paul Juniper – July 2016
When I joined Queen's IRC in 2006, I was appointed as Director of the Centre for a five-year term. I was renewed in 2011, and I am delighted to report that I have again been reappointed as Queen's IRC Director for an additional five years. I am proud of the work we have done at Queen's IRC in the past five years.
Help Wanted: HR Analysts
Get ready to see this job ad a lot in the near future. 2016 seems to be the year when HR Analytics hits the windshield of our corporate bus. There is an increasing demand from organizational leaders for evidence-based decision making. Unfortunately I think it will take a while for our certification programs in HR to fully integrate these needs into the supporting training.
Do you or your workplace need a spring tuneup? It can be easy to fall into habits that may seem innocuous, but may actually be hindering your progress. Spring is a great time to review and renew, and Queen's IRC has just what you need to get a fresh start, with certificate programs, custom programs, and some new opportunities based on requests from our clients.
2015 W. D. Wood Lecture to be Delivered by Peter Edwards
We are pleased to announce that this year's W. Donald Wood lecturer will be Mr. Peter Edwards, Vice-President Human Resources and Labour Relations at Canadian Pacific. Peter holds an undergraduate degree and Master of Industrial Relations (MIR) degree from Queen's University. He is also a speaker at the Queen's IRC Labour Relations Foundations program. The W. D. Wood Visiting Lectureship was designed to bring to Queen's University distinguished individuals who have made an important contribution to industrial relations in Canada or other countries.
An Inquiry into the State of HR in Canada in 2013: Executive Summary
Queen's University Industrial Relations Centre (Queen's IRC) is pleased to announce the release of An Inquiry into the State of HR in Canada in 2013. This executive summary is based on a survey of over 400 HR practitioners and explores the current and changing state of the HR profession in Canada. It also compares the findings with our 2011 survey.
Director's Note – Fall 2015
Are you ready for change? Our inaugural Workplace in Motion Summit, held on April 16th in Toronto, brought together over 100 HR, LR and OD professionals eager to learn about the forces that are changing the way we work, and to brainstorm strategies for organizations to prepare for the transformation of our workplace cultures and practices. At Queen's IRC, we also must shift with the times. Our evidence-based programs are carefully designed and reviewed to blend foundational principles with innovative ideas and practices that facilitate change and nurture positive alliances across organizational functions.
Talking Trust in Trinidad
I recently had the opportunity to work with a group of HR professionals in Trinidad, through Queen's IRC's partnership with the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business within the University of the West Indies. As part of our discussion about building trust in the workplace, we discussed behaviours that lowered trust and those that raised trust. It did not take long for the participants to generate lists of behaviours through table discussion.
There has been a great deal of discussion these days about generational differences at work. Millennials are seeking different rewards than their older co-workers, and evolving technology is changing the way we all do our jobs. In such a diverse and constantly shifting environment, how do we build teams that foster collaboration, trust and a shared vision for success? Queen's IRC programs tackle that challenge head on, using evidence-based tools and hands-on activities to help you design processes and practices that result in a positive work environment that clearly contributes to the bottom line.
5 Steps to Build Trust and Change the Culture in an Organization
How do you change the culture in a workplace where workers don't trust the leaders, where employees are not engaged, and where people just don't care about doing their jobs? A few months ago, I was speaking to a group of senior leaders and the topic of changing culture and increasing employee engagement came up. The conversation started innocuously, with a comment like, "There's too many potholes in the road and you can't get people, whose job it is to fill potholes, to care."
An Inquiry into the State of HR in the Caribbean
This report summarizes and analyzes the results of a survey of HR practitioners from the Caribbean conducted in 2012. More specifically, the results of the survey provide insight into several key aspects of Caribbean HR practitioners' working lives. These include the demographic characteristics of practitioners, their roles and responsibilities, the nature of the organizations for which they work, their education and career development, the knowledge and skills required to thrive in the Caribbean, and of course, their perspectives on important issues, innovations and challenges in the HR profession today.
Change – for most individuals and organizations – can bring about a mix of feelings, including apprehension, anticipation, anxiety and excitement. At Queen's IRC, we have recently experienced change, and the best way to describe our feelings would be unbridled enthusiasm for a new era of opportunity, exploration and growth.
Twitter and other social networking channels have demonstrated just how quickly we've become a global community. News travels at a blinding speed, and events occurring halfway around the world are broadcast in real time to our various devices.These days, the business world is evolving just as quickly. New international partnerships and collaborations have changed the landscape in practically every industry, resulting in both opportunity and challenge for organizations and changing the way we approach new markets.
Queen's IRC Announces Partnership with Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business
Queen's University IRC is pleased to announce a collaborative partnership with the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business in Trinidad. This agreement will allow us to bring existing programming to a different audience and to develop exciting learning opportunities with a new partner.
"There is nothing in this world constant, but inconstancy." (Jonathan Swift, 1709)
Swift's words were true in the 18th century, and they remain true today. We live in a world of continuous change – in both our personal and professional lives. And as our communities become more global and our careers more integrated, it can be challenging to keep up with breaking trends and best practices for your organization's success.
Human Resources: A Queen's IRC Update
Over the past few years, I've spent a lot of time talking about the future of the HR profession; a future that I think is filled with opportunity and possibility. We've seen tangible progression in the role of the HR function within organizations. Increasingly, the HR function is viewed as a strategic partner, called upon to provide critical advice and concrete guidance.
Linking HR Strategy with Business Strategy: Optimizing the Impact of HR practices on Business Results
We have moved into an era where traditional support services – HR, Finance, IT, Administration, Legal etc. – are under increasing daily pressure to produce a more direct impact on business results. The business rationale for this pressure is easy to understand. Organizations – both public and private – are being pushed by customers, boards of directors, analysts, and investors to do more with the resources they have or – in many cases – do more with less.
An Inquiry into the State of HR in Canada in 2013
In 2011, the Queen's University Industrial Relations Centre (IRC) began a longitudinal, practitioner-focused research project that explores the state of the HR profession in Canada. Now, as part of this on-going project, we are following up with a second survey.
The State of HR in Canada: 2011 Survey Results
In February 2011, the IRC surveyed HR professionals across Canada to glean their perspectives on HR, the challenges and priorities for HR departments, and the kinds of skills and knowledge that are perceived as critical for the practice. This article provides a synthesis of some of our data. Please note that a complimentary copy of An Inquiry into the State of HR in Canada: Executive Summary is available for download from the Queen's IRC website.
Advancing the IRC Experience
I often think of September as a transitional month, full of promise and new beginnings. Not only does it mark a seasonal change, as summer turns to fall; it is also the time when students across the country head back to school. The Queen's campus is once again bustling with activity, with the start of the new academic year.
Beyond the CHRP – Raising the Bar on HR: Insights and Reflections
Throughout my career, which spans over thirty years as an HR professional, I have been a keen observer of our profession. I now find myself in a position where a large volume of information about the development and changing nature of HR crosses my desk, and I have the luxury and time to consider, reflect on, and speak about my experiences and insights on the future of the HR profession.
An Inquiry Into the State of Labour Relations in Canada: Executive Summary
Labour Relations / By Ignacio Donati
In November 2011, the IRC launched a 37-question survey, "An Inquiry into the State of LR in Canada." The purpose of this survey was to describe the state of the labour relations (LR) profession in Canada, based on the perspectives of practitioners. This Executive Summary presents an overview of the aggregated survey data. This practitioner-focused research complements our 2011 exploration of the state of the human resources profession in Canada, and builds on the IRC's 2009 labour relations survey.
Recognizing that the state of the human resources (HR) profession is changing, in Canada and around the globe, Queen's IRC sought to explore both quantitatively and qualitatively how Canadian practitioners view their profession. In February 2011, we launched a 53-question survey, "An Inquiry into the State of HR in Canada." The purpose of the survey was to describe the HR profession in Canada, based on the perspectives of practitioners.


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Written by Berian Morgan Williams — October 13, 2006
Enjoyable exploration
Wacky humour
Lots of player choice and replayability
No story to speak of, so possibly too freeform and aimless for some
Too old and technically "ugly" for a lot of people's tastes
Some dead ends
3.5 stars: "A solid adventure that is generally enjoyable, though it lacks enough polish or ambition to recommend without caution."
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No doubt every adventure gamer has at least heard of Maniac Mansion, though because of its age, many have never played it, and perhaps some are unaware of its importance to the genre. At the time of its release, it was the second adventure game from industry legends LucasArts (who went by the name Lucasfilm Games up until 1990), and one of the most important pioneers of the now ubiquitous point-and-click concept.
Maniac Mansion was the first game to use LucasArts' SCUMM game engine. Indeed, SCUMM itself stands for Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion, although many non-MM games were eventually made with it and its descendents. And speaking of firsts, it was also the initial adventure game developed by Ron Gilbert, who went on to create the Monkey Island series, as well as a number of popular games for children with Humongous Entertainment. Gilbert designed the game with Gary Winnick, as well as being project lead and one of the two lead programmers of the SCUMM system. Winnick also served as artist and animator.
The game was initially released for the Commodore 64 in 1987, and was followed in 1988 by ports for IBM PC and compatibles (plain old PCs, to those not versed in classic-gamingspeak), Amiga, Apple II, and Atari ST. Jaleco released a version of the game for the Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan in 1988 (and in Europe and the US in 1990). This edition was heavily edited and censored due to Nintendo's policy of only releasing games that were family-friendly and inoffensive (for details of this, read The Expurgation of Maniac Mansion by Douglas Crockford, who worked on the NES translation). That was the version I first played as a child, but this review will focus on the full, unedited version: naked statues, exploding hamsters and all.
So far we've covered a lot of the historical and technological background to the game, but what about the game itself? Maniac Mansion tells the story of a young man named Dave, whose girlfriend Sandy has been kidnapped by the evil Doctor Edison and imprisoned in the Edison family's mansion. Before setting off on your quest to save Sandy, you must choose two friends to accompany Dave (from six possible). You can switch between your three playable characters at any time in order to use each person's skills to solve puzzles in a number of different ways. Some of the gang are more talented with technical tasks like repairs, while others have the strength to force things open, some are more artistic and musical, and so on. One of these characters is Bernard Bernoulli, who later returns in Day of the Tentacle, the sequel to Maniac Mansion.
At the start of the game, all we know is that Dr. Edison has taken Sandy to his mansion, and that twenty years ago a meteor fell to Earth close to the mansion. The simple premise of the game is getting into the house, finding Sandy, and trying to thwart the evil scientist's plans. This reliance on such a basic foundation means that story isn't really Maniac Mansion's strong point. The lack of a progressive plot leaves the game rather freeform and unstructured, without anything to really aim for aside from the ultimate goal. This results in a lot of exploration as you wander around the mansion trying to find out where the heck the Edisons have hidden Sandy. This focus on exploration over narrative might be a turn-off for those more used to recent story-driven epics like The Longest Journey games, but if, like me, you play adventures more for the settings and puzzles, MM has those in spades.
There are a variety of ways to accomplish your tasks, which can be completed in almost any order. And depending on the combination of player characters you chose and the paths you take, the game is playable in many different ways. Such freedom is almost unheard of in the adventure genre nowadays, and perhaps hasn't ever really been replicated to this degree in nearly two decades since Maniac Mansion first appeared. Even games that offer different ways of accomplishing tasks usually end up with the same conclusion at the game's end. Maniac Mansion avoids this repetition with three or four distinct endings. Unfortunately, this open-endedness means MM is one of the few, if not only, LucasArts games with "walking deads", where it is impossible to complete the game due to some vital piece of inventory or action that was missed earlier. It is also possible to die in several places, unlike most later LucasArts games. These deaths are rarely undeserved or frustrating, though, and each of the ten or so possible deaths and game-overs are amusing and worth experiencing for the fun of it.
Not only the deaths are weird and wonderful, however. The whole game has a dark comic atmosphere (albeit a fairly mild, mid-1980s videogame version). After all, this is a game about a mad professor who kidnaps a young girl at the behest of an evil meteor, and threatens to perform experiments on her 'pretty little brains'. Along the way, Dave and his gang will run into a mummified Edison family member, a man-eating plant, and two weird humanoid tentacle thingies (one of whom is evil, the other good). What else can you expect when entering a mansion with the legend "warning!! trespassers will be horribly mutilated" on the gate?
The game can be divided into five or six main tasks, although these are never really stated explicitly in the game. Some of the goals involve the house owners and inhabitants, and the occasional cutscene is used to show what the residents are up to. These scenes help players know where they're located, to either avoid them or encounter them as circumstances require. Each of the tasks can be accomplished by any of the characters utilising their specific skills, with a little leg-work being done by the other two accompanying characters. Jeff seems to be the only exception to this rule, since he has no specialist skills to rely on like the others do.
Although the mansion is relatively large, it's not all accessible at first, so after your initial wanderings, there remains little to do but work out ways to unlock previously-unreachable parts of the mansion. The puzzles in the game are all inventory-based and are rarely difficult, being mostly a matter of working out which of your vast collection of keys and foodstuffs to use at any given time. These puzzles tend to involve getting around some obstacle, be it a locked door or one of the house owners, until you ultimately gain access to Sandy's location. Experienced gamers ought to be able to finish MM within a few hours with each set of distinct characters.
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Managers have a key role to play at every stage in the 'employee life cycle' through which an individual passes from first contact with a company right up to leaving day. This role can be described as 'hire, inspire, admire, retire'.
Employees are one of the biggest expenses – or investments – for most insurance firms. Unlike premises or office equipment, however, human capital is highly volatile, and it is the manager's role to handle that volatility – while always observing FSA regulations.
In terms of recruitment and selection, this means taking proper account of the knowledge and skills required for each role when hiring. It also means gathering sufficient information on applicants' experience and training, and obtaining proof of all relevant qualifications.
Not hiring the best person available is usually a false economy. The cost of replacing a bad hire will always exceed the marginal cost economy of accepting second best.
It is a mistake to think recruitment is best left solely to the HR department. HR managers have a role to play, of course, but they won't always be the ones with the best under-standing of the specific skill set required for a particular role. It is always important to recognise talent when recruiting. Skills can be taught, talent cannot.
The first contact with a candidate is at the interview. Interviewing is inevitably subjective and should be just one of a range of selection and recruitment tools. Others include skill testing, psychometric testing, personality inventories, candidate presentations and case study work.
When there are multiple candidates for a role, an 'assessment and selection centre' offers a chance to see how candidates work alongside others (albeit in an slightly artificial competitive situation). But to derive the full benefit from the exercise, it is usually best to bring in outside assistance.
Improving interviewing skills can also pay dividends. This can often be a simple as knowing what questions to ask – focus on the skills, attitude or potential needed for a particular role, and make sure you listen more than you talk.
Given the potential for discrimination claims when recruiting, it is also important to be aware of the relevant areas of employment law and the correct policies and procedures to follow. There is plenty of free professional advice available to smaller firms from organisations such as Business Link. Larger companies, of course, will have their own procedures.
Moving on to induction, the sooner a new recruit is fully and happily integrated into the organisation and its culture, the sooner he will begin to be productive.
The worst-case alternative is what is termed an induction crisis. This is the costly problem of disillusioned or demotivated employees, who leave because they have never really 'bedded in' – or worse hang around being ineffectual or disruptive.
A well-planned induction process must include regulatory compliance, as a minimum. There are also considerable benefits in ensuring acceptance of a firm's values and goals, identifying future training and early career development opportunities. An effective induction can help to reduce employee turnover and recruitment costs.
Managers benefit from having enthusiastic and motivated staff around them. This ethos can maintain morale. A friendly team can act as 'buddies' to new recruits and help speed their integration into the day-to-day activities. Recruits will also understand the appropriate level of supervision from the start, which will reduce misunderstandings.
Managers have an important role to play in supporting the training and development of their team, ensuring that each progresses with a personal development plan that coincides with the organisation's aims and objectives.
From a regulatory standpoint, managers must also ensure appropriate training and supervision of new recruits is provided to full competence – and ensure they remain so.
In this context managers should review past performance to identify where training would be helpful, establish and monitor performance against agreed objectives, and analyse development for current and future roles.
Traditional training courses can usefully be supplemented with e-learning and other guided reading or resources, on-the-job coaching, job rotation, shadowing, project work/assignments, secondment, and studying for formal qualifications where relevant to a particular role.
Document – formally identifying all development needs and how they will be addressed.
Remember, of course, that data protection legislation requires that working files on individuals should be kept in a locked office or cabinet and be retained for three years following a change of position or employment.
In order to manage performance effectively managers should monitor their staff consistently and objectively through appraisals and reviews – and link individual employees and the roles they fill back to wider organisational plans and objectives.
A performance appraisal is a meeting between manager and employee to review performance. The objectives set here are often captured in a personal development plan. Appraisals should not be an isolated once-a-year event, but part of an ongoing dialogue between manager and employee.
In other words, the formal appraisal meeting should not contain any surprises and should be a comfortable and productive discussion for manager and employee.


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Japanese-Style Iced Coffee Recipe
Brewing hot drip coffee directly onto ice is one of the best ways to make iced coffee, and it couldn't be easier.
Daniel Gritzer
Senior Culinary Director
Daniel joined the Serious Eats culinary team in 2014 and writes recipes, equipment reviews, articles on cooking techniques. Prior to that he was a food editor at Food & Wine magazine, and the staff writer for Time Out New York's restaurant and bars section.
Updated Jul. 22, 2020
Photographs: Daniel Gritzer
Using a scale makes the process easy and accurate.
Blooming the coffee by wetting the grounds and then waiting 30 seconds before proceeding allows them to de-gas, which improves flavor extraction.
Brewing hot coffee directly onto ice produces iced coffee that's fresh and flavorful, not stale or muddy.
Want some good news? The easiest way to make iced coffee also turns out to be the best. At least, that's what our panel of blind tasters agreed when we pitted Japanese-style iced coffee against cold brew and leftover hot-brewed coffee. More specifically, the tasters preferred Japanese-style iced coffee when drinking it black (cold brew came out on top when mixed with milk).
Of course coffee is a complicated concoction with a ridiculous number of variables, from bean type and roast level to grind size, brewing method, water temperature, and more—which is to say, this is not a topic that can be reduced to an easy set of answers. Still, Japanese-style iced coffee has a lot going for it.
What Is Japanese-Style Iced Coffee
Japanese-style iced coffee is simply coffee that is brewed hot directly onto ice, which chills it rapidly. Exactly how you do this is up to you. You can brew the coffee in any number of pour-over devices, whether a Hario V60, Melitta pour-over cone, Kalita Wave, Chemex, etc. In each case, you'll need to set the dripper over a vessel that's large enough to contain your ice and the brewed coffee.
You can even use an electric coffee brewer, with ice in the machine's carafe. There's a ton of coffee-brewing gear out there, and much of it can be made to work for Japanese-style iced coffee.
What Makes Japanese-Style Iced Coffee So Good?
Cold brew coffee is often celebrated for its flavor, which is round and sweet and low in acid. And while that can be good (especially when blended with rich dairy or a dairy substitute), it can often fall short when served black—that's because some level of brightness in a cup of coffee can be a good thing, balancing out coffee's darker, roasted flavor notes.
This flavor difference comes down to some basic science: Hot water has more energy than the cold water used to make cold-brew, which means the molecules in a kettle of hot water are moving around more quickly than the molecules in cold water. By moving more quickly, they're able to extract more soluble compounds (read: flavor) from the ground coffee more quickly. This produces a cup of coffee that most of our blind tasters found to be better balanced (compared to cold brew) and more delicious.
But that alone doesn't explain why Japanese-style iced coffee is so good, because according to that logic, any coffee that's brewed hot should make great iced coffee when chilled (essentially, leftover hot coffee repurposed for iced coffee later). But in our tests, coffee that was brewed hot and then allowed to cool down more slowly before being chilled in the refrigerator produced a cup that tasted more stale.
Which takes us to the second part of Japanese-style iced coffee's success: brewing directly onto the ice. By rapidly chilling the freshly brewed coffee, its bright, clean, and just-made flavor is preserved, and it's a difference you really can taste.
And of course we can't talk about Japanese-style iced coffee's benefits without also pointing out that it's one of the easiest ways to make iced coffee. Where both cold brew and the leftover approach require planning at least many hours if not a full day in advance, Japanese-style iced coffee can be made in just minutes with barely any extra effort.
The Key to Great Japanese-Style Iced Coffee
The key to making great Japanese-style iced coffee is to get your ratios right. Because you're brewing onto ice, which is going to melt and dilute your brew, you need to account for that in your measurements by brewing a double-strength batch of coffee and chilling it with just enough ice to achieve your desired final brew strength.
So, for example, in this recipe we make 16 fluid ounces of brewed iced coffee by brewing a double strength batch using one ounce of ground coffee and eight ounces of hot water. This is brewed directly onto an additional eight ounces of ice, which will melt to dilute the coffee properly.
The easiest way to do this is with a scale, though with a little tinkering you certainly could figure out a scoops-to-hot-water-to-number-of-ice-cubes recipe that works at your house. A scale, though, is by far the easiest way to do it, and so it's how the recipe is written here.
Active: 5 mins
Makes: 16 fluid ounces
8 ounces (225g) ice
1 ounce (30g) medium-coarse ground coffee (about the size of Diamond Crystal kosher salt)
8 ounces (225g) near-boiling water (roughly 200°F/93°C)
Set a carafe large enough to hold 16 fluid ounces (475ml) of brewed coffee on a digital scale and tare scale to zero. Add 8 ounces (225g) ice. Set a dripper cone on top. Line with paper filter and add the ground coffee. Tare scale to zero once more.
Pour just enough near-boiling water onto grounds to wet them, then let stand 30 seconds (this is called blooming the coffee and will improve the flavor of the final brew). Resume pouring near-boiling water all over grounds until the scale reads 8 ounces (225g). Allow water to fully drain through filter, then discard used coffee grounds. Serve iced coffee right away.
Digital scale, pour-over coffee brewer of your choice along with paper filters that fit your brewer
You can also use an electric coffee brewer: Simply fill the carafe with the correct amount of ice, then set up your brewer with the correct amount of coffee and fill the water tank with the correct amount of water, then brew the coffee; if your coffee maker has a warming plate, be sure to turn it off.
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Florida at center of explosive post-election fight, as new Arizona Senate tally gives edge to Dem
By Gregg Re | Fox News
Post-election fight gains steam in Florida
Allegations of corruption fly as Republican Rick Scott's lead over Democrat incumbent Sen. Bill Nelson narrows; Phil Keating reports as more ballots are counted.
A midterm election season that appeared quite settled Tuesday night has suddenly entered a bitterly contested overtime, with Arizona's Senate candidates locked in a tight race and trading the lead as votes trickle in – and Florida reprising its 2000 role as the center of a ballot-counting brawl complete with armies of lawyers and allegations of local corruption.
In Arizona, Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema suddenly took a narrow 9,600-vote lead over GOP opponent Martha McSally late Thursday, with some 400,000 votes left to count in a closely watched race that will determine the size and influence of the Republican Senate majority in January.
That was after McSally had consistently led Sinema since Election Day, and was ahead by 17,000 votes as of early Thursday.
And while Georgia, too, hosts a war of words over the contested outcome of the state's gubernatorial contest, Florida has captured the political world's attention as both sides accuse the other of trying to "steal" the election, with an airtight Senate and gubernatorial race on the line.
Republican Senate candidate Rick Scott, warning of possibly "rampant fraud," ratcheted up the fight by filing explosive lawsuits late Thursday against the top election officials in two heavily Democratic counties, as they continue to report new votes and three top races in the state appear headed for recounts.
In their lawsuit against Broward County, Scott and the National Republican Senatorial Committeee (NRSC) allege that officials there are hiding critical information about the number of votes cast and counted. And in a parallel suit against Palm Beach County, Scott and the NRSC charge that the election supervisor there illegally used her own judgment to determine voter intent when reviewing damaged or incorrectly filled-out absentee ballots, while refusing to allow impartial witnesses to monitor the process.
"I will not stand idly by while unethical liberals try to steal an election," Scott, who is currently Florida's governor, said at a press conference outside the Governor's Mansion, as he slammed potential "rampant fraud" in the race.
Scott is running against longtime incumbent Democratic Sen. Bill Nelson. On Thursday, a Nelson spokesperson tersely dismissed Scott's effort: "The goal here is to see that all the votes in Florida are counted and counted accurately. Rick Scott's action appears to be politically motivated and borne out of desperation."
The bombshell litigation comes hours after Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio, in an extraordinary series of tweets that alleged incompetence if not outright complicity by Florida officials, charged that Democratic lawyers were "descending on" the state in a calculated attempt to "change the results" and "try and steal" several statewide races.
Also late Thursday, President Trump threw another wrench into the evening, announcing on Twitter that "Law Enforcement is looking into another big corruption scandal having to do with Election Fraud in #Broward and Palm Beach." He did not elaborate, but speaking to Fox News' "Hannity," Scott said he had directed a Florida law enforcement agency to probe the matter.
"Late Tuesday night, our win was projected to be around 57,000 votes," Scott told reporters. "By Wednesday morning, that lead dropped to 38,000. By Wednesday evening, it was around 30,000. This morning, it was around 21,000. Now, it is 15,000."
He continued: "On election night, Broward County said there were 634,000 votes cast. At 1 a.m. today, there were 695,700 ballots cast on election day. At 2:30 p.m. today, the number was up to 707,223 ballots cast on Election Day. And we just learned, that the number has increased to 712,840 ballots cast on Election Day. In Palm Beach County, there are 15,000 new votes found since election night.
"So, it has been over 48 hours since the polls closed and Broward and Palm Beach Counties are still finding and counting ballots – and the Supervisors – Brenda Snipes and Susan Bucher – cannot seem to say how many ballots still exist or where these ballots came from, or where they have been," Scott said.
Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., fired back on Twitter at Trump saying: "In a democracy, no one—not even the President—can prevent the lawful counting of votes. We will not allow him or anyone else to steal this election."
A mandatory recount now appears imminent not only in Scott's race, but also in the agricultural commissioner contest and Florida's high-profile gubernatorial brawl between Democrat Andrew Gillum and Republican Ron DeSantis, based on new vote totals -- even though Gillum has already conceded. Florida law requires a machine recount when candidates are within 0.50 percentage points of each other.
Scott's first emergency complaint accuses Broward County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Snipes of being "unwilling to disclose records revealing how many electors voted, how many ballots have been canvassed, and how many ballots remain to be canvassed," and charges that the uncertainty "raises substantial concerns about the validity of the election process."
The NRSC specifically allege that Snipes is in violation of the Florida Constitution and the Florida Public Records Act. They demand an emergency hearing, as well as a court order requiring Snipes to turn over information about ballots in Broward County.
Scott's complaint against Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher, meanwhile, alleges first that officials there illegally refused to allow Republicans, or any witnesses, to monitor the county's handling of damaged absentee ballots.
"Even more alarmingly," Scott additionally claims, Bucher "failed to allow the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board" to determine, as required by law, which damaged or improperly filled-out absentee ballots were valid and how the voters of those ballots had intended to vote. Instead, Scott and the NRSC argue, Bucher and her staff simply used their own judgment when determining voters' intent.
The suit against Bucher demands an injunction requiring Bucher to make and compare duplicate copies of all damaged absentee ballots in the presence of Scott's representatives, and to allow the Palm Beach County Canvassing Board to determine voters' intent when counting those ballots.
Rubio, in his barrage of broadsides against Snipes earlier in the day, pointed to the "slow drip" of tens of thousands of additional ballots that were reported throughout the day Thursday, most of which were favorable to several Democratic candidates. Rubio said those late disclosures violated Florida election law, which necessitates that mail-in and early voting ballots be counted within 30 minutes of polls closing.
"Bay County was hit by a Cat 4 Hurricane just 4 weeks ago, yet managed to count votes & submit timely results," Rubio wrote. "Yet over 41 hours after polls closed #Broward elections office is still counting votes?"
He added Friday: "Every other county,including neighboring Miami-Dade (which had 100k more votes cast) was able to canvass,tabulate & report to state by deadline. But #Broward still hasn't finished & won't disclose how many ballots are left."
Rubio and Scott both made it clear they have no confidence in Snipes' integrity.
"A U.S. Senate seat & a statewide cabinet officer are now potentially in the hands of an elections supervisor with a history of incompetence & of blatant violations of state & federal laws," Rubio wrote, linking to a Miami Herald article describing several scandals that have gripped Broward County's Elections Department.
Earlier this year, a judge found that Snipes had illegally destroyed ballots in a 2016 congressional contest, leading the secretary of state's office to assign election monitors to supervise her.
"I think the problems are blown out of proportion," Snipes said in October, in an interview with The Miami Herald. "Broward is nitpicked to the bone. Other places have the same problems, different problems. It's just that they are not spotlighted like we are."
At his Thursday press conference, Scott outlined some of Snipes' troubled history.
"In 2016, Brenda Snipes' office posted election results half an hour before polls closed – a violation of election law," Scott said. "That same year, her office was sued for leaving amendments off of ballots. In 2014, Brenda Snipes' fellow Democrats accused her of individual and systemic breakdowns that made it difficult for voters to cast regular ballots. All Floridians should be concerned about that."
Vote totals in several major races in the state are changing rapidly, on an irregular schedule and sometimes late into the evening. Scott was ahead of Nelson by roughly one-fourth of one percentage point as of Thursday morning, according to The Tampa Bay Times. The paper also said the agriculture commissioner candidates were separated by only 0.06 points. That race flipped in favor of the Democratic candidate on Thursday afternoon.
Broward County reported that significantly more votes were received in the agriculture commissioner contest than the much higher-profile Senate election. An attorney for Nelson's campaign suggested a computer error might explain that anomaly.
In the closely watched gubernatorial race, DeSantis held a narrow 0.52-percentage-point edge over Gillum as of Thursday morning, extremely close to the 0.5 percent threshold needed to trigger a machine recount. Gillum has conceded the race, although his decision is nonbinding.
But by Thursday afternoon, unofficial figures had DeSantis up by just 38,515 votes out of the more than 8 million cast -- a lead of just 0.47 percent, low enough to trigger a mandatory recount, according to The Tallahassee Democrat. No recount has yet been announced by Florida's secretary of state; the first unofficial vote count is expected to be verified Saturday.
"On Tuesday night, the Gillum for Governor campaign operated with the best information available about the number of outstanding ballots left to count," Gillum's campaign said in a statement Thursday evening. "Since that time, it has become clear there are many more uncounted ballots than was originally reported. Our campaign, along with our attorney Barry Richard, is monitoring the situation closely and is ready for any outcome, including a state-mandated recount."
Without providing legally sufficient justification, Rubio said, Democrat-controlled Broward and Palm Beach counties on Wednesday afternoon continued to report new ballots, cutting into Scott's already-thin lead and also flipping the state's agriculture commissioner race to Democrats.
Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Susan Bucher told Fox News that Palm Beach is still counting about 2,000 mail-in ballots where voters circled or highlighted (by drawing an arrow pointing at the candidate's name) their choice, instead of filling in the appropriate bubbles.
Bucher told Fox News that elections department staff is going through each of the 2,000 mail-in ballots, and where voter intent is determined, a worker is filling in a new ballot on behalf of the voter. Where voter intent cannot be determined, the ballot is sent to the canvassing board to undergo review.
Elections officials are also reviewing 1,500 military and overseas ballots which are still being counted. Florida law allows military servicemembers to mail or fax ballots in. A provisional vote report is due in Tallahassee on Saturday by noon.
"#Broward election supervisors ongoing violation of #Florida law requiring timely reporting isn't just annoying incompetence," Rubio wrote. "It has opened the door for lawyers to come here & try to steal a seat in the U.S. Senate & Florida Cabinet."
Florida law dictates that if the margin in any race hits 0.25 percent or lower, a manual recount of any ballots set aside from the machine recount will be ordered -- reminiscent of the scene in the 2000 presidential election, when the country was gripped by images of poll workers counting votes deciphering hanging chads by hand.
Broward County election officials did not return Fox News' multiple requests for comment.
Fox News' Heather Lacy contributed to this report.
Gregg Re is a lawyer and editor based in Los Angeles. Follow him on Twitter @gregg_re.
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Adrian Frańczak (ur. 17 listopada 1987 w Ostrowcu Św.) – polski piłkarz grający na pozycji pomocnika.

Adrian Frańczak jest wychowankiem KSZO Ostrowiec Św. W 2006 roku został włączony do dorosłej kadry tej drużyny. Jego dobra gra została doceniona przez przedstawicieli klubów Ekstraklasy, co znalazło odzwierciedlenie w zaproszeniach na testy do Legii Warszawa, Widzewa Łódź i Cracovii. W sezonie 2008/09 został wybrany przez kibiców najlepszym graczem ostrowieckiego zespołu w tych rozgrywkach, w sondzie przeprowadzonej przez oficjalny serwis klubu KSZO Ostrowiec Św.. W kwietniu 2010 roku podczas meczu z Motorem Lublin złamał kość śródstopia, przez co pauzował przez cztery miesiące. W marcu 2011 roku jego kontrakt z ostrowieckim klubem został rozwiązany przez PZPN. Następnie podpisał umowę z drugoligową Olimpią Grudziądz.

Adrian Frańczak ma za sobą występy w młodzieżowych reprezentacjach Polski. Grał w zespołach do lat 20 i do lat 21.

Życie prywatne
Adrian Frańczak urodził się 17 listopada 1987 roku w Ostrowcu Świętokrzyskim. Pochodzi z Sudołu. Ma żonę Katarzynę oraz syna Marcela. Jego młodszy brat gra w juniorskim zespole KSZO. Piłkarskimi idolami Frańczaka są Lionel Messi oraz Cristiano Ronaldo.

Kariera klubowa

KSZO Ostrowiec Św.

Początki
Adrian Frańczak zaczął grać w piłkę nożną w trzeciej klasie gimnazjum. Występował wówczas w turniejach organizowanych w Sudole – miejscowości, w której mieszkał. Na treningi do KSZO Ostrowiec Św. zaczął chodzić kilka miesięcy później, dzięki koledze, który także nazywał się Frańczak. Chłopcy nie byli jednak rodziną. W listopadzie 2004 roku Frańczak, grając w drużynie juniorów starszych został wicemistrzem województwa świętokrzyskiego. Latem 2005 roku rozpoczął treningi z dorosłą drużyną, jednak szybko został przesunięty do nowo utworzonych rezerw ostrowieckiego zespołu. Zadebiutował w nich 17 sierpnia, kiedy to wystąpił w wygranym 6:0 sparingowym meczu ze Świtem Ćmielów. Pierwszego gola strzelił jedenaście dni później w pojedynku z Huraganem Wilczyce. Rezerwy KSZO, zakończyły sezon 2005/06 na pierwszym miejscu w tabeli, a Frańczak był jednym z najlepszych graczy drużyny. W rozgrywkach Pucharu Polski na szczeblu wojewódzkim poniosły porażkę dopiero w finale, minimalnie przegrywając walkę o główne trofeum z Ponidziem Nidą Pińczów.

Lata 2006–2009
Przed sezonem 2006/07 Frańczak został włączony do pierwszego zespołu ostrowieckiej drużyny. Zadebiutował w nim 5 lipca 2006 roku w wygranym 2:1 sparingowym meczu z Pogonią Szczecin, kiedy to na boisku pojawił się w drugiej połowie. Pierwsze spotkanie w wyjściowym składzie Frańczak rozegrał miesiąc później – 30 sierpnia – w zremisowanym bezbramkowo pojedynku z Kmitą Zabierzów. Pierwszego gola strzelił 18 kwietnia 2007 roku w ligowym meczu z Ruchem Chorzów. Frańczak w 19. minucie pokonał Roberta Mioduszewskiego i wyprowadził swój zespół na prowadzenie. Rywale wyrównali w drugiej połowie, a pod koniec spotkania Piotr Ćwielong zapewnił Ruchowi zwycięstwo 2:1. Łącznie w pierwszym sezonie gry w barwach KSZO, Frańczak rozegrał 23 spotkania, a jego drużyna zajęła jedenaste miejsce w ligowej tabeli. W związku z ujawnioną aferą korupcyjną w ostrowieckim klubie, zespół prowadzony wówczas przez Wojciecha Boreckiego został zdegradowany z drugiej do trzeciej ligi.

Sezon 2007/08 Frańczak rozpoczął jako podstawowy zawodnik swojego klubu. 29 września 2007 roku strzelił dwa gole w meczu przeciwko Ładzie Biłgoraj, czym zapewnił swojej drużynie zwycięstwo 4:1. Po zakończeniu rundy jesiennej wyjechał na testy do Legii Warszawa. Tam rozegrał dwa spotkania w Młodej Ekstraklasie (z Polonią Bytom i Cracovią). Ostatecznie jednak kluby nie porozumiały się co do zasad przejścia piłkarza do Legii i zawodnik zimą powrócił do Ostrowca. Kilkanaście dni później piłkarz pojechał na testy do Widzewa Łódź, z których wrócił dwa dni później. W sezonie 2007/08 rozegrał łącznie w ostrowieckiej drużynie 28 meczów (wszystkie w podstawowej jedenastce) i strzelił w nich 4 gole. Po zakończeniu rundy wiosennej Frańczak po raz kolejny wyjechał do Warszawy na testy w tamtejszej Legii. Zawodnik miał wówczas zapalenie płuc, przez co nie zaprezentował się dobrze. Ostatecznie stołeczna drużyna nie podpisała z nim kontraktu.

Sezon 2008/09 Frańczak także rozpoczął jako podstawowy zawodnik swojego zespołu. Jego dobra postawa w rundzie jesiennej spowodowała, że zwrócił on na siebie uwagę Cracovii. W listopadzie pojechał wraz z dwoma innymi piłkarzami KSZO na testy do Krakowa. W ich ramach wystąpił w meczu Młodej Ekstraklasy z Arką Gdynia. Zainteresowanie pozyskaniem pomocnika wykazały także Lechia Gdańsk i Górnik Łęczna. Ostatecznie jednak pozostał w Ostrowcu. 2 maja 2009 roku w ligowym meczu z Wigrami Suwałki w 65. minucie spotkania zderzył się głową z jednym z zawodników gości i doznał groźnie wyglądającego urazu. Piłkarza odwieziono do szpitala, gdzie założono mu osiem szwów. Do gry powrócił dwanaście dni później, kiedy to wystąpił przez ostatnie 20. minut w ligowym spotkaniu z ŁKS-em Łomża. Łącznie w sezonie 2008/09 Frańczak wystąpił w 32 meczach (28 w podstawowej jedenastce) i strzelił w nich 7 goli. Jego drużyna zajęła pierwsze miejsce w lidze i awansowała do I ligi. Został również wybrany przez kibiców najlepszym piłkarzem sezonu, w sondzie przeprowadzonej przez oficjalny serwis klubu KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski. 7 lipca 2009 roku przedłużył kontrakt ze swoim klubem o dwa lata.

Lata 2009–2011
Przed sezonem 2009/10 stanowisko trenera KSZO Ostrowiec Św. objął Robert Kasperczyk. Z klubem podpisało kontrakt kilku doświadczonych pomocników, którzy mieli już za sobą występy w polskiej Ekstraklasie (Adrian Sobczyński, Jarosław Wieczorek i Jakub Cieciura). Spowodowało to większą rywalizację w linii środkowej zespołu. Frańczak pierwsze oficjalne spotkanie w nowym sezonie rozegrał 29 lipca, kiedy to wystąpił przez pełne 90. minut w meczu rundy przedwstępnej Pucharu Polski z Ruchem Radzionków. KSZO przegrał 0:1 i pożegnał się z rozgrywkami. Pięć dni później ostrowiecka ekipa pojechała do Zabrza na pierwszy mecz w rozgrywkach I ligi z tamtejszym Górnikiem. Frańczak rozpoczął spotkanie na ławce rezerwowych, a na boisku pojawił się w 59. minucie. Mecz zakończył się zwycięstwem gospodarzy 3:1. Później po raz kolejny wywalczył sobie miejsce w podstawowym składzie, choć jego gra nie była już tak dobra jak w sezonie 2008/2009 – brakowało mu szybkości, efektywnego dryblingu, zaś rywale w łatwy sposób potrafili zatrzymać jego akcje. W ostatnim jesiennym spotkaniu rozegranym 11 listopada przeciwko Górnikowi Łęczna, Frańczak po raz setny wystąpił w barwach KSZO. W inauguracyjnym pojedynku rundy wiosennej ze Stalą Stalowa Wola był aktywny, dynamiczny, zostawiał w tyle przeciwników. Zaliczył asystę przy bramce Krystiana Kanarskiego pod koniec pierwszej połowy, a w 75. minucie dobił strzał Adama Cieślińskiego i ustalił wynik na 2:0. Pod koniec kwietnia 2010 w meczu z Motorem Lublin Frańczak, po ostrym wejściu Rafała Króla, opuścił boisko jeszcze w pierwszej połowie. Po zakończeniu spotkania okazało się, że ma złamaną kość śródstopia i nie zagra już do końca sezonu.

Frańczak opuścił początek sezonu 2010/11 ze względu na kontuzję. Treningi z pełnym obciążeniem rozpoczął dopiero w połowie sierpnia, a według przewidywań miał powrócić do gry na początku września. Wystąpił już jednak w sierpniowym meczu z Wartą Poznań, wchodząc na murawę w drugiej połowie za Krystiana Kanarskiego. Z każdym kolejnym spotkaniem powracał do formy dlatego lepsza w jego wykonaniu była końcówka rundy. Jesienią strzelił jednego gola dla swojego klubu – w wygranym 2:0 spotkaniu z Niecieczą płaskim strzałem zza pola karnego ustalił wynik pojedynku. Wraz z KSZO uczestniczył także w rozgrywkach pucharu Polski, gdzie ostrowiecka drużyna odpadła po dogrywce w meczu z Polonią Warszawa, w którym Frańczak zagrał całe 120. minut.

Pod koniec lutego 2011 roku Frańczak złożył do Polskiego Związku Piłki Nożnej pismo o rozwiązanie kontraktu z winy klubu. Następnie został odsunięty od pierwszego zespołu, nie pojechał na mecz sparingowy z Widzewem Łódź. Później trenował z drużyną rezerw dla której w spotkaniu kontrolnym przeciwko Opolaninowi Opole Lubelskie strzelił gola. 2 marca PZPN rozwiązał kontrakt Frańczaka z winy ostrowieckiego klubu.

Olimpia Grudziądz
3 marca 2011 roku Frańczak podpisał kontrakt z drugoligową Olimpią Grudziądz. W nowym zespole zadebiutował 19 marca w wygranym 2:3 meczu z Bałtykiem Gdynia. Szybko wywalczył miejsce w podstawowym składzie grudziądzkiej drużyny. W rundzie wiosennej sezonu 2010/2011 strzelił dwa gole – zdobył bramki w spotkaniach z Nielbą Wągrowiec i Polonią Nowy Tomyśl. Wraz z Olimpią wywalczył awans do I ligi. W rundzie jesiennej rozgrywek 2011/2012 regularnie występował w pierwszym zespole. Strzelił także gole w pojedynkach z Wartą Poznań i Piastem Gliwice, przyczyniając się do zwycięstw swojego zespołu.

Kariera reprezentacyjna
Adrian Frańczak po debiucie w barwach KSZO Ostrowiec Św. w 2006 roku został powołany przez Michała Globisza do kadry U-20 na dwumecz z Portugalią. W pierwszym spotkaniu nie wystąpił. Drugi pojedynek rozpoczął w pierwszym składzie. Piłkarz miał szansę na wyjazd na Mistrzostwa Świata U-20 rozegrane w Kanadzie, jednak ostatecznie nie dostał powołania.

W maju 2008 roku Frańczak został powołany do kadry U-21. Zadebiutował w niej w towarzyskim spotkaniu z Białorusią zakończonym remisem 2:2. 19 sierpnia wystąpił w przegranym meczu eliminacji Mistrzostw Europy U-21 z Kazachstanem.

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 (Stan na 4 grudnia 2011)

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Polscy piłkarze
Piłkarze KSZO Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski
Piłkarze Olimpii Grudziądz
Piłkarze Sandecji Nowy Sącz
Urodzeni w 1987
Piłkarze GKS Katowice
Ludzie urodzeni w Ostrowcu Świętokrzyskim
Piłkarze Wieczystej Kraków
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