Almost a century ago, Rabindranath Tagore wrote Tota Kahani, the story of a free-spirited parrot who would do nothing but hop, skip, fly and sing all day. A king ordered that the bird be 'civilised', and so it was put in a golden cage. So much instructions was forced down its throat that it soon forgot to sing, and then, could not even squawk. When it tried to fly, its wings were clipped. Soon the parrot died, with not sound except for the rustle of books in its stomach.
Same is the case with our education system where students, who are exceptionally gifted in particular ways, are given a long book of rules and discipline which presses them to lose faith that regular schools can nourish their creativity. What happens next is the production of lost and confused souls, only worrying about grades and degrees. The system is constantly failing in giving each and every student respect, responsibilities and challenges. It would be disastrous to mention that in our education system even students with 95% marks are made to feel like failures as some of our top colleges stipulate for 100% marks to get an admission.
By mentioning failures I never meant to tag anyone with those dehumanizing labels which when labelled actually stay with us life long and we stupidly start carrying those labels and begin accepting them. This is the biggest blunder committed by our education system. We have never been taught about failure because the term is such that it crushes the confidence of oneself. In this unsupportive environment, stuffing a mistake leads to punishment.
But believe me failure means to earn an opportunity and find alternatives. Now when students hear or read such statements, they get stunned. The reason is unfortunately again our education system. Our schools have never helped students to explore themselves and the world around them. Never even tried to make them understand failure and how to prepare for it. And when we actually fail we are not able to cope with it and end giving up our learning process which I believe is a life long project.
We must rescue education from the artificial and oppressive environment. A year ago when I was in class 11 I was sitting in the classroom, I did not understand why the bell had to ring so hard to shake us out of our current state and switch to another subject. The system is such that we can not even continue to know about something which we are actually interested in. the academic subjects and the life skills are at threatening fence. Our knowledge is not evaluated.
In an eleven minute long youtube video, Sonam Wangchuk, the founder of students' educational and cultural movement of ladakh ( SECMOL ), defines how a school campus should be like. He says and I quote, "A school should be like a country with a true democracy. With its own elected government." He further adds a brief description of his school where, he says, students run schools official newspaper namely Campus Times, and also schools official radio channel. They are given portfolios, responsibilities and are asked to manage different things. In his school, students plan, set goals and execute them and later report it to the respective teacher.
Another is Sawaraj university, located 15 kms from Udaipur city in the western Indian state of Rajasthan. The university was born in 2010. The focus is on self-designed learning which engages youth to identify their hearts vision and engages them to in developing the skills they need to manifest those visions. People who join it are called, " KHOJJY'S." The university does not ask or give a degree because they believe that a degree is the biggest threat and disease to the human soul.
In 1970s Austrian philosopher Ivan Ilich wrote a series of essays critiquing institutions of industrialised culture, including schools. His book, deschooling society, advocated self-directed education. A few years later, American educator John Cadwell Holt coined the tern ' unschooling' to refer to child-led education.
Self-directed education is must so that we can enhance our life skills. Students at school should be given a chance to apply what they are learning. Sharing my experience at school, I have never seen any teacher approaching us for a interaction tour. Leave alone giving a chance to talk to people of different walks of life to better understand our existence.
But there is a need to change the system. Students should be provided a platform where they can publish their thoughts. In fact, students should be made partners in running the schools. This can be done by introducing them to the practical world, giving them responsibilities and after a certain experience make them teach other junior students who are yet to perform such activities.
Meeting new people, watching documentaries, playing outdoors and reading extensively are just some other ways to get a better education, if not best. The assertion that school is unnatural should be abolished. Many students think that it is unreasonable and stressful for us to remain seated at desks for hours at a stretch. But this could be changed by introducing a new method and above all understand the importance of play and conversation in the mental health of a child.
The major responsibility is to prepare students for what's coming and not for what has been done.


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β1-Adrenergic receptor downregulates the expression of cyclooxygenase-2
Sivan Brender, Liza Barki-Harrington
Department of Human Biology
Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) catalyzes the rate-limiting step in the generation of prostanoids, and is thus one of the key players in the inflammatory process. Contrary to the constitutively expressed isoform COX-1, the expression of COX-2 is rapidly and transiently upregulated following pathological stimuli but little is known about pathways that mediate its degradation. Here we show that co-expression of COX-2 together with the β1 adrenergic receptor (β1AR) specifically lowers the expression of COX-2 in a dose-dependent manner. We further find that stimulation of the receptor for prolonged periods of time does not reverse the β1AR-induced decrease in COX-2, suggesting that this effect does not occur via classical β1-mediated signaling pathways. Rather we find that the half-life of COX-2 is significantly decreased in the presence of β1AR and that inhibition of the proteasome reverses the effect of the receptor on COX-2. Together these findings ascribe a new role for β1AR in the downregulation of COX-2.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.07.123
Published - 22 Aug 2014
We thank Dr. Sagie Schif-Zuck for her assistance and expertise in the flow cytometry analyses. This work was supported by the BSF (United States-Israel Binational Scientific Foundation), project number 2009246.
Dive into the research topics of 'β1-Adrenergic receptor downregulates the expression of cyclooxygenase-2'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Adrenergic Chemical Compounds 100%
Cyclooxygenase 2 Medicine & Life Sciences 79%
Adrenergic Receptors Medicine & Life Sciences 72%
Down-Regulation Medicine & Life Sciences 53%
Prostanoid Chemical Compounds 27%
Reaction Half Life Chemical Compounds 18%
Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex Medicine & Life Sciences 9%
Prostaglandins Medicine & Life Sciences 8%
Brender, S., & Barki-Harrington, L. (2014). β1-Adrenergic receptor downregulates the expression of cyclooxygenase-2. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 451(2), 319-321. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2014.07.123
Brender, Sivan ; Barki-Harrington, Liza. / β1-Adrenergic receptor downregulates the expression of cyclooxygenase-2. In: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 2014 ; Vol. 451, No. 2. pp. 319-321.
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Cable gathered extra traction in the wake of US data.
The Sterling surpassed the 1.4300 mark and trades closer to 2018 tops.
US Retail Sales expanded more than expected 0.6% in March.
Cable is extending the rally despite US Retail Sales expanded at a monthly 0.6%, more than initially estimated. Furthermore, Sales stripping the Transportation sector matched consensus during last month, up 0.2% MoM.
On the not-so-bright side, the Empire State manufacturing index came in at 15.80 for the current month, missing expectations and down from March's 22.50.
In the meantime, Cable keeps the march north unabated so far today, up for the seventh day in a row and trading at shouting distance from 2018 tops near 1.4350.
As of writing, the pair is gaining 0.53% at 1.4315 facing the next hurdle at 1.4345 (2018 high Jan.25) seconded by 1.4516 (high Mar.18 2016) and finally 1.4568 (monthly low Apr.2015). On the flip side, a break below 1.4151 (10-day SMA) would aim for 1.4145 (low Apr.12) and then 1.4116 (21-day SMA).


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package com.tle.web.selection;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
import com.tle.web.sections.SectionInfo;
import com.tle.web.sections.equella.ParentFrameCallback;
import com.tle.web.sections.events.PreRenderContext;
import com.tle.web.sections.events.RenderContext;
import com.tle.web.sections.js.JSCallAndReference;
import com.tle.web.sections.js.JSCallable;
import com.tle.web.sections.js.JSStatements;
import com.tle.web.sections.js.generic.statement.FunctionCallStatement;
import com.tle.web.sections.render.PreRenderable;
import com.tle.web.sections.result.util.CloseWindowResult;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ParentFrameSelectionCallback extends ParentFrameCallback
    implements SelectionsMadeCallback {
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

  private final boolean closeWindow;

  public ParentFrameSelectionCallback(JSCallAndReference function, boolean closeWindow) {
    super(function);
    this.closeWindow = closeWindow;
  }

  @Override
  public boolean executeSelectionsMade(SectionInfo info, SelectionSession session) {
    final JSCallable call = createParentFrameCall();
    final RenderContext renderContext = info.getRootRenderContext();

    final JSStatements callStatements;
    try {
      callStatements =
          new FunctionCallStatement(
              call, new ObjectMapper().writeValueAsString(session.getSelectionDetails()));
    } catch (IOException e) {
      throw Throwables.propagate(e);
    }
    if (closeWindow) {
      renderContext.setRenderedBody(new CloseWindowResult(callStatements));
    } else {
      renderContext.setRenderedBody(
          new PreRenderable() {
            @Override
            public void preRender(PreRenderContext info) {
              info.addReadyStatements(callStatements);
            }
          });
    }

    return false;
  }
}

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Q: Following Manual Instructions for Bootstrap 3 forms getting yml config error I'm following directions directly from the manual. I've got this configuration setting in my config.yml
twig:
    form:
        resources: ['bootstrap_3_layout.html.twig']

haven't got this far but in my base.html.twig i have...
    <link rel="stylesheet"
          href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css"
          integrity="sha384-1q8mTJOASx8j1Au+a5WDVnPi2lkFfwwEAa8hDDdjZlpLegxhjVME1fgjWPGmkzs7"
          crossorigin="anonymous">

    <!-- Optional theme -->
    <link rel="stylesheet"
          href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap-theme.min.css"
          integrity="sha384-fLW2N01lMqjakBkx3l/M9EahuwpSfeNvV63J5ezn3uZzapT0u7EYsXMjQV+0En5r"
          crossorigin="anonymous">
    {% block stylesheets %}{% endblock %}

And of course the appropriate call for jquery and boostrap.js at bottom of base.html.twig
In any of my templates I have....
{% extends 'base.html.twig' %}
{% form_theme form 'bootstrap_3_layout.html.twig' %}

{% block body %} //etc. etc.

I get the error:
InvalidConfigurationException in ArrayNode.php line 317:
Unrecognized option "form" under "twig"

did they change the yml configuration settings and not update it in the manual?

A: Probably the doc is mysaligned for the related framework version.
Try this:
config.yml
twig:
    form_themes:
        # Bootstrap:
        - bootstrap_3_layout.html.twig

take a look at the TWIG bundle documentation here to see a full doc of the related bundle configuration.
Hope this help

A: In newer Symfony versions, you must use form_themes instead of form.resources:
# app/config/config.yml
twig:
    form_themes: ['bootstrap_3_layout.html.twig']

And, you don't need to add this to your templates:
{% form_theme form 'bootstrap_3_layout.html.twig' %}

You can safely remove that tag and forms will still use the Bootstrap form theme (because you configured it globally in config.yml file).
This is the official documentation about this: http://symfony.com/doc/2.6/cookbook/form/form_customization.html#making-application-wide-customizations

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Man held for lobbing hand grenade at wife
The Local - [email protected] • 8 Apr, 2014 Updated Tue 8 Apr 2014 11:09 CEST
A 55-year-old Bosnian man has been detained for throwing a hand grenade at his wife on a street in the town of Buchs in the canton of Aargau, cantonal police said on Tuesday.
The victim, a 59-year-old woman also from Bosnia, was taken to hospital suffering from stomach pains and had to be operated to remove a piece of shrapnel, according to a report from the SDA news agency.
The woman had alerted police to the attack about an hour after it happened, although she attempted to minimize the incident and initially complained of just a finger injury.
Investigators discovered parts of the grenade in the street.
An analysis showed that the armament was hand-made in the former Yugoslavia, police said.
Its detonation blew out a window in a nearby house.
The man suspected of throwing the device was caught on Sunday at the Italian border in Chiasso, in the canton of Ticino, after he returned from a brief visit to his home country.
It is not clear what the motive for the hand grenade attack was.
An investigation into the case continues.
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Teaser - Introduction to the Races in A:IR
Discussion in 'News & Announcements' started by CM Goodvibesguy, Jun 19, 2019.
CM Goodvibesguy Community Management A:IR Crew
Greetings Ascendants,
Today we bring you some information on the four races in the universe of A:IR! Learn about their history and relationships with each other for a deeper understanding of the characters you will play.
1. Hunan
The Hunans were the lowest class of all the races in the hierarchy of the ancient Harth continent. They were scattered across the continent into multiple small and large tribes and it took a very long time for them to get the proper acknowledgment and recognition as a race.
The Hunans were treated as replaceable beings during the war between the ruling factions of the Harth continent, Spirits, Giants, and Dragons. In particular, the Giants were known for invading the Hunans to plunder their resources and enslave their children. The Spirits also used the Elves as subordinates and treated the other races ruthlessly. The Dragons also treated other races mercilessly. The Hunans had the largest population out of all the races, but sadly that was their most notable triumph.
Due to the hardships throughout their history, technological development and alliances with other races were a necessary means of survival for the Hunans. Through technological developments, the Hunans were able to produce resources more efficiently and the Hunans regarded this as the most important factor for their survival. The Hunans didn't hesitate to accept and join forces with other regions, cultures, or races for the advancement of the Hunan race. This led to the development of machine technology which represented the civilization of the Hunans. The Hunans eventually became the driving force and were at the center of the alliance between the Vulpin and Ontari factions. After the downfall of the Spirits, Giants, and Dragons which was the outcome of the war, the Hunans emerged as the race that represented the Harth continent.
Vulpin, Ontari, and Nous were all nations built with the Hunans at the center, but now accept Ein, Elf, and Orc races and are regarded as nations that have fused various races and cultures that have not existed in the Harth continent until now. However, as their growth began to gradually decline, they started becoming more technocratic and wanted to boast their superiority. Their imprudent act of recklessly consuming resources led to a path of unethical behavior and their eventual downfall.
Since then, just like their predecessors, they have gotten into meaningless wars and carnage to become the dominant force in Harth. The Nous succeeded in mid-air settlement and escaped the collapse of the Harth continent, and the Hunan race still continues their standard of civilization with the other races and cultures.
The Elven race was ruled by the Spirits faction from the ancient Harth era. Elves believed that they were created beings by the King of the Spirits and that they live to serve King of the Spirits and that is the reason why they were born to be agile and have long ears. At that time, the Spirits were divided into four factions and each King from each faction opposed one another. The Elves themselves were loyal to the Spirit Kings that they served and were hostile to other Elves that followed a Spirit King other than their own. However, all the Elves are the same in that they submit to a Spirit King and accept their will.
Elves believe that Spirits can nest anywhere in nature and that is the reason they developed a culture of wandering and drifting from place to place and never settled in one place. In addition, it was common for the Elves to reject anything outside of their Spirit King's way of living and learn only from their own tribe's culture. This is the reason why Elves have a different culture even within the Elven race and do not accept other races' or tribes' culture and skills outside of their own. Because of this, the Elves have always used the power of nature, unlike the Hunan who were believers of technology development and advancement.
However, these characteristics of the Elves began to disappear gradually as the Spirits were overthrown and the Hunan became the representing race of the Harth continent. After the fall of the Spirits, most of the Elves did not join an alliance with other factions or races and lived in seclusion with their own tribe. The Elves no longer had a Spirit King that gave orders nor did they have much free land or nature to roam. Due to their nature of rejecting other tribe's culture even within their own race, it was difficult for the Elves to acquire new skills or to even form an alliance within their own kind. Eventually, the Elven race, much like the Spirits they had served before, was nearly pushed to the brink of extinction. The remaining Elves now are the descendants of the Elves who had abandoned their own tribe and joined forces with the Hunan in order to survive.
The Elves who survived had to adapt and follow the culture of the other races and so they no longer have any of their own distinct cultural characteristics. However, the Elves retained their knowledge of using natural forces and understanding of the ecology of various animals and plants which were crucial for survival. With this knowledge, the Elves were easily absorbed into various different hierarchy levels. Among the remaining Elves, pure Elves are hard to find. Only a small fraction of the remaining Elves are said to be pure Elves who have survived the great catastrophe on Harth continent and continue to live with their ancient culture.
3. Ein
The Ein race is a race whose origins are still unknown. According to scholars, there are two differentiating opinions on where the Ein came from. One is that the Eins are the native indigenous race of Harth and the other is that they came from another planet. The opinions have been divided for a long time because there is no history of the Eins ever establishing an independent country or group in the Harth continent. The earliest records related to the Eins is from after the fall of the ancient ruling forces and when the Hunan ruled the Harth continent. The records show that the population of the Eins is very small in number and mostly resides within the forests and that they are very different from any other race. Scholars speculate that the Ein culture from ancient times did not leave any record from the past. The Eins themselves do not know of their own origins and they do not seem to be interested or think that it is important. In addition, the native languages of the Eins have awkward and vague expressions for past and future, life and death, and the Eins are a race that believes the present is the most important.
The Eins were the first to join forces with the Hunans and also the race that was the least affected by the culture of Hunans. The Eins do not feel a great sense of belonging to their origins and they tend to have a strong tendency to move freely to places of interest. The Eins didn't really have an ally, but they also didn't have any enemies either and were able to naturally join with the Hunans when the Hunans flourished. These characteristics of the Eins can rarely be seen nowadays since their distinct characteristics have greatly diminished after joining forces with the Hunans. The Eins enjoy both urban life and rural life and are known to be purely innocent and clever.
One of the inherent characteristics of the Eins is that they are excellent in dexterity which has not been seen in other civilizations. It is presumed that most of the early skills that the Ein race has possessed were lost due to their lack of a culture which passes down to the next generations. However, after joining forces with the Hunans, the skills of the Eins were transmitted by the other races and it greatly influenced the technological development of the Harth continent. It is said that even now, more than half of the outstanding machine technology would not have been possible without the Eins.
4. Orc
The Orcs are known to have originated from unknown islands and are the latest to arrive in the great continent of Harth. Unlike the other races, the Orcs were not influenced by the ancient ruling forces because the Orc civilization began from islands separated from the Harth continent. According to ancient Orc myths, the original Orcs were the masters who ruled the "Big Land" but were banished to the islands for punishment. It is unknown if the "Big Land" is the Harth continent or not, but the Orcs believed that they would return to the "Big Land" in due time. Because of their belief in this myth, the Orcs didn't name the islands they resided in, and just called it prison and also were reluctant to leave records or mention of this past. This is the reason why the birthplace of the Orc civilization is still a mystery.
The appearance of the Orc race is similar to that of the Hunan race but the pigment of their skin was affected by the distinct vegetation from the islands and have various skin colors. Similar to that of the ancient Giants, Orcs are known to be aggressive and warlike, but because they had to live in far away islands, Orcs needed to unite themselves for survival and it was necessary to control their aggression and discipline themselves to follow orders. Even now, within the Orcs themselves, reward and punishment are clearly set and once the rules are set, Orcs honor the rules no matter what.
The Orcs appeared on the Harth continent after the ancient ruling forces collapsed and the Hunans were on the rise. At that time, the islands where the Orcs were residing began to sink and they felt that it was time to escape the prison and return to the big land. Using all the resources on the island, the Orcs built a huge ship and made their way to the Harth continent. The Orcs established themselves and extended their territory along the shoreline and boasted their mighty power. It was all possible because during this time, the Orc civilization was equivalent in level to that of the Hunans and no other race could contend Orcs in the sea warfare. However, after many failed attempts to penetrate the inner areas of the continent, the Orcs' forces weakened and after several large battles, the Orcs admitted defeat and were absorbed by the Hunan forces.
At first, the Orcs had a difficult time due to their nature of rejecting foreign dominance and tendency for their own independence but eventually learned to accept their new status. They are now recognized as one of the races that make up the Harth continent. Orcs have the characteristics of honor in war and following orders, so many of the Orcs naturally joined the military. Also, since the Orcs had to build a huge ship and sail to come over to the big continent, Orcs were welcomed as vessel technicians for their knowledge in crafting and handling the ships.
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5% is a clear indicator that whoever made the orcs has done something wrong, IMO.
If I had a say in this, I'd set the goal to create a kind of a "beautiful monster" - a mix of Lineage 2 orcs and Tera's Aman. (Female) Aman feature very interesting facial details, including really nice looking eyes, and fairly unique "hair"styles. But IMO their body shape is badly chosen. And it's not even (just) the feet - it is that their body shape isn't overly appealing, being too bottom heavy. Lineage 2 orcs, on the other hand, are much more appealing in terms of physique, including non-ugly faces, and certainly look very powerful in general, but lack the uniqueness of Aman.
A mix of the two would IMO be a better option than just a rather ugly green human.
About the Elves.
It seems like Hunan females are modeled after Koreans and Elves go more in the direction of European people. Can we also get european body dimensions for the Elves then? How can it be that a random mobile game gets it just so precisely right and this PC game can't? Check this starting from 9:49 mark(and the end result after the modifications):
This isn't even anything unrealistic, just a normal attractive, healthy and natural looking female. A:IR's stiff plastic dolls with either tiny or torpedo tits and flat butts can't compare IMO. I mean it's between devices with a screen size of tiny 5 to 6,5 inches vs 24+ inches for A:IR and A:IR falls flat that easily.
At 11:12 you'll see a bodysuit that goes very well along with that body. And I've posted enough petty pictures in the steampunk fashion thread, where the outfit design would accomplish the exact same effect and still fit excellently into the overall design theme.
Female Elves also need their braids to set them apart from Hunan a bit. And tbh Hunan hairstyle choice is a bit boring.
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Chelsea suffered a dent in their top four aspirations after their 2-0 loss to Liverpool on Sunday with Eden Hazard noting that qualifying for the Champions League is paramount for the club.
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The Blues now sit fourth on the log with 66 points from 34 games but have played a game more than Manchester United and two more than Arsenal who are in action on Monday 15th April against Watford. Maurizio Sarri's men could still qualify for the Champions League despite not finishing in the top four if the bag UEFA Europa League where they are currently in the quarter-finals and have a 1-0 advantage over Slavia Prague heading into the second leg at Stamford Bridge.
In an interview with the club's official website, Hazard revealed that qualification for the Champions League should the norm for a club like Chelsea, "We have to qualify – that's it, that simple. We want to play in the Champions League next season so the only solution is to be in the top four or win the Europa League.
"It's not just about me, the club has to be in the Champions League. We miss the Champions League this season, so for the fans, for the board, for the players, the staff, this club has to be in the Champions League every year. But in the Premier League you never know how many teams can be in the top-four race, six or seven, so it is a hard challenge, but we can do it.
"Every year is different, every year is hard, but I think the Premier League is getting harder every year. But at the end the target is always the same, to win something and then play Champions League next season. We are Chelsea. Every year we need to start thinking at the beginning of the season that we can have trophies. In the last 10 years, we've won a lot of trophies, so we need to think we can keep doing it. It's just about mentality if we want to win something we can do it."
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According to an Abbott filing with the SEC, White received $24.3 million for 2018, more than half of it coming from stock and option awards. They increased by about $6.8 million, to just shy of $15 million. White's salary was $1.9 million, the same as it was in 2016 and 2017.
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The Blood Libel Accusation That Inflamed America
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The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American Town
By Edward Berenson
W.W. Norton & Company, 271 pages, $26.95
On September 22, 1928, a four-year-old girl, Barbara Griffiths, got lost in the woods around Massena, a small town in upstate New York. Hundreds of townspeople joined in the search. Hours later, someone (to this day, no one knows who) suggested that the child might have been the victim of a ritual murder committed by members of Massena's Jewish community – and the authorities took the accusation seriously.
The so-called blood libel – the scurrilous notion that Jews used the blood of Christian children for rituals – originated in medieval Europe. But, according to Edward Berenson, a professor of history at New York University, the Massena case was unique in the United States, and therefore deeply threatening to both Jewish residents and national Jewish leaders.
Berenson says his great-grandparents, who emigrated to Massena from Eastern Europe in 1898, may have been the town's first Jewish settlers. He himself was born there, giving him a strong emotional connection to the story. As it happens, there's not much to the Griffiths incident: The girl was found alive, Massena's mayor apologized to the Jewish community, and life went on. Berenson's achievement in "The Accusation" is to contextualize the Massena blood libel in multiple provocative ways.
Berenson offers a concise history of the origins of the blood libel in Europe, as well as its modern recurrences. He surveys both anti-Semitism and anti-Catholic sentiment in the United States, noting the divisiveness of the 1928 presidential election. And he uses the social and economic history of Massena to try to fathom why this grotesque charge should have emerged there, of all places.
The idea of ritual murder, Berenson tells us, originated with the 12th-century treatise of an English monk, Thomas of Monmouth, who credited his account to the questionable testimony of a disillusioned Jew. The slur would acquire a literary patina in the 15th century in one of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales."
Berenson suggests that the first real "blood libel," positing "the supposed Jewish need for Christian blood," occurred in the central German town of Fulda. There, on Christmas Day in 1235, he writes, "five Christian boys died in a fire, and the local Jews were accused of killing them to harvest their blood." Three days later, 34 Jews were tortured and killed in retaliation, setting a pattern of violent retribution that would reverberate for centuries. Berenson's discussion of the libel's periodic resurfacing, its enshrinement in Christian art and what he calls "social knowledge," and the resulting consequences for Jews makes for horrifying reading.
"The absence in the United States of any social memory of ritual murder makes the Massena blood libel puzzling at best," Berenson writes. But he adds that it may be explained, in part, by the large number of immigrant workers from Europe and neighboring Quebec, where Jews faced fierce anti-Semitism.
Bordering the St. Lawrence River, Massena got its first industrial boost from the building of a power canal. That project attracted immigrant labor and the Aluminum Company of America, or Alcoa, which became the town's lead employer. By contrast, most of the town's Jews worked in retail, provoking "both resentment and admiration."
Berenson stresses the United States' history of religious tolerance. Jews suffered rhetorical slights and "social discrimination of unprecedented scale," but, he argues, "little physical or material harm." (A notable exception was the 1915 lynching of Atlanta factory superintendent Leo Frank, convicted in the murder of a 13-year-old girl, but now regarded as innocent.)
One rhetorical controversy was sparked by Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, who, in an 1896 attack on the gold standard, famously declared: "You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns, you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold." Jewish leaders took umbrage, while Bryan, despite his previous disparagement of Jewish bankers, "denied any anti-Jewish intent."
Berenson chronicles the reinvigorated Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s, which targeted African Americans, Catholics and Jews. "That the Massena blood libel took place in 1928 was no accident," he writes. "It occurred at the beginning of one of the ugliest and most intense electoral campaigns in United States history," pitting the Republican (and Protestant) Herbert Hoover against the Democratic Irish Catholic Governor of New York, Al Smith. The campaign stoked Klan activity, including in Massena, and KKK members "might have spread the rumor of Jewish ritual murder, even if they didn't necessarily initiate it."
Corporal H.M. (Mickey) McCann, the state police officer who directed the search for Massena's missing girl, reported that the ritual murder accusation originated with a "foreigner" in town. He and the mayor, W. Gilbert Hawes, both gave it credence – at least enough that they interrogated the town rabbi, Berel Brennglass, who forcefully rebuffed the charge.
The blood libel controversy excited the attention of national Jewish leaders and exacerbated their rivalry. Rabbi Stephen Wise, who led the American Jewish Congress, extracted an apology from Massena's mayor. Louis Marshall, president of the normally more conservative American Jewish Committee, insisted that the apology wasn't sufficiently abject.
Berenson managed to interview surviving Massena residents from that era. (That included Barbara Griffiths Klemens, who had no memory of her wanderings in the woods.) Alice Rosen, at 102, recalled that the ritual murder accusation convinced the town's Jews that "a pogrom was imminent." Doris Robinson, 94 when Berenson spoke to her, had no direct memory of the blood libel, but remembered other anti-Semitic slurs that occurred in its wake.
Berenson concludes that the widespread revulsion against the incident actually buttressed the status of American Jews "at the end of a difficult decade." By the 1930s, of course, Jews in Europe had far worse problems. But even after the Holocaust, Berenson writes, the ritual murder charge would persist, inflaming anti-Semitic violence in Poland and rearing up, more recently, in Russia, Italy and the Middle East.
Julia M. Klein, the Forward's contributing book critic, has been a two-time finalist for the National Book Critics Circle's Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. Follow her on Twitter @JuliaMKlein
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What's coming next from Microsoft? The company offered a preview at the next generation of Windows during a special press event at the big Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on Wednesday in Las Vegas.
That's not to say Windows 7 users have to panic about any imminent upgrade issues. "Windows 8," as some have dubbed the new software, may not be released for another year or longer. But, as Hardware Central details, the key aspect of Microsoft's preview was to show off Windows running on the ARM architecture and to attract developer support. "Microsoft Office running natively on ARM … was shown as a demonstration of the full depth and breadth of Windows platform capabilities on ARM architecture," the company said.
At an invitation-only press conference Wednesday, Microsoft demonstrated that the next version of Windows — reportedly code-named Windows 8 — will support so-called "system-on-a-chip" (SoC) architectures.
These include, as has been rumored in recent weeks, ARM SoCs.
The ARM processors will be built by NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, according to Steven Sinofsky, president of Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Windows and Windows Live Division.
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Snowflake Sentiments - 1st Christmas Card for 2018!
Yep, you are seeing that right. I have made my first card for 2018! I am normally scrambling at the last minute to make more cards while my husband is signing and addressing. This year my goal is to have at least fifty made before the end of November. We'll see how that goes!
The inspiration for this card came from Merry Monday Christmas Challenge, where the challenge this week was to use embossing on a card. I think this is my first time playing along with this challenge, but I'm hoping that following along on a regular basis will help me reach my goal.
Very Vanilla Thick card base: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"
Real Red: 5 1/16" x 3 13/16"
Real Red: 3 3/16" x 2 3/16"
Very Vanilla: 3" x 2"
I began this card by embossing the 4 pieces of Very Vanilla card stock, each with one of my favorite Christmas/winter themed embossing folders.
I then cut each piece into 4 panels. I trimmed 1 1/2" inches on the left side and 1 1/2" inches from the bottom. This will give you 16 pieces that can be arranged to make 4 similar cards.
The sentiment was stamped in Real Red and layered on Real Red card stock before being adhered to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.
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European countries join Blockchain Partnership
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The agreement, signed by 22 countries, will serve as a vehicle for cooperation among member states on the exchange of experiences and know-how required in the creation of blockchain applications within Europe.
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The European Commission commits to blockchain for promoting fintech companies
Brussels attempts to organize member initiatives through the creation of the Blockchain Observatory—a technology the EU has invested in since 2013 through its Research and Development programs.
"In the future, all public services will use blockchain technology," said European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel said during the signing of the agreement, which is born out of the desire to unite efforts among member states with the aim of ensuring a key role for Europe in the future development and application of Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), or blockchain.
Spain is one of the 22 European Union (EU) member countries that have committed themselves to working together to create services that benefit citizens, society and the economy. "Blockchain is a great opportunity for Europe and Member States to rethink their information systems, to promote user trust and the protection of personal data, to help create new business opportunities and to establish new areas of leadership," Gabriel added.
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The decentralized and collaborative nature of blockchain is of special interest for the EC, which views this technology as a lever to take advantage of opportunities offered by the Digital Single Market. European cooperation as witnessed by this and other initiatives can help avoid a fragmented focus and guarantee the interoperability and maximum reach of blockchain-based services created in the future.
According to the EC, this agreement will contribute to the creation of a development environment in the line with the compliance needs of the EU and with clear governance models that will help platforms that have been developed to flourish throughout Europe.
The document signed by the member countries commits them to helping the EC in the preparation of specific techniques for the initiative before the end of 2018. It also defines the need to identify before the end of the year an initial set of cross-border public services that could benefit from the value added by infrastructure based on blockchain. Once the initial steps have been taken, the document includes the aim of launching the first blockchain-based cross-border actions at the end of 2019.
Mariya Gabriel, Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, welcomed the signature of the declaration.
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This accord strengthens the EC's commitment to this technology and serves as a guide that lays down the next landmarks and how they are to be achieved. The EC this year has already set in motion other initiatives that should serve to give shape to what was agreed in the accord.
Europe now has an action plan for fintech
The European Union has published its action plan for the promotion of the financial sector's digital transformation. The plan includes the creation of an EU fintech laboratory to foster dialog between private and public sectors, the identification of best practices for regulatory sandboxes, and the creation of measures to facilitate the adoption of innovative technologies by the sector.
The EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum launched in February will serve as a platform to identify the most important developments in this technology and promote the role of European players in blockchain-related projects and activities. The ultimate goal is to "make Europe a benchmark in this exponential technology". The EC has already invested more than €80 million in projects focused on supporting projects based on blockchain and will allocate around a further €300 million between now and 2020.
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A Hospital May Not Take Corrective Action Against a Physician Based Solely on Peer Review Findings From Other Hospital
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Authors: Nathaniel M. Lacktman Shirley P. Morrigan
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In Smith v. Selma Community Hospital (Smith), the California Court of Appeal, Fifth Appellate District (Court) held that, unless circumstances indicate otherwise, a hospital may not rely solely on the peer review findings of another hospital when considering whether to terminate a physician's medical staff membership and clinical privileges. The Court emphasized that it was not deciding that a hospital may never rely solely on the results of the peer review proceedings of another hospital in such situations. Rather, a hospital cannot make a decision based solely on external information if there is evidence questioning the reliability of the prior proceedings.
This California case provides important national guidance for peer review bodies, which frequently learn of and become concerned by information from other sources. The primary implication of Smith is that a peer review body should evaluate outside information and review the practitioner's practice at its health care organization(s) to determine whether similar behavior, or practice, might occur, and then consider corrective action.
Dr. Branton R. Smith was a member of the medical staff of two hospitals in Hanford, California (the Hanford Hospitals) with common corporate ownership. Dr. Smith also was a member of the medical staff of Selma Community Hospital (Selma). All three hospitals are owned by Adventist Health System (Adventist). Dr. Smith owned 11 clinics that competed with Adventist. He agreed to sell his clinics to one of the Hanford hospitals, Central Valley, but the transaction was not completed, and Central Valley sued him for his failure to complete the sale.
In 2002, the Hanford Hospitals suspended Dr. Smith's medical staff membership and clinical privileges and charged him with substandard care, abusive behavior, and falsification of records. Dr. Smith challenged the decision through the peer review process, but the Hanford Hospitals' governing boards affirmed his suspension. Dr. Smith then sued Central Valley.
In September 2002, Dr. Smith informed Selma of his suspension from the Hanford Hospitals. In April 2004, the Medical Executive Committee (MEC) summarily suspended his medical staff membership and privileges at Selma based solely on his summary suspension at the Hanford Hospitals. Dr. Smith requested a hearing before Selma's Judicial Review Committee (JRC) and filed suit against Selma. He obtained a temporary restraining order enjoining Selma from taking any action to suspend, restrict, or otherwise impede his medical staff membership and privileges. In settlement discussions during May 2004, Selma offered to reinstate Dr. Smith in exchange for his dismissal of the lawsuit. Dr. Smith did not accept the offer. The MEC rescinded the summary suspension (thereby lifting the temporary restraining order) and recommended termination of Dr. Smith's medical staff membership and privileges.
In March 2005, Selma's JRC rejected the MEC's recommendation to terminate Dr. Smith's medical staff membership and privileges. The JRC found there was no evidence of substandard care by Dr. Smith while he was at Selma; that the MEC's actions appeared potentially financially motivated; and that the MEC did not persuade the JRC, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the MEC's action was reasonable and warranted. The JRC stated, "[w]e believe that Selma must do their own investigation of Dr. Smith."
The Selma Governing Board (Selma Board) reversed the JRC decision and found that the MEC's recommendation to terminate Dr. Smith's medical staff membership and privileges was reasonable and warranted, and that the JRC was obligated to accept the Hanford Hospitals' findings as conclusive. Dr. Smith then sued Selma in the California Superior Court, Fresno County (Superior Court), which granted Dr. Smith's writ and directed Selma to reinstate the JRC's decision. Selma appealed.
Reliance on Other Hospitals' Peer Review
According to the Court, the "most significant controversy" between the parties concerned the legal effect of the Hanford Hospitals' findings on Dr. Smith's medical staff membership and privileges at Selma. Neither Selma's bylaws nor California's peer review statute addresses the role that the corrective action at one hospital plays in the peer review process of another hospital.
The Court held that the Hanford Hospitals' matter was not final, as Dr. Smith's suit against Central Valley was still being contested in Superior Court. Thus, the Court held that the Selma Board had erroneously ruled that the JRC could not substantively challenge, and was obligated to accept the Hanford Hospitals' findings as true.
Settlement Negotiations Admissible and Relevant
Selma claimed that the JRC did not provide a fair hearing process because the JRC considered irrelevant and inappropriate evidence, including the settlement negotiations between Selma and Dr. Smith. The Court disagreed.
The Court held that evidence of settlement negotiations between Selma and Dr. Smith was relevant because reasonable inferences could be drawn regarding the MEC's motive for treating the Hanford Hospitals' findings as conclusive (e.g., to gain leverage against Dr. Smith's competing clinics). The Court also deemed as relevant evidence: (1) Adventist's economic interests in relation to Dr. Smith (who owned competing clinics); (2) the fact that all three hospitals were owned by Adventist; and (3) that Adventist had unsuccessfully attempted to buy Dr. Smith's competing clinics. This evidence provided the JRC a rational reason to be skeptical of the Hanford Hospitals' findings. Thus, the Selma Board erroneously decided that the JRC had considered irrelevant evidence.
Common Ownership, Financial Interests Undermined Reliability of Findings
The Court also held that the Selma Board erroneously concluded that the MEC improperly ignored other relevant evidence and that the evidence showed "significant conflicts between the interests of [Dr.] Smith and the interests of the Hanford Hospitals and their owner [Adventist]." In particular, the evidence "provides some support for [Dr.] Smith's theory that the Hanford Hospitals were pursuing peer review proceedings against him in an attempt to gain a stronger position in [Adventist's attempt to buy Dr. Smith's clinics]."
Selma was unable to identify any instances of substandard care by Dr. Smith while at Selma. Coupled with expert testimony that refuted the Hanford Hospitals' findings, Selma's own experience with Dr. Smith "undermines the reliability of the findings of the Hanford Hospitals" and "provides additional support for the inference that the [findings] were motivated by concerns other than patient safety."
The Court determined that the appropriate remedy for the MEC's error was the reinstatement of the JRC decision not to terminate Dr. Smith's medical staff membership and privileges.
Practical Advice for Peer Review Bodies
Peer review bodies and medical staffs should exercise caution when using the peer review findings of another health care organization as a basis for their own corrective actions. Smith illustrates how another health care organization's peer review findings cannot be the sole basis for corrective action if there are questions about the reliability of the findings. However, a peer review body should use the findings as a starting point to conduct its own internal evaluation.
Peer review bodies should comply with their governing documents, including, but not limited to, medical staff bylaws, internal rules, policies, or practices, and their peer review policies in particular. A peer review body should always seek legal advice if a proposed action is not expressly contemplated in its governing documents.
Peer review bodies should engage in progressive discipline, with summary suspension used only when clearly and legally justified (generally, to prevent imminent danger to the health of any individual).
Peer review bodies should be aware of any conflicts of interest. These conflicts can create the appearance that ulterior motives, and not patient safety and quality of care, are guiding the peer review process. Information regarding common ownership and economic interests might be relevant. If there are any participants in the process who cannot be objective, they should recuse themselves from both the discussion and the decision.
While settlement of a peer review action should be explored, peer review bodies and health care organizations must be cautious in the manner they communicate settlement offers because those communications might be introduced by the medical staff member during a peer review hearing. Selma's JRC characterized Selma's settlement offer to rescind its summary suspension if Dr. Smith dismissed his lawsuit as follows: "This is hypocrisy if the hospital wants the panel to share their concerns about patient safety. This, in and of itself, makes it appear as if Selma and the Selma MEC has more economic concerns than patient safety worries."
The Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA) creates challenges to the sharing of information between peer review bodies. In addition, state confidentiality laws may create their own hurdles to sharing patient identifiable and peer review information. Health care organizations should consult legal counsel regarding those laws when a request is made to share such information.
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In case you didn't get a chance to see "In the Light of Thought" at Sliding Door in January it will be held-over for another month. Come by and check it out.
Also – We have a couple of new artist we're really excited about – welcome Amy Findeiss, and Brian Comber. Click on their names and check out their websites.


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Betting News > Football > Premier League > Spurs eyeing up Colombian star to boost strikeforce
Spurs eyeing up Colombian star to boost strikeforce
River Plate forward Teofilo Gutierrez is reportedly on Tottenham's radar
Despite Harry Kane's recent heroics, all is far from well with Tottenham Hotspur's attacking unit, and Mauricio Pochettino is apparently considering an overhaul of his strikeforce in January.
Southampton's Jay Rodriguez, Borussia Monchengladbach's Patrick Herrmann and River Plate's Teofilo Gutierrez are all apparently being considered.
The latter, who impressed with a Radamel Falcao-less Colombia at the World Cup, might be available for just £6m from River Plate.
The table-topping Argentine side would surely be loathe to let him go, as Gutierrez is the Primera Liga's top scorer with 10 goals in 11 games this season.
However, the 29-year-old is not only an out-and-out goal-getter, as shown by the admirable support work he does for Falcao when playing alongside the Manchester United forward for Colombia.
Gutierrez has only bagged 13 times in 36 games for Los Cafeteros, and further concern for Spurs fans might come from his poor record in his one previous stint in Europe.
The striker struggled to settle at Turkish side Trabzonspor, scoring just eight times in 24 appearances, and quickly left for Argentine side Racing Club.
However, now a more experienced player, Spurs might fancy that Gutierrez could add some experience and intensity to their front line.
While Kane has hit his straps this term, Roberto Soldado and Emmanuel Adebayor have been awful, and both could be shipped out at the end of the season.
An experienced, adaptable player with a strong recent goal-record and a relatively low price-tag, Gutierrez could be a strong squad option for Spurs if they do move for him in January.
The Lilywhites next match is away at Greek side Asteras Tripolis in the Europa League, a game they are 3/4 to win.
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[Last week we finished up James 2 talking about faith that works.
James 2: 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
As I told you last week; James says, your intellectual agreement to believe in God is a demonic illusion. Your belief did not save you, if you did not repent. Repentance means to reconsider and change direction. The will of man is by nature sinful, Romans 3:11 says that no one seeks after God on their own. But we respond to the call of God, by surrendering our sinful will to Jesus as savior and Lord; and that surrender to God's grace changes you in faith.
So last Sunday night our daughter Amber calls to say she got saved at youth camp. Now Amber had made a profession of faith when she was 6 and was baptized. So I talked with he when she got home, and asked her when she was sitting in that service and they came to the moment of truth, what did she think was missing, what was deficient in her earlier profession of faith?
She said that she had frequently felt the need for rededication but is seemed like those times lacked the foundation of a true conversion. She said it wasn't as though she didn't believe, but that there was not a lot of faith in her life, that seeking after God in prayer and Bible study was something you were supposed to do, not something she desired.
2 For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body. 3 Indeed, we put bits in horses' mouths that they may obey us, and we turn their whole body. 4 Look also at ships: although they are so large and are driven by fierce winds, they are turned by a very small rudder wherever the pilot desires.
[We are given these two examples; a ships rudder, and the bit of a horses bridle, because they are small in comparison to the thing they control, we understand that they are very powerful in keeping a straight course, or not. So the tongue is to the body. James 1:19 warned us to be "swift to hear and slow to speak" and the reason followed in verse 20 "the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God".
5 Even so the tongue is a little member and boasts great things. See how great a forest a little fire kindles! 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
Mathew 15: 10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, "Hear and understand: 11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man."
You see they had all these rules about clean and unclean that they kept with legalistic zeal, but in matters of love and compassion they were negligent. So Jesus corrected them by saying it's not what goes into your mouth that defiles you, but what comes out. Your words and how you speak them reveal what is in your heart.
7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the similitude of God.
water." So we also as springs of living water should not also produce salty or bitter water.
James has such strong expectations for believers because he believes in the regeneration of the Holy Spirit in the lives of the redeemed. We should have this same expectation for anyone claiming to have been born again.
If I want your mouth to be used for God's glory, then I need to give Him the "meditation of my heart". Jesus Himself put it this way in Matthew 12:34 "For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks". A tamed tongue is the result of a surrendered heart.


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International Taxation, Jurisdiciton, Tax Administration, Tax Court of Canada
Extra-territorial Jurisdiction of the CRA – Sas Ansari
August 24, 2016 Sas Ansari
Extra-territorial Jurisdiction of the CRA
Oroville Reman & Reload Inc v Canada, 2016 TCC 75
At issue was whether Canada can issue a Notice of Assessment pursuant to the Softwood Lumber Products Export Charge Act, 2006, to a US company that has never engaged in or carried on business in Canada.
Though the specific question in this case is unlikely to be of general interest, the analysis of the jurisdiction of the CRA is. Please see the NOTE at the end of this post.
The court identified three kinds of jurisdiction recognised in international law, each with its own set of pre-conditions:
Prescriptive – this is legislative of substantive jurisdiction that grants the power to make rules, issue commands, or grant authorizations that are binding;
Enforcement – the power to use coercive means to ensure that "rules are followed, commands are executed or entitlements are upheld" – in short, to give effects to its use of prescriptive jurisdiction; and
Adjudicative – the power of a state's courts to resolve disputes and interpret the relevant law through issuance of binding decisions.
The Court had to determine what jurisdiction was exercised when the CRA sent correspondence to the Appellant. This is because the exercise of prescriptive jurisdiction can occur extraterritorially but the exercise of enforcement extraterritorially, in a foreign state, only with that state's consent.
The court held that enforcement jurisdiction occurs right after prescriptive jurisdiction ends, which is where the enactment received royal assent. However, the court left for another day the question of the classification of the action of the CRA in issuing a Notice of Assessment was the exercise of enforcement jurisdiction. However, it appears that this Court, if required to decide the case, would have held that the issuance of a NOA would be the exercise of enforcement jurisdiction.
The Court went on to address the "presumption of conformity with international law" and "the presumption against extraterritoriality" – two cannons of statutory interpretation. These two presumptions can, if breached, be displaced by a statute's unequivocal intent to violate the presumptions (para 30). The presumptions are:
Presumption of Conformity – the presumption that legislation will conform to international law, and therefore with the state's international obligations, absent the statute clearly compelling the alternate result;
Presumption against extraterritoriality – the presumption that legislation is meant to have legal effect only within a state's territory.
There are 5 grounds of jurisdiction: Territoriality, nationality, passive, protective, and universal. The Court held that the only ground possible in this case was the territoriality principle which requires a "real and substantial link" between Canada and the activities giving rise to the claim for tax (para 38). The relevant factors are set out in Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada v Canadian Assn of Internet Providers, 2004 SCC 45, in the context of the Copyright Act.
The Court considered the following factors as supporting a lack of a real and substantial link:
taxpayer was never registered or continued in any jurisdiction in Canada;
taxpayer has no facilities, assets, or operations in Canada;
taxpayer did not arrange for transportation of goods out of Canada;
the deposits, the refund of which engages the tax in question, were paid to the government of the USA
In this case, the presumption is breached, and the Court had to look at the statute to see whether the breach was authorized by the statute either expressly or by necessary implication. This is a high bar – In Metcalfe v Yamaha Motor Powered Products Co, 2012 ABCA 240.
The Court did not find that the intention of extraterritorial effect was "manifest" in the statute, or that the purpose of the statute would be frustrated if the provision was not given extraterritorial effect – Alberta Government Telephones v Canada (Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission), [1989] 2 SCR 225. The Court said (para 55):
It is my view that in order for tax legislation to have effect on a taxpayer, the government must bring the taxpayer's conduct, and the taxpayer, within the four corners of the statute.
NOTE: The decision here relies, in part, on the historical presumption that taxing legislation be interpreted most stringently than other types of legislation. This approach to interpreting tax legislation has been called into question by various SCC decisions. For more on the interpretation of tax legislation see HERE.
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Anais St. John..No Reservations
Le Chat Noir 11/2/2007 - 11/11/2007 (schedule)
The Duplex 1/23/2008 - 1/30/2008 (schedule)
Category: Cabaret
The tall beauty premiers her new cabaret show, with Musical Director Harry Mayronne, Jr. at the piano. Directed by New Yorker, Erv Raible. This show is an evening of heart-melting music to whet your appetite for Anias' steaming hot vocal style. Includes favorites "I Can Cook Too," " The Tale of the Oyster", "My Man of War" and other sultry numbers. Opens Friday November 2nd, and continues Fridays, Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 6pm through November 11th. Tickets are $29, which includes a $5 bar credit. Le Chat Noir, 715 St. Charles Ave. Call 581-5812 for reservations. www.cabaretlechatnoir.com
Total performances: 6
Anais St. John .... *
Harry Mayronne .... Musical Director
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Erv Raible .... Director
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Q: Sorting points such that the minimal Euclidean distance between consecutive points would be maximized Given a set of points in a 3D Cartesian space, I am looking for an algorithm that will sort these points, such that the minimal Euclidean distance between two consecutive points would be maximized.
It would also be beneficial if the algorithm tends to maximize the average Euclidean  distance between consecutive points.
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I've crossposted on https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/ and got a good answer. See https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/questions/8609/sorting-points-such-that-the-minimal-euclidean-distance-between-consecutive-poin.

A: Here is a lower bound for the cost of the solution, which might serve as a building block for branch and bound or a more unreliable incomplete search algorithm:
Sort the distances between the points and consider them in non-increasing order. Use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disjoint-set_data_structure to keep track of sets of points, merging two sets when connected by a link between two points. The length of the shortest distance you encounter up to the point when you merge all the points into one set is an upper bound to the minimum distance in a perfect solution, because a perfect solution also merges all the points into one. However your upper bound may be longer than the minimum distance for a perfect solution, because the links you are joining up will probably form a tree, not a path.

A: You can model your problem by graph, draw line between your points, now you have a complete graph, now your problem is finding longest path in this graph which is NP-Hard, see wiki for longest path.
In fact I answered a second part of problem, maximize average, which means maximize path which goes from every node of graph, if you weight them as 1/distance it will be a travelling salesman problem (minimize the path length) and is NP-Hard. and for this case may be is useful to see Metric TSP approximation.


Cycle to the beat of today's best music, while working out your arms and core. The most exhilarating 45 minutes of your day.
There are no upcoming "Rev Rhythms" classes on this day.
Dress to sweat and arrive 10-15 minutes early so you can check in and get help setting up your bike. If you are running more than five minutes late, you will not be allowed in and will have to book another class. They've got cubbies to stash your belongings while you ride. They've got filtered water to refill your bottles and bottled water on sale for $2, cash only. Both look (Delta) and SPD clip shoes can be used. They have rental shoes for $3 cash only. Metered street parking is available along Mclean Avenue.
It was my first ever cycling class and the instructor was great! She helped me with learning about the equipment/setting up my bike (though she did forget to show me how to adjust the resistance). Overall, she was friendly, motivating, and lead us through a great work out. Awesome choice of music as well.
Laurie was super uplifting and motivating! She let you control your own ride which was a nice change from riding for RPMs. You really get out what you put in during her class!
She's great energy for early in the morning!
I came on morning it snowed so it was a small class but Eileen was amazing and very motivating! Definitely recommend!
Amazing class! Loved every minute of it.