Two weeks after the Sterling recording emerged, Donald and estranged wife Shelly have both given interviews to big media outlets. WIll the NBA be able to prevent Shelly Sterling from gaining ownership of the Clippers? Also, how to make long distance relationships work. Then, we discuss the economic hit the California judicial system has taken, LA's bid for the 2024 Olympics, and the use of wikipedia as a medical reference.
Sterlings hit media circuit as NBA readies legal game plan for ouster
The Clippers won a hard-fought Game 4 in the Western Conference Semifinals yesterday at the Staples Center, defeating the Thunder 101 to 99 in a nailbiter of a contest. Over the weekend, it appears that the NBA has been working to come up with a legal strategy to bar Donald and Shelly Sterlings from keeping ownership of the team.
Two weeks after the Sterling recording emerged, Donald and estranged wife Shelly have both given interviews to big media outlets. Shelly Sterling was on ABC News, telling Barbara Walters that she intends to fight to keep her 50 percent stake in the Clippers. Donald Sterling, meanwhile, has recorded an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper, apologizing for what he said and asking for forgiveness. That interview airs tonight.
Guests:
Kevin Arnovitz, ESPN.com's NBA Editor; cofounder and publisher of ClipperBlog, a blog devoted to the Clippers
Geoffrey C. Rapp, Co-Editor, The Sports Law Blog; Harold A. Anderson Professor of Law and Values, The University of Toledo
How to make a long-distance relationship work
Long-distance relationships are losing their stigma. What was once seen as a last, reluctant resort has now gained wider acceptance, thanks to the prevalence of internet dating, the plethora of communication tools available to stay in touch at all hours of the day, and just how time-crunched and spread-out we constantly feel. Just who has time for a traditional relationship when there are so many things you have to simultaneously juggle, the thinking goes.
Research has shown relationship-satisfaction levels for long-distance and non-long-distance couples to be virtually the same, including in the realm of sex.
For those who embraced long-distance dating, what has worked for you and your significant-other, and what has not? Call in and let us know.
Guest:
Jessica Carbino, PhD. candidate in sociology at UCLA whose research focuses on online dating and she hosts and produces a weekly radio show on UCLA Radio called "Hook up With Dr. Jess"
California courts have taken an economic hit -- what’s next for the judicial system?
Cutbacks to California’s court system have created logistical problems felt at every level. Courthouses statewide have closed, and those that remain are hard hit.
Cases face growing delays -- it can take much longer for civil and traffic cases to make it to a courtroom. People traveling to the courts must cope with longer commutes, longer lines, and longer waits.
California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye says that case filings have dropping by about 2.5 million in the past few years as a result. Governor Jerry Brown has a budget proposed scheduled for tomorrow in which he has allocated a $105 million increase for the courts, but judicial leaders argue that it’s not enough to prevent more closures and cutbacks.
How will the courts fare? Have cutbacks to the judicial system put California in a place they can’t come back from? Are other areas of the government suffering more, or are they more deserving of state money?
Guest:
Laurie Levenson, professor of law and David W. Burcham Chair in Ethical Advocacy at Loyola Law School
H.D. Palmer, Deputy Director of External Affairs at the California
LA’s bid for the 2024 Olympic Games
Los Angeles is one of seven U.S. cities vying to host the 2024 Olympic Games. Details of the L.A. bid were revealed last month.
As reported in Inside the Games:
“[T]here would be three main clusters with, at its heart, a primary cluster based in downtown LA containing 12 venues, hosting 19 sports, and potentially the Olympic Village and the International Broadcast Centre. The main stadium would again be the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the centrepiece of the 1932 and 1984 Olympics.The revitalised LA River forms the "spine" of the plan..."
As Angelenos "root root root!" for the Ducks, Kings, Clippers, Dodgers and Angels, are you also rooting for LA Olympics? Numerous studies show Olympics Games are very costly for the cities which host them. What are the benefits of hosting the Games? What are the details of the bid? How does it compare to bids from other cities in the U.S. and around the world?
Guest:
Barry A. Sanders, the chairman of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games
Is Wikipedia good for medicine?
The internet is no stranger to medicine -- a study from Pew says that 72 percent of people use online resources to look up medical conditions. Sites like WebMD and the Mayo Clinic allow users to self-diagnose and research illnesses, and many turn to Wikipedia to read up on medical issues.
A bit more surprising is the revelation that doctors use Wikipedia just as avidly as their patients. Medical studies frequently cite Wikipedia as a source, and several studies have shown how accurate and appropriate Wikipedia is in various fields. But is the information accurate?
It depends on the condition, but new research published this March in The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association indicates that Wikipedia has a ways to go before it catches up to peer reviewed journals.
Many medical professionals argue that the solution to this problem isn’t to stop using Wikipedia and crowdsourced medicine, but to fix it. Wikiproject Medicine aims to attract doctors and medical professionals to edit and elaborate on current Wikipedia medical articles.
Some of the doctors already editing Wikipedia say that it’s part of a doctor’s ethical responsibility to reach out to people online to assure that they aren’t being misinformed.
Should doctors use Wikipedia in their research or practice? How can the medical field help improve existing online resources? Will Wikipedia ever be a credible source of medical knowledge?
Guest:
Dr. Amin Azzam, associate clinical professor at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF