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Adam Schiff is headed for the biggest defeat of his life.
The House Intelligence Committee Chairman is desperate to avoid a massive humiliation.
And Donald Trump just hit Adam Schiff with this big surprise that turned his life upside down.
Democrats' latest Hail Mary ploy in impeachment is a scheme in collaboration with the fake and corrupt news media to create a public pressure campaign on Republicans to force votes on impeachment witnesses.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer think they can use these votes as a wedge issue against Republican Senators running for re-election in swing states.
But that strategy is proving to be a double-edged sword for Democrats.
If Democrats win the right to call witnesses, due process and simple fairness dictates that Donald Trump would also get to put people of interest on the stand.
Hunter Biden is one name that would likely face a Senate subpoena if Democrats bully Republicans into forcing current and former Trump administration officials like Mick Mulvaney and John Bolton to testify.
But there is another – more damaging – witness Donald Trump is demanding testify.
And it is none other than Adam Schiff himself.
President Trump recalled that Schiff fabricated the contents of a phone call Trump had with the Ukrainian President where Schiff invented quotes from President Trump to claim Trump improperly pressured Ukraine to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden.
"Why did Nervous Nancy allow corrupt politician Shifty Schiff to lie before Congress? He must be a Witness, and so should she!" the President tweeted.
Trump supporters also want to see Schiff placed under oath to force him to answer questions about his staff's collusion with alleged "whistleblower" Eric Ciaramella before Ciaramella filed his phony complaint with the Intelligence Community Inspector General in August.
Schiff then lied about his staff's contacts with Ciaramella in interviews to cover up his role in the conspiracy against the President.
In interviews Schiff has falsely claimed he is not a fact witness.
"There is nothing for me to testify about, Jake. I think if the President or his allies in the Senate persist it means they are not serious about what they are doing," Schiff whined to fake news CNN anchor Jake Tapper last November.
This simply is not true.
Ciaramella is a partisan political assassin who saw it as his mission to take down Donald Trump.
Before filing his phony complaint, Ciaramella did not reach out to the Senate Intelligence Committee which is chaired by Republican Richard Burr and operates on a bipartisan basis.
Instead, Ciaramella ran to Adam Schiff – one of the most partisan and prolific leakers in all of Washington – for "advice" on how to handle his knowledge of the July 25 phone call between Donald Trump and the Ukrainian President.
It was Schiff's staff that suggested Ciaramella file a whistleblower complaint.
Schiff played a starring role in the origin story of the Ukraine hoax and now he is desperate to avoid being called to answer questions under oath about his part in a scheme to overthrow the duly elected President of the United States.
Great American Daily will keep you up to date on any new developments in the Democrats' ongoing impeachment witch hunt to try and remove Donald Trump from office.


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13. Tutorial - DVT Camera
NOTE: The camera is not required for this tutorial.
1. If the 'Framework' software is not installed, install it from the CD.
2. A window will appear called 'PC Communications'. Select 'Emulator' then 'Model 630'. Two windows should now be on the screen. The window called 'DVT FRAMEWORK' is the main programming software. The window titled 'DVT SmartImage Sensor Emulator' takes the place of an actual camera for tutorials like this one.
3. First we need to load images into the emulator window. To do this select 'Configure', then 'Image Sequence...'. An 'Image Sequence Configuration' window will appear. Use 'Browse for images' and select the first image as 'Image001.bmp' and the last image as 'Image008.bmp'. Then select 'OK' to load the images.
4. In the Framework window select the 'Products' then 'Products Management'. Select 'New' and enter 'tutorial' as the product name. This will be used to store one or more tests for a particular product. Note: if the camera is to be used to test multiple types of products, the names of other products will also be entered here. Select 'OK' to dismiss the window.
5. We can now start the camera running. In the top toolbar there is a black triangle that points to the right (near a red circle). Click this to run the camera emulator.
6. Select a sensor for the product on the left side with 'EdgeCount'. On the palette that appears select a line draw it so that it covers the circle. Select 'OK' and the tests should begin. The test status line will show the number of edges detected in the image.

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Every house needs a room, every room needs style, and all style starts with a rug. Whether you are looking to incorporate color or to tie a room together, a thoughtfully chosen area rug will provide balance to your room and help to harmonize your decor.
A properly placed rug can help to create separation in a space or to frame your furniture. Use an area rug or runner to dictate where the center of your room's focus lies or to direct the flow of traffic. The right layout will make everyone think you hired a professional stylist.
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Keep your home quiet with a rug. A rug will help decrease vibrations and sound when someone is walking through. Are the upstairs neighbors too loud? Get them a nice new rug.
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A Reddit user going by the name Aerix says she got a pretty nice surprise over the weekend: A gigantic box sent overnight to her house, with her Reddit Secret Santa gifts.
Aerix, who wrote about her experience on the Reddit Gifts site, was "blown away" by the multi-part gift pack which included a Microsoft Xbox One Minecraft edition game console and a Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition. Also: Mittens for both herself and her dog, as well as a personal note with a photo of Gates, co-founder of Microsoft (MSFT) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in a Santa hat.
Reddit is an online bulletin board and content aggregator with a huge following among techies. Its Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions, which have featured Gates several times, are particularly popular.
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Gates has participated in the eight-year-old Reddit Secret Santa program since 2013, according to Geekwire, which was first to report on the news over the weekend. Other celebrities who have participated in the gift exchange include actors Alyssa Milano, and Verne Troyer, aka "Mini Me" in the Austin Powers movies.
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Fortune reached out to Microsoft to confirm Gates' participation, but Aerix's post seems to leave little doubt.
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TJRWrestling WWE NXT Takeover Chicago Preview: Roode vs. Itami, Tag Team Ladder Match & More!
JOHN: The WWE NXT brand presents Takeover Chicago this Saturday night on WWE Network. Most Takeover events have at least two months of build, but this one has had less time since the last Takeover was the night before WrestleMania on April 1. I'm John Canton, the head honcho at TJRWrestling here to provide a look at every match on the show while talking about the feuds and the future as well.
Joining me for this preview is Kurt Zamora, who is our regular NXT reviewer on TJRWrestling. We did this in a format where we chatted online, so it's more than just a paragraph each. It's more of a friendly discussion about each match.
KURT: This card ultimately feels predictable but based on a lot of good to great talent and what's sure to be a hot Chicago crowd, I feel this will deliver in a big way still. There's a couple things in this card that I have issues with that I'll get into during the respective matches, but there's also a lot to look forward to. So I'm excited to preview it and write about it on Saturday.
WWE UK Championship: Tyler Bate (c) vs. Pete Dunne
JOHN: Let's start with the UK Championship match featuring champion Tyler "Mustache Man" Bate defending the gold against a great heel in Pete Dunne. A lot of American fans may not know much about either guy because they may not have watched the first UK special and their time on NXT TV has been brief. Do you think it's a good idea that it's taking place at Takeover Chicago while other NXT stars, such as Drew McIntyre and Kassius Ohno, aren't even on the card?
KURT: I'm really glad you brought this up first and worded it the way you did, because this is absolutely my first issue with the card. When you have only five matches in each Takeover and so much talent like a McIntyre or Ohno that you brought up, or someone like Aleister Black who is NXT is rightfully presenting as a big deal, I don't feel that you have the luxury here to use one of those matches on a title that doesn't necessarily mean a whole lot right now. They're already promoting McIntyre and Black for NXT TV next week but more eyes are going to be on Takeover and that's where they belong.
They're also airing the UK Special that determined Bate's opponent on Friday, but we already know it's Dunne so why should we watch the special now? Just bad booking all the way around and putting importance on the wrong entities. I'm sorry to all the fans in and of the UK, I'm sure they hate me now.
JOHN: I think it's a case of Triple H really wanting to get the WWE UK talent over. He probably has a lot of confidence that the Chicago crowd is going to react to everything in a favorable way because they are arguably the best fans that WWE has. I've seen a show there and it's a fun crowd for sure. I've also seen both guys in action enough to know they are very good and even great against eachother. I'm pretty confident they will have an awesome match in 15 minutes because every NXT Takeover match is given plenty of time. Would I rather see Drew, Ohno or Black? Yes, but I understand why WWE (and specifically Triple H) chose this instead because he wants to get the WWE UK division over.
KURT: I would agree that's the reason they're doing it here, but I would just counter that again with the point that if you want us to get into the UK product more, just announce that Bate will be defending his title at Takeover and if you want to know who his opponent will be, watch the special on Friday. Maybe that's nitpicking, but so be it. I do want to get across that I like both guys in the limited work I've seen, especially Dunne. A title change wouldn't surprise me in the least especially since I think they like Dunne a lot, but I'm sure until they have the Network TV series set up for the UK, they'll keep it on Bate.
JOHN: I'm going with Dunne, who I think is one of the better heels in all of WWE because he has no interest in getting any support from the fans. He carries himself like a jerk the entire time, which is how it should be. Both of these guys are very talented and I expect it to be very good even though some fans watching may not be interested because they know very little about them.
John's Pick: Pete Dunne wins WWE UK Championship
Kurt's Pick: Tyler Bate retains WWE UK Championship
Roderick Strong vs. Eric Young
JOHN: Next up is Eric Young vs. Roderick Strong. Two guys that are veterans that made their names in other companies and are both looking to move up the ranks in NXT. What are your thoughts on this one?
KURT: Sanity is my favorite thing going in NXT right now. EY is a perfect leader for the group, Nikki Cross is just tremendous in her role, Killian Dain is a believable monster heel for them, and Alexander Wolfe rounds out as the "young guy" being brought up. They all mesh well. I've said before that Strong was my all time favorite in Ring of Honor so it goes without saying that I have a lot invested in this match.
JOHN: I agree about Sanity. It's a fun group and they are doing well, but it feels like they have been in the same spot for every Takeover event it seemed. Where's the progress? I'm trying to remember EY's wins and losses. It feels like he's been the victim of 50/50 booking, so here they are again in a match with another midcard face where it doesn't feel like either man is going to move up any time soon. I think the match will be good too. I just want to see some progress with Sanity.
KURT: That's a fair point/criticism. I would actually argue that I think Strong will be moved up as Roode's next contender since they'll save McIntyre for Brooklyn so that again would leave Sanity without much. I too would like to see more progression. EY is in a tough position since the champion is a heel so he can't be in that spot as the challenger. I've said before that I'd love to see a scenario where Sanity has all the belts in NXT but I don't see a way that will ever happen.
JOHN: I feel like Sanity will be on the main roster probably after SummerSlam, so that's why they aren't ever going to get a major push. I could be wrong on that prediction, though. As for a winner of the match, I'm leaning towards Strong because they are building him up after those great video packages about him (I know you loved them too) and he's a talented face that can headline a show with Roode for sure. Plus, Strong lost a tough match to Itami. It would make sense to get him going again with a win over Young.
KURT: I think Strong winning cleanly here is the only way they can go without it getting stale quick. The last thing I want to see is Strong becoming Tye Dillinger and 2 other babyfaces joining him against Sanity. We just spent the last 3 months or so doing that and I don't want to see it again. My prediction is actually somewhere in the middle as I think Strong will win but because of the help of No Way Jose. We haven't seen him since the day of the last Takeover when Sanity took him out. I see him coming out to help Strong and that propels Strong up to a potential title shot against Roode and gives Sanity a new target.
John's Pick: Roderick Strong wins
Kurt's Pick: Roderick Strong wins
NXT Women's Championship: Asuka vs. Ruby Riot vs. Nikki Cross
JOHN: Let's move on to the first of the three NXT title matches. The NXT Women's Title features Asuka defending the title against Ruby Riot and Nikki Cross. It was going to be a four way, but Ember Moon is dealing with an arm injury. I think it's better that Moon isn't there because they can build her up for a singles match in Brooklyn. Anyway, this is the second multi-woman title match at a Takeover this year. Does it feel repetitive or should we get excited about it?
KURT: If Nikki Cross is in the match, that gives me reason to get excited about it. However, when it was originally announced as a Fatal Four Way, I did roll my eyes a bit. It felt like NXT has run out of ideas for Asuka but didn't know how to or want to get the belt off of her yet.
Instead of doing the whole battle royal angle, why not just do a gauntlet style match at Takeover? Billie Kay and Peyton Royce have done some strong work and deserve more opportunities than the one they got in January. Ember's injury sucks, but I agree with you that this is probably for the best. She needs a one on one match again with Asuka.
JOHN: This feels like the kind of match where they just want to have Asuka find another way to retain. I think WWE should mention her undefeated streak even more than they do because it's been over a year and a half now. I think the long term goal should be about making Asuka more of a heel (even though fans will cheer because she's cool) and then have Moon get that big moment by winning the title from her probably on SummerSlam weekend.
I feel like the match is okay, but probably a step down from other women's Takeover matches. I do like Nikki Cross a lot as you said she's very athletic and willing to do the big spots. Ruby Riot is well rounded with a unique look. I'm picking Asuka to win here. Would be very surprised if she loses.
KURT: This match should be nothing more than a way to continue the feud between Nikki and Ruby and as you put it perfectly, just finding another way for Asuka to retain. I would love to see a Falls Count Anywhere type match between Nikki and Ruby after this. I think it'll be a lot of fun because all three women seem willing to do anything but yeah I would be more shocked if Asuka loses than I was when Jinder Mahal became #1 Contender. And you know you shouldn't Hinder Jinder.
JOHN: Good call. Maybe they will do a big match for Nikki and Ruby on NXT television show rather than a Takeover.
John's Pick: Asuka retains NXT Women's Title
Kurt's Pick: Asuka retains NXT Women's Title
NXT Tag Team Titles Ladder Match: Authors of Pain (Akam & Rezar) vs. #DIY (Gargano & Ciampa)
JOHN: The NXT Tag Titles will be contested in the only specialty match on the show as the Authors of Pain – the dominant tag champs – will defend against Gargano & Ciampa one more time. Do you think this is the last title shot for #DIY if they lose? It feels like that way to me and I also wonder how much longer they'll be in NXT.
KURT: This is the match I'm most excited to see. I enjoy ladder matches more when it's being contested by guys that haven't been in ladder matches before. It typically lends to new ideas and spots being thought of. The tag division, especially on the babyface side, is in a tough spot. I'm sure they want to build Heavy Machinery to face NXT, and I like them a lot, but are they anywhere near ready to face AOP? I'm not sure. Although I don't think anyone thought AOP was ready and they've certainly proved that wrong.
I've had this feeling since the moment DIY got together that Ciampa would turn on Gargano just based on the story they told at the CWC. So I could see it going either way for them as a team should they lose. How are you feeling this match will go? Do you also see some creative spots coming from these four?
JOHN: I have a lot of faith in it being a great match because #DIY are incapable of bad matches. Plus, it feels like every NXT Tag Title match gets 20+ minutes. Considering how young both AOP guys are (both under 25 years of age) I think people need to remember that NXT is still partly a developmental show that benefits guys like them as much as anybody else. And they are an example of why NXT as a developmental brand works so well. Anyway, I think Heavy Machinery are next in line. What a name for a team, by the way! It's different, that's for sure. I guess you have a point about Ciampa turning on Gargano to give them a story for a few months. I'd rather see them together and on the main roster, though.
I feel like this will be an awesome match, probably the best on the show. They can do a lot of spots where the smaller #DIY guys go for the big moves and AOP's power advantage is too much. There's always creativity with these teams. I think AOP retaining makes the most sense and long term they'll probably drop the titles to TM-61 when they are healthy.
KURT: I keep forgetting about TM-61. They can't come back soon enough. I legitimately could see this match going either way, but I too find the most sense in AOP retaining. Match of the night for sure, either way.
JOHN: What about the future of Gargano & Ciampa? I think they stay together and be a team on the main roster or maybe as individuals in the cruiserweight division. You leaning towards a split soon?
KURT: I get scared when I hear DIY and main roster discussed in the same sentence. With the cruiserweight division floundering the way it is, I don't want to see them stuck in that scene. In a perfect world, it'd be great to see them come up together as an actual tag team, hello Smackdown Live, but I don't know if that's how Vince will see them. I think Ciampa is better suited as a heel from back in his indies work and there'd be a great personal aspect you could add to a feud between he and Gargano so I'm leaning towards that.
JOHN: I wasn't thinking about a Gargano vs. Ciampa feud, but you raise a good point with it and it would be awesome. I guess I'm just thinking how they've been there about 18 months, they are polished workers, so it's time to move them up. At the same time, getting lost on the main roster is a bad thing. Anyway, we're both going AOP so let's move on.
John's Pick: Authors of Pain retain NXT Tag Team Titles
Kurt's Pick: Authors of Pain retain NXT Tag Team Titles
NEWS UPDATE: Ciampa hurt his leg during a tag match on Thursday night, so it's very possible that he'll be out of the match. No word on his status yet. Our preview was obviously written before the injury happened.
NXT Title: Bobby Roode vs. Hideo Itami
JOHN: The main event will see NXT Champion Bobby Roode defend the gold against Hideo Itami, who is finally healthy after two years full of injuries and he's earned the title shot after beating Roderick Strong. Itami tweeted the following:
Since I've come to WWE. I haven't lived up to my expectations. But finally I will have the opportunity to show, WHO I AM.
Get ready #G2S
— KENTA aka Lil'K (@KENTAG2S) May 18, 2017
I think he's honest and makes a good point in saying that he hasn't lived up to expectations. Two questions to start: How many CM Punk chants will there be if he hits a GTS (his move that Punk used in WWE before him) and is it possible that Itami may win?
KURT: A part of me wondered if Itami would just get straight up booed during the match because of his connection to the GTS and Punk and also because Roode is so popular anywhere he goes even as a heel. I don't know if it's possible that Itami can win, I mean they say anything is possible in the WWE, but what's most important for Itami is that he needs to put on a match of the year effort. He needs to have the best match he's ever had. I don't know if that's possible with some of the work he did in Japan, but he needs to have that mindset and he needs to try to accomplish that. Dave Meltzer was a little strong on Itami this week by saying that Itami, "has not looked anything special in NXT since returning." I would disagree with that as the GTS is clearly over like wildfire. But that's all he has.
The fans want to get behind Itami, but I think his injuries have left the fans feeling a little burned and also feeling pity on Itami. Think of the pictures that made the rounds from the Performance Center a few years ago with the likes of Balor, Owens, Zayn, Neville, & Itami (see above) and HHH is in one of them as well. Everyone has lived up to their expectations on the main roster and Itami is still in the starting blocks it feels like. Itami needs to remind everyone why he was in that group that was brought in back in 2014.
JOHN: It's going to be tough for Itami to ever get over huge. He was in WWE before Nakamura, but if you look at the both of them, most fans are going to be more intrigued by Nakamura obviously. He's got more star power and has had the better matches. I don't know if it's fair to compare them like that, but it's also a natural comparison as two good Japanese wrestlers trying to make it big in WWE. I doubt Itami is going to win here. Like you said, though, he needs to have the best match of his WWE career and a match that makes people say "wow" about him because right now he's not seen a major deal like he was in 2014.
KURT: Agreed. Even in a loss, if they go 20-25 minutes and just have a barnburner of a match and make the fans take notice in him, then that's still a victory for him. Roode just has too many good contenders lined up for him after this to lose the title here but as long as Itami makes people say "wow", like you said, then that will be the most important takeaway from the match. I know they'll get the time and they'll have a hot crowd as we mentioned so all the ingredients are there for Itami to step out finally. Even though I predict Roode to win, I hope Itami shines.
JOHN: I think there's going to be a tease of the GTS all match, then Itami will finally hit it and Roode will either roll to the floor or get a foot on the rope during a pin. Just do something to make it looks really close. I expect them to get 20-25 minutes as you said because most Roode title matches have gotten that or even longer. Roode should win, though. I think it's obvious guys like Drew McIntyre, Kassius Ohno, Roderick Strong and Aleister Black are faces that Roode can face down the line after this match. If Itami were to win, then there'd just be a rematch with Roode and maybe Eric Young can challenge him, but that path seems unlikely. It should be a win for Roode even if it's cheap a little.
John's Pick: Bobby Roode retains NXT Title
Kurt's Pick: Bobby Roode retains NXT Title
#NXTChampion@REALBobbyRoode, #WWENXT#WomensChampion@WWEAsuka, & #TagTeamChampions#AOP defend their titles this Saturday at #NXTTakeOver! pic.twitter.com/JoVU5jFQsU
— WWE (@WWE) May 18, 2017
JOHN: It should be a good show that I'll most likely enjoy a lot, but the absence of guys like McIntyre, Ohno, Black and others does hurt it a bit. I think WWE has made a big mistake by leaving McIntyre off the card. His return to WWE was a big deal in early April and now he's not even on the next Takeover event? That's just weird. I know he's advertised for a match on NXT TV next week against Buddy Murphy. It's not the same as being on Takeover, though.
You may notice that most of our predictions are the same with only the UK Title match prediction being different. That's because most Takeover shows are predictable. It doesn't hurt the quality of the matches, but it's rare that they do something that will truly surprise us.
That's all from us. Kurt's going to be back on TJRWrestling on Saturday night with a live review of NXT Takeover Chicago and I'm going to chime in with my review featuring star ratings/analysis like usual on Sunday morning.
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Movie star Brad Pitt this year stopped by our office Holiday party at a local restaurant. Being as how I've already seen Brad Pitt in person several times, first, when he filmed a movie at my office , again when he worked out at my gym, another time at the coffee shop, at the gas station, at the beach, at the grocery store, and while shopping on Black Friday , the experience was no big deal. However, I knew the ladies would be upset that they missed seeing this 'Hollywood Hunk.' Therefore, I kept the following journal, carefully detailing my experience so they would feel as if they were there.
Last night, actor Brad Pitt stopped by our office holiday party.
I have to say, you didn't miss much.
First of all, he came down the chimney, which everybody thought was kind of cool, until he noticed the front entrance and screamed "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME THIS PLACE HAD A DOOR?!" at the hostess.
Then he stuck his hands in the mac and cheese, trying to wash off the soot and after that he went around saying "hi, Brad Pitt, nice to meet you" to people, extending his sooty-gray mac and cheese coated hands.
Then he walked over to the punch bowl, took a taste and said "here, let me spike that for you" and picked up the punch bowl and threw it on the floor, shattering it.
He pulled out a piece of mistletoe and started creating extremely awkward situations by trying to get people to kiss who shouldn't kiss, such as my boss and the waiter, the chef and my coworkers' prime rib dinner and complete strangers and wives whose husbands had gone to the bathroom.
As the company was handing out gifts, Pitt kept announcing 'Yankee swap' and taking people's gifts and handing them pieces of bread from the table.
When my boss pointed out that we're not doing a Yankee swap, Pitt grabbed him by the collar, led him out to the valet driver, handed him a hundred bucks and my boss's valet ticket and said "here, drive this into a lake."
As he walked back inside, Pitt stuffed an entire bowl of candy canes into his pockets, claiming he was going to give them to 'some crippled kids in need.' When the hostess told him that candy canes were too small and not sturdy enough to support a child, Pitt started yelling at her, but as he was yelling, he tried to support his weight with a candy cane, of course causing him to fall right to the ground.
And as he hit the ground he started crying, for five minutes straight, claiming he was going to "call the cops"
A little girl was ringing a small bell and Pitt snatched it out of her hands and confusingly said "stop that! Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings!"
Pitt then walked up to a young guy with a very short dark beard, who looked nothing like St. Nick, and started yanking at his beard, bitterly saying "you're not the real Santa Claus!"
Pitt then jumped up on a table and yelled "I've got a little Christmas Bonus for you" and with that he started thrusting his hips violently while singing 'Jingle Bells' at the top of his lungs.
Pitt then jumped down, said "Happy Boxing Day" to some guy before punching him in the stomach, and then crawled back into the chimney, spending the next hour or so trying to shimmy his way back up.
I will have to say, however, that having a big celebrity like Brad Pitt really added a cool element to this year's holiday party.


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At a time when organisations across all sectors are feeling the squeeze, getting the best out of employees has never been more important. To my mind, engagement means having employees who share the organisation's vision, values and objectives, and who willingly share their ideas. This in turn leads to improved performance and increased productivity and innovation. Engagement takes time to build but once it's in place it can provide a key to allowing organisations to flourish and grow.
Much is written about the "drivers" of engagement. In Acas we have a straightforward model which we believe applies to organisations of all sizes and sectors. We believe engaged organisations come about because:
Firstly, the board and/or senior team demonstrate they are committed to creating a workplace where engagement matters. This means having a plan for engagement, communicating it effectively and being consistent that you value employee input.
Secondly, once employees realise that managers are genuinely interested in their views, there needs to be opportunities for those views to be expressed. People sometimes call this "employee voice". It can be as simple as holding briefings where employees feel comfortable about offering their thoughts and ideas, or other arrangements involving employee representatives or unions. Its not just about giving information – it also involves genuinely listening and responding to employees' views, ideas and suggestions. Where ideas are good, make it clear they'll be taken on board but if they aren't take the time to explain why they wouldn't work. Countless "back to the floor" programmes demonstrate that employees have a level of knowledge which is invaluable when it's tapped into.
Thirdly, when genuine consultation becomes routine, it builds trust. The tips Acas offers for building trust include making sure actions are in line with the organisation's vision and values; open and honest leadership; and having skilled line managers who work closely and openly with their staff. Trust is both a driver of engagement and a by product of it- and with it can come a working environment where success is celebrated and staff have pride in doing the job well.
Fourthly, my reference to skilled line managers has to be expanded on. If the leaders set the tone, it's the line managers who have to make engagement a reality on a day to day basis. The level of skill and confidence your line managers have in dealing with their teams can make or break your business which is why we place a great deal of emphasis on this when advising companies and provide training and guidance to support managers in succeeding
No two workplaces have identical features. Each is shaped by a range of influences and pressures. It follows then, that no single or static model of engagement will apply to all. But putting effort into finding the model that works for your business will pay dividends.
Acas is very excited to join the Engage for Success initiative and to play its part in ensuring that engagement is firmly on the workplace agenda for the future.
John Taylor, Chief Executive, Acas


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The Medium Path by Elizabeth Davies – Book Review
The Medium Path by Elizabeth Davies – Book Review
Author – Elizabeth Davies
Publisher – Createspace
Pages – 248
Release Date – 26th May 2015
Format – ebook, paperback
Reviewer – Stacey
I received a free copy of this book
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Ruby died nearly one hundred years ago. She saw spirits of the dead when she was alive, and now she is dead she has become a guide who helps ghosts pass on.
When ghosts start being taken by darkness instead of the light, Ruby is forced to seek help from a handsome and unwilling medium, who awakens emotions she never knew she had.
Ruby Anderson is seventeen years old. Okay, well technically she is 103 years old, but dying at seventeen will see her forever at this age.
Her 'role' in the afterlife is that of Spirit Guide – she helps recently deceased people cross in to the light. That is until those waiting to cross are sucked in to a darkness instead.
With the help of her friends both dead and alive, Ruby sets out to find what or whom is taking the spirits into the darkness, and for what cause. In doing so though, she just may put herself and her friends in danger.
'The Medium Path' is a wonderful blend of numerous genres – Romance, thriller, mystery and paranormal all rolled in to one amazing must-read novel.
I had an immense warmth for Ruby. This is a young woman who passed from this world far too young, and rather than being taken in to the light, she was chosen to help others reach their final resting place. For 85 years she has been wandering this Earth, unseen by most, and mostly alone. Yet her charm and loving, calming nature were there for each and every one of the newly deceased, and it was her concern for them, that gave her that bravery to find out where the darkness was taking them.
I have a few literary heroines that I have fell in love with over the years, and Ruby has just been placed amongst them. Elizabeth Davies has so beautifully written Ruby in a way that you forget that she is a ghost, as she seems and acts so real throughout the entire story. Although she has been wandering the spirit world for 85 years, Ms Davies has kept Ruby as modern as possible, with her choice of clothes and her knowledge of modern technology.
As well as Ruby, we have a cast of amusing and entertaining characters. We have numerous other ghosts, and Mediums whom whether they want to or not, can see and hear Ruby and other ghosts.
One Medium who hates his 'gift' is Michael. He wants nothing more than to be left alone and never see a ghost again, including Ruby. As the story progresses, we watch as she slowly persuades Michael to trust her, as she really needs his help. In doing so though, she starts to have romantic feelings towards him.
The chemistry between Ruby and Michael was lovely to watch expand as the book progressed. You really want these two to be together. But a relationship between a human and a ghost would never work, would it?
Some of my favourite characters were the newly-deceased people, as each had their own story to tell. From Lucy who was terrified and couldn't comprehend what has happened to her, to the man who was convinced that his wife was haunting him after she had died, with her constant nagging. He refused to cross in to the light, just in case she was on the other side waiting for him.
The story changes directions many times, from the one that you presume it's going in. It is filled with so many twists and turns that you will be kept entertained and glued to the pages throughout.
The ending is just perfect, and one that I hadn't predicted. 'The Medium Path' will have you absorbed from beginning to the end. A fantastic book that I just couldn't put down.
Book Reviewed by Stacey
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Elizabeth Davies was born and raised in South Wales more years ago than she cares to remember. She lived in England for nearly two decades but returned to her roots when she felt the mountains of her youth calling to her, and hiking in her beloved Brecon Beacons is now one of the joys in her life.
When she is not working as a full time secretary, Elizabeth loves spending time with her family, hates doing necessary chores, and tries to fit in writing whenever she can.
She has published several books: the Resurrection trilogy, beginning with 'State of Grace', continuing with 'Amazing Grace', and ending with 'Sanctifying Grace', 'The Spirit Guide' and most recently – 'The Medium Path'.
She is currently working on another paranormal romance set in Wales. She is also seriously addicted to chocolate.
Have a read of our interview with Elizabeth – 'The Writing Life of: Elizabeth Davis


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After the overwhelming success with the breakfast held in December (we sold out in 2 weeks and were over capacity!) we've decided to get the Conservative family together again for another breakfast on Saturday, May 12th, this time in Chesterville.
As you all know our Provincial Conservative cousins will be in the early part of their election campaign to rid Ontario of the Wynne Liberals and this breakfast will be a great way to gather together and see how we can help our MPP Jim McDonell ensure that SDSG stays strong and blue!
We hope we can count on your support again!
May 12, 2018 8:30 AM
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 434
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Chesterville, ON K0C 1H0
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text: Cincinnati emerged from a tumultuous 19th century as a growing metropolis committed to city planning. The most ambitious plan of the early twentieth century, the Cincinnati Subway, was doomed to failure. Construction began in 1920 and ended in 1927 when the money had run out. Today, two miles of empty subway tunnels still lie beneath Cincinnati, waiting to be used. The Cincinnati Subway tells the whole story, from the turbulent times in the 1880s to the ultimate failure of "Cincinnati's White Elephant." Along the way, the reader will learn about what was happening in Cincinnati during the growth of the subway-from the Courthouse Riots in 1884 to life in the Queen City during World War II.


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This year for Thanksgiving, Drew and I headed down to Benton, Arkansas to spend the holiday with my mom's side of the family. Being one of five girls, my mother has plenty of relatives who all live in the state, most residing in their home town of Benton.
Benton is just about 20 minutes south of Arkansas' capital city of Little Rock. Though it's population is about 35,000, it's grown immensely within my lifetime.
I spent most of my summers and plenty of holidays in Benton while growing up and it holds a special place in my heart. Though I don't get back as much as I'd like to, it's so refreshing to spend time in a small town.
Family Thanksgiving
We spent Thanksgiving with two of my mom's sisters – so we had a huge group of people with plenty of conversation, activity and food to go around!
But more than anything, it was so nice to get out of a big city – let alone DC – and spend some time at a much slower pace of life. I'm a type-A person and am a total busybody who always likes to be doing a million things at once. But getting myself out of the city was such a nice reprieve.
It was really relaxing and refreshing to spend Thanksgiving in a small town surrounded by family. I think it's important to remind ourselves that being busy shouldn't be as glorified as it is today. Instead, I think carving out intentional time outside of the hustle of everyday life does far more good than any jam-packed social calendar could ever do.
This year was extra special because we had the addition of my cousins' nine-month-old daughter and 12-week-old puppy.
Downtown Benton, Arkansas
Thanksgiving aside, it's wonderful to spend time in a small town with so much family history. My mom has plenty of stories of running around Benton's downtown as a kid in the '70s. Though it's changed a ton since then, and even since I was a kid, it still maintains its smalltown charm.
The main drag is full of locally-owned shops, some of which have been there for years. It's so much fun to pop in and out of shops and along the road.
McClard's BBQ
Another fun stop we made while in Arkansas was McClard's BBQ in Hot Springs. As if we didn't eat enough over Thanksgiving.
If you're ever in Arkansas, McClard's is a staple for some good food – and even a favorite of former-President Bill Clinton, who grew up in Hot Springs. As you can see from his framed portrait below, the former president is celebrated all over the city and state with pictures and plaques.
McClard's famous for their meats and sauce – but my personal favorite is the tamale plates – a tamale topped with fritos, beans, chopped beef,
cheese and onions.
As you can tell from the storefront, McClard's first opened its doors in 1928. The family-run shop used to be a drive up – but the current storefront doesn't lack any history or charm from its earlier years.
It's such a fun spot with great food and a unique spot for a meal if you find yourself in Arkansas.
I hope you enjoyed this short post about my weekend in Arkansas and I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving surrounded by family, friends and loved ones.


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By Pam Jenoff
Publisher: Mira
Release Date: February 21, 2017
Reviewed by PJ
Jenoff is a gifted writer, her evocative prose and impeccable research melding to immerse readers in each new world of her creation. In The Orphan's Tale, she not only brings to life the precarious daily existence of ordinary citizens in Germany and occupied France but, especially, those attached to the Neuhoff Circus. I had no idea that circuses still performed during the war or that some of them bravely hid Jews among their company. (be sure to read the Author's Notes and Q&A at the end of the book)
As a child, circus people seemed magical, almost otherworldly to me. I wasn't able to relate to the life they led. Jenoff pulls that mystical curtain aside and shows us the person behind the greasepaint. Each complex character is meticulously crafted, an essential cog in both the circus as well as the overall story. I could feel the hopes, dreams, fears, jealousy, kindness, and grief that form the layers that make them whole and opened my heart to their pain, their sorrow, their ambition, their joy. But while there are many fascinating characters in this story, it's heart revolves around Astrid, a 40-year-old Jewish woman divorced by her beloved husband on orders from his Nazi superiors, and Noa, a Dutch teen forced to grow up too soon. Their journey from reluctant teacher/student, to professional adversaries, to mutual protectors, to sisters by choice is rich with emotion, compelling suspense, heartbreak, betrayal, and sacrifice that is heart-wrenching but also life-affirming. The reader is reminded that even in the face of devastation and death, the human spirit is strong and resilient and will, eventually, triumph.
I was captivated by this story from beginning to end. In fact, I was so absorbed that I read the entire book in one day. Jenoff keeps readers on their toes with the numerous twists and turns throughout Astrid's and Noa's journey as well as the emotional peaks and valleys that had me reaching for tissues more than once.
The Orphan's Tale is historical fiction at its finest. I highly recommend it.
After moving to the State Department, Pam was assigned to the U.S. Consulate in Krakow, Poland where she developed her expertise in Polish-Jewish relations and the Holocaust and developed close relations with the surviving Jewish community.


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In March of 2016, as part of its "Consumer Intelligence Series", PricewaterhouseCoopers ("PwC") conducted a study that resulted in this report: The Wearable Life 2.0 Connected living in a wearable world.
It's Awesome.
Right off the bat, the report had this to say:
"Health: primary motivator
Fitness wearables paved the way for wearable technology's popularity today. Case in point: the wearable section (made up of mostly fitness devices) occupied just a few hundred square feet at the 2014 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas. By 2015, the two categories had consolidated, occupying both the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas. [Engadget, "2015 is the year that wearables begin to grow up, January 10, 2015].
By January 2016, the exhibit had tripled, taking center stage. [PR Newswire, "The Multi-Billion Dollar Wearable Tech Sector Headlines CES 2016," November 25, 2015]"
But Most Importantly
The report confirmed what I reported after Day 1 of CES [Tech Talk Translated, "CES 2016: Day 1 – Tech West," January 7, 2016]:
"Our survey echoed this pattern, with the majority of adoption taking place within the past year. And while this, too, held true for fitness devices, their head start has paid off—more of them were purchased over a year ago than any other type of device."
In my post, I had noted "that there was a very apparent (and as far as I'm concerned, welcome) shift in the wearable market from the fitness trackers of CES 2015 to the healthcare trackers of CES 2016." But yes, there were also significantly more wearables in 2016 than in 2015.
- Gauge current usage, perceptions, attitudes, key drivers, and satisfaction of wearable technology and how various factors have changed since 2014
- From the users' point of view, has anything changed since 2014?
- Identify key benefits and barriers to using wearable technology
- What are the pros & cons to using wearable tech?
- Understand how wearable technology is impacting individuals and society
- Consider this one the "what affect is wearable technology having on my life, be it personal, professional, etc"
- Assess concerns around data and privacy with wearable technology
- You know, what I do all day 🙂 The "trust" graphic above sort of applies, but sadly the report found that "concerns around privacy have actually lessened since 2014 for two out of the four product categories (smart watches and glasses)" and that "Price—not privacy—is the biggest hurdle to adoption." 😦
- You know, what I do all day 🙂 The "trust" graphic above sort of applies, but sadly the report found that "concerns around privacy have actually lessened since 2014 for two out of the four product categories (smart watches and glasses)" and that "Price—not privacy—is the biggest hurdle to adoption." 😦
- Uncover potential white space opportunities and applications for wearable technology
- "white space" = (in this context anyway) "not already taken". So, essentially, they wanted to know whether or not all of the possible uses for wearables had already been identified. Spoiler alert= there are things left to invent!


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Google will soon offer a big perk — unlimited data storage — to lure schools and their students to its Google Apps suite of online services.
The Google Drive for Education is an upgrade from the earlier Google Apps for Education service, and like the predecessor, it's free. It will launch "in coming weeks," Ben Schrom, a Google product manager, said in a blog post Tuesday.
Google Apps combines Gmail and Google Calendar with productivity tools including Docs, Slides and Sheets. Files are synchronized across devices with Google Drive, a brand name that seems to be subsuming Google Apps itself. The products are reached via the Web or apps for iOS and Android, and they're closely linked to Chromebook laptops that run Google's Chrome OS operating system.
Currying favor with schools and their students by offering free or discounted products is an age-old practice for technology companies. Today's students become tomorrow's corporate employees, executives, and IT administrators.
Under the current Google Apps for Education, each user gets 30GB of space, with an upgrade to 100GB costing $5 per month per user. Now Google is waiving both the fee and the storage limit.
This matches the unlimited storage in Google Drive for Work, announced in June, which — by contrast — isn't free at $10 per user per month.
Offering the free, unlimited storage for students through their schools is a good deal for those students. It's also not a bad idea for Google: since those students eventually will graduate, the unlimited storage isn't something Google has to offer forever.
Google Apps' biggest competitor is Microsoft's Office, which grew to power in the 1990s and still maintains a powerful presence in the market. Google is trying to get along better with the incumbent by letting people open and edit Office-format documents — something that eases sharing with people who aren't Google Docs users.
It's hard to compare Google Apps' success to that of Microsoft Office since Google doesn't release revenue or user figures. Microsoft has had a bit more to say. Its closest competitor to Google Apps, the Office 365 subscription that includes PC apps and online versions, had more than 5.6 million subscribers for consumer segments in the second quarter. That was an increase of 1 million subscribers from the previous quarter. Microsoft didn't release figures for traditional licensed software sales or for business subscriptions.
Annual subscriptions cost between $70 for Office 365 Personal and $180 for Office 365 Business Premium.


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1 edition of The dance found in the catalog.
The dance
Kieran Scott
by Bantam Books in New York
Written in
Everyone at Riverside High is talking about the winter dance. For three couples, it will be one magical night that will change their lives forever.
Edition Notes
|Craig Hillman, Kieran Scott, Elizabeth Skurnick
|Love stories super edition, Love stories (Bantam Books (Firm))
|Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
|LC Classifications
|CPB Box no. 1647 vol. 25
|The Physical Object
|209 p. ;
|Number of Pages
|ID Numbers
|Open Library
|LC Control Number
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By Cassandra Sottile
Elm Staff Writer
Georgina Bliss is the newest member of the Center for Career Development.
Bliss first met Career Center director Lisa Moody through an ad in the Chestertown Chamber of Commerce. Bliss is a volunteer educator for the UMMD Extension office and sits on the Soft Skills Forum. UMMD Educator Elizabeth Hill encouraged Bliss to reach out to Washington College to promote the forum.
After presenting a workshop, "Handling Multiple Offers and Negotiating Salary," Bliss took a position as career coach.
"I jumped at the opportunity to work with WC students again. It has been really exciting to learn about the depth and breadth of programming available through the Center for Career Development," Bliss said.
Though she is only here for the spring semester, Georgina is certainly leaving a good impression on WC students and the Center for Career Development team.
"I enjoy brainstorming with people as a coordinated team and really love working with and passing on my experience to students," Bliss said.
Prior to joining the Career Center's staff, Bliss had a long history of working at Prestige Products in New York City. She also owned and managed two entrepreneurial businesses.
"Working in those businesses prepared me well to guide young people through their career journey. I have to sell myself, my husband's skill, and our companies every day. It is a 24/7 job," she said.
One of the businesses, Retail Connection LLC, is a full service project management business that covers retail construction. Bliss's agency caters to various unique projects, ranging from staffing a Cyber Security Conference, to working with a top-drawer publication in New York, to designing an in-store retailer program.
In her businesses, Bliss has managed retail construction processes all over the world. To accomplish this, she learned to adapt to her clients' computer platforms, corporate environments, working styles, and business hours.
"I want to advertise that we want to be seamless in our transition with their teams," she said.
An example of this is her work with a Hawaiian market based in Zurich, Switzerland for multinational men's luxury goods, whose hours are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. This time difference required Bliss to send emails in French at around 3 a.m.
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"Georgina has been an absolute pleasure to work with in the Center for Career Development," she said. "Her previous job and industry knowledge has been extremely beneficial in helping students with the job searching process. Her dedication to this role has been so welcomed, and she has embraced the students at the College as if she has been here [for] years."


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[2018 update: This post is now included in my ten years of selected essays on bad history and its toxic effects on American civics. The first of those, from 2008. is here.]
One of my favorite radio shows, Brian Lehrer's on WNYC, had Eric Lane from Hofstra University on yesterday to discuss results of yet another depressing study — in this case one conducted by him on behalf of the Brennan Center for Justice — revealing widespread ignorance of the U.S. Constitution, and to lament the threat to democracy represented by people's ignorance of the founding law that governs our lives every day.
A similar widespread cultural deficit is under discussion at the American Revolution Center (ARC), which has conducted a detailed survey [UPDATE: This became the new Museum of the American Revolution; the link to the survey is now broken] revealing Americans' abysmal ignorance of the founding period in general.
In both studies, people state that they consider knowledge of the founding and the Constitution to be of the utmost importance. They naturally therefore overrate their own competence in it, and both studies abound with examples of subjects' almost complete incompetence. Lane's study shows, for example, that people think the President can declare war. (Wherever can they have gotten that idea?) The preface to the ARC study notes that whereas 60 percent of people know that reality-TV stars Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight kids, more than 30 per cent don't know the century of the American Revolution. [UPDATE: So 40 percent don't know how many kids the Gosselins have, and nearly 70 percent do know the Revolution occurred in the 18th century.] Results of this kind are always presented as dire crises in American life, naturally enough, since democratic participation in republican government is generally supposed to require a citizenry informed about what has really happened and how such governments work. "Wherever the people are well informed they can be trusted with their own government," wrote Jefferson in 1789.
So the results always come with urgent calls for immediate action, especially for more and better education. Lane frames the issue as an "absence of information, of education… it's what they're learning or not learning in schools." ARC concludes that "Americans are not sufficiently informed about the fundamental democratic principles, ideas, and institutions that we have inherited from the Revolution and that sustain us as a nation." Lane sees such ignorance as "a real challenge to the continuation of American democracy." ARC goes so far as to say "we are failing our Founders."
We keep hearing this. I've written about aspects of a related story — the ironies involved when people who make major claims on the Constitution, across the political spectrum, don't know much about it. It's especially significant to me that such people are found not only among the generally ignorant but among the deeply educated in other areas. People who can read "Beowulf" in the original and do advanced math don't know anything about how their government got here and how it works. Which rarely stops them from opining.
The depth of ignorance is weird, and it does raise important questions. But reacting to these studies with calls for more and more education in civics and history offers a prime example of doing the same thing over and over again and getting the same bad results. Lane says "… children in the public schools … will not be tested in 4th or 8th grade for social studies under the assessment program, and there's even consideration of giving it up or making it optional in the 11th grade — so no testing, no teaching." ARC quotes the celebrated biographer David McCullough on the danger of not knowing about the founders: "I don't think we can ever know enough about them."
A heavy-breathing, even slightly hysterical feeling prevails. It's as if cultivating an appropriately informed citizenry requires constantly, ceaselessly reminding people of how important all this stuff is, and/or how all-fired cool it is, beating into them what happened and seducing them into knowing how it all works, making certain that the basic facts have been lodged in the maximum number of brains and can never, ever be forgotten.
But addressing the problem of Americans' ignorance of America that way can never work. To learn anything, you have to have a reason to know it. There are ways of giving people a certain immediate reason — a fake or punitive one — for knowing things, and even for being unable to forget them. But the kind of knowledge that comes solely from testing, grading, punishing, and bribing doesn't lead to the kind of active, civic engagement that those who bemoan American ignorance of America say they want to foster. ("No testing, no teaching" is one of the biggest things that would have to change — in every subject.) The bemoaners want people to care about the workings of the Constitution and what happened during the American Revolution, care enough to bring such knowledge to bear on real-life, ongoing, day-to-day political decision-making. Nothing could be more absurd than trying to achieve that kind of real, active engagement by informing people over and over again how all-fired important (or even how really really fun) all this founding-history material is, how great and self-sacrificing (or even how amazingly flawed and human) the founders were, how without knowing which amendment is which or who said what when, they're missing a golden opportunity bequeathed them by our greatest generation.
In fact, it's reasonable to conclude that the whole "importance" thing, not just failing to ameliorate the problem, is causing it. The one thing people say they know about our founding is that it's terribly, terribly important. They just don't know anything about it. Maybe if people didn't feel required to rank knowledge of government and history as overwhelmingly important, they'd be more likely to actually care about some of it. To think and wonder about it. Love and hate it. Thus come to know a thing or two about it, something they might use or just enjoy. Which might lead them to want to know another thing or two, or ten, or who knows.
Because that's what education is. If you want people to not know something, just keep telling them that there's no limit to how much they should know about it.
In that context, it's worth considering some dark facts about American life that reflect on why people might not be likely to engage with founding history and the mechanisms of national law. Here are some comments posted on WNYC's excellent "It's a Free Country" site in response to Lane's appearance on Brian Lehrer's show:
In closing the Constitution quiz segment Mr. Lane referred to our government as "the American democracy". Read the Constitution.
Pretty easy math for street smart kids; who cares about intellectual parlor games, endless arguments, when you're broke/sick/hungry?
I consider it a real credit to the younger generation that they see through the smoke and mirrors, hypocrisy and propaganda that constitute our national 'debate" and decline to study the almost entirely fictional historical narrative taught in our schools.
I can't say I know, and would love to learn otherwise, but I'm having a hard time envisioning the American Revolution Center, the Brennan Center, or David McCullough taking seriously such sweeping, bleak, shoot-from-the-hip remarks and addressing the starkness of the attitudes they evince about our country or the nature of citizenship (Brian Lehrer is actually one of the few who know how to do that). The pained tone that history people usually adopt when referring to American ignorance makes me suspect that these comments would only amplify the ongoing, repetitive calls for the immediate transmission of more information, if only to relieve people of the horrible error of thinking in such a grim way about our country and the process of becoming educated about it.
But I think these responses point to just the kind of questions that might help us address American ignorance of America. Take that last comment quoted above, which sees kids today "declining" to study history the way it's taught. I think there's a way in which that's right, and that way extends to adult disengagement too. It relates neatly to the first comment above: Prof. Lane did glibly equate the Constitution with democracy, when he must know perfectly well — indeed, he alludes to a related issue elsewhere in the interview — that the framers were trying to push back democracy. In the interview, Lane also asserted, as a fact that people should know, that under the Articles of Confederation the country was falling apart. Well, that's a cliché of American History 101, but it's also a deeply interested interpretation. The framers felt — indeed were blatant about feeling — that the country was falling apart, for them, for the investing and landowning class. A big argument would be required, and has long been engaged in, to show that the concerns of that class really did reflect a danger to the country as conceived of by those not in that class. . . . And on and on.
Too complicated? Silly to even bring up, while people labor in nescience as to basic fact? There's a widely held idea, I think manifestly false, that arguments like these, over interpretation, can't be profitably held until people are in possession of the same set of neutral, agreed-upon facts. Hence the endless force-feeding of the same baby food that people keep spitting up. To me, the real "American ignorance" problem lies in a patronizing tendency by educators, writers, public historians, and cultural institutions (hello, PBS) to seek to correct ignorance by imposing as indispensable fact what are actually overdetermined interpretations, even while denying every interesting social, economic, and political ramification of those interpretations. Little wonder, maybe, that for all their certainty that this stuff must be super-important, and their consequent shame about not knowing any of it, people can't seem to actually digest it.
It's not that Lane's history is bunk and mine isn't, so let's drill mine into people's heads instead of his. It's that the arguments themselves are more engaging — more literally real — than the so-called facts. Passionate, personal interest should precede, bear on, and send people in search of fact. If it did, those "broke/sick/hungry" kids, invoked with immense relevance by the second comment above, might at least have something to begin to grab hold of. Anything about the purposes of the Revolution and of founding law that doesn't start roughly with the mentality expressed by that comment isn't going to have any traction. Because it shouldn't. Knowledge and skills are byproducts of education, not goals. The bemoaners, custodians, certifiers, and curators are part of the problem, not the solution. Unless they change, things can only get worse.
Or put it another way: If you haven't noticed that the President does have power to declare war, regardless of what the Constitution says, you're the one who needs an education. The ignorant seem to have that one figured out.
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Earlier in the year, Nielsen found out that almost 50% of mobile phone users now own a smartphone. This has led to an on-going battle over which is the best smartphone and operating system.
Hunch has now gone one step further into this battle as to publish an infographic demonstrating the different traits between iPhone and Android users. Yes, that is correct- we have become so materialistic that we are now judged not just on our houses, cars, clothes and jobs, but now even our mobile phones!
So, what does your mobile phone say about you?
Out of the 15,818 people that were interrogated about their mobile operating systems, they found that the most popular was the Apple iOS with 32% and its fierce competition Android came in second place with 21%.
Demographically an Android user tends to be younger between 18 -34 years and are more likely to live in the suburbs or country. Whereas 29% of iPhone users are over 35 years; and are typically city dwellers. Interestingly, if you are an iPhone user you represent the richer spectrum of society with 67% of users having an annual household income of £200k or more. Moreover, 37% of iPhone users have a graduate degree, compared to the 80% of Android users who are more likely to have a high school diploma.
Personality-wise Android users appear to be the pessimistic introverts in society whom save their money, are 12% more likely to have pets; are later adopters of technology yet are better at mathematics and verbal aptitude. On the other hand iPhone users are more optimistic and enjoy spending their money, yet 39% are more likely to be high-maintenance but with strong verbal aptitude. They are more likely to enjoy the life of luxury- playing a musical instrument, been on holiday in the past 6 months and be the first adopters of new technology.
Going into further analysis, iPhone users are 50% more likely to text whilst driving, whereas the safer Android users would more likely text whilst waiting in a queue. Yet Android users seem to prefer the sweeter things in life such as mini-pizzas, sirloin steak, popcorn and chocolate compared to iPhone users who would prefer to snack on sushi, mixed nuts, ginger snaps and yoghurt.
The comparison list then delves into which TV shows, films, books, trees and entertainment one should prefer; all dependent on the type of mobile you possess. You can take a better look yourself below. The question is, do the findings of the infographic ring true for you? Let us know if you will now judge a person by his or her mobile phone in the comments below.
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Israel Is Preparing For A Big War With Hezbollah
Last week, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, the outgoing Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), spoke to the Jerusalem Post about current events influencing Israel's security outlook.
In the course of the interview, Lt. Gen. Gantz revealed that contingencies have been prepared against Hezbollah, the paramilitary group entrenched in southern Lebanon.
When asked what kind of threat was posed by Hezbollah's capabilities, Gantz candidly explained the IDF's response should another war begin:
We will take Lebanon and knock it back 70 or 80 years, in all areas , and we'll see how that plays out. And it could also turn out that we'll need to capture Lebanese territory. There are no surprises here, but rather things we are preparing for, year after year, season after season, staring the challenge in the eyes."
Is [Hezbollah leader Hassan] Nasrallah still deterred?
Yes. He is also busy, and stretched thin on various fronts, but I think he understands very well what will happen to Lebanon if he starts something with us."
Gantz' remarks were published two days before another tit for tat exchange along Israel's sensitive northern border. On October 7, a pair of IEDs were detonated in Mount Dov, which is Israeli territory, wounding two soldiers.
The IDF retaliated with a short artillery barrage on Hezbollah positions across the border.
The IDF's longstanding grudge against Hezbollah dates back to the Lebanese Civil War from 1975 to 1990.
Emerging as a grass-roots paramilitary group among the marginalized Shiites of southern Lebanon, Hezbollah immediately found long-term sponsors in Syria and Iran, who both used it as a credible proxy force to undermine Israel.
Hezbollah's spirited resistance against Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon until 2000 further bolstered its image and value to its sponsors.
The turning point, however, was the anticlimactic 2006 war, where the full force of the IDF sought to dismember Hezbollah. Unfortunately, Hezbollah was prepared for a long campaign, having dug robust fortifications and stockpiled anti-tank missiles and rockets. The latter used for non-stop barrages on Israel's cities and towns.
Since the ambiguous outcome of 2006, where the IDF withdrew and Hezbollah began replenishing its battered ranks, Israel waged four small campaigns against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The latest was the 70-day long Operation Protective Edge between July and August this year.
Each of these short conflicts allowed the IDF to hone its capabilities for another war in Lebanon, from where Hezbollah is currently directing its activities in neighboring Syria.
Over the years, the 176,000-strong IDF has consciously transformed its order of battle with a leaner and more technologically reliant (consider the Iron Dome) organization.
Hezbollah, on the other hand, is hoping it has enough asymmetrical firepower at its disposal to deter its arch foe.
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Sept. 2, 2010 — -- It is a simple enough concept that has quickly turned into a raging debate: grading teachers based on their students' performance on standardized tests in math and English.
But imagine if it were your performance being evaluated and the subsequent results were then posted on a newspaper's website.
The Los Angeles Times did just that last month, publishing the names of 6,000 teachers of the L.A. Unified School District, along with data showcasing how well their students performed, in an investigative report titled Grading the Teachers.
"I think transparency is a great thing, and I think teachers should also be in favor [of] transparency," parent Patrick Ferry told ABC News.
Just yesterday, members of the Los Angeles school board publicly acknowledged that the current evaluation system did in fact need reworking, with some agreeing that parents should receive more information about their children's teachers. Though formal talks regarding the issue have yet to take place, the group is scheduled to meet today to discuss handlings of such performance evaluations.
The newspaper not only graded teachers based on their students' marks, but took seven years of test scores and tracked how much individual students improved each year under their instructor's supervision. In other words, the paper tried to determine how much value a teacher added to each of his or her students' education.
"Value-added" assessment is a tool now used by hundreds of school districts in 21 states, many of them linking a teacher's pay to improving students' performance. Some districts will then revoke tenure for teachers or even fire those whose students fail to do so.
The Los Angeles school district has apparently had the data for years, although administrators never crunched the numbers for fear of an outcry from the teacher's union. Indeed, the president of one of the biggest teacher's unions told ABC News' Christiane Amanpour Sunday that she is angry about the data appearing on the Times website.
"Let the teachers see it, let them use it," said Randi Weingarten of the American Federation of Teachers. "In fact, they are starting to do that in L.A., but don't publish it in this way."
But one of the Times reporters said he stands behind the controversial article.
"I can certainly understand why they'd be angry or frustrated to have their names and their scores published in the newspaper in this way," reporter Jason Song said. "But we weighed the public interest in doing this kind of information and decided it would be best if we released it."
Evaluating Teachers
The Obama administration has welcomed the Times reports, with Education Secretary Arne Duncan calling the publication a public service. Duncan even appeared on "This Week" Sunday to insist that teachers ought to be held accountable for how well their students are doing.
"This should be a piece of how teachers are evaluated, just a piece," Duncan said. "We have to look at multiple measures."
At a speech in Little Rock, Ark., Duncan added that, "The truth is always hard to swallow but it can only make us better, stronger and smarter."
For Zenaida Tan, a third-grade teacher at Morningside Elementary School in the San Fernando Valley, it all makes perfect sense.
"It was a very good feeling," said Tan, who was ranked among the most effective in the district. "But, I didn't really know. I was just there, doing my work."
The report stirred up a different set of emotions for Elizabeth Snyder, a third-grade teacher at Fries Avenue Elementary in Long Beach. The Times analysis rated her "Less Effective" in both math and English.
"I feel bad about being labeled less effective, because I know it's not true," Snyder said.
Other critics of such an approach say it places too much emphasis on test scores, especially because some students perform differently on standardized exams, depending on a number of factors.
But for parents, it seems as though only one thing matters: their children's success.
"I have a lot of teachers in my family, and it would be very shameful to see my mother's name in the paper," parent Marie Meyer said. "On the other hand, if she's not doing her job as a teacher, people need to be aware of it."


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When drug therapy fails, the decision on which medication to choose next for a patient can be difficult. Switching drug classes to avoid a similar outcome seems like a logical step, however, for some patients, this may not be an option. In this case, published in the journal Endocrinology, Diabetes, & Metabolism, clinicians were challenged with treating a patient who developed a profound resistance to several insulins until one finally worked, proving that a subtle change in molecular structure can have a big impact on patient outcomes.
The patient, a 71-year-old woman, had developed a urinary tract infection (UTI) after having surgery to resect a bladder tumor. The infection then progressed to sepsis which required her to be moved to intensive care. Besides the bladder cancer, her medical history included atrial fibrillation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and type 2 insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus for which she was given 30 units/day of glargine insulin (her home dose) and an insulin sliding scale.
However after admission, the patient developed hyperosmolar hyperglycemia and despite increasing the dose of insulin glargine, blood glucose levels remained uncontrolled. The patient was transitioned to regular insulin drip (after aspart and NPH boluses were minimally effective) and while this initially helped, efficacy was lost quickly as well. Blood glucose levels remained at 400mg/dL even after titration to a max dose of 1620 units/day.
In order to investigate the patient's refractory hyperglycemia, a test for insulin autoantibodies was ordered, but the results came back negative (the test only detects antibodies to human insulin). Currently, there are no commercially available tests to detect antibody response to synthetic insulin. To determine a viable treatment option, the clinicians examined two possible theories for why insulin was not working for the patient: either it was somehow being neutralized before it got to the binding site or the receptor site was somehow blocked.


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We're happy to announce that the Green Party of Vancouver will be holding a nomination meeting on August 16th for our City Council candidate and August 26th for our School Board candidate(s).
Both of these meetings are open to new and non-members alike. However only those who have been members for at least two weeks prior to each meeting will be eligible to vote for the candidate(s). Those whose membership has lapsed within one year of each meeting can renew in advance online at vangreens.ca/membership or at the door. Additionally, you must be in attendance to vote as our bylaws do not permit proxy voting.
Nomination Meeting Locations and Times:
City Council:
- 7:30pm - 9:30pm on August 16, 2017
- Royal Bank room, YWCA Hotel, 733 Beatty St, Vancouver (map)
School Board:
- 10am - 2pm on August 26, 2017
- Peter Kaye room, VPL Central Branch, 350 W Georgia St, Vancouver (map)
Key Dates:
- July 26, 2017: City Council and School Board Nomination periods open
- August 2, 2017: City Council Nomination period closes at 5pm. Last day to register as a new Green Party of Vancouver member to vote for a City Council candidate.
- August 12, 2017: School Board Nomination period closes at 5pm. Last day to register as a new Green Party of Vancouver member to vote for School Board candidate(s).
- August 16, 2017: Nomination meeting for City Council candidate.
- August 26, 2017: Nomination meeting for School Board candidate(s).
Please note, as our Constitution and Bylaws require 30 days notice for an SGM, we are calling a Nomination Meeting for School Board on August 26, 2017. If a School Board by-election is not called we will cancel the August 26th meeting and send you notice of that cancellation. Candidacy applications may be requested from Jacquie Miller, Chair of our Election Committee.
We have a great opportunity this by-election to elect another Green to City Council and help build a better Vancouver, together. We hope you can get involved in supporting the campaign by donating or signing up to volunteer. We hope you can join us for our nomination meetings on August 16th and 26th.
Thank you for your ongoing support.


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My last post was rather clinical, was it not? It reflected the writer as chemist, trying to determine the ingredients of a solution by distilling it into its individual components. It is a useful exercise, but not one that engenders the enthusiasm needed to write a book worth reading. After struggling with the concept for two months, and really longer since I committed to writing this story back in January, I hit me like a bolt of lightening this week: what I was missing in my storytelling was PASSION.
Passion is the NEED for each other. More than the truth of love that time and commitment bring, it is that gut-gripping need to be together, to be physically present with each other, even if it is only knowing that the other is nearby so that you can go and touch him if you need to, reassuring yourself that he is yours and no one else's. Passion makes you lean toward each other across a crowded room as though you would be drawn together like the opposite poles of two magnets if the obstructions were not in the way.
And when you are together, standing or sitting, you are always touching. You may not be holding hands or creating a public display of affection, but you are close, so close that you can feel the heat radiating from his body, or the gentle brush of the hairs on his arms, or the tickle of his breath on the back of your neck, or the solid security of his chest against your back, or the flexing of the muscles of his thighs against yours where you sit.
The difference between real passion and the passing tantalization of lust is the time, commitment and truth that defines a great love story. In creating Jamie and Claire, Diana Gabaldon is the master of this. I went back and looked at her language to see how a skillful writer portrays the deep and abiding passion that her characters share throughout all five books that I have read so far. Some quotes that prove the point:
More mumbling from the priest, and Jamie bent to kiss me. It was clear that he intended only a brief and ceremonial touching of lips, but his mouth was soft and warm and I moved instinctively toward him. I was vaguely conscious of noises, Scottish whoops of enthusiasm and encouragement from spectators, but really noticed nothing beyond the enfolding warm solidness. Sanctuary. (Outlander)
Jamie, though, was something different. His extreme gentleness was in no way tentative; rather it was a promise of power known and held in leash; a challenge and a provocation the more remarkable for its lack of demand. I am yours, it said. And if you will have me then…I would, and my mouth opened beneath his, wholeheartedly accepting both promise and challenge without consulting me. (Outlander)
I put my arms around his waist and held on as the horse slithered down the last steep slope. "Because," I said, "I bloody well can't do without you, Jamie Fraser, and that's all about it." (Outlander)
At first we were so happy only to be with each other and away from Leoch that we didn't talk much. Across the flat of the moor, Donas could carry us both without strain, and I rode with my arms about Jamie's waist, glorying in the feel of the sun-warmed muscle shifting under my cheek. Whatever problems we might be facing–and I knew there were plenty–we were together. Forever. and that was enough. (Outlander)
There are so many more to quote. Gabaldon is so very, very good at what she does. But let me leave with this one from Drums of Autumn:
"I loved Frank," I said quietly, not looking at Bree. "I loved him a lot. But by that time, Jamie was my heart and the breath of my body. I couldn't leave him. I couldn't…"


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