Patt Morrison for Wednesday, July 27, 2011

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

1-3 p.m.

 

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1:06 – 1:30

OPEN

 

 

1:30 - 1:58:30

Political geography 101: among controversy & turmoil, citizens commission to issue final redistricting maps

Redistricting—it’s a complicated but hugely significant part of the democratic process, one that Californians voted last year to make more democratic by forming a Citizens Redistricting Commission to redraw Congressional district lines—a duty previously reserved for elected representatives. In theory, the goal was to bring the process closer to the people and incorporate citizens’ input. In practice, however, citizens’ interest groups are complaining they’re being left out of the process after the Commission cancelled plans for a second draft of the redrawn maps and postponed the release of the final map by a day. The final map is now scheduled to be released this Friday, which will kick off a two-week period of public comment. The interest groups, largely divided along racial and ethnic lines, have all publicly voiced concerns that the new lines will dilute their voting demographic, have threatened legal action if shortchanged.  Is there any way this “political blood sport” can end in a satisfactory way?

 

Guests:

Bob Stern, president of the Center for Governmental Studies

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Jeanne Raya, commissioner on the California Citizens Redistricting Commission

 

Eugene Lee, handles redistricting matters for the Asian Pacific American Legal Center

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Marqueece Harris Dawson,

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Jackie Dupont-Walker

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Erica Teasley Linnick, representative with the African American Redistricting Collaborative

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Steven Ochoa, national redistricting coordinator for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF)

Tony Quinn, co-editor of the California Target Book and long-time Republican advisor in past redistricting efforts

 

 

2:06 – 2:30

The anatomy of a default & shutdown: as clock ticks toward deadline, what would life look like under the debt ceiling?

 

Guest:

Joe Davidson, “Federal Diary” columnist at the Washington Post

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Backup:

 

Jay Powell, visiting scholar at the Bipartisan Policy Center; former Under Secretary of the Treasury for Finance under President George H.W. Bush

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2:30 – 2:39

OPEN

 

 

 

2:41:30 – 2:58:30

Computer-brain: biology inspires b-… computers

The most powerful computer on the planet would need 8 ½ minutes to simulate less than ten seconds of normal brain activity. That same computer will consume 1.4 million watts of energy, while the brain will consume about ten. These are the numbers researchers at Stanford were facing when they decided to design a nanoscale computational device that would attempt to emulate synapses of the brain. But what does a more “brain-like” computer mean for the future of technology? What implications could this have for artificial intelligence and where could we find ourselves in the future?

 

Guests:

Phillip Wong, professor at Stanford University and chief researcher of the study cited

 

Richard Korf, Professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles. From 1983 to 1985, he served as Herbert M. Singer Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University. His research is in the areas of problem-solving, heuristic search, and planning in artificial intelligence    

 

 

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