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Freedom Of Religion vs. License To Discriminate
April 14, 2015 By Alheli Picazo in Canada, Free Speech / Censorship, Op-Ed, Politics, Religion Tags: André Schutten, bigotry, Bill Prankard, Charles McVety, Homophobia, James Lunney, Religious freedom	Leave a comment
This op-ed appeared in The Ottawa Citizen on April 8, 2015.
There's a fundamental misunderstanding, or perhaps, a deliberate mischaracterization, of what constitutes religious freedom in a pluralistic society; of the role governments should play in protecting religious liberties, the extent to which citizens are obligated to facilitate the customs of another, and what it means to be unjustly targeted for holding contrary views.
On March 25, a cadre of evangelical leaders and activists took to Parliament Hill to decry "unjust infringements of the State" against Christianity, assail the perceived granting of rights to "others" at the expense of their own, lament being violated by "activist" courts, ostracized by business leaders, and vilified by media. MP James Lunney cited their grievances in his withdrawing from the Conservative caucus to better fight the "unprecedented attack" on his Christian beliefs.
These self-appointed spokesmen of Christianity, the beliefs/values they espouse, their connections and affiliations, merit a deeper examination than space permits, but the following brief should offer some insight into why they, and the various, inter-connected organizations they represent, feel so spurned by modernity:
Bill Prankard of the Bill Prankard Evangelistic Association is a faith-healer who claims that faith through the laying-on-of-hands has cured everything from quadriplegia to cancer; he has written books claiming that the power of God holds the cure for all ailments. He has bemoaned that while Christians "stand on guard" for Canada, "other groups have been coming with agendas that are very anti-Christian and anti-God and they've been doing a lot of stuff in our nation. I believe it's time for Canadians to rise up and to take back what the enemy is stealing."
André Schutten is a lawyer for the Association For Reformed Political Action. When Alberta lawmakers passed legislation affirming students' rights to form gay-straight alliances, Schutten declared such a law "would make the Bolsheviks proud."
And of course, there's Canada Christian College president Charles McVety, whose most recent claim of religious persecution was evidenced by the coming-together of major corporations in committing to diversity and inclusivity in the workplace.
The concept of religious freedom has long been exploited to justify discrimination: Many religious conservatives, for instance, deemed God "the original segregationist," and when the couple at the heart of Loving v. Virginia (1967), the landmark Supreme Court case striking down America's ban on interracial marriage, were initially charged in violating "anti-miscegenation" laws, Judge Leon Bazile contended "Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents … The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."
As America's march toward full marriage equality presses on, the Supreme Court set to rule on the constitutionality of same-sex marriage shortly, Conservative lawmakers, backed by Christian leaders like James Dobson, Franklin Graham, and Tony Perkins, are scrambling to preempt a ruling many expect as inevitable, enacting legislation under the guise of protecting religious liberties which would grant the right to refuse service to those who might "burden" the conscience.
As the recent backlash in Indiana against such license to discriminate has shown, however, the majority will not stand for replacing White with Straight on "[X] Only" signs.
Given the ongoing, real persecution faced by religious minorities – Christians hunted down by Islamic extremists throughout the Middle East; Muslims slaughtered by Christian militias and Buddhist extremists in Central African Republic and Burma respectively – it's appalling that such affluent, privileged members of society cast themselves as the victims of tyrannical government; oppressed by an "overly-secular, militant atheistic" society.
Much to traditionalists' dismay, society has progressed, and those who continue to preach hatred, foster intolerance, are finally learning the Bible is no longer the impenetrable shield it once was.
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I got a ticket for failing to stop at a red light prior to making a right hand turn HTA 144(18). The road conditions were wet, slushy & slippery. I did in fact do a rolling stop prior to making the right hand turn due to the road condtions on Saturday January 8th, 2011 (17cm of snow fell from Friday to Saturday - major snowfall). The police officer was a couple of blocks behind me. He pulled me over 3-4 blocks after making the right hand turn & he informed me that I was on video. I have filed for a court date & obtained a cort date of January 10th, 2012 at 9am. I have ordered disclosure & obtained the officers notes yesterday where he quotes " Wet (not slippery) & cold - FTS-WCR-DNS W/B traffic now proceeding through intersection - see video)". However, at the bottom copy of the disclosure there is a copy of the top two inches of another ticket issued by the same officer to a different person on Jan 9th? They informed me that the copy of the video has been ordered & is not ready for pick up.
As the court date is greater than one year, would this ticket be thrown out? If so, what past president case should I be referencing?
Does the disclosure corrent information help me in any way that the bottom 2" of the copy has information from another ticket not related to my case?
What would be the best defense if I were to fight this ticket alone?
What would be the non-demerit point charge that I should accept if I was offered a plea bargain?
I have a clean driving record. As 3 points are involved in this ticket, should I hire a paralegal to defend this ticket?
Poor weather/slippery roads is irrelevant as it's an absolute liability offence so the Crown only needs to show you didn't stop. The fact that your disclosure included part of another ticket is also irrelevant.
If your matter does take more then a year to reach trial, and none of the delays are attributed to you (i.e. you didn't ask for an adjournment), you can try to proceed with an 11b Charter argument (your right to a speedy trial has been compromised). Do a search of the forums, there are several guides/posts that will walk you through the process. It can be a bit of work, and 12 months is the bare minimum.
If you decide to fight the ticket, you basically need to argue reasonable doubt, i.e. the Crown can't show you failed to stop. Might be tough if there's actual video. Possible plea deal might be to disobey lane light, which carries no demerit points I believe.
FYI, don't get hung up on demerit points. Insurance providers go by number of convictions, regardless of demerit points. The only time I'd worry about points is if you were about to lose your licence because of them.
I will proceed with filing 11b.


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Q: Apply CSS Styling to PHP output The following displays HTML results from the database field "Never". I am trying to apply CSS styling to the output.
Here's what I have...
echo "
Never: ".$results['Never']."".$results['text']."

";

Here's what I've tried...
echo "
Never: ".$results['
'Never'
]."".$results['text']."

";

Here's my CSS...
#nevermsg { color: red; }

...but it's not applying properly. I am receiving a syntax error and a headache. Am I putting this in the wrong spot?
The $results variable is not being filled.
Edit: Code Added
Here's my connection...
<?php
    mysql_connect("localhost", "jpcso_compliance", "abc*123") or die("Error connecting to database: ".mysql_error());
    /*
        localhost - it's location of the mysql server
        root - username
        third is your password

        if connection fails it will stop loading the page and display an error
    */

    mysql_select_db("jpcsolut_compliance") or die(mysql_error());
    /* jpcsolut_webfro_HS is the name of database we've created */
?>

There is no other HTML formatting for the output, other than what is right here...

Database Search Results

<?php
    $query = $_GET['query'];
    // gets value sent over search form

    $min_length = 2;
    // you can set minimum length of the query if you want

    if(strlen($query) >= $min_length){ // if query length is more or equal minimum length then

        $query = htmlspecialchars($query);
        // changes characters used in html to their equivalents, for example: < to >

        $query = mysql_real_escape_string($query);
        // makes sure nobody uses SQL injection

        $raw_results = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM Compliance
            WHERE (`Question` LIKE '%".$query."%') OR (`Sample Response / Must` LIKE '%".$query."%') OR (`Must` LIKE '%".$query."%') OR (`Can` LIKE '%".$query."%') OR (`Never` LIKE '%".$query."%') OR (`Tags` LIKE '%".$query."%')") or die(mysql_error());

        // * means that it selects all fields, you can also write: `id`, `title`, `text`
        // IllegitimateHighSchools is the name of our table

        // '%$query%' is what we're looking for, % means anything, for example if $query is Hello
        // it will match "hello", "Hello man", "gogohello", if you want exact match use `title`='$query'
        // or if you want to match just full word so "gogohello" is out use '% $query %' ...OR ... '$query %' ... OR ... '% $query'

        if(mysql_num_rows($raw_results) > 0){ // if one or more rows are returned do following

            while($results = mysql_fetch_array($raw_results)){
            // $results = mysql_fetch_array($raw_results) puts data from database into array, while it's valid it does the loop

                echo "

Question: ".$results['Question']."".$results['text']."

";

                echo "
Sample Response / Must: ".$results['Sample Response / Must']."".$results['text']."

";
                //echo "
Location: ".$results['SchoolLocation']."".$results['text']."

";

                echo "
Must: ".$results['Must']."".$results['text']."

";
                echo "
Can: ".$results['Can']."".$results['text']."

";
                //echo "
Never: ".$results['Never']."".$results['text']."

";
                echo  "
Never: ".$results['Never']."".$results['text']."

";
                echo "
_____________________________________________ "."

";
                echo "
Tags: ".$results['Tags']."".$results['text']."
";
                // posts results gotten from database(title and text) you can also show id ($results['id'])
            }

        }
        else{ // if there is no matching rows do following

    echo "

"."You have searched a term that is not in the database. Please contact ".htmlentities('email@domain.com') . ", if you think this term should be added."."
";
        }

    }
    else{ // if query length is less than minimum
        echo "Minimum length is ".$min_length;
    }
?>

Additionally, here is a link to the site, where I've included a query in the URL here.
Lastly, I call the stylesheet 'global.css', which is where the style lives.
#nevermsg { color: red; }

A: You need to change the array type in your while loop.  mysql_fetch_array will return a standard array accessed like $array[0] not $array['my_key'] so use mysql_fetch_assoc.
So instead of this:
    while ($results = mysql_fetch_array($raw_results)) {
            echo "
Never: ".$results['Never']."
"; //Doesn't
    }

Do this:
    while ($results = mysql_fetch_assoc($raw_results)) {
            echo "
Never: ".$results['Never']."
"; //Works
    }

UPDATE:
Another option if you don't know the key is loop through the $results array itself like so with a foreach:
    while ($results = mysql_fetch_assoc($raw_results)) {
         foreach ($results as $key => $value) {
              echo "
$key: ".$value."

";
         }
    }

See the PHP fiddle example of the loop and  in action here.  For obvious reasons the SQL could not be duplicated in the fiddle.

A: Why don't you use direct output of HTML?
// some preceding PHP code
?>

  Never: <?=$results['Never'].$results['text'] ?>

It will be more readable and there will be no mess of HTML and PHP quotes, and no need to escape them...

A: Try this:
<?php
echo "
Never: " . $results['
\'Never\'
'] . $results['text'] . "

";
?>

A: Your query is fine, it's your HTML which is quite messy. Try replacing this:
echo "
Never: ".$results['Never']."".$results['text']."

";

With:
?>
Never:

<?= $results['Never']; ?>

<?php

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Westbrook is a leading candidate for League MVP, and considering the fact that he is AVERAGING a Triple-Double for the Season, and leading the League in Scoring, it would be a travesty if they gave the award to anyone else. Russell is the first person to average a Triple-Double for a whole year since Robertson did it a half a century ago. No other player in history has accomplished this magnificent feat, not Michael Jordan, not LeBron James, not Wilt Chamberlain — not anyone but Russell and Oscar.
Westbrook's 51-point Triple-Double is his third Triple-Double this year with at least 50 points. No one else has done that three times, in their entire careers, let alone all in one season! Russell TWICE got 7 Triple-Doubles in a row. Those two runs are the second-longest T-D streaks, after Wilt's 9, and Russell's 79th career T-D last night pushed him past Wilt, to 4th all-time.
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How to Differentiate the Menu Economically
The secret sauce to incremental sales is… well, actually, sauce. While some operators choose to give their tasty, proprietary sauce away, that's clearly not a profitable choice. Consider Olive Garden. It recently launched Never-Ending Dipping Sauces (marinara, alfredo and five cheese marinara sauces) to go with its unlimited breadsticks. But that sauce comes with a $3.99 price tag. That choice to charge reflects Olive Garden's election to make a profit. In the chain's recent Q4 conference call, CEO Gene Lee explained that while Olive Garden's same-store sales aren't as robust of late compared to other casual dining restaurants, its restaurant-level margins are 25.5%, which is stellar. He said, "Isn't our job to try to drive profitable sales growth? And that's what we're focused on." And so, case in point is the never-ending bread-dipping sauce that is not free.
Perhaps Baskin-Robbins thinks the same way. For a June LTO, it offered Sour Berry Slime, a green sweet-and-sour sauce to combine with any ice cream or shake for 99 cents. Adding to the punch for profit, guests can also elect to buy a bottle of the slime sauce to take home for $6.99.
Apart from Profit
Other operators of late are coming up with interesting sauces for purposes of differentiating, adding bold, economical flavor and offering something guests can't make at home.
Ubiquitous tacos, chicken sandwiches and burgers must stand out in a flavorful way, which can be accomplished with sauces. Chili's came up with The Chili's Chicken Sandwich LTO through June that featured a breaded and fried chicken breast… with a proprietary secret sauce described as "thick, sweet and tangy." I personally think they could have given it an intriguing name.
For inspiration, Mooyah Burgers, Fries & Shakes is running a summer Campfire Burger, and the thing that makes the definition is hickory smoked campfire sauce. What exactly is campfire sauce? Even without spelling it out, the name draws.
Also, through June, Fuzzy's Taco Shop offered a Spicy Chimi Fajita Taco that featured three sauces in one taco: garlic sauce, pico de gallo and spicy chimichurri sauce. But back to my original point on profitability. When the sauce is part of the dish/sandwich makeup, it's hard to imagine the logic of charging extra for it. But what about chicken nuggets? They are a staple on many menus. Now Wendy's is adding broader appeal to its nuggets by offering a new Ghost Pepper Ranch nugget dipping sauce. No extra charge. But why not try offering a unique super flavorful option for a little upcharge? That is a play from the casual and fine-dining playbook. (Think queso for chips.) Sauce is an underexplored menu ploy for increased margins in a profit-shrinking environment. And kudos to Baskin-Robbins for thinking to offer the LTO sauce for sale in a take-home bottle. It's time to get creative like that.
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Today, the Centre for Distance Engineering Education Programmes (C-DEEP) at IITB is already broadcasting over 100 of its courses to 30 remote locations across the country via the ISRO EDUSAT satellite. PV courses are to be made available via this important channel.
An excellent way to ramp up the number of scientists and engineers working in the PV industry is to re-train and re-orient existing working personnel with suitable background towards PV. This also represents a unique opportunity to engineers to enter this sunrise industry. The availability of distance and web based courses provides opportunity for many working professionals to take a number of courses and earn a diploma in Photovoltaics. This mechanism already exists at IIT Bombay (at present 6 industries are remote centres for receiving the courses through EDUSAT).


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Scott Dylan Shares His Strategy to Build a Successful Business: Fresh Thinking Goup
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Scott Dylan is the founder of Fresh Thinking Group, a British company that educates people about entrepreneurship. The company's mission statement is "to inspire and empower people to build successful businesses." Scott has been in the business world for decades but was not always an entrepreneur. He started as an environmental consultant before becoming a business owner. His experience in different industries has given him insights into successfully launching and maintaining a thriving venture. His goal is to share these insights with others to help them make better decisions in their careers.
This article originally appeared on Forbes.com's Insights & Opportunities page, written by Scott Dylan himself. He talks about what makes a successful entrepreneur and the critical actions that people should take to build their own business. He believes that starting with an idea is not enough; there are many more important steps to follow if you want to give yourself the best chance of success.
One such step is surrounding yourself with people who share your vision and work ethic. Fresh Thinking Group hosts regular events where aspiring entrepreneurs can meet like-minded business owners, hear their stories and get advice on getting started in their own companies. Scott's goal is simple: he wants to share his knowledge and experience with others to help them become successful entrepreneurs themselves.
Scott Dylan is a thought leader at Fresh Thinking Group and an accomplished author with two books published to date: The Social CEO (Hyperion) and his latest book, Fresh Thinking Group (Wiley). He's been interviewed on several leading platforms, including CNN, Fox News, and Business Insider.
Scott Dylan is a highly sought-after speaker who has presented at events around the world for organizations such as IBM, SAP, Cognizant Technology Solutions, and TechTarget. He's a guest lecturer/panelist at universities across North America, including Columbia University, where he also serves as a member of the Board of Overseers for its School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Scott Dylan attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he studied electrical engineering and computer science and holds five patents in areas ranging from software development to wireless communications technologies. He enjoys spending time with his family and is an avid reader when not traveling the world, making a difference in the lives of others.
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A personalised congratulations mug perfect for the new graduate in your life.
This fun personalised mug is a lovely way to say congratulations to a happy (and much relieved) grad!
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(Memphis) They say it's a day about people.
"It's kind of a poor people's march," said Shelia Williams with the Memphis Bus Riders Union.
Occupy Organizers across the country called for people to skip work, skip shopping and protest on May 1st.
The idea was to show what life would be like without the 99 percent, the people who aren't considered rich.
In Memphis, Occupiers joined with other groups to make May Day, International Workers Day, a day of change.
For Williams, it's about improving our local bus system that often serves the poor, "It's a huge issue," she said. "People can't get back and forth to work. People are losing jobs. People don't have job opportunities because the busses don't run in certain areas."
Others marched to raise awareness about homelessness and ask the City not to treat it like a crime.
"Pulling the emergency brake to say it's time to have a serious conversation," said Adkins.
He said it's about coming up with solutions to lessen disparity and poverty.
Protesters offered some ideas at the end of their march in front of City Hall.
They called it a City Council Meeting for the people.
"We don't have the answers," said Adkins. "We believe the answers come when we communicate together and work together."


Hello & welcome to day two of Blogmas!
I've got quite the thing for winter scarves – practical and usually colourful they will change the look of your favourite winter coat each year giving it a fresh new look. Yesterday we braved the streets of Belfast to get some Christmas shopping sorted. Well, a shed load of Nespresso pods later, we got home and bar the online orders I was collecting, all I seemed to have accumulated is a giant wish list for myself! Oops, not quite as successful as I'd hoped.


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Mother****er kills vampires and the IRS! Dude is totally untouchable. May do a little time to "keep it real" and enhance his stret cred even more.
I heard he is still somehow getting jail time.
Is there an article you could provide a link to?
Snipes has played more roles in the modern age than any other actor, if I am wrong let me know who has been in the same/more roles.
Morgan Freeman... Too many different roles to list. Probably the busiest actor in the business today.
Yeah. Morgan Freeman played God. Twice.
If you call having to pay millions of dollars in back taxes with penalties and possibly still doing jail time... then i suppose he beat the IRS.
Get ready for Passenger 58, and White Men Still Can't Jump-Hoops in the 'Burbs.


Raised on a cattle ranch where he still lives, Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has spent most of his career in politics and for much of that time, he's had his eye on the governor's office.
On Thursday, the Central Valley Democrat said he would run for governor in the Oct. 7 recall election, seeking again the office that eluded him in 1994.
Garamendi was elected insurance commissioner for the second time last November after a campaign in which he said he coveted no higher office. But that was before the attempt to recall Gov. Gray Davis, Garamendi said Thursday.
"I cannot stand idle while our economy falters and our government spins out of control," he said. "I will do everything in my power to stop the political war in Sacramento and restart our state."
A former Peace Corps volunteer, Garamendi said his experience qualifies him for the job. It includes stints as state Senate majority leader and Clinton's Interior Department negotiator to resolve California's water wars between farmers, cities and environmentalists, and save the Headwaters, a region of old-growth forest in Northern California.
"Elected officials and community leaders from every corner of the state know that I am serious," he said. "They know that no other candidate has been tested in so many public offices."
Garamendi, married and the father of six children, began his political career in the state Assembly in 1974 and two years later moved to the Senate, where he remained until 1990.
His wife, Patti, is assistant secretary of the California's Technology, Trade and Commerce Agency, which is being eliminated in the new state budget. She also held positions in the Clinton administration after a narrow loss for a U.S. House seat in 1992.
In 1990, Garamendi became the state's first elected insurance commissioner, an office created by 1988's Proposition 103. During his first term, he antagonized the insurance industry during an unsuccessful bid to become governor, causing several companies to stop doing business in California and others to refuse to lower their rates.
He returned in 2002 promising a less-confrontational style, although insurers gave more than $1.5 million to his Democratic primary opponent. Last November, he won the job for a second time with 46.5 percent of the vote in a multicandidate field. His percentage was slightly less than Davis' 47.3 percent.
Harvey Rosenfield, president of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, a Santa Monica-based consumer advocacy group, said Garamendi is "well-versed in public policy, and that's something that Arnold (Schwarzenegger) doesn't bring to this.
"I think he'd be a very powerful candidate. Nobody in this race knows more about public policy and how to protect people's pocketbooks than Garamendi," Rosenfield said.
"The man's responsible for $23 billion worth of savings in consumers' insurance costs. People may not remember this, but they got $1.2 billion in rollback checks after Proposition 103 passed," he said.
But Garamendi's Republican opponent last November criticized a 10-year-old deal where the insurance chief oversaw the sale of Executive Life to a French group, triggering a round of lawsuits and losses for Executive's policy holders. Garamendi said got the best deal possible at the time.
Between the insurance posts, he became a partner in the Yucaipa Companies, a Los Angeles based private investment firm that's been a major Davis supporter. Garamendi left the firm in December 2001.


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When has an author been scooped? It sounds like a simple question, but in fact, as a recent editorial meeting unfolded, this issue became far more complex than I had thought.
Members of the JCI Editorial Board carefully screen each new manuscript submitted for the quality of the science, the appeal of the topic to our readership, and the importance of the findings. I almost wrote "novelty" in place of "importance," yet I think the former is assumed to be part of the latter; papers will not be deemed important if they merely replicate what has long been known. But what defines "long been known" is open to interpretation.
I think we can safely assume that a paper submitted to the JCI in 2009 showing that neutrophils produce superoxide would be uniformly considered old news — namely, 36 years old, since its original description by Babior, Kipnes, and Curnutte (1). Now, 36 years is a long time, but I am similarly sure that a report linking macrophage-related inflammation in adipose tissue with insulin resistance and obesity would be seen as repetitive of papers from the Ferrante and Chen labs only 6 years ago (2, 3). But when exactly does something lose its novelty and become old news? Is 1 year long enough? Or is that even too long?
This very issue of how old is too old prompted one of the longest policy discussions our board has ever had. Like most such discussions, it was prompted by a specific paper. In this instance, a submitted manuscript was sent for external review. Two referees returned very positive comments. A few days later, the third review came in. The third referee liked the work as well, but pointed out that just as the review was being prepared, 2 papers describing very similar studies were released as advance online publications on the website of another high-profile journal. Were the authors of the JCI paper scooped? If so, what should we, the Editorial Board, do about the current manuscript under consideration?
One set of editors felt strongly that although it was a regrettable situation, the work now lacked novelty and — although scientifically sound — should be rejected. Most of the editors arguing this side would have agreed to publish the paper (pending appropriate revisions) if it had been farther along in the editorial process when the other work appeared online (e.g., already in revision), but felt that because no decision had yet been communicated to the authors, all bets were off. Others argued vociferously that this was unreasonable. The authors had submitted their paper before the other work appeared in print (or online), and that gave them equal priority; we should therefore ignore the other work when considering this paper.
One of the most important principles in science is priority — there seems to be little glory in coming in second. Yet how is priority established? Let's take the example of calculus. Sir Isaac Newton is often credited with inventing calculus first, circa 1665. However, he did not publish his results, but rather reported them to his friends in letters, possibly the seventeenth-century equivalent of a science blog. The first to actually publish a detailed description was Gottfried Leibniz, in 1675. It is not clear whether publication of this type included actual peer review, nor do we know whether accusations that Leibniz had seen early prepublication manuscripts of Newton's letters (perhaps the seventeenth-century equivalent of taking advantage of a privileged communication such as a manuscript to review?), but what is certain is that this ignited controversy regarding invention priority and accusations of plagiarism. The result was a split in the European physics community, with German scientists citing Leibniz, and the English citing Newton. Notably, Leibniz indisputably coined the term calculus, whereas Newton called his system the science of fluxions: perhaps not a great term for posterity.
To some extent, being cited can retrospectively establish priority. Over the years, people forget which paper was published first and tend to cite papers that were referenced in earlier reviews. So, what of modern citation habits? When multiple papers appear at once, how do later authors choose which one to cite (if, for example, they are limited in references)? Are more senior and better-known scientists favored? Does the impact factor of the journal in which the paper appeared matter? How about the first or last author's name — does it help if it was easy to remember? Country of origin — do we favor our local colleagues? Institution of origin — do we give preferential treatment to papers from academia versus industry? What if a paper that appeared somewhat after the first one is more thorough and definitive? Does the submission date matter at all? In theory, it might establish priority, but if papers have undergone multiple revisions and addition of new data prior to publication, this can get very fuzzy.
All these issues brought to mind a group of 3 papers in my field that appeared more than 6 years ago reporting the identification of foxp3 as a key transcription factor controlling regulatory T cells (4–6). The paper from the Sakaguchi laboratory (4) appeared online in Science in January 2003, and the other 2 papers, from the Rudensky lab (5) and the Ramsdell lab (6), appeared online in Nature Immunology in March 2003. As of this writing, the Sakaguchi and Rudensky papers each have more than 2,500 citations, yet the Ramsdell paper has been cited only about 1,500 times. The more-cited manuscripts were from academic institutions; the less-cited one came from authors with an industrial affiliation. Being from a company, the senior author of that paper publishes less, and therefore could be a less familiar name — is that the reason for the discrepancy? If you were Dr. Ramsdell, would you care that you were less cited? Should Professor Sakaguchi be concerned that his priority isn't being sufficiently recognized, given that his paper was published first? In this instance, all 3 papers appeared in the same calendar year. It seems likely that the year of publication would make a significant difference for citations; whether papers separated by 3–4 months appear in the same calendar year is really up to serendipity.
Back to our specific manuscript: in this case, we decided that the authors had a claim on priority, since their work was submitted before the other papers were published. Therefore, we returned the paper to the authors for revisions, but mandated that they submit their revised manuscript within 60 days (a time frame that seemed reasonable, given the work requested). I confess that although there was not vocal dissent about our decision, I don't think there was consensus either, and it seems clear that this issue will continue to arise in other forms.
As editors, we like to think that readers will be more interested in the papers we publish — and will read and cite them more often — if the results describe what is not known, rather than confirm what is known without extending it significantly. But I worry that we are giving too much weight to our pride, and to an interjournal competitive atmosphere that many on the board bemoan, yet do little to combat. The widespread policy by which journals reserve the right to cancel publication of papers if authors fail to observe a press embargo is justified by wanting to ensure that the public has full and complete information, but some policies may be more about ego than anything else.
I, and the entire Editorial Board membership, believe that this is a very important issue in scientific publishing. We would like to know what our readers think. Please e-mail us at editors@the-jci.org to let us know.
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This 1000 Island Dressing + Wedge Salad from The Whole Smiths is going to knock your socks off. Not only is it crisp and refreshing but it's paleo AND Whole30 compliant. The perfect side salad for any meal!
I love, I mean, LOVE me a good wedge salad. Like, oh so much. I don't have one all that often but I find it's one of the few things I truly crave time to time. Once I get something in my head, there's no stopping me.
Last fall I took a girls' trip to LA (it's become a fall tradition) and we ended up at Craig's, which you've probably seen featured often on TMZ. It's basically a bougie LA mainstay that celebrities frequent. In fact, while we were having a drink before dinner Kris Jenner and Tommy Hilfiger were having dinner just about 10 feet away from us. I'm not one to care too much about all of that but I would say it was a fun celeb sighting. And in all honesty, it's pretty entertaining to watch the paparazzi all camped out waiting for their next victim.
I digress. That night they had a wedge salad on the menu and it hit that craving button. Hard. I wasn't even all that hungry but I NEEDED that wedge salad. So I ordered it and it was the bet wedge salad of my life. I don't know if it was the blue cheese, the dressing, or what. Was the iceberg lettuce ice cold magic? I really don't know. But I do know that was probably my favorite thing about that night. Besides the time with my friends of course. I wonder if Kris Jenner ate the wedge salad that night?
Well, I am here to tell you that this wedge salad is not that wedge salad. Why? Because that wedge salad is loaded with dairy and it made me bloated and feeling less than stellar. Don't get me wrong, it was so worth it in that moment. But every day here back in my suburban reality? Not worth it.
Unfortunately dressing and creamy cheeses like blue cheese are the quickest ways to make me look 6 months pregnant. But like I said, sometimes it's worth it. My homemade cheesecake at Christmas? Most definitely worth it. A cobb salad for lunch every day? Again, not worth it.
Fortunately with this salad you never have to decide if it's worth it or not.
Clean ingredients you can feel good about.
This wedge salad re-imagined is just as delicious and you can have it on a regular basis because there's no funny business in it. No dairy. No sugar, nothing bad! Just clean ingredients. The dressing, the bacon, it's all clean and good. Clean ingredients you can feel good about.
Dressings can be the trickiest part of the salad. You have this giant plate of healthy greens and we dump a bunch of junky dressing over top. What's up with that?! And herein lines the biggest salad problem for me. I love creamy dressings! I can do a vinaigrette but my jam is the creamy ranches (have you tried my Dairy-Free Bacon Ranch yet??), caesars and 1000 islands of the world.
But those are the junkiest! There's so many preservatives and emulsifiers and God knows what else in there.
Not anymore. Enter the clean creamy dressing courtesy of New Barn Organic Almondmilk. I can now make ANY creamy dressing equivalent using my 30-Second Mayo and a bit of New Barn Unsweetened Almondmilk. Their almond milk has NO JUNK included. No funky thickeners, emulsifiers or sweeteners. It's so clean in fact, it's Whole30 compliant. You can't say that about most alt milk choices.
You know what else I love about New Barn Organic Almondmilk? Particularly the Unsweetened variety? Besides the fact that it's made with organic ingredients? The flavor blends perfectly into whatever dish I am creating with it. Other almond milks that I've used have a strong flavor that tends to overpower whatever recipe I'm creating. New Barn blends in seamlessly.
It's all about the bacon.
Ok, it's not ALL about the bacon. But if you're planning to make this recipe while you're doing a Whole30, it is. Read you labels friends.
Another important label to read for this recipe is on the pickle relish that you'll use in the dressing. You have your choice to use either sweet or dill. I recipe tested this both ways and each were delicious. However, if you're on a Whole30 you'll want to make sure to stick with the dill variety. Even the, not all dill pickle relishes are compliant so read those labels!
And with that, I think you are ready to enjoy this delicious, crisp, refreshing Thousand Island Dressing + Wedge Salad.
This Whole30 compliant Thousand Island Dressing + Wedge Salad from The Whole Smiths will knock your socks off! Easy to make and delicious any time!
Add the mayo, tomato paste, onion, almond milk, vinegar, coconut aminos, paprika and salt to a jar or bowl and using an immersion bender, blend until smooth. Crumble one of the hardboiled eggs into the dressing and pulse the immersion blender several times to integrate the eggs into the dressing without blending it completely. Stir in the pickle relish and set aside.
To assemble the salad place the iceberg wedges onto a plate and add about 1/4 of the dressing over top along with 1/4 of the bacon pieces and cherry tomatoes over top. Crumble or chop one of the hardboiled eggs and sprinkle over top.
Repeat with remaining ingredients for a total of 4 servings.


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Research of the efficiency of the automated system of commercial electricity consumption calculation for household consumers
В. І. Мартиненко Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport named after academician V. Lazaryan, Ukraine
Д. О. Босий Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport named after academician V. Lazaryan, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1818-2490
accounting automation, electric energy, tariff, household consumers
At present, to ensure sustainable development and reliable operation of the electric power industry, first of all, new energy-efficient solutions are needed. One such solution is the automation of the system for controlling and accounting for electrical energy, which makes it possible to substantially improve the efficiency of the use of energy resources.
In order to solve the problem of energy efficiency, the principle of operation of modern automated commercial electricity metering systems (ASCAE) based on multifunctional high-precision microprocessor-based electricity meters was considered. It was analyzed what exactly the goals and technical and economic tasks are for ASCAE. A brief description of the implementation of these systems in countries with different levels of economic development is given. Also considered from which elements the system consists. The effectiveness of the use of AMR in the implementation of energy-saving measures and control of power consumption modes is shown. The economic feasibility of introducing the proposed system
В. І. Мартиненко, Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport named after academician V. Lazaryan
Department of Intelligent power supply systems
Д. О. Босий, Dnipropetrovsk National University of Railway Transport named after academician V. Lazaryan
Order of 17.04.2000 N 32/28/28/276/75/54 On Approval of the Concept of Construction of Automated Electricity Accounting Systems in the Energy Market.
Official site of the state enterprise "Energorynok" [Electronic resource]. - Site access mode: http://www.er.gov.ua.
Shesterenko A.V. Compensation of error in electronic electricity meters / A.V. Shesterenko // Electrical networks and systems. - 2004. - № 1-2. - P. 85-88.
Shesterenko A.V. ASKUE: use of a radio channel for transmission of electrical measurement data [Electronic resource] / A.V. Shesterenko // site Electrical networks and systems. - Site access mode: http://leg.co.ua.
Ways of improvement of metrological characteristics of measuring complexes containing current and voltage transformers / А.О. Kvitsynsky, M.V Kernschik, V.V. Nazarov, P.D. Nagorny, O.V. Ruban, A.M. Zalizetsky // Power engineering and electrification. - 2003. - №6. - P. 13-20.
Law of Ukraine on Electricity with amendments and supplements introduced by the Laws of Ukraine.
Electricity tariffs [Electronic resource]. - Site access mode: https://index.minfin.com.ua/tarif/electric/
Tariffs for consumers, differentiated by periods of time [Electronic resource]. - Site access mode: http://doe.com.ua/node/1795
State Inspectorate of Energy Supervision of Ukraine [Electronic resource]. - Site access mode:https://den.energy.gov.ua/77-aktualni-pitannya/533-shchodo-nerivnomirnosti-dobovoho-hrafika-navantazhennia-oes-ukrainy-ta-rehuliuvannia-rezhymiv-elektrospozhyvannia
Analysis and implementation of AES in enterprises / Yu.S. Oliynyk / Article / [Electronic resource]. - Mode of access to the site: http://www.hups.mil.gov.ua/periodic-app/article/16482/soi_2016_3_50.pdf.


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 Ludington – miasto w stanie Wisconsin, w hrabstwie Eau Claire
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 Ludington (ang. Ludington Town) – gmina w stanie Wisconsin, w hrabstwie Eau Claire

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Sept. 7, 2016 -- Three Tibetan villages have been listed by the Ministry of Agriculture as "2016 China Beautiful Leisure Villages", which are expected to become the first batch of village tourism destinations for overseas visitors.
The three villages included Mama Village in Shannan's Cuona County, Baka Village in Nyingchi's Bomi County and Dadong Village in Lhasa's Liuwu New District. All of them boast Tibetan folklore and historic cultures.
"Tibet has featured high mountains, clean waters and colourful humanity resources, which lay a solid foundation for its tourism development," said Wang Songping, deputy director of Tibet Tourism Development Commission.
Now there are 812 family hotels in Tibet. A total of 97,000 farmers and herdsmen work in the tourism industry with an average of 10,500 yuan in annual income rise.


The sit-in protest by schoolteachers on the call of the Muttahida Mahaz Asataza Punjab (MMAP) continued on the second consecutive day on Saturday.
The schoolteachers had spent the night in the open at Faisal Chowk near the Punjab Assembly after they gathered from across the province on Friday afternoon.
The teachers were protesting against the Punjab government, especially Secretary Schools, for what they termed their anti-teacher and anti-education policies.
They were demanding provision of timescale and revision of pay scale and the provision of scale 14 to Primary School Teachers (PST), scale 16 to Elementary School Teacher (EST) and 17 to Secondary School Teacher (SST).
The schoolteachers were expressing concern at the casual leave and other leaves, which were not being granted despite the provision in their service. One of the main concerns from the teachers is their absence from the education related policymaking. On the other hand, President of Punjab Association of Subject Specialists (PASS) Rana Atta Muhammad, flanked by leaders of other teacher associations, addressed a press conference at Government High School, Model Town, and said the Punjab government had already accepted the demands of the teachers therefore there was no reason to hold a protest against the government.
He also said those involved in the protest belonged to a particular political party and allegedly had vested interests. He also appealed to the teachers to recognise their true leaders. He also lauded the efforts of Secretary Schools, Abdul Jabbar Shaheen, Additional Secretary Ahmed Ali Kamboh, and other officials of the School Education Department for agreeing to solve the problems being faced by the schoolteachers.
The PASS president also claimed that Secretary Schools had accepted all the 16 demands presented by the schoolteachers of different teachers' associations.
Meanwhile, no government representative held a meeting with the protesting teachers. However, some parliamentarians from opposition and members of the civil society, including renowned singer Jawad Ahmed, visited the sit-in protest and expressed solidarity with the protestors. The MMAP leaders said they had rejected the government's offer to hold a dialogue with Secretary Schools on the grounds that the official was allegedly victimising the protesting teachers therefore no dialogue could be held with him.
Meanwhile, the protest by the MMAP, a group of different teachers' associations, continued till the filing of this report.
Meanwhile in a press release, the Deputy Secretary (General) of Schools Department said the MMAP had gathered only 30 to 40 schoolteachers (out of over 370,000 teachers) and their demands were the same as already accepted by the department through a notification SO (SE-III) 5-61/2015 dated May 06.
As per notification, EDOs Education were directed to submit the working papers for in-service promotion of the PSTs and ESTs before the DPC and ensure their promotion before May 31. They have also been directed to convene the DPC meetings for the uplift of teachers before May 31.
teachers. However, some parliamentarians from opposition and members of the civil society, including renowned singer Jawad Ahmed, visited the sit-in protest and expressed solidarity with the protestors. The MMAP leaders said they had rejected the government's offer to hold a dialogue with Secretary Schools on the grounds that the official was allegedly victimising the protesting teachers therefore no dialogue could be held with him.


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2018 BMW 530e iPerformance First Drive
The Germans often stumbled during their first forays with plug-in hybrids. They were so fixated with not being the Toyota Prius, they overcompensated and stuffed big engines under the hood that weren't all that efficient, even with electrified assistance. BMW in particular tried to convince the world hybrids were still enjoyable to drive.
To some extent they were, but BMW missed the point. Many consumers actually did want range and fuel economy, and Bimmer watched as its competitors rolled out efficient small displacement plug-in hybrids. With the 2018 530e iPerformance sedan, it looks like the company is finally getting it.
The sedan achieves up to 31 miles on electricity and the total range is claimed at 404 miles, plenty usable for most Americans. Power comes from a 2.0-liter twin-scroll turbocharged four-cylinder with variable valve lift, which teams with an eDrive AC synchronous electric motor for a total output of 248 horsepower and 310 pound-feet of torque. The motor sits in the gearbox bell housing between the engine and the eight-speed automatic transmission, while the 9.2-kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery is mounted under the rear seats. The company would not reveal fuel economy estimates.
Perhaps the car's coolest trick is its new wireless charging system, which BMW developed with Daimler-Benz. It will charge the battery at a rate of 3.2 kilowatt hours (one-third of total capacity) within 3.5 hours. With BMW Connected on the center screen, the car 'sees' the 2-foot square charging pad via a wireless network. The driver is guided with a set of blue lines on the screen over the pad with an accuracy of 2.8 inches from side to side and four inches from front to back.
There's a detector to prevent children from frying if they stick a rake under the car and an animal detector to switch it off if your cat likes lying under the warm engine in winter. The efficiency rate of charging is 87 percent compared with a wall-box equivalent of 91 percent. The system goes on sale next year. Pricing was not announced, but it's expected to be slightly more than a wall box.
There are several main modes of operation: auto eDrive, where the car chooses which power unit to use for maximum efficiency, with EV mode available up to 56 mph; max eDrive, where the car favors electric power with EV mode up to 87 mph; and battery control, where the gasoline engine will charge the battery pack and power the car.
Yes, it's far from the ultimate driving machine, but you can pedal the 530e pretty quickly across country even if it isn't a particularly rewarding experience. For the record, we achieved 47 mpg in the first 50 miles of fast motoring after a battery top-off.
It's worth recalling that just over five years ago, BMW launched its first hybrid, the Active Hybrid 5, in which the engine was a 3.0-liter straight-six, the electric motor was a sort of volt-fueled supercharger and the realistic gas mileage didn't approach the claimed sticker. Fast-forward half a decade, and the company is far more evolved and in-step with consumer tastes, as the 530e demonstrates. It isn't brilliant to drive, but it does save gas. Munich engineers have finally gotten the point.
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ASU collaborates on "American POP!" comic book, sci-fi exhibit
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Comic Books to Science Fiction…and Beyond!
American POP! explores the transformative effects that science fiction and popular culture have on our everyday lives and the technology that surrounds us. Tempe Center for the Arts and Arizona State University have worked together to create an exhibit that will investigate the relationship between popular culture, scientific inquiry, technological innovation and cultural change.
From Jan. 17 through June 8, the Tempe Center for the Arts presents "American POP! Comic Books to Science Fiction…and Beyond," an exhibition that explores the transformative effects that science fiction and popular culture have on our everyday lives and the technology that surrounds us.
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American POP! with David Williams
David Williams, associate research professor at Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration and director of the Ronald Greeley Center for Planetary Studies, explains how science fiction has influenced him throughout his career.
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American POP! with Dave Guston
Dave Guston, director of the Center for Nanotechnology in Society and co-director of the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes at Arizona State University, explains how science fiction has influenced him throughout his career.
American POP! with Michelle Dock
Michelle Dock, gallery coordinator at the Tempe Center for the Arts, explains how science fiction has influenced her throughout her career.
American POP! with Melissa Morris
Melissa Morris, a theoretical astrophysicist and assistant director of the Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University, explains how science fiction has influenced her throughout her career.
American POP! with Jeff Yarger
Jeff Yarger, a professor of chemistry, biochemistry and physics at Arizona State University and director of the Magnetic Resonance Research Center, explains how science fiction has influenced him throughout his career.
Introducing American POP! with TCA's Michelle Dock
Gallery coordinator Michelle Dock introduces the Tempe Center for the Arts' American POP! Comic Books to Science Fiction…and Beyond! exhibit. Several Arizona State University departments, including the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Center for Science and the Imagination, contributed to the design of the exhibit.
Interfaces and the Future of Design with Nathan Shedroff
Nathan Shedroff, designer and the chairman of the MBA in Design Strategy at California College of the Arts, discusses his research on the relationship between science fiction and real-world design at Arizona State University's School of Arts, Media and Engineering in October 2013.
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5 Burning Questions: Tom Leveen
In this episode of 5 Burning Questions, we interview young adult fiction author Tom Leveen, whose most recent novel "SICK" was launched at Arizona State University's Tempe campus on October 1st, 2013.
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Ron Broglio, Associate Professor of English at Arizona State University, discusses how philosophy, aesthetics and literature can help us rethink the relationship between humans and the environment.
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We had a great winter sports season here at BHS with State Championships in Boys Gymnastics and Boys Hockey, a Middlesex League Championship in Boys' Track, and some great individual accomplishments by a number of athletes. One of those individual athletes was Freshman Ryan Girouard who is pictured above holding up a letter from U.S. Senator Scott Brown congratulating him on being the Boys All Around State Champion in Gymnastics.
Ryan's performance was one of the best individual efforts that we have had at BHS in any sport and we are proud of his efforts and look forward to seeing what this talented gymnast accomplishes in the future.


Any luxury outerwear deserves the best cleaning service available. This will maintain the life expectancy of your garment. For any animal skin, it is necessary to clean and condition at least once a year. Keeping your investment in good shape will ensure many years of use.
You can prepay online and bring your garment in with your receipt for quick service turnaround.


As river Athi flows downstream meeting the rocks, the rocks divides into section numbering fourteen side by side allowing water to pass through the distinct sections. The River comes down the rocks forming fourteen different independent strips that from one source as show in the figure.
They look magnificent as they cascade roughly to make their deep drop down the rocks each seeking to stand out on its own with a pounding sound. The Fourteen Falls of Thika is a sight that remains embedded in your mind for days after the visit. They are a magical sight, another one of natures wonderful creation. These beauty is covered and sorrounded with lush tropical vegetation that provides an awesome scenery for picnics and family outings. The communities around the fall have different mythical versions about the formation of the Fourteen Falls.
At the falls prepared to record a number of bird species and have your birding essential including but not limited to binoculars, guidebooks and a notebook. For local and international tourist not conversant with the terrain it's recommended to have a local guide as this will help you save time but enable you enjoying the day. Remember to carry your birding camera for spectacular sceneries photo taking. You'll have a chance to watch these and many more bird species here in Kenya.
There are helpfull local guides at the waterfalls that assist vistors. Bird watchers will be guided in the field and this makes your work easy when comes to bird identification and spotting. The guides explains these birds into detail on how they feed, behaviour and their migration pattern for the migrants. At the falls you'll be assisted by boat guides helping to steer the boat downstream, upstream and into the rocky river bank using locally made long poles. Bird watching and site viewing from the boat is a must to make your day very memorable. The guides at the falls take you around the falls to experience the views from different points. They also dive to entertain the visitors. Incase you do not have your camera, there are camera men who take wonderful photos at a small fee. They also have a curio shop that sells different types of African ornaments, sculptures and unique small mats from the Kamba community.
The place is also near Mt .Kilimambogo National Park that is a home to different wild animals like buffallos, antelopes and a variety of birds. The mountain is known for hosting hundreds of Buffaloes. Visitors can also view the mountain that stands some few kilometres from The fourteen falls of Thika. It is a place you will never regret of having visiting while in Kenya. Prepare yourself for the visit and ensure to carry with necessary tourism tools including Cameras to take photos. It is consider as one of the best tourist destination for Kenya attracting both local and international tourists. From the 14 fourteen falls one can have some good time at the Chania falls, Thika falls and the Ol Donyo Sabuk National park.
Your day can be wrapped up by spending in one of the local well maintained facilities, also available at the site are traders selling different items such as fruits, photographers assisting those without camera at a fee among other traders.
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