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April 28, 2008
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
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Well, we’re halfway there already, what with political correctness. But here in Canada, we have something called “Human Rights Commissions.” These are the equivalent of Child and Family Services for grownups. If you tick off someone else, they can complain their human rights were violated and drag you before a tribunal which may financially or otherwise penalize you. Certainly, you’ll find there’s a social penalty to face, just for becoming a defendant.
A few years ago, a rash of gay-versus-Christian cases went through the HRCs.
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April 17, 2008
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
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By Gina Conroy, guest columnist
http://WriterInterrupted.com
Writer…Interrupted was birthed out of my own need to connect with other writing moms. Though I found many wonderful mommy blogs that talked about raising families, none met my unique need of balancing a writing career with raising a family. Soon after I launched the Writer…Interrupted group blog I realized there were other writers, fathers, employees, caregivers, and students who were also interrupted in their writing.
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April 04, 2008
By: Patrick
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Look deeply inside
“Specially created for Harvard biology students, this eight-minute computer-animated film reveals the beauty and hidden cycle of intricate organic mechanisms at work at the molecular level. The focus is on how white blood cells respond and react to external stimuli. Everything that you see in this clip, the unusual orchestra of Nuclei, proteins, and lipids, are actions that are taking place right now in your body, in every individual cell. This includes one of the most surprising sequences–the motor protein plodding along on two pod-like feet along a track, carrying behind it a sphere of lipids. As cartoonish as that sequence looks, biologists report it’s an accurate rendering.”
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November 03, 2007
By: Cathi-Lyn Dyck, Managing Editor
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Today’s guest blogger is Lena Nelson Dooley, a multi-published author and experienced speaker. When Lena tackles anything to do with writing, you know you’re going to get an informed opinion. So, let’s hear her take on the odd subject of… a Christian vampire horror novel?
You got it. The book is Never Ceese by Sue Dent, and like Hallowe’en, its nature is controversial in Christian religious circles. Here’s Lena to give us a look beneath the surface.
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September 19, 2007
By: Marty
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Ok, this is nuts. I know it has been all over the news but I am really surprised that there isn’t more of a public outcry over this sort of nonsense.
Clearly this is a police agency in the United States squelching somebody and their opinion. Is this freedom of speech?
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