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Nikon APS film cameras
In April 1996 five important players on the global photo market - Kodak, Fuji, Canon, Minolta and Nikon - introduced a new film format: APS = Advanced Photo System. With euphoria the film and camera industry was telling the consumer that this advanced photo system would be our common future. Already 3 years later it was clear that this introduction would go into the history of photography as the most stunning and costly blunder ever ! Nikon stepped out of the ´coalition´ in 2001. Since 2004 APS is dead. Billions of dollars or euros have been thrown away in the attempts to convince the consumers.
In fact APS is a weird invention. For more than 100 years the 35mm.-cinefilm serves any photographer very well. Why the film manufacturers made a film with smaller image frames remains a mystery. APS format (or IX240 = Information eXchange; 240 mm wide film)) is with its 16.7 x 30.2 mm. 40 % smaller than the 35mm.-format (24 x 36 mm.). If they would have left one side of the 35mm.-film without a perforation, they would win 40%. In movie cameras (Super-8) and large format cameras (using 120/220 film format) camera industry has proved that advancing a film and planeness of the film is no problem at all! See here what features APS films are/were offering!
In the past the film industry has tried to convince the consumer that some film formats would be better. What about e.g. the 127-format, 110-format and the disc-film? They were all failures. Of course the unstoppable march of digital photography has been an important factor in the rise and fall of APS. It´s difficult nowadays to find an APS film and a developer. Eastman Kodak offered that film as Advantix, Fujifilm named it Nexia, AgfaPhoto named it Futura and Konica give the film the name of Centuria.
Nikon was very proud to introduce at the 1996 Photokina Fair in Germany its Nikon Pronea 600i (in the USA: Pronea 6i) APS single lens reflex camera. Two years later - at the 1998 Photokina - a beautifully designed Pronea S was introduced. In the mean time several APS compact cameras - called Nuvis - were introduced. Nikon produced 12 Nuvis compact cameras and 2 SLR cameras for the Advance Photo System. Each of them are very much Nikon cameras, packed with many features and high quality optics. Nowadays these cameras are rather interesting collectibles for those with a small budget.
Nuvis series
In 1996/1998 Nikon was very ambitious and hopeful to emerge victorious on the APS market by introducing - in a very short period - several APS compact cameras and APS SLR cameras. Unfortunately the dream lasted only a few years. Most cameras can be set at three image formats: H = full APS format (9:16), C = classic format (2:3) and P = panorama (1:3); all cameras have a built-in flash, a tripod connector and one strap lug. The ´i´-versions have a data back with a very optimistic calendar up to 2030 and later! The most interesting feature of the APS-camera is the Mid-Roll Change (MRL), which implies that a partially exposed film can be rewind and put back again into the camera later (the camera will advance the film at the next free exposure), but can also be switched at any time among all cameras mentioned below!
Nuvis mini/i
Nikon claimed in April 1996 to have introduced the smallest APS camera. It has a prime lens (4/25mm = 4/31mm. in 35mm format) and a lot of automatic programs; the mini i has a data back as extra.
Nuvis 125 - 125i
Introduced in July 1996 this camera is packed with a beautiful zoom-Nikkor (4.3-9.2/30-100mm = in 35.format: 37.5-125mm.), focusing down to 80 cm. and with a real-zoom-viewfinder. Nearly everything is automatic; even an infrared remote control could be ordered. The 125i with data back is hard to find outside Japan. Both versions need the relatively expensive CR123A 3 Volt lithium batteries.
Nuvis 75/i
This camera - introduced in April 1996 - is technically almost identical to the 125-models. Its zoom lens has a range of 30-60mm. (equal. 37.5-75mm.) and focuses down to 60 cm. An infrared remote control is usable as well. These two versions use the CR123A batteries, too.
Nuvis 60/QD
In October 1996 Nikon introduced this camera, which was intended for the export market only. It has a relatively slow zoom lens (9.5/25-50 mm.) which means that fast (high ISO/ASA) films should be used. Nowadays a hard-to-find camera. Two versions exist: one with and one without a data back.
Nuvis A20/QD
This cheap camera - introduced in February 1997 - has a ´slow´ prime lens (5.6/25mm = 31mm.) focusing down to 90 cm. Because of the slow lens one has to use a fast film, but DX-reading goes just to a mere ISO 200 . Positive is the use of 2 AA-batteries. The data back version is called A20QD. This camera has a sliding door to cover the lens.
Nuvis E10/QD
A very trimmed down version of the A20 - introduced February 1997 - with the same lens but with fix focus (down to just 1.20 meter!). Only three shutter speeds (1/50, 1/125 and 1/200 sec.). Data back version available as E10QD. Both versions ´eat´ 2 normal AA-batteries and have a lens cover door.
Nuvis 110i
Of this camera - introduced in September 1997 - no version exist without a data back. It has a zoom lens (3.8-9.5/30-85mm), focusing down to 83 cm. Fully automatic camera with lens cover.
Also this camera - introduced in November 1997 - exists in a data back version only. It has a zoom lens with a rather wide range (4.3-9.7/30-125mm = 37.5-156mm.) + macro setting. Nice features are the adjustable (dioptre) viewfinder and fluorescing buttons. The lens is covered by a sliding door. The 160i uses CR123A batteries.
Nuvis S
In December 1998 this tiny matchbox camera was introduced. When it is pulled open a very nice zoom lens appears (5.2-7.5/22.5-66mm = 28-80mm.) featuring aspheric elements, CRC (close range correction) and macro setting. The camera - in a silver colored body - has a data back.
Nuvis 200
This camera - introduced in June 1999 - has also a zoom lens (4.5-8.4/24-48mm. = 30-60mm.) with aspheric elements, focusing down to 60 cm. The lens can be fixed/locked at infinity. This relatively cheap camera has no door as a lens cover and has no data back
In September 1999 this fully automatic camera came on the market. It has a zoom lens (4.2-11/28-80mm. = 35-100mm.) focusing down to 70 cm. Shutter speeds are limited to 1/3 - 1/400 sec. This camera has no data back
Nuvis S2000
This camera - introduced in March 2000 - is in fact an update of Nuvis S (matchbox), although the zoom range is a bit shorter, having the zoom lens of the Nuvis 200 (4.5-8.2/24-48mm.), but focusing down to 40 cm. of course nearly everything is automatically controlled. A remote control can be connected. This small pocket camera has no data back
Nuvis V
This camera - introduced in September 2000 - will be known in the history of photography as the very last Nikon APS compact camera. It has a very nice designed body (mainly in black), just a bit larger than a credit card, a high quality zoom lens (5.2-7.7/22.5-66mm = 28-82.5mm.), focusing down to 45 cm. and various programs including a data back
Not all 12 APS compact cameras listed above - and doomed to be extinct - are sold worldwide, but easy to find on the internet, and at reasonable prices. To use a saved camera will become a problem in near future as the APS film market will run dry. To develop an APS-film will be no problem as it has the same size as a regular 135/35mm film, but the saved data will be lost.
The same applies to the next two Nikon APS single lens reflex cameras.
Pronea 600i/6i
Pronea 600i (front)
Pronea 600i (back)
As stated before this camera was introduced at the 1996 Photokina Exhibition in Germany. In the USA this camera was sold as Nikon Pronea 6i (don´t ask why!).
The Nikon Pronea 600i wasn´t a cheap camera at its introduction: in Europe this camera + standard zoom-IX-Nikkor 3.5-5.6/24-70mm. (equal. 30-87.5mm.) was listed at more than 800 Euro. The camera has all features of its contemporary film SLR´s (Nikon says that it is based on the Nikon F-70): autofocus, various exposure and flash programs, built-in motor drive and flash, three frame formats but no camera back as all other Nikon SLR´s. In stead a small door gives access to the film chamber. After placing the film the camera does the rest, literally! On a large LCD-screen on the back of the camera all programs can be chosen and controlled. As the APS compact cameras the Pronea 6i/600i three frame formats can be chosen: H = full APS format (9:16), C = classic format (2:3) and P = panorama (1:3). At the back there is an information screen including a data back. The camera may be used with all IX-Nikkors, all AF-I and AF-S Nikkors (including VR-lenses) in all program modes. Non-AF Nikkors, like the AI/S-Nikkors and non-AI Nikkors can be used in 'advanced' + M (manual) mode only. There will be no metering, although the AF-indicator works very well. Even a bellows will fit! The Pronea has no external flash connector but a hot shoe for many Nikon SB flash lights. Interesting feature is the possibility to rewind a film halfway. When putting back a partly used film, the camera will wind the film to the next free shot.
Pronea with older AI-Nikkor (in advance + Manual mode only)
For this camera a set of special optics (IX-Nikkor) were produced. Although many AF-Nikkors for 35mm. Nikon SLR´s can be used on the Pronea 600i, not all IX-Nikkors can be used on all other Nikon SLR´s. All mentioned lenses do have the F-mount! The problem is the rear lens of some IX-lenses which will collide with the swinging mirror; and.......there is the crop factor. As the diagonal of an APS-image (16.7 x 30.2mm) is smaller than that of a 35mm.-image (24 x 36mm.), the actual focal length of a ´normal´ Nikkor will be 20% shorter. So, a 100mm. lens will have the viewing angle on a APS camera equal to 80mm. Or, the other way round, 25% should be added to the focal length of an IX-Nikkor; an IX-Nikkor with a focal length of 180mm. has a viewing angle equal to that of a lens in 35mm-photography of 225mm.
Pronea S
Nikon Pronea S + MB-11 + IX-Nikkor 4-5.6/30-60 mm.
At the 1998 Photokina this beautifully designed camera was introduced. This is probably the ´most non-Nikon-alike´ Nikon SLR ever produced. From 1959 until today Nikon SLR´s are of a rather conservative design. The Pronea S design, on the other hand, is rather daring, if not even provocative!
It has nearly all functions as the Pronea 600i. Films can be changed before the end of the film, and in between the images a text can be ´printed´ - via the LCD-screen on the back - in 12 languages! If a film is changed e.g. after 5 exposures and later replaced in the camera, the camera will automatically advance to exposure no. 6! Advanced photography or not? For this camera a ´power pack´ (MB-11) using 4 AA-batteries could be ordered; nowadays a very rare Nikon accessory! This camera was available in silver color only.
Both APS SLR´s are becoming rare. Therefore they will become very collectible. If you find one, buy it! Look carefully in the battery chamber, lens mount and mirror house.
BTW: Serial numbers of both cameras start at 2xxxxxx. How many were made? Unknown (yet).
It´s possible to mount most AF-Nikkors
The rarest item of all Nikon APS gear is this MB-11 battery pack for the Nikon Pronea S.
On basis of the Pronea 600i two digital cameras have been produced by Kodak: Kodak DCS 315 & Kodak DCS 330.
For both APS SLR´s Nikon produced five special lenses. You may find more information here.


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Can reading books improve your chances in love? A recent EliteSingles survey says yes! In fact, 60 per cent of respondents say that they prefer dating those who read avidly. What's more, the contents of your book shelf may make you more attractive.
With help from our members and from EliteSingles psychologist Salama Marine, we explored this literary longing and tested the claim that reading is sexy.
The numbers don't lie: reading is sexy!
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single person in possession of a good book must be quite attractive – to our survey respondents that is! Indeed, nearly 2/3 of the 1700 singles who answered our 'bookshelf' survey admitted that they would like to date someone who loves to read.1 What's more, this lust for literacy is a trend we have seen occur again and again.
For instance, in our 'hottest hobbies' study, we looked at the anonymous user data of 40,000 Kiwi singles to determine which hobbies New Zealanders consider to be the most attractive. Reading made it into the top 10 list of the most attractive pastimes, coming in at number 7 overall.2
Likewise, in a survey co-operation between EliteSingles and interior design firm Westwing, 1500 singles revealed what most turns them on about a date's home. For 26 per cent of those surveyed, it was a well-stocked bookshelf that made them weak at the knees.3 The fact that all three studies showed a clear link between books and attraction means it is safe to say that reading is sexy. Therefore, if you're a reader, you and your hobby have instant appeal.
So reading is sexy – but that's not all there is to it. Indeed, the survey unearthed some interesting facts about men, woman and the desire for a literate lover.
1. Men like women who embrace their sensuous side
Putting the lover back in book lover, the survey revealed that men's heads are most easily turned by women who read erotica. In fact, for more than one in five of the men surveyed, female erotica readers are as sexy as it gets.
Indeed, when asked "What is the most attractive genre a potential partner can read?" 21 per cent of men picked erotic fiction as the ultimate turn-on, putting it far ahead of the next most popular genres – thrillers, at 12 per cent and biographies, at 11 per cent. In other words, if you're a woman wanting to meet a man on your next commute it might be time to put down the paper and pick up 50 Shades of Grey (or even some Anaïs Nin).
Further reading: wanting to meet single Kiwi men on your wavelength? Click here to learn more.
2. Women like men of mystery
However, the same strategy is not going to work for men who are out to impress women. Indeed, the women in our survey were not fans of erotica, with just 6 per cent admitting that they find men who read it attractive.
The way to a woman's heart lies instead behind a veil of mystery: 19 per cent of women picked thrillers as the sexiest genre a man can read (James Patterson and Ngaio Marsh, take a bow!). This was followed in popularity by non-fiction, which was viewed as attractive by 17 per cent of women surveyed and by biographies, which were favoured by 16 per cent.
Further reading: looking for single women seeking men in NZ? This is the place to start.
3. Like attracts like
Ultimately though, while genre can play a part in attraction, the survey shows that reading is sexy no matter what book you prefer.
According to EliteSingles psychologist Salama Marine, there are a variety of reasons why singles love those who love books but, chiefly, it's because ''people look for those who have interesting hobbies – and reading is one of them. Why? Because a great book leads to great discussions.'' She adds ''also, your taste in books can highlight aspects of your personality: are you curious, romantic, dreamy? By sharing your tastes you can show and share your inner world.''4
Of course, the book love could be down to one simple thing: like is attracted to like. And, as it turns out, what Kiwis like is books. In fact, New Zealand is a nation of book worms. As the survey revealed, a whopping 90 per cent of those in NZ like to read for pleasure and, furthermore, NONE of the Kiwis surveyed said that they view people who like reading as ''boring.'' Salama says that this popularity shows that ''reading is an easy passion to share with [your] partner'' – which makes it the kind of common ground that cements a great relationship!
In conclusion, if you want to get in someone's good books, pick up a good book. Why? Because reading is – officially – sexy.
Are you ready to start a new chapter in your love life? Want someone who shares your passions and who is on the same page? Then try EliteSingles today.
EliteSingles editorial August 2015
Do you have questions or comments about literature and love? Do you think that reading is sexy? Let us know by commenting below or write to us at [email protected]
1 Unless otherwise specified, all percentages are from the EliteSingles 'Bookshelf' survey, 2015. Data collected from 1700 singles; participants from New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Canada, the UK and Ireland. Percentages may not equal 100 due to rounding.
2 EliteSingles 'Hottest Hobbies' study, 2015. Anonymous data collected from 40,000 registered members of EliteSingles New Zealand.
3 EliteSingles and Westwing 'Dating and Decorating' survey, 2015. Data collected from 1500 singles; participants from participants from New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Canada, the UK and Ireland.
4 All Salama Marine's quotes from an exclusive interview with EliteSingles, August 2015.
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Miejscowości w USA:
 St. Charles – miejscowość w stanie Arkansas, w hrabstwie Arkansas
 St. Charles – miasto w stanie Idaho, w hrabstwie Bear Lake
 St. Charles – miasto w stanie Illinois, w hrabstwie Kane
 St. Charles – miasto w stanie Iowa, w hrabstwie Madison
 St. Charles – miasto w stanie Kentucky, w hrabstwie Hopkins
 St. Charles – jednostka osadnicza w stanie Maryland, w hrabstwie Charles
 St. Charles – wieś w stanie Michigan, w hrabstwie Saginaw
 St. Charles – miasto w stanie Minnesota, w hrabstwie Winona
 St. Charles – miasto w stanie Missouri, w hrabstwie St. Charles
 St. Charles – jednostka osadnicza w stanie Dakota Południowa, w hrabstwie Gregory
 St. Charles – miejscowość w stanie Wirginia, w hrabstwie Lee
Gminy w USA:
 St. Charles (ang. St. Charles Township) – gmina w stanie Illinois, w hrabstwie Kane
 St. Charles (ang. St. Charles Township) – gmina w stanie Iowa, w hrabstwie Floyd
 St. Charles (ang. St. Charles Township) – gmina w stanie Michigan, w hrabstwie Saginaw
 St. Charles (ang. St. Charles Township) – gmina w stanie Minnesota, w hrabstwie Winona
 St. Charles (ang. St. Charles Township) – gmina w stanie Nebraska, w hrabstwie Cuming
Hrabstwa i parafie w USA:
 parafia St. Charles (ang. St. Charles Parish) – w stanie Luizjana
 hrabstwo St. Charles (ang. St. Charles County) – w stanie Missouri

Miejscowości w Kanadzie:
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Can Homosexual Couples 'Have Children'?
Photo appearing on homosexual group Equality California's website. The group will be leading efforts to oppose a proposed constitutional amendment to protect marriage as one-man, one-woman in that state.
By Peter LaBarbera
One of the factors that makes the homosexual activist agenda so peculiarly evil is its habit of glomming on to humanity's most noble institutions and truths — parenting, marriage, love, honesty, justice and "equality" — and putting them in the service of its starkly ignoble cause of winning acceptance for immoral and unhealthy homosexual behavior.
Dear AFTAH Readers,
Either I'm going nuts or the sentence in blue below is one of the strangest ever to begin an opinion piece — especially one titled, "Ordinary, Like Us." Lesbian writer Jennifer Vanasco writes in the homosexual newspaper Chicago Free Press:
Young gays and lesbians want to be married. And have kids.
That's what the first survey of the aspirations of gay and lesbian youth discovered.
Rockway Institute reported that more than 90 percent of the lesbians and more than 80 percent of the gay males they surveyed "expect to be partnered in a monogamous relationship after age 30."
About two-thirds of the males and just over half of the females said they thought it was very likely they'd have children.
What's extraordinary about this is just how very ordinary it is….
Gay and lesbian youth want stable marriages and children?
Of course they do.
Because they have grown up in an America where being gay is starting to seem unremarkable. Where being gay doesn't need to mean living a particular way. Where being gay doesn't have to mean putting limits on your future.
Young gays and lesbians don't want to destroy "traditional marriage" the way social conservatives fear. They want to be traditional – and one state, Massachusetts, allows them to do that. Hopefully others will follow. … [Click HERE to read the whole piece reprinted on the Independent Gay Forum website]
Now, Vanasco's entire piece deserves a response point-by-point, but here I only want to discuss the calculated semantic distortion by her and fellow homosexualists of using the words "having kids."
Think about it: what's the phrase we use regarding infertile couples? "Oh, have you heard? John and Nancy can't have children." In this context, to "have" means to beget, to produce, to procreate, through God's wonderful plan of conception and pregnancy. The context is always people who normally could produce children, but something has gone awry preventing Nature from taking its course.
Posted in "Civil Unions" & "Gay Marriage", "Civil Unions" & "Gay Marriage", A - What does the Bible say about homosexuality?, Adoption & Foster Parenting, Biblical Truth, California, Conception, Court Decisions & Judges, Custody, E - Praying for the Lost, Equality California, Government Promotion, Homosexual Parenting, News, Semantics/stealing words, Sodomy, Stealing Civil Rights, The Bible, Churches, & Homosexuality |
CWA, Barber Urge Prayer for Ex-Lesbian Lisa Miller and Daughter Isabella
Matt Barber, Policy Director for Cultural Issues at Concerned Women for America (and Board Member or Americans For Truth), has requested prayer for Lisa and Isabella Miller, whose tragic case will be heard before the Virginia Supreme Court this Thursday, April 17. Lisa Miller is a born-again Christian who abandoned the lesbian lifestyle. As Matt writes, "this hearing will determine whether a lesbian woman who is Lisa Miller's former partner will share custody of Isabella, Lisa's daughter. The woman is neither an adoptive parent nor is she biologically related to Isabella. In fact, she's a total stranger to the little girl. Isabella, who is now 6-years-old, hadn't seen this woman since she was 17-months-old. This case could have national ramifications and will help decide whether state's like Vermont and Massachusetts get to export their radical new definitions of marriage and family around the country."
Please pray for justice and protection of this innocent child. You can commit to praying for the Millers at www.cwfa.org/millersign.asp. Below is Matt Barber's original column on this sad situation:
You're Not My Mommy!
By J. Matt Barber
This article was published by CWA on August 1, 2007:
The person trying to take Isabella away from her mother is entirely unrelated to the little girl and is essentially a total stranger.
Posted in "Civil Unions" & "Gay Marriage", "Civil Unions" & "Gay Marriage", A - What does the Bible say about homosexuality?, B - Ex-Homosexual Testimonies, Conception, Court Decisions & Judges, Current State Law, Custody, E - Praying for the Lost, Government Promotion, Hateful Homosexual Attacks on Ex-Gays, Homosexual Divorce, Homosexual Hate, Homosexual Parenting, News, The Bible, Churches, & Homosexuality |
Why Do Angry Gay Bloggers Always Lie? — Kevin McCullough
Kevin McCullough is one of the few talk radio hosts who is not afraid to take on the homosexual activist movement.
As one who has been on the receiving end of too many online "gay" lies to count, I can sympathize with Kevin McCullough — one of the few radio conservatives nationwide who doesn't downplay the homosexual issue. (And there are some pretty big names in conservative radio who do by going 'PC' on this issue with their silence … so support Kevin.)
McCullough's basic point is one that cannot be repeated enough: people have a choice over their sexual (mis)behavior — which is why homosexual activists stress the expedient ideological construct of (supposedly innate) "sexual orientation."
Racial minorities have no such choice. Unlike homosexuals, they cannot leave their minority group, as every ex-gay or ex-lesbian does when he or she abandons that destructive lifestyle choice. Thus the biggest "gay" lie of all is that "being gay" — i.e., naturally predisposed toward homosexuality — is "who you are." — Peter LaBarbera
Why do angry gay bloggers always lie?
Posted by: Kevin McCullough at 8:17 AM
NGBlog [WARNING: NGBlog has a hard time making his point without cussing–Ed.] and OutsideTheTent have had me in their sights for sometime.
And when the towering intellects that they both are come up short against an actual point of substance the best they can do is call me stupid, or poopy pants, or whatever brilliant turn of phrase pops into their skull.
They are so desperate to make me appear stupid they slow down the video of me discussing the Mary Cheney pregnancy on CNN to the one frame where in the middle of speaking I appear half-inebriated. [See an AFTAH post on the Mary Cheney baby story HERE.]
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Another Fatherless Child: 'Roseanne' Star Sara Gilbert Has Second Child as Lesbian Mom
Let's all pretend that lesbian "mommies" are normal and good for kids….
One of the more irritating things about Politically Correct culture is when the media pretend that abnormal is normal — and then expect the rest of us to play along. That's sort of what being PC is all about, right? Nobody can judge anything — except the "judgers" (that would be us "religious right" folks). It's perfectly OK for liberals and homosexual activists to slam us because, well, we're so intolerant of things like Hollywood stars intentionally creating fatherless households and becoming lesbian "mommy" role models who are going to confuse the heck out of these children who, through no fault of their own, are now part of some bizarre social experiment called "same-sex parenting."
We yearn for the good old days when lesbian radicals railed against "patriarchal" marriage and family, mocked "breeders" (heterosexuals with kiddos), and said the great thing about being a lesbian was that you didn't have to reproduce. At least then innocent children were not dragged into the "Gay" Revolution.
P.S. Note that even FOX (through Variety) is now "reporting" a biological fantasy: Gilbert did not have her first child, Levi, "with" her lesbian partner — a man was involved. If she did, that would truly be news.
Here's the report from FoxNews.com:
LOS ANGELES — Sara Gilbert has given birth to a baby girl.
The 32-year-old actress, who played surly teenager Darlene Conner on the hit ABC sitcom "Roseanne," and her partner Allison Adler welcomed daughter Sawyer on Aug. 2, according to Variety.
Gilbert's publicist, who confirmed the birth, didn't provide further details.
The actress also has a 3-year-old son, Levi, with Adler, Variety said.
"Roseanne" ended its prime-time run in 1997. Recent work by Gilbert includes a recurring role on NBC's "ER."
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Our Mistake, and Homosexual Activist John Aravosis' Fanaticism: White House Misleads Public on Baby-Cheney Photo Caption
We erred in blaming the liberal media (USA Today) for the caption describing the photo (above) of Dick and Lynne Cheney and their new grandson, Samuel David, born to self-identified lesbian Mary Cheney.
It turns out that the caption — identifying both Mary Cheney and her lesbian partner Heather Poe as Samuel David's "parents" — was the official work of the White House, a point eagerly seized upon by homosexual blogger John Aravosis. In the link below, Aravosis exults in the White House photo as proof of President Bush's official embrace of "gay" parenting. Of course, the Cheneys' grandson does not have two lesbian "parents" but one — Mary Cheney, whose lesbian partner, Heather Poe, only creates an artificial, fatherless "family."
And what was Aravosis thinking when he wrote the the Bush administration "prides itself on being so anti-gay"? This is a White House that refused to defend Gen. Pace when he voiced his belief that homosexual acts are "immoral"; that refused to overturn a single Clinton administration Executive Order mandating "sexual orientation" policies in the federal government; and that has disappointed pro-family conservatives in its lackluster promotion of a Federal Marriage Amendment (despite the fact that Mr. Bush practically owes his re-election to that issue).
The misleading White House photo caption is only the latest disappointment. If only the Administration DID "pride itself" on taking principled stances to slow down and reverse the homosexual agenda!
Click HERE to read ex-gay Stephen Bennett's take on the White House Cheneys-and-grandson caption. The following is the excerpt of Aravosis' blog entry:
John Aravosis Is : White House officially recognizes legal status of gay couples and parents
Link: AMERICAblog, by John Aravosis
Something rather historic happened this past week. The White House, for the first time every on its Web site (that I know of), recognized the legitimacy of gay couples as both married and as parents. It was done, innocuously enough, when the White House published a photo of Vice President Dick Cheney's new grandson, the child of the VP's lesbian daughter and her lesbian spouse. The White House not only published a photo of the child with the VP and his wife, but the caption was even more telling:
Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne Cheney, welcomed their sixth grandchild, Samuel David Cheney, Wednesday, May 23, 2007. He weighed 8 lbs., 6 oz and was born at 9:46 a.m. at Sibley Hospital in Washington, D.C. His parents are the Cheneys' daughter Mary, and her partner, Heather Poe. White House photo by David Bohrer
Did you catch that last sentence? The White House officially recognized a lesbian couple as co-equal parents of a child. That not only is a recognition of the legitimacy of gay parents – i.e., if one person is the birth mother and the other the mother's partner, both are the parents of the child, per the White House — but the White House is also, implicitly, recognizing the legitimate couple status of two gay people in love, i.e., they are not simply two unrelated gay people, they are parents, akin to your parents, akin to a married couple. Why do I say that the White House is de facto recognizing gay marriage? Because either Mary or her lover, or both, are not the biological mom of this child – with two women, only one can be the biological parent. For the White House to recognize both as parents means that they are recognizing the legitimacy of the two women as one entity, the parent. Anyway, it's a hell of a statement by any White House, let alone one of the most conservative in history, and one that prides itself on being so anti-gay.
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Steve Bennett: White House Officially Recognizes Homosexual Unions and Parenting?
The Parents Group press release. Contact: The Parents Group National Office, 203-926-6960
HUNTINGTON, Conn., May 30 /Christian Newswire/ — On May 23, 2007, the White House, silently and without any fanfare, released an official White House photo of Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife, Lynne Cheney, welcoming their sixth grandchild, Samuel David Cheney, into the Cheney fold.
The beautiful little tyke weighed in at 8 lbs., 6 oz. and was born at 9:46 a.m. at Sibley House in Washington, D.C.
That is extremely troubling is the official White House caption that appears underneath the photo on the official White House website:
… His parents are the Cheney's daughter Mary, and her partner, Heather Poe. White House photo by David Bohrer.
Since when have two homosexual women been able to naturally procreate?
Fact is Mary Cheney, the Vice President's daughter – in one way or another – received a male's sperm. She is the biological mother, parent number one, and some man, somewhere out there, is Samuel David's real biological father, parent number two.
Unlike the official White House photo caption, a man and a woman, a Daddy and a Mommy, are Samuel David Cheney's REAL biological parents.
Then who is Heather Poe?
Heather Poe is Mary Cheney's live-in lesbian lover. She may act like a parent, she may treat the baby as a parent, she may love this baby with all of her heart, but in this reality we all live in, Heather Poe is NOT the baby's real parent. She has NO biological connection to the child whatsoever. Some man, the baby's real Daddy, is the child's other REAL parent.
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Yes, Heterosexuality Must Be Involved…
A critic, Michael, writes regarding our statement on Mary Cheney's baby:
The Undeniable Truth about Making Babies
[We wrote:] "And yet, the truth remains: two homosexuals cannot create a baby. Heterosexuals – the people derided in the early days of "gay liberation" as "breeders" — must be involved."
Totally incorrect, Pete! A gay man and gay woman can easily make a baby. Try again.
OK, technically, Michael, yes, a "gay" man and a lesbian can unite (physically or through modern technology) to produce a child, but that's called heterosexual procreation. Egg and sperm from opposite sexes must unite: two women alone or two men alone cannot create a child without help from the opposite sex. Biology 101. — Peter LaBarbera
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Samuel David Cheney's Two Mommies
Mary Cheney and partner Heather Poe at left;
click HERE to enlarge White House baby photo at right
Today's USA Today reported the birth yesterday of Samuel David Cheney, with the following caption under the White House photo at right above (click HERE to enlarge):
"U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and wife Lynne Cheney hold their sixth grandchild, Samuel David Cheney, born Wednesday in Washington. His parents are the Cheneys' daughter Mary, and her partner, Heather Poe."
There should be no touch of sadness when a healthy baby boy is born into a home with two parents, but in this case, we're afraid, there is.
While we celebrate new life, we cannot celebrate homosexual parenting –– which involves intentionally denying a child either a mom or a dad. In this case, young Samuel David –– who, as a Cheney, will surely enjoy privileges and comforts greater than most children born in 2007 –– will be missing an irreplaceable one: a father, to have as a loving guide, male authority, friend and role model as he grows from boy into man.
The pro-"gay" media have an odd way of reporting stories like this, as if both Mary Cheney and Heather Poe were involved in the baby's conception. To do otherwise, I suppose, would call unwanted attention to the unnaturalness of the enterprise known as "gay parenting." And yet, the truth remains: two homosexuals cannot create a baby. Heterosexuality — i.e., the people derided in the early days of "gay liberation" as "breeders" — must be involved.
The USA Today reports that Vice President Dick Cheney has "bristled at questions on the topic." But he and Mrs. Cheney, an ardent foe of political correctness, and a conservative, should know that there is nothing wrong with asking critical questions about something so patently wrong –– and against Nature, common sense, and God's wonderful design of the family itself –– as parenting that is fatherless or motherless by design.
We will keep on asking those tough questions, all the while praying for this boy, and that both Mary Cheney and Heather Poe will join Charlene Cothran and the many women who have come out of homosexuality, which surely is not God's plan for their lives. — Peter LaBarbera
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Open Journal of Modern Linguistics > Vol.3 No.2, June 2013
EST Translation Guided by Reception Theory ()
Liangqiu Lv, Puyu Ning
School of Foreign Language, North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China.
DOI: 10.4236/ojml.2013.32015 PDF HTML 5,537 Downloads 7,897 Views Citations
In the thesis, Reception Theory is introduced to the studies of EST translation to explore the mutual influence and restriction between the author, the translator and readers, as well as the respective reception problems, on the basis of which, the characteristics, principles and strategies of translation are analyzed.
Reception Theory; EST; Translation Strategies
Lv, L. and Ning, P. (2013) EST Translation Guided by Reception Theory. Open Journal of Modern Linguistics, 3, 114-118. doi: 10.4236/ojml.2013.32015.
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[5] Sun, H. J., & Zhao, X. J. (1998). Relations between the original author, the translator and the readers of the target text in translation. Chinese Translators Journal.
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[7] Chen, L. L. (1999). The foreignization and domestication of translation. Chinese Science & Technology Translators Journal.
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If Ireland was to bring its employment rate for workers aged over 55 in line with Sweden, the resulting long-term GDP boost could be as much as 5.4 per cent, PwC said.
Ireland's long-term GDP could be boosted by around €15 billion if the employment rate for workers over 55 increased substantially, according to a new report.
The report, from professional services firm PwC, shows that if Ireland was to bring its employment rate for workers aged over 55 in line with Sweden, the resulting long-term GDP boost could be 5.4 per cent.
At present, Ireland ranks in 20th place out of 34 in PwC's measurement of the impact of over-55s on the labour market. Iceland, New Zealand, Israel and Sweden make up the top four countries in the list, while Greece, Slovenia, Luxembourg and Turkey round out the bottom.
Ireland's mid-table performance comes due to the apparent lower employment rate of the over-55s compared with OECD average rates, PwC said.
"Flexible working policies can incentivise women to remain in work longer, so having the right policies in place will increase the employment rate of those over 55 and may help to reduce the gender pay gap which is shown to increase with age," said Gerard McDonough, a director at PwC Ireland.
"The life experience of older workers and the skills they have acquired throughout their career make them hugely valuable to the modern workforce," he added.
While Ireland could gain significantly in GDP terms, it pales in comparison to countries performing poorly in the table including Greece, which could see a boost of 16 per cent; Belgium, forecasted to see GDP increase by 13 per cent; and Slovenia, where GDP could rise by 12 per cent. The largest potential benefactor in monetary terms, meanwhile, is the US, which could gain around $0.5 trillion, or around 3 per cent of GDP.
PwC chief economist, John Hawksworth, said encouraging and enabling older workers to work for longer would boost consumer spending power and tax revenues in addition to GDP.


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WeasyPrint |version| depends on:

* CPython_ 2.6, 2.7 or ≥ 3.2
* cairo_ [#]_
* Pango_
* CFFI_ ≥ 0.5
* lxml_ ≥ 3.0
* html5lib_ ≥ 0.99
* cairocffi_ ≥ 0.3
* tinycss_ = 0.3
* cssselect_ ≥ 0.6
* CairoSVG_ ≥ 0.5
* Pyphen_ ≥ 0.8
* Optional: GDK-PixBuf_ [#]_

.. _CPython: http://www.python.org/
.. _cairo: http://cairographics.org/
.. _Pango: http://www.pango.org/
.. _CFFI: https://cffi.readthedocs.org/
.. _html5lib: http://html5lib.readthedocs.org/
.. _cairocffi: http://pythonhosted.org/cairocffi/
.. _GTK+: http://www.gtk.org/
.. _lxml: http://lxml.de/
.. _tinycss: http://packages.python.org/tinycss/
.. _cssselect: http://packages.python.org/cssselect/
.. _CairoSVG: http://cairosvg.org/
.. _Pyphen: https://github.com/Kozea/Pyphen
.. _GDK-PixBuf: https://live.gnome.org/GdkPixbuf

Python, cairo, Pango and GDK-PixBuf need to be installed separately.
See :ref:`platform-specific instructions <platforms>` below.

CFFI and lxml can be installed by pip automatically
if your system has a C compiler and the recursive dependencies,
but using a system package might be easier.

Install WeasyPrint with pip_.
This will automatically install most of dependencies.
You probably need either virtualenv_ [#]_ (recommended) or using ``sudo``.

.. _virtualenv: http://www.virtualenv.org/
.. _pip: http://pip-installer.org/

.. code-block:: sh

    virtualenv --system-site-packages ./venv
    . ./venv/bin/activate
    pip install WeasyPrint

Now let's try it:

.. code-block:: sh

    weasyprint --help
    weasyprint http://weasyprint.org ./weasyprint-website.pdf

You should see warnings about unsupported CSS 3 stuff; this is expected.
In the PDF you should see the WeasyPrint logo on the first page.

You can also play with :ref:`navigator`:\ . Start it with:

.. code-block:: sh

    python -m weasyprint.navigator

… and open your browser at http://127.0.0.1:5000/. Read more :ref:`in the tutorial <navigator>`.

If everything goes well, you're ready to :doc:`start using </tutorial>`
WeasyPrint! Otherwise, please copy the full error message and
`report the problem <http://weasyprint.org/community/>`_.

.. [#] cairo ≥ 1.12 is best but older versions should work too.
       The test suite passes on cairo 1.8 and 1.10 with some tests marked as
       "expected failures" due to behavior changes or bugs in cairo.

.. [#] Without it, PNG and SVG are the only supported image format:
       JPEG, GIF and others are not available.
       Versions before 0.22 were part of `GTK+`_.

.. [#] Passing the ``--system-site-packages`` option to virtualenv
       allows the environment to use the system packages for lxml or CFFI,
       but this is not necessary if you install them with pip.

.. _platforms:

By platform
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Pango, GdkPixbuf, and cairo can not be installed
with pip and need to be installed from your platform's packages.
lxml and CFFI can, but you'd still need their own dependencies.
This section lists system packages for lxml or CFFI when available,
the dependencies otherwise.
lxml needs *libxml2* and *libxslt*, CFFI needs *libffi*.
On Debian, the package names with development files are
``libxml2-dev``, ``libxslt1-dev`` and ``libffi-dev``.

If your favorite system is not listed here but you know the package names,
`tell us <http://weasyprint.org/community/>`_ so we can add it here.

Debian / Ubuntu
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Debian 7.0 Wheezy or newer, Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric or newer:

.. code-block:: sh

    sudo apt-get install python-dev python-pip python-lxml libcairo2 libpango1.0-0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 libffi-dev shared-mime-info

Debian 6.0 Squeeze, Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid:
GDK-PixBuf is part of GTK+, which also depends on cairo and Pango.

.. code-block:: sh

    sudo apt-get install python-dev python-pip python-lxml libgtk2.0-0 libffi-dev

Fedora
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.. code-block:: sh

    sudo yum install python-devel python-pip python-lxml cairo pango gdk-pixbuf2 libffi-devel

Archlinux
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.. code-block:: sh

    sudo pacman -S python-pip python-lxml cairo pango gdk-pixbuf2

Gentoo
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.. code-block:: sh

    emerge weasyprint

Mac OS X
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With Macports

.. code-block:: sh

    sudo port install py27-pip py27-lxml cairo pango gdk-pixbuf2 libffi

With Homebrew:

.. code-block:: sh

    brew install python cairo pango gdk-pixbuf libxml2 libxslt libffi

Windows
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* Get CPython 2.7 `from python.org <http://www.python.org/download/>`_,
* `Christoph Gohlke's unofficial binaries
  <http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#lxml>`_ for CFFI and lxml,
* and `Alexander Shaduri's GTK+ installer
  <http://gtk-win.sourceforge.net/home/index.php/Main/Downloads>`_.
  Make sure that *Set up PATH environment variable* checked.

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Establishing the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) will represent an important step for cross-border cooperation in criminal matters within the European Union, and more particularly for the protection of the Union's financial interests. The EPPO's work will complement the work carried out by the European Anti-Fraud Office. This article, based on a briefing paper commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Budgetary Affairs, at the request of the Committee on Budgetary Control, analyses future cooperation between these two bodies, OLAF and the EPPO. Three main dimensions of their cooperation are analysed as well as the elements of complexity that may influence it. The article highlights elements essential for their close cooperation and complementarity, especially with regard to a potential revision of OLAF's legal framework.


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Child Rapist Tied Up and Beaten To Death by Women in India [VIDEO]
A man accused of raping and killing an eight-year-old girl in a village in India has reportedly been beaten to death.
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Video of a group of Indian women beating a child rapist with sticks has gone viral.
Showing absolutely no regard for the country's criminal justice system – an example of justice delayed, justice denied – a group of mothers tied the rapist's hands behind his back, dragged him across the ground with a long rope, and used long sticks to hit him and seek instant justice for raping and killing an eight-year-old girl near the city of Dumka in the eastern state of Jharkhand.
The man, identified as 30-year-old Mithun Hansda, didn't fight the whipping even as dozens of women and children looked on as the group of women took turns to thrash him. Hansda died on the spot.
As per reports, the victim was playing at the bank of a river in Jalwe village where she had gone to attend a wedding. It is speculated that an intoxicated Hansada abducted the girl, raped her and killed her before leaving her body among the trees by the bank of the river.
According to Prabhat Khabar, Hansda went back to the village and joined the wedding party. When they couldn't find her, the girl's family began to search for her and eventually found her body. Enraged locals caught hold of Hansda, tied him, and beat him mercilessly till he died. Police later arrived and took both bodies into custody, before releasing them to their respective families, following a postmortem.
Sexual assault continues to be a national issue in India. At least 34,000 cases of rape were reported across the country in 2015. Victims ranged from female children younger than six years to women over 60 years. Those aged between 18 and 30 reported the largest number of rape attacks – nearly 17,000. The number of cases registered for child abuse raised from 8,904 in 2014 to 14,913 in 2015.
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Guest speaker at The Kensington Society 2019 annual general meeting will be Dr Simon Thurley, the architectural historian who was the head of English Heritage from 2002 to 2015.
The AGM will as usual be held in Kensington Town Hall's Great Hall, and afterwards all attendees are invited to the Mayor's Parlour for a wine reception.
In October we are invited to a private view of a brand-new exhibition of work by two important Japanese sculptors in Dora House – the fascinating Old Brompton Road home of the Royal Society of Sculptors. We'll also learn more about the house and the society.
Although the building is Grade II* listed and its interior looks very old, the Supreme Court, the highest appeal court in the United Kingdom, has only existed since 2009.
Few people outside the legal professions have seen the inside, but in May we will be invited to a tour of this fascinating building and learn more about what the court does.
We are planning more events for 2019, and as soon as the details have been worked out, they will be posted here.
So please come back and check regularly.
In May and June, the Frestonian Gallery in Notting Dale will be hosting 'Hill & Park', an exhibition of work by many of the artists who have called Notting Hill and Holland Park their home, such as Patrick Caulfield, Lucian Freud, Patrick Heron, David Hockney and Bridget Riley.
We'll get a private curator's tour which includes a glass of fizz.
In July, we will get a fascinating guided tour of the oldest and largest of London's seven large commercial cemeteries that were established between 1833 and 1841: Kensal Green Cemetery, where more than 250,000 bodies have been interned through the years.
Today there are 65,000 marked graves; some are simple while others are enormous mausoleums.
We were given the unique opportunity to visit the Natural History Museum's Sloane Herbarium, which is normally only accessible for scientists. We also got to see "Expeditions and Endeavours", a new exhibition about the artists that accompanied the many British expeditions around the world during the 18th and 19th centuries.
For the second year, the Kensington Society arranged a very popular carol singing event in Kensington Town Hall's Mayor's Parlour, with parents and other grownups attending, who sang along with the 35 young members of the St Mary Abbots School's chamber choir, while enjoying some wine and nibbles.
The structure of the borough's daily operations has drastically changed in the last few months, with the goal of making it more responsive and flexible. At an evening seminar in Kensington Town Hall, we met Sue Harris, who is the head of the largest of the new "service areas", and were given a chance to asks her questions about anything handled by the seven departments she leads.
Starting from the South Kensington tube station, 15 Kensington foodies did a gastronomic tour through South Kensington, visiting the Cave au Fromage, the Brompton Food Market and Orsini Caffe, where they had a chance to sample some of the products. The tour ended at the Hour Glass pub on the Old Brompton Road. This gastro tour was so popular that we plan to repeat it elsewhere in Kensington.
Local historian Caroline MacMillan took us on a walk through Notting Dale, visiting the sites of the famous "Potteries", where bricks were made for London's growing suburbs, and the "Piggeries", where once three times as many swine as humans lived.
The walk finished at The Mitre pub, which stands on the site of Notting Hill Farm.
Kensington Society members were given a very eppreciated private showing of Kensington Palace, beginning with drinks by the Sunken Garden and including several of the state rooms and as well as exhibitions, among them the highly successful exhibition of Princess Diana's dresses: Diana: Her Fashion Story.
This walk and lecture about the dramatic Victorian architecture of Sir Ernest George and Harold Peto in Collingham Gardens and Harrington Gardens was quickly sold out when we held it in May 2017, so we decided to do it again this year – and once again it was sold out weeks before!
Some 200 members attended the Kensington Society's 2018 annual general meeting, where the guest speaker was Barry Quirk, the new RBKC chief executive, whose talk highlighted the borough's dire need for more social housing.
The meeting was followed by the traditional wine reception in the Mayor's Parlour.
Our second emergency first aid training course with the London Ambulance Service was sold out just as quickly as the first one. Hopefully, we'll be able to arrange a third course in a not too distant future.
Kensington Society's visit to the recently restored Benjamin Franklin House was a great success. The historian George Goodwin, who is the museum's honorary author in residence, entertained us with fascinating stories of Franklin's life and friendships in London.
Kensington Society arranged a very popular carol singing event in Kensington Town Hall's Mayor's Parlour. Some 85 attended and sang along with the 30 young members of the St Mary Abbots School's chamber choir, while enjoying some wine and nibbles.
Together with the London Ambulance Service, we held a first aid training course in Kensington Town Hall. The course was so popular that the 12 available seats were booked within a couple of days, so a second course was arranged for April 2018.
The chairman of the Twentieth Century Society, Peter Ruback, took us on a two-hour walk through central Kensington to see some well-designed but under-appreciated modern buildings.
The dramatic architecture of Sir Ernest George and his design partner Harold Peto graces Collingham Gardens and a stretch of Harrington Gardens. Professor Hilary Grainger, an expert on the two men's work, gave a spirited talk and took everyone on a fascinating tour along the two streets. This event, limited to 25 people, quickly sold out, but we hope to repeat it in a not too distant future.
Some 200 members attended the 2017 Kensington Society Annual General Meeting, where the guest speaker was the Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, Mr Kenneth Olisa OBE, who very entertainingly told us what a lord-lieutenant's job entails.
The meeting was followed by a lively wine reception in the Mayor's Parlour.
Just a few days after the Design Museum had opened in the Grade II listed former Commonwealth Institute exhibition hall, a record number of KS members attended this private viewing of the new museum. Some 150 people came, making it the largest Kensington Society event ever – except for our AGMs.
Graham Stallwood, who since March 2015 has been the executive director of the council's department for Planning and Borough Development, held a very informative and rather entertaining talk about his department's possibilities to enforce planning regulation and clamp down on those who breach planning permits.
During a very nice wine reception at the Orangery, Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, who is gardens adviser to Historic Royal Palaces, showed the proposals for reconfiguring the Orangery lawn to resemble its original layout and a reintroduction of exotic plants within the garden.
The walking tour of the pubs of Portobello and beyond in July 2015 was so popular that we did it again in July 2016. As on previous pub walks, our guide was Dale Ingram, heritage consultant and pub aficionado, and there were two stops for refreshment.
The guest speaker at the 2016 Kensington Society AGM in the Town Hall's Great Hall was Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Transport for London's commissioner from 2006 to 2015, and since 2015 chairman of Network Rail. Afterwards, the Mayor, Councillor Robert Freeman, invited all attendees to the Mayor's Parlour for a wine reception.


The signal light finally changed to green. And nobody moved. Not the SUV in front of us nor what turned out to be a small white compact in front of it. Horns sounded. Gentle beeps at first, then harsher, more strident tones.
"It's California. Nobody goes on green anymore," the wife said.
I hate it when she's right like that.
At the next light the driver of that white compact, a young woman with a Bluetooth device jammed in her ear, flashed half of the peace sign to her agitated companions on the road.
She was still engaged in an animated conversation and her hands were moving too fast to simply grab the steering wheel and drive.
So here are some new road rules proposed after seeing more than a fair share of stupid moves while driving. And some things your car is not.
Your car is not a phone booth. If you are going to get into a shouting match on the phone while driving, pull over to the curb to give whomever an earful. And keep the windows closed.
Your car is not a library. Don't attach a book to the steering wheel and read while driving. The same thing goes for newspapers, advertising supplements or maps. The rule applies to contracts and food labels, too.
Your car is not a locker room or bedroom. The latter two are where you change clothes. Don't do it in the front seat of your car while driving down a public street. And please keep your body parts covered at all times while driving and at least one hand on the wheel.
Your car is not a restaurant, although it can take you to one. After you hit the drive-through window, head home or to the office or some shady place for that nice snack. Don't try to shove the burger, the fries and the onion rings in your mouth while balancing the beverage. You may end up hitting something and making a mess of your lunch.
Ladies, your car is not a beauty salon, nor your bathroom mirror. That's the place to put on makeup. Not at the intersection of Hawthorne and Artesia boulevards. Or any other intersection, for that matter. Those lighted visor mirrors? They are for makeup touchups – when you've arrived at your destination.
Guys, your car is not a barber shop, hair salon or bathroom mirror. Shave at home. Trust me, you'll do a better job. And if you must shave your head, please don't do it while driving down a street. Your knees don't have the control your hands do.
Ever watch a car race? The yellow flag means caution because there is trouble on the track. Drivers get back up to speed when the green flag comes back out. So when you see a yellow light it doesn't mean push the pedal to the metal. Yellow lights last about four seconds before they go red. Bust one of those and something very bad can happen.
Sure, your car's horn is a warning signal. But it's not intended for you to sound the alarm that you are blasting through a red light and everybody else should get out of the way.
Stop signs mean just that. It's not OK to ignore them when making right turns. And I know that some have white borders. But that doesn't mean that stopping is optional.


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There has been a concerted effort by the Israeli government (Netanyahu's and Bennett's) from the beginning of the coronavirus "pandemic" to project some sort of control over what they claim is a "State of Emergency" regarding COVID-19.
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The fact is, there seems to be a new state of emergency "necessary" almost exactly when the public has reached the point of cognitive dissonance in connection to government edicts. The newest COVID-19 "variant" publicized before Shabbat appears to be no different.
Prime Minister Bennett admits that this newest variant was already assumed to be a possibility 2 weeks ago when Israel practiced "war games" in preparation for it. "Now we see a variant that spreads fast and requires us to respond faster," PM Bennett said in a press conference just before Shabbat.
This of course is one of countless variants that have been used by Israel's government to stoke fear in the public and its patience is wearing thin. Despite the current government's claim that the last "wave" was defeated by the booster shot campaign, less than half the country received the booster. In fact, far fewer people decided to get the booster after the second shot than the government expected.
With the latest variant supposedly being able to evade the vaccine and many people seeing no great reason to inject themselves with an experimental medical test, Israel's public by and large is beginning to wonder if the minority of people who questioned the government's approach from the beginning may have been correct after all.
This can be seen in the widespread laxity in following government rules on social distancing and masks in enclosed spaces. Little or no enforcement is taking place and it appears that the trajectory is continuing. More and more young people are joining anti-green pass protests and prominent politicians are asking questions concerning the giving of vaccines to children.
The fact is, the government has been using COVID-19 from the beginning, to grab more and more control over the public. With each new "variant", more control is deemed necessary to hand over to the government. The question now is, has Israel's populace woken up before it is too late?
The coming weeks will decide.
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This concise but thorough video & E-book combo is a must-have for anyone serious about natural remedies and health.
For centuries, many people have dealt with their own health issues by necessity or choice. Simple methods that were easily mastered made it possible for non-professionals to deal with these issues when help was unavailable.
Knowledge of many old-fashioned methods abounds today, but an almost untouched area of essential knowledge exists. Hydrotherapy, sometimes called water therapy, was one of the simplest, least expensive and most effective areas of treatment used by those of yester-year. It was used for everything from muscular injuries to pandemics, with excellent effectiveness. Now you have the opportunity to learn how it's done!
The video demonstrates how each treatment has traditionally been performed, and the manual included is a PDF E-book that gives suggestions on how and when a particular treatment has typically been used and when it is wise to avoid it.


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Q: What is the right way of generating cache-key based on multiple parameters? The two options I've seen used most often are:
$key = __METHOD__ . '(' . json_encode(['client_id' => $client_id, 'slug' => $slug], JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES) . ')';
$key = __METHOD__ . '(' . $client_id . 'ᐃ' . $slug . ')';

Which one should be preferred? The second clearly has advantage of less resource intensive processing. The first one produces more meaningful data, though of questionable value.
Is there a de-facto standard for generating keys based on multiple parameters?


New York:George H. Doran Company, 1923. hard cover. Good/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2015/04/0_01759.jpg. With a preface by Hilaire Belloc. New York:George H. Doran Company. (1923). 333pp. Without the publishers monogram on the copyright page but with the 1 at bottom of page. Hardcover without the dust jacket. With the bookplate of Dr. Herbert T. Kalmus, one of the inventors of technicolor. Covers faded and shelf-worn, with some soiling. Internally, the end-pages are foxed and age-toned but otherwise, aside from the bookplate and Dr. Kalmus's stamp on the first free flyleaf, the pages are clean with the last half of the book still uncut. Overall, a near very good, solid copy.
Izhevsk:Region-Press, 2004. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Izhevsk:Region-Press. 2004. [No pagination]. Hard-bound. Illustrated. Covers lightly shelf-worn and mildly cocked. Otherwise in very good condition. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Published in honor of his 85th. birthday. AUTOGRAPHED BY KALASHNIKOV. Very good copy.
KANAK DANCE AND MUSIC. Ceremonial and intimate performance of the Melanesians of New Caledonia, historical and actual.
Agence de Developpement de la Culture Kanak, 1997. First Edition. soft cover. Fine/No jacket. Noumea, New Caledonia: Agence de Developpement de la Culture Kanak. (1997). 285 pp. Illustrated. Wraps. Wraps are clean and show only minor shelf wear. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall a fine copy.
Verbik & Pabel, 1972. soft cover. Very Good. Salzburg: Verbik & Pabel. (1972). 88pp. Illus. Wrps. A very good copy.
KARAVAN OCH TARANTASS. Med hastar genom Asien.
KARL IMMERMANN. Sein Werk und Sein Leben.
New Haven, CT: American Oriental Society, 1936. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. New Haven, CT:American Oriental Society. 1936. v+198pp. Hardcover.  Green boards with light overall shelfwear. gilt on spine dulled with wear to spine edges. Edge points gently bumped. Internally, end-pages age-toned, otherwise a very good, clean copy. Binding is tight and hinges intact.
KATALOG WYSTAWY REKOPISOW I DRUKOW PRYRODNICZO-LEKARSKICH XIII-XVI WIEKU.
Sklad Glowny W Ksiegarni Gebethnera I Wolffa, 1928. soft cover. Very Good/No jacket. Krakow: Sklad Glowny W Ksiegarni Gebethnera I Wolffa. 1929. 29 pp + 9 plates. Wraps. Covers are worn at the edges and spine, with some fraying. Interior is clean and free of stray markings, though the pages do show some light age-toning. Overall, a very good copy.
KATALOG WYSAWY ILUMINOWANYCH REKOPISOW WLOSKICH.
Sklad Glowny W Ksiegarni Gebethnera I Wolffa, 1934. soft cover. Very Good/No jacket. Krakow: Sklad Glowny W Ksiegarni Gebethnera I Wolffa. 1934. 56 pp + 8 plates.Wraps. Covers are worn at the edges and spine, with some fraying. Interior is clean and free of stray markings, though the pages do show some light age-toning. Overall, a very good copy.
321pp. Wrps. *27th. ed. *An excellent copy. S052.
London:David Nutt, 1895. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Illustrated by Archie MacGregor. 96pp. Hardcover. Decorative green boards are lightly soiled; light wear to spine ends; occasional light foxing throughout else very good. T030.
University of Oklahoma Press, (1952). First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Good. Signed by authors. Norman, Oklahoma: Oklahoma University Press. (1952). 312 pp. Illustrated. First edition. Inscribed by author. Hardcover w/ dust jacket. Plastic wrapper. Jacket is significantly worn, with many chips and tears to the edges. Spine is faded. Currently protected by a thick plastic wrapper. Book itself is only lightly shelf worn with some very faint soiling to the front board at the top edge. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Author's gift inscription on the first free end paper. A very good copy.
Almaty: Zheti Zharfy., 1996. First Edition. soft cover. Fine/No jacket. http://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/data/books/2015/08/0_104.jpg. 239pp. Stiff wrappers. Fine copy. S049.
Roanoke, VA:The Southwest Virginia Historical Society, 1938. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Roanoke, VA:The Southwest Virginia Historical Society.  1938.  xxxvi+786pp. Many illustrations, including 9 folding maps. 1st edition, number 879 of 1000 copies. Hardcover.  Boards are lightly soiled and shelfworn, with gilt still bright on front board and spine.  Page edges soiled from dust residue. Internally, the inside front board has a previous owners inked signature and bookplate, with some offset to 1st free endpage, but otherwise pages are clean and bright.  The binding is tight and front hinge intact but rear hinge is cracked. Overall, a very good copy.
Battle Creek, MI: W. K. Kellogg, 1909. First Edition. soft cover. Very Good/No jacket. In Color. Three pages with two additional leaves cut into five horizontal stripes, to be laid over the three pages at random, to change the various characters. A very good, bright copy.
Bern:Francke Verlag, 1960. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. Bern:Francke Verlag. 1960. 139pp. Hardcover. In german.  Blue boards in very good clean condition with gilt on spine still visible; internally a very good, clean copy with no previous owners marks or signatures.
KELTIC RESEARCHES. Studies in the history and distribution of the ancient Goidelic language and peoples.
London: Henry Frowde., 1904. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/No jacket. London: Henry Frowde. 1904. 211pp. Internally a very good copy. Small previous owners name penned in ink on the verso of the first free end-page.  Binding, blue cloth, beveled at edges. Light fraying at edges, and shows light wear.


Tens of thousands braved the rain last year in Washington, D.C., for a March for Science that will be repeated this weekend.
A group of researchers has released the first results of a large survey of those who participated in and supported last year's March for Science. Some social scientists say the analysis is fundamentally flawed and reflects poorly on an organization that champions scientific rigor. March organizers acknowledge the survey's limitations but say it has provided them with important insights into what motivates their supporters.
The volunteer organizers of the 22 April 2017 march, an ambitious experiment in global science advocacy, were eager to learn all they could about the more than 1 million people who had participated. So, 6 weeks after the event, they notified their more than 200,000 supporters that a survey developed by researchers at George Mason University (GMU) in Fairfax, Virginia, was available online. The 72-question survey asked for demographic information, as well as why respondents had marched and what they thought about government policies and public attitudes toward science.
Last week, days before the second annual march on 14 April, the GMU researchers posted the results. A solid majority of the 20,000 respondents said they thought the country was headed in the wrong direction, a situation almost all blamed on the policies of President Donald Trump and the Republican-led Congress. Their biggest fears were that those government officials would disregard scientific evidence and cut research funding, although only about half thought the march would forestall either action.
The results probably won't surprise march supporters (including AAAS, which publishes Science Insider) and those who have followed the effort. But social scientists who do surveys for a living say the data don't pass the smell test.
The results suffer from two fundamental problems, says Heaney, who deployed a team to conduct a randomized survey of participants at last year's flagship march in Washington, D.C., and plans to do it again this weekend. The first is that the respondents were self-selected and, thus, not likely to be representative of the organization's entire email list. Specifically, says Heaney, any characterization of the demographics, attitudes, and activities of supporters would be unfounded.
Nor are the respondents necessarily representative of those who marched. For example, Heaney's data, drawn from a truly randomized sample attending the Washington, D.C., march, found that only about 15% of the crowd had been mobilized by the March for Science movement. The vast majority said they attended because of an affiliation with other organizations, or through any number of other routes. That suggests the people on March for Science's mailing list are not a good proxy for those who took to the streets.
Given those fundamental errors, Heaney says, the GMU survey's 10% response rate—reasonable by survey industry standards—is a secondary issue. Even a 100% response rate, he notes, would have meant only that all the movement's supporters had weighed in, not that everyone who marched had been counted.
John Cook, a research assistant professor at GMU and co-author of the survey, disagrees that the results would not stand up to peer review. He says the team routinely posts "descriptive statistics of our research" on its website, written in a reader-friendly style, before drilling down on specific questions and submitting the analysis to a journal. He also thinks "asking people what motivates them to march and what they hope to achieve" is worthwhile to the March for Science movement.
In preparing for last year's march, organizers had posted a 42-question survey that supporters could fill out at the same time they RSVPed for a march. But the steady rain during the flagship march in Washington, D.C., prevented organizers from collecting any information from those who actually showed up.
Weinberg says there were some differences between the GMU survey and her organization's RSVP survey. "About 80% of those who planned to march told us it would their first march," she notes, whereas the GMU survey found that 77% of respondents were veterans of previous marches. In addition, she says the RSVP survey respondents were much less likely to identify themselves as scientists than were those who answered the GMU survey.
March for Science organizers will be circulating questionnaires this weekend at both the Washington, D.C., event and many of the satellite marches. But once again the goal is not a scientifically valid survey, says Kristen Gunther, a March for Science staff member based in Lander, Wyoming. "We want to package the information and take it to elected officials with the message, 'Here are the things our supporters are most concerned about,'" she explains. Participants will also be asked to rank how well they think those officials are dealing with the issues on the list.
Gunter's assumption is borne out in a comparison of the GMU findings with those drawn from scientifically rigorous surveys at the 2017 march by Heaney and Dana Fisher, a sociologist at the University of Maryland in College Park. For example, GMU found that 94% of respondents had donated to a political organization, compared with 78% of Heaney's sample. GMU also found 70% of the respondents had interacted with the media—e.g. writing a letter to the editor, being interviewed, or calling into a radio talk show. In contrast, Fisher found that just 15% of marchers reported similar media exposure. Fisher, who is studying the nature of large-scale marches since Trump's inauguration, has posted her preliminary findings on a blog, American Resistance.
One issue that dogged the first March for Science was the extent to which it would be seen as a polarizing protest against the policies of the Trump administration and the Republican Congress rather than as a rally in support of science. Organizers were so concerned about being labeled partisan that they urged the GMU researchers not to ask about political ideology or affiliation. The scientists complied, leaving a hole in what is otherwise a deep dive into the level of political activism among supporters.
In contrast, Heaney was under no constraints. In a paper published last week in the social science journal Contexts , Heaney compares the politics of participants in 10 marches held last year in Washington, D.C. The March for Science was clearly on the liberal end of the political spectrum, he finds, nearly matching the partisan flavor of the Women's March and the Tax March and exceeding the liberal leanings of those in the People's Climate March.
*Clarification, 10 April, 4:35 p.m.: This story has been revised to reflect the views of John Cook on publishing the results of the GMU survey.
In his 9 April ScienceInsider news article, reporter Jeffrey Mervis quotes social scientist Michael Heaney criticizing a recent survey report that we authored. Here we respond.
Criticism: March for Science (MfS) listserv subscribers are not a "good proxy for those who took to the streets," and many marchers were not directly mobilized by MfS. Therefore, our results contribute little understanding of the MfS.
The premise of this criticism seems reasonable, but the conclusion is flawed. The MfS "movement" has grown beyond a single event, and it is important to understand the perspectives and experiences of the larger pool of people who subscribed to the MfS listserv, but may not have participated in an event. And it makes perfect sense that MfS partner organizations—such as AAAS (publisher of ScienceInsider)—mobilized many marchers, because partner organizations have long-standing relationships with their large memberships. This does not, however, diminish the value of understanding the perspectives of this group of people.
Membership surveys have contributed much to scientists' understanding of the social world. For example, the Pew Research Center in collaboration with academic researchers has conducted AAAS member surveys that were published in both Science and the peer reviewed literature (here and here). Similarly, we have published surveys of TV weathercasters, physicians, and public health department directors, illuminating important facts about key stakeholder's perspectives about climate change. Our MfS survey follows in this vein. Our methods are clearly stated, and conclusions are limited to the population we surveyed.
Criticism: Our survey respondents were self-selected and not representative of the listserv.
The concern here, called nonresponse bias, is that those who agree to participate in a survey may be substantively different to those who decline in ways that we do not understand. This is a valid concern for all surveys that have no mechanism to estimate the nonresponse bias, including ours. It does not render our results uninterpretable, although it is important to consider how nonresponse may have affected the findings.
Surveys of those who engaged with the MfS organization and joined its listserv offer a unique window into the psyche of those who are motivated to engage in activism for science at this moment in history. Our approach was not without limitations; however, it also had the strength of surveying more (by several orders of magnitude) and different (across diverse geographies; those who wanted to march, but couldn't) individuals than was possible through site interviews. We believe these methodologies are complementary and look forward to seeing results side-by-side as more research emerges.
All of the authors are at George Mason University, Center for Climate Change Communication in Fairfax, Virginia.


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EDUCATING AMERICA'S FAMILIES ABOUT CHILDREN'S HEALTH INSURANCE
There are still far too many hard-working parents who simply don't know that their children may be eligible for health insurance--and we have to reach them. I believe we have an obligation to use every tool we possess, every resource at our disposal to meet this challenge.
Today at the White House, President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined by Governors Carper and Leavitt and Secretary Shalala, launched a nationwide "Insure Kids Now" campaign designed to enroll eligible but uninsured children in the new Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and Medicaid. This campaign will engage a broad-based, bipartisan, public-private coalition to use a variety of means to educate and assist families in insuring their children.
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NEW NATIONWIDE "INSURE KIDS NOW" OUTREACH CAMPAIGN. For the first time, major TV and radio networks, corporations, health care organizations, religious groups, and other community-based organizations will join federal agencies in disseminating information about children's health insurance.
Launching "1-877-KIDS NOW" Hotline. Today, Governors Carper and Leavitt unveiled a new toll-free number developed by the National Governors Association in partnership with Bell Atlantic and the Administration. This hotline will provide state-specific information about CHIP and Medicaid to families in all 50 states. Families calling this number will receive information about eligibility criteria, benefits, and how to apply for coverage.
Running public service announcements (PSAs) on national television. Beginning tomorrow, NBC, ABC, Univision, Turner Entertainment, the National Association of Broadcasters, Viacom/Paramount, and Black Entertainment Television will air PSAs providing information about the importance of health insurance and promoting the new "Insure Kids Now" hotline.
Airing radio advertisements. Today, HHS will begin funding radio ads on "Insure Kids Now" in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Later this year, Radio Disney and Bonneville will run similar ads nationwide.
Publishing information about "Insure Kids Now". This spring, USA Today will publish an editorial and Blue Cross/Blue Shield will publish a full-page ad in Time magazine on children's health insurance. Many corporations and organizations have agreed to put information in their product handbooks, circulars, and mass mailings.
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Expanding federal efforts. The President's FY2000 budget includes over $1.2 billion to assist states in children's health outreach activities. Also, the Federal Task Force on Children's Health has begun new outreach efforts, including the launch of the new "InsureKidsNow.gov'" web site.


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Here's What Finding Out Your Son Is Alive From Nancy Grace Feels Like
By Larry Putzgerald June 26, 2014
12-year-old Charles Bothuell had been missing since June 14th. 11 days later his dad, Charles Bothuell IV, went on Nancy Grace's show to get more people involved in the search for his missing kid. That's when it happened. Nancy Grace relayed the news that his son had been found in his basement. His reaction and resulting inquiries from Nancy Grace were priceless. And maybe a little fake. "Did you check the basement?," she asked patronizingly. You kind of want to punch Nancy Grace in the face at that point.
The boy was barricaded behind boxes and a five gallon drum. Police Chief James Craig believes it unlikely the boy built the drum/box fort himself. The kid "indicated he was hungry… I saw evidence there was food around where he was." Craig says the townhouse was searched multiple times with a cadaver dog without finding evidence the boy was hiding. Investigators are uncertain the boy was in the basement the entire time.
"I didn't know," Botheull's father, Charles Botheull IV, said about his son's location after he was found Wednesday afternoon.
He called assertions that his wife, the boy's stepmother, hid the child in the basement "absurd."
"My wife wouldn't do that," he said.
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