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Accessibility auditor expands to Dubai off the back of contract win
Contracts & tenders by Joe Peskett	on March 14, 2019
A Cheshire-based firm that carries out accessibility audits for buildings and transport spaces has opened its first international office in Dubai after winning a contract to ensure the city's Expo 2020 exhibition is fully accessible.
Direct Access Consultancy, based in Nantwich, is tasked with looking into the potential challenges facing the 20 million visitors expected to visit Dubai for the first ever World Expo to be hosted in the Middle East.
As the event's 'universal design consultant', the business is advising the Expo's planners on implementing international best practice for accessibility.
The business is also helping the Expo meet the requirements of Dubai's Universal Design Code – a policy introduced in 2017 to help improve accessibility across the emirate.
The Expo 2020 contract comes during a period of significant export growth for Direct Access Consultancy. Between 2017 and 2018, exports grew from a standing start to become 80% of the business' annual revenue.
The company's senior leadership are now working to build on its early success in the Middle East after DIT advisers helped the business identify the UAE as a potential market of opportunity.
The company exhibited at Dubai's Middle East Rail exhibition in February, and has been invited to deliver a keynote presentation on accessibility at the Future Landscape conference in Abu Dhabi in March.
Steven Mifsud, director of Direct Access Consultancy, said: "This contract was a major achievement for the business, and we couldn't have done it without DIT's support. Not only has it been instrumental in helping us establish a network in the Middle East, but it's also enabled us to overcome a number of hurdles in terms of visa requirements and trade licenses.
"With the weight of Expo 2020 behind us, we're now exploring other export opportunities closer to home, including in Denmark and the Republic of Ireland. If we can find international success, there's no reason others can't too."
Paul Stowers, head of region – North West at the Department for International Trade, said: "Direct Access Consultancy is yet another great example of a Cheshire business promoting British expertise on the world stage.
"Our team is here to help more North West businesses identify potentially lucrative opportunities and partnerships. This includes one-to-one support on issues such as logistics and language, access to local events and workshops, as well as overseas trade missions. I'd encourage others to see how we can support their business' resilience and growth through exporting."
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Homosexual parenting: Distorted science
By Paul Cameron
Professional mental health and psychological associations have long recommended placing children with homosexuals. Yet the empirical evidence does not support these recommendations. In fact, the evidence has been twisted, ignored, and/or distorted in the past four decades to fit a false narrative, one that harms kids. Many of the falsehoods appear in court documents or legislative deliberations with the aim of facilitating homosexual custody of children. Mental health professionals and their organizations assure us that LGBT placements are 'just as good' as traditional heterosexual placements. But the studies used as proof were reviewed by Cameron in 1999 [1] and Schumm 20 years later in 2019 [2]: both reviewers concluded that these studies actually indicate the opposite, that homosexuals provide poorer, often risky, placements for children.
Social science research in this vital area, although it has grown from when Cameron reviewed it, has been anything but 'self-correcting.' Instead it continues to be driven by the pro-LGBT narrative of the mental health establishment (e.g., American Psychological and Psychiatric Associations, National Association of Social Workers, etc.), rather than the wellbeing of children. Indeed, the misrepresentations, exaggerations, and lies needed to endorse the 'sameness' of homosexual parents were first noted in 1993 by Belcastro, Gramlich, Nicholson, Price, and Wilson [3], when few studies about homosexual parenting existed (most of them authored by openly homosexual researchers). The same dishonesty was evident in 1999, and Schumm documented the same kinds of shoddy and/or unethical scholarship through the 2000s.
The official stances of professional associations generally reflect the consensus of their members. Cameron and Cameron [4] analyzed 40 consecutive homosexual parent appeals cases from 1966-1991, and found psychiatric opinion in these cases ran 2:1 in favor of homosexual custody, even though the courts documented homosexual parents as of inferior character and the cause of almost all (97%) of the recorded harms to children.
Below are summaries of Cameron's (1999) and Schumm's (2019) reviews, as well as additional related evidence. As a general rule, LGBT or pro-LGBT investigators continue to publish studies largely in line with what both Cameron and Schumm contended. Predictably, the mental health establishment continues to regard the conclusions of these studies as 'gospel truth,' without much regard to what was actually done or what evidence was found.
Cameron, P (1999) Homosexual parents: testing "common sense" – a literature review emphasizing the Golombok and Tasker longitudinal study of lesbians' children, Psychological Reports, 85, 282-322. [1]
Abstract: Counter to claims by the American Psychological Association and the National Association of Social Workers, as well as numerous reviewers, that children raised by homosexuals and married heterosexuals do not differ, the elaborate social-personality theory called "common sense" predicts that because "like produces like" and because psychopathy/sociopathy informs the major expressions of social deviance including homosexuality, children of homosexuals will (1) be more frequently subjected to parental instability (of residence, sexual partners), and (2) have poorer peer and adult relationships. Also, as is held to be true of their parents, homosexuals' children will be more apt to (3) become homosexual, (4) be unstable (have emotional problems and difficulty forming lasting bonds) with reduced interest in natality, and (5) be sexually precocious and promiscuous.
Differences between homosexual and heterosexual comparison groups that bore on common sense were considered suggestive "bits" of empirical evidence. Differences that emerged within studies conducted by sympathetic researchers utilizing volunteer samples were considered bits of adverse evidence. Of 171 bits, 82 adverse and 55 non-adverse bits supported, while 34 bits fell against common sense. From this tentative method of counting, support was found for common sense beliefs that children of homosexuals will be more apt to become homosexual and have poorer peer relationships, while weaker support was found for some of the other predictions. As assessed in this way, the empirical evidence in the literature tended to lean against claims of "no differences" between children raised by homosexuals or heterosexuals. In particular, the strongly worded, official claims of there being "no differences" are overstatements. They amount to the organizations and some prominent researchers asserting that they have proven the null hypothesis, which is fundamentally impossible. It is likely that the nonsignificant statistical findings stressed thus far include Type Two errors created by volunteer samples, inadequate identification and measurement of likely differences, and refusal to interpret results in ways contrary to the sympathies of subjects, investigators, and the organizations.
Cameron P and Cameron K (1998) Homosexual parents: a comparative forensic study of character and harms to children, Psychological Reports, 82, 1133-1191. [4]
40 appeals cases of custody disputes drawn systematically from all cases involving a homosexual parent in the United States were compared to 38 appeals cases involving heterosexual custody disputes drawn randomly from listings under parental "character" and 18 appeals cases drawn randomly from listings under parental "character" and 18 appeals cases drawn randomly from "general" cases in Dicennial Digest from 1966 to 1991. Each case involving homosexual vs. heterosexual claimants was examined for recorded information about (1) the character of the homosexual parent, the associates of the homosexual parents, the heterosexual parents, and the associates of the heterosexual parent, (2) the effects, particularly harms, upon the child(ren), and (3) psychiatric opinion. 82% of the homosexual vs. 18% of the heterosexual parents and 54% of the homosexuals' associates vs. 19% of the heterosexuals' associates were recorded as having poor character in cases involving a homosexual claimant.
Of the 66 recorded harms, e.g., molestation, physical abuse, to the 73 children, homosexual persons accounted for 64 (97%). Of the 32 lesbians, 6 were recorded as having engaged in criminal activity and 3 of bringing false charges of child sexual abuse against the father. Psychiatric opinion, however, ran 25 to 12 in favor of custody for the homosexual parent. In the 36 heterosexual vs. heterosexual comparison cases, 38% of the heterosexual parents and 28% of their associates were recorded as having poor character. Six harms to their 105 children and 3 instances of criminality, but no false charges of sexual abuse were recorded. In the appeals court literature, homosexual parents were disproportionately of poor character and disproportionately associated with various harms to their children.
Schumm Walter (2019) More evidence backs up same-sex parenting assessment, Christian Concern, May 2; follow-on to Schumm's Same-Sex Parenting Research: A Critical Assessment by Wilberforce Publications, September 2018 [2]
The "No Difference" Idea Remains Popular
First, the "no difference" hypothesis about same-sex parenting continues to thrive. It would seem that most scholars continue to believe that same-sex parents and heterosexual parents are equally good, if not any different from each other. For example, Patterson, Farr, and Hastings (2015) argued that there were no differences in outcomes for children of same-sex parents, even in sexual orientation identity [5]. Davis (2015) argued that any idea that same-sex parents were less stable than heterosexual parents or that the children of same-sex parents were disadvantaged relative to children of heterosexual parents were misconceptions that did not fit current scientific evidence [6]. Fettro and Manning in a chapter in a 2019 book, Contemporary Parenting and Parenthood: From News Headlines to New Research, edited by Michelle Janning, argue no less than a dozen or so times in favor of it [7]. If voting were to determine scientific fact, one would have to accept as "fact" many things that may not be true. Nevertheless, my argument about the considerable popularity of the "no difference" hypothesis, regardless of its factual accuracy, remains valid.
Estimated Rates of Same-Sex Parenting Are Even Lower
Second, even Fettro and Manning concede that only about a quarter of a million children are now living in the United States in a "same-gender-couple family" [8]. This is most interesting because at one time, as early as 1984, it was commonplace for scholars to argue that there were up to 14 to 28 million children in the U.S. living with same-sex parents. In my book, I argued for an estimate of 200,000 same-sex parent couples raising children in the U.S., but the Williams Institute, of the UCLA School of Law, has since (July 2018) estimated that number to be only 114,000 [9]. If anything, my book overestimated the number of intact same-sex parent couples raising children in the United States.
Cameron P (2004) Numbers of homosexual parents living with their children, Psychological Reports, 94: 179-188. [10]
Summary: Those contending for the 'normalcy' of homosexuality claim there are 800,000 to 7 million homosexual parents raising between 1 and 9 million children. The 1996 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse – a nationally-representative sample of 12,321 aged 18 through 59 yr. – reported about 416,000 parents (most of whom were married) living with children under the age of 17 yr. who reported same-sex "vaginal, oral or anal sex" in the past 12 months. Two random-sample surveys suggested that there are fewer than half a million homosexual parents, and a total sample of 14,000 mothers in Avon suggests even fewer. Thus, it is likely that fewer than 500,000 homosexual parents live with fewer than 750,000 children under 18 yr.
How many parents who live with children engage in homosexuality? The best estimate – since it is a total enumeration of a large unbiased sample – is the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, which enrolled all 14,000 expectant mothers in Avon, England from mid-1991 through the end of 1992. The ALSPC found 20 lesbians – that is, 20/14,000 = 0.14% of mothers (Golombok, Perry, Burston, Murray, Mooney-Somers, Steven, & Golding, 2003) [11]. Avon is fairly typical of England, with a larger city (Bristol) and an overall population of a million. If the Avon findings were applied to the 35 million mothers with progeny estimated by the NHSDA (e.g., 35 million x 0.14), about 50,000 lesbian mothers in the U.S. would be indicated. While the Avon study did not include homosexual fathers, since homosexual women are more apt to be parents, the Avon study would suggest no more than 100,000 homosexual parents in the U.S.
Schumm W (2019) More evidence backs up same-sex parenting assessment, Christian Concern, May 2; follow-on to Schumm's Same-Sex Parenting Research: A Critical Assessment by Wilberforce Publications, September 2018 [2]
Lesbian Parents Continue to Experience High Rates of Instability
Patterson et al. cited parental instability as one of several factors not boding well for positive child outcomes [12]. As discussed in my book, new studies have continued to find that lesbian couples are more likely to break up over time than either gay or heterosexual couples [13]. Farr and Goldberg stated in 2019 that "beginning in the 1980s and 1990s, researchers documented a higher dissolution rate for same-sex couples as compared with heterosexual couples" [14].
Only a few years earlier, the same Goldberg, in her 2010 book, had argued that research on the dissolution of same-sex couples was "quite slim" [15] and used Gartrell's longitudinal study of lesbian mothers to argue that break-up rates were similar for heterosexual and lesbian parents [16], although on page 26 Goldberg argued that lesbian women might have more stable relationships due to their (female) enhanced communication skills. However, as of 2019, Gartrell and her colleagues reported in the Journal of Lesbian Studies that over 62% of the same lesbian mothers had broken up by the time their focal child reached 25 years of age [17].
So, we have lesbian women more likely to become parents than gay men but also more likely to dissolve their relationships. Would not those facts lead to greater harms to their children – and to more children, relative to gay parents – because of the higher rates of instability? Furthermore, in some studies (such as, Balsam, Rothblum, and Wickham), the annual incomes of gay parents are substantially higher than those of lesbian or heterosexual parents. Any apparent advantages in stability could reflect that income differential. The bottom line remains that lesbian couples increasingly appear to have less stable relationships than either heterosexual couples or gay couples, as indicated in my book.
Cameron P and Cameron K (2002) Children of homosexual parents report childhood difficulties, Psychological Reports, 90, 71-82. [18]
Summary: Referenced as both supporting and weakening the case for parenting by homosexuals, 57 life-story narratives of children with homosexual parents published by Rafkin in 1990 and Saffron in 1996 were subjected to content analysis. Children mentioned one or more problems/concerns in 48 (92%) of 52 families. Of the 213 scored problems, 201 (94%) were attributed to the homosexual parent(s) [3 most frequently mentioned problems: emotional upset (34 mentions); instability of partner or residence (34 mentions); need for secrecy lest parental homosexuality become known to peers (32 mentions)].
Older daughters in at least 8 (27%) of 30 families and older sons in at least 2 (20%) of 10 families described themselves as homosexual or bisexual. These findings are inconsistent with propositions that children of homosexuals do not differ appreciably from those who live with married parents or that children of homosexuals are not more apt to engage in homosexuality.
Educational Achievements of Children/Family Incomes
Much ink has been spilled on the outcomes for secondary education for the children of same-sex parents. I was recently asked to review an unpublished paper on such outcomes in the Netherlands [19]. On the surface, it appeared that the children of same-sex parents were doing slightly better than others in educational progress. It wasn't until the last table on the last page of the paper that it was revealed that the married same-sex parents were earning nearly twice as much as most of the other parents. I am not sure that statistical controls can control adequately for such huge pre-existing differences.
Thus, as we continue to study children's outcomes in a variety of areas of interest, we will need to take into consideration both parental stability and parental socioeconomic status before we rush to any firm conclusions about the role of parental sexual orientation or gender composition (there could be heterosexual parents of the same gender, as two widowed sisters or a mother and an older daughter raising young children).
Even so, if there do not appear to be significant direct effects of parental sexual orientation or gender composition, we should investigate whether the indirect effects are statistically significant. As I stated in my book, we need to test more complex models of the effects of parenting rather than merely making surface comparisons.
Sexual Orientation of Children
Another two areas in the book that have received confirmation recently include the issue of whether same-sex parents are more likely to raise LGB children. Gartrell, Bos, and Koh and her colleagues recently reported on the LGB issue and found that at age 25, the children of lesbian mothers were more likely than a comparison group to report being lesbian, gay, or bisexual in terms of attraction, identity, and behaviour, with daughters reporting higher rates than sons. Nearly 69% of the daughters of Gartrell's lesbian parents reported being sexually attracted to women (and/or males); 30% reported being lesbian or bisexual; 54% reported having had same-sex sexual experience. Rates for sons of the lesbian mothers were 27%, 10%, and 33%, respectively [20]. The corresponding rates for the matched control group were, using weighted data, for women: 46.1%, 12.3%, 37.6%; and for men: 8.8%, 2.4%, and 8.8%.
Cameron P (2006) Children of homosexuals and transsexuals more apt to be homosexual, Journal of Biosocial Science, 38, 413-418. [21]
Summary: Do the sexual inclinations of parents influence those of their children? Of 77 adult children of homosexual parents who volunteered for 3 different investigations: at least 23 (30%) were currently homosexual (12 [55%] of 22 daughters and 3 [21%] of 14 sons of lesbians; 5 [29%] of 17 daughters and 3 [17%] of 18 sons of gays; none of 6 sons with both a gay and a lesbian parent), while at least 25 (32%) were currently heterosexual. Of the 10 with transsexual parents: 1 of 9 daughters was currently lesbian, 1 currently heterosexual, and 1 transsexual, the son's sexual preference was not reported. These findings suggest that parents' sexual inclinations influence their children's.
Comment: Notice the close match between the sets of children in Cameron and Cameron (2002) [18] and Cameron (2006) [21] and the 30% of daughters and 10% of sons of lesbians being LGB as reported by Gartrell, et al. [20]
Mental Health of Children
Furthermore, Gartrell, Bos, and Koh found in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine that the children of lesbian mothers reported worse mental health, especially in terms of depression or anxiety, than those children of the control group (p = .01); however, that fact was obscured when the required significance level was artificially divided by 24, which rendered all of the results seemingly non-significant. However, the larger effect sizes were in the small to moderate range (0.22 to 0.46), which would suggest that the adverse effects were nonetheless real [22].
Contrary to much of earlier social science, my book provided evidence that (1) estimates had been exaggerated regarding the number of intact same-sex couples raising children, (2) same-sex parents had higher rates of instability, (3) children of same-sex parents were more likely to grow up to be LGBT, (4) often their educational attainments were lower, although also influenced by parental socioeconomic status and instability, and (5) while same-sex parents reported that their children were doing well in terms of mental health, reports from the children themselves or other adults were often less positive. Research reported since the book was finished has continued to reaffirm what was reported in the book.
As evident above, research regarding homosexuals as parents is corrupt because it has been captured by homosexuals and homosexual apologists. They dominate research on homosexual parenting to such a degree that contrary opinions or research are forbidden in any major, main-line journal (or publisher) in pediatrics, psychology, social service, sociology, or medicine. The last major article in dissent, by Regnerus (2012) [23], was a very good piece of research in every respect – certainly superior to the bulk of empirical publications in the field. But once it was published, the outrage, threats, and charges laid against Regnerus assured that he would never publish in this area again (although he kept his job). This is not freedom of speech. Indeed, this is tyranny.
Science and politics are arguably the two areas in which freedom of speech is vital. How, without hearing dissenting views can 'the truth' be arrived at? Unlike politics, in which lying has come to be expected, science is supposed to approximate a court of law. A finding or discovery is advanced with an explanation. Others agree or disagree based on their evidence and examination of the evidence of the originator. Though there is no judge to keep order, those who don the mantle of scientist are supposed to practice the kinds of restraint and respect that you might find in a courtroom.
Since pro-homosexual investigators entered en masse, any sense of courtroom decorum has disappeared. One side – with shoddy logic and untoward motives – controls almost everything. This situation suits the mental health establishment just fine. It, after all, controls the journals and influences the publishers enabling the current state of affairs. The iron lock between the mental health profession and homosexuals – characterized by total disregard for honor and any semblance of courtroom logic and protocol – should damn them both in any reasoned view.
Consider child placement. We know a married mother and father are, in general, the best option. Likewise, that giving a child instead to an unmarried woman or man would be an inferior choice. Yet there is no lobby of academics doing studies trying to prove that 'one parent is as good as two parents,' or 'one unmarried parent is as good as two married parents.' By contrast, the bulk of studies on homosexual parents have been conducted by homosexual investigators. As Belcastro, et al., Cameron, and Schumm have noted in instance after instance, the literature in this field is full of 'questionable stuff' that does not meet standards of intellectual or scholarly rigor. And while you can find mistakes, exaggerations, etc. in almost any set of papers, the sheer density of such problems in this literature is astoundingly constant.
That the mental health establishment publishes and cites this literature in courts, classrooms, and legislatures – to put the desires of homosexuals over the well-being of children – speaks volumes about their motivations, honor, and perspicacity. Whatever 'good mental health' means, it does not seem to be associated with care for children or honest, careful, replicable research when it comes to homosexuality. Indeed, when it comes to children, mental health professionals use some of their shoddiest research, though children are one of the most important elements of any society.
Advocacy research is always suspect, and it is especially consequential in this arena. Homosexual censorship over our culture, not just academia, grows daily. And the results are as predictably corrupt and corrupting as what has happened in this narrow field of research. Like studies of homosexual parenting, a similar pattern is being borne out in other parts of society. In part due to the 'scientific' claims of mental health experts and subsequent pressure to change its stance, the Roman Catholic Church welcomed 'celibate' homosexuals into its priesthood. That welcoming has turned out less than well; indeed, it is severely damaging and may even end Catholicism. These self-proclaimed 'experts' told society that homosexuality was a 'normal, healthy variant' of human sexuality, and advised that homosexuals be accepted throughout society. As a consequence, the West is slowly but surely reaping the whirlwind – one child at a time.
[1] Cameron P (1999) Homosexual parents: testing "common sense" – a literature review emphasizing the Golombok and Tasker longitudinal study of lesbians' children. Psychological Reports, 85:282-322.
[2] Schumm W (2019) More evidence backs up same-sex parenting assessment. Christian Concern, May 2; follow-on to Schumm's Same-Sex Parenting Research: A Critical Assessment, Wilberforce Publications, September 2018.
[3] Belcastro PA, Gramlich T, Nicholson T, Price J, & Wilson R (1993) A review of data-based studies addressing the effects of homosexual parenting on children's sexual and social functioning. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 20:105-122.
[4] Cameron P & Cameron K (1998) Homosexual parents: a comparative forensic study of character and harms to children. Psychological Reports, 82:1133-1191.
[5] Patterson CJ, Farr RH, & Hastings PD (2015) Socialization in the context of family diversity. In J Grusec & P Hastings (Eds.), Handbook of Socialization: Theory and Research (pp. 202-227). New York: Guilford Press.
[6] Davis RR (2015, September) Sexual orientation and mental health: current evidence and misconceptions. Paper prepared for the International Women's Human Rights Clinic at City University of New York School of Law, Iraq LGBT Project. New York, NY: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Social Science & Public Policy Center.
[7] Fettro MN & Manning WD (2019). Child well-being in same-gender-parent families: Courts, media, and social science research. In MY Janning (Ed.), Contemporary Parenting and Parenthood: From News Headlines to New Research (pp. 283-301). Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger (ABC-CLIO, LLC).
[8] Fettro & Manning (2019), p. 285.
[9] Goldberg SK & Conron KJ (2018, July) How Many Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. Are Raising Children? Los Angeles, CA: The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law.
[10] Cameron P (2004) Numbers of homosexual parents living with their children. Psychological Reports, 94: 179-188.
[11] Golombok S, Perry B, Burston A, Murray C, Mooney-Somers J, Stevens M, & Golding J (2003) Children with lesbian parents: a community study. Developmental Psychology, 39, 20-33.
[12] Patterson, Farr & Hastings (2015).
[13] Such as, Balsam KF, Rothblum ED, & Wickham RE (2017) Longitudinal predictors of relationship dissolution among same-sex and heterosexual couples. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice, 6(4), 247-257.
[14] Farr RH & Goldberg AE (2019) Same-sex relationship dissolution and divorce: how will children be affected? In AE Goldberg & AP Romero (Eds.), LGBTQ Divorce and Relationship Dissolution: Psychological and Legal Perspectives and Implications for Practice (pp. 151-172). New York, NY: Oxford University Press, p. 152.
[15] Goldberg AE (2010). Lesbian and Gay Parents and Their Children: Research on the Family Life Cycle. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, p. 114.
[16] Gartrell N, Deck A, Rodas C, Peyser H, & Banks A (2006) The USA National Lesbian Family Study: interviews with mothers of 10-year-olds. Feminism & Psychology, 16, 175-192, p. 115.
[17] Koh AS, Bos HMW, & Gartrell NK (2019) Predictors of mental health in emerging adult offspring of lesbian-parent families. Journal of Lesbian Studies, 23, 257-278.
[18] Cameron P and Cameron K (2002) Children of homosexual parents report childhood difficulties. Psychological Reports, 90, 71-82.
[19] Mazrekaj D, de Witte K, & Cabus S (2018) School outcomes of children raised by same-sex couples: evidence from administrative panel data. Working paper, Leuven Economics of Education Research (LEER), Leuven, The Netherlands.
[20] Gartrell N, Bos H, & Koh A (2019) Sexual attraction, sexual identity, and same-sex sexual experiences of adult offspring in the U.S.: National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study. Archives of Sexual Behavior, online advance.
[21] Cameron P (2006) Children of homosexuals and transsexuals more apt to be homosexual. Journal of Biosocial Science, 38, 413-418.
[22] Gartrell N, Bos H, & Koh A (2018) National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study – mental health of adult offspring. New England Journal of Medicine, 379:297-299.
[23] Regnerus M (2012) How different are the adult children of parents who have same-sex relationships? Findings from the New Family Structures Study. Social Science Research, 41(4), 752-770.
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Dr. Paul Cameron was the first scientist to document the harmful health effects of second-hand tobacco smoke. He has published extensively on LGBT issues in refereed scientific journals. In 1978 he predicted that equal treatment of homosexuality and heterosexuality would strongly favor growing homosexuality and shrinking heterosexuality. His prediction is coming true.
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Surrounded by the most lush, picturesque countryside you could imagine, this blissful hotel makes for total escape. The hotel's highly experienced staff of chefs, butlers, and conference managers are dedicated to assisting you in each stage of the event planning and execution process.
Belmond La Residencia offers 67 elegant rooms and suites and 1 private villa. They are all exquisitely decorated with Mallorcan antiques and local works of art and exude individual identity, charm and atmosphere.
Where everyday life simply fades away and relaxation takes over. Just a stone's throw from the clear blue Mediterranean, the charming village of Deià and the towering Sierra de Tramuntana provide a truly stunning setting for one of the world's most renowned hotels.
Two manor houses dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, lovingly restored, maintained, and furnished with local antiques and fabrics, provide a house of real style, charm and character.
Add a true Mallorcan touch to your party with traditional dance performers only for your guests. Or, if you prefer, we can organize for a local forlk group to play Mallorcan music and songs in true local style.
Cecilie Sheridan, curator of the hotel's collection, will take you around the village and introduce you to local artists who have studios in Deià. Along the way, she offers fascinating insight into the local history and people.
Our much-loved donkeys—Pancho, Luna and Alba—will accompany you on a tour through the hotel's olive groves. Admire the tranquil landscape before stopping for an unforgettable picnic lunch in a stone shepherd's hut.
Feel closer to nature with a trek along the Serra de Tramuntana, a World Heritage Site. Our expert mountain guide will show you the best paths to admire the landscape that has long inspired visiting and local artists.
Albéniz Room - offers a stunning terrace overlooking the beautiful countryside.
Sa Tafona - the hotel's art gallery offers an inspiring setting to stage a cocktail party.
The beautiful gardens in front of Belmond La Residencia can be used for various functions - from a cocktail soirée to the cake-cutting ceremony.
Son Fony - features a private dining room and a large terrace.
As its name and decor suggests, El Olivo is a refurbished 16th century olive press, making an intimate setting for your event.
An expansive outdoor terrace, located in front of El Olivo Restaurant and boasting an amazing view of the charming houses of Deiá.
EL OLIVO RESTAURANT - Flickering candlelight creates a romantic, elegant ambience to complement the Mediterranean cuisine of Executive Chef Guillermo Méndez and his team. The restaurant staff will guide you through the tasting, à la carte and vegetarian menus. Select from the excellent wine list which, year on year, has achieved an Award of Excellence from the prestigious Wine Spectator. Fuelled by the creativity of Chef Guillermo, the menu has been expanded with local specialities to give guests a true taste of Mallorca.
CAFÉ MIRÓ - Celebrating Deià's artistic heritage, Café Miró is a bar and bistro offering lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. You'll also find a delicious selection of Mediterranean tapas. In summer, enjoy pre-dinner cocktails on the terrace overlooking Deià.
POOL RESTAURANT - Running alongside the main swimming pool, the Pool Restaurant is open between May and September. Browse through the tempting range of Mediterranean specialities or order from the extensive cocktail menu.
SON FONY - Our Mediterranean buffet breakfast is served in the Son Fony restaurant, where guests overlook the pool and enjoy uplifting views of the mountains. Indulge in Belmond La Residencia's homemade preserves, freshly baked bread and pastries, as well as eggs cooked to your taste.
Be guided by the scent of lavender in our green gardens.
The new bar at Café Miró.
Charming corners of Café Miró.
Exercise or relax? Either way, let us pamper you at our award-winning spa!
Lounge your days in Mallorca away in our Presidential Suite, a sanctuary of privacy and relaxation.
Relax and rejuvenate as you soak up the Mallorcan sun!
One of the hotel swimming-pools.
A taste of Japan with a local twist! Join us on Wednesdays at Café Miró for a sushi evening with chef Tomeu Martí of Palma's Arume Restaurant.
Romantic Wedding at Belmond La Residencia.
Unleash your sense of adventure with an unforgettable Vespa ride through Mallorca's picturesque mountains.
The magic of Deià at sunset.


This is just a little reminder for myself to fix a major issue - whenever unicode characters (like the long dash in the title) are used, New crashes.
EDIT: Bug fixed. Apparently, you have to .decode("utf-8") for unicode titles like this before re-encoding and sending to IRC.
Ah I see now why it kept disconnecting. What about special chars like accents?
I thought Alberthro was the one with access?
Ok, final test, but it seems to be working!
The thing is, some people use Latin-1 and some use UTF-8. Xchat can automagically select the charset to use per line. Basically if a line fails Unicode validation, it will use Latin-1 when receiving. When sending, it uses latin-1 unless you used characters that need Unicode.
Yeah, I did now encoding detection for the bot, but that one topic, for some reason, doesn't get detected correctly, eiyerons new topic.
For detection I use chardet.
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Water call should send message Basin needs a real answer, Area needs congressional help for a long-term plan
Pat Bushey, editor Herald and News Apr 23, 2017
{ "...The local community should accept the fact that an overall settlement isn't going to happen without a land settlement with the Tribes. Yes, land for water. Accept it and move on..." KBC ANALYSIS: H&N got it right...it's not about fish, it's "land for water". Tribes sold reservation. Tribes will call on irrigation water (like happening in this flood year) until they can get their land given back to them again, and the Klamath hydroelectric dams destroyed. Some call it 'blackmail.' }
When people talk about water in the Klamath Basin, the discussion can turn emotional in a hurry. That's especially true when the discussion's backdrop is the recent "call" on water in the upper Klamath Basin on the Sprague and Williamson rivers.
The call means the Klamath Tribes, who have verified senior rights to the water, can and are exercising them at a "biological" level during the spring runoff, which is part of the rights that came with the Treaty of 1864 between the Tribes and the United States. The Tribes have first claim to the water when its volume is above a certain strength.
The situation also includes the possibility that other irrigators, mostly ranchers, in the Upper Klamath Basin who rely on those rivers and their tributaries, will face more calls as the Tribes continue to exercise their water rights.
It's a dismal outlook for all involved, and that includes the Tribes. What they get is a slug of water, but still won't have the land base, economic development engine or restoration of the fisheries the Tribes want. It would also come at devastating cost to a $300 million local industry — agriculture. Everybody loses.
It doesn't have to be that way, and shouldn't be. We don't want a return to 2001 when an irrigation shutoff to different irrigators on the Klamath Reclamation Project to help fish led to major losses to agriculture and soured relations with the Tribes that led to some incidents of racism.
It also points to the Basin's biggest water problem — lack of an overall, water-sharing agreement that only Congress can provide but first, it has to be convinced that it has workable plan, which can only come from the Basin.
The "devastation" to the local area that could result isn't from the current call, but from future calls that could be made after the unusually high water has dropped. So there are probably a few weeks in which to find an agreement to at least get through the year on the way to a Basin-wide water-agreement in which Congress has a vital role.
Finding the solutions means U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, who represents Klamath County along with most of Oregon's land area in Congress, has to push for it, along with U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley. Yes, Klamath County water issues have absorbed a lot of their time in recent years. Some things don't come easy.
Looking back at the reasons the problem exists, however — promising too much to water users and tribal treaties that didn't get properly enforced — the federal government had a big hand in creating the problem, and now has an obligation to play a big role in cleaning up the mess.
A couple of points we think deserve to be repeated:
The local community should accept the fact that an overall settlement isn't going to happen without a land settlement with the Tribes. Yes, land for water. Accept it and move on. Without it, turmoil and conflict will continue along with a deteriorating local economy.
The Tribes should move to solve the immediate problem. That means agreeing to meet with the irrigators soon. Aside from the immediate damage, failure to solve 2017's problem will make it harder to work together on a Basin-wide permanent solution.
In a way, the water call may not have been a bad thing. Maybe the Tribes' exercise of their water rights will be the wake-up call everyone needs to find a long-term Basin-wide answer. The remaining question is, who heard it and what are they going to do about it.
The H&N View represents the opinion of the Herald and News Editorial Board. Its members are Publisher Mark Dobie, Editor Gerry O'Brien and Forum Editor Pat Bushey, who wrote today's editorial. Community advisers to the editorial board are Sergio Cisneros, Jenine Stuedli, Tracey Liskey and Ernie Palmer.
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FLW Live Schedule for Lake Okeechobee
January 24, 2018 by FLW
FLW Live coverage of the 2018 FLW Tour will kick off this week as the Tour visits Lake Okeechobee in Clewiston, Fla.
Starting on Thursday, each daily weigh-in will be broadcast live from Roland & Mary Ann Martin's Marina & Resort. Then the expanded FLW Live broadcast, with video streams from the top anglers' boats, will air on Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. ET.
To watch, log on to FLWFishing.com, and click on the FLW Live window on the main home page. The show is free to watch.
Lake Okeechobee FLW Live Schedule
Thursday, Jan. 25
3 p.m. ET – Live weigh-in show (until weigh-in concludes)
Friday, Jan. 26
Saturday, Jan. 27
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. ET – Live on-the-water coverage
Sunday, Jan. 28
More about FLW Live
The newly enhanced FLW Live show debuted at 2017 FLW Tour stop No. 2 at Lake Travis. The show now includes video feeds streamed live from the top five anglers' boats on the final two days of FLW Tour events. It is hosted by popular internet fishing personality Travis Moran and FLW Field Editor Rob Newell. This addition to FLW's live programming is an extension of the popular FLW Live weigh-in shows that have streamed live from FLW Tour events for more than a decade.
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Day 2 of Practice with Miller
At just 20 years old, Colby Miller is pretty young to be a rookie on the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit. However, the Elmer, La., native isn't lacking in accolades, as he's now finished 24th or better in points in the Southwestern Division of the FLW Series two years in a row. Additionally, he's starting the season close to home – Miller guides for bass and crappie on nearby Toledo Bend, and he's got a lot of tournament time in on Sam Rayburn. READ MORE »
Riding Rayburn with Tutt
One of the nicest and most experienced pros on the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit, Jim Tutt has fished about everywhere, but he calls Texas home. Last year, Tutt finished fifth in the season-opener on Sam Rayburn, and it's also where he earned one of his three FLW Series-level wins. READ MORE »
2020 Cherokee Lake Preview
Built in the 1940s by the Tennessee Valley Authority, Cherokee Lake is nestled in the hills of east Tennessee. The Holston River impoundment lies roughly between Norris Lake to the northwest and Douglas Lake to the southeast. The clear waters of Cherokee can fluctuate about 30 feet between winter pool and spring flooding, which sounds like a lot, but isn't out of the ordinary for the average east Tennessee reservoir. So, depending on the water level, Cherokee has about 400 miles of shoreline and 28,780 surface acres. READ MORE »
2020 Harris Chain Preview
One of the most fun places FLW visits, the Harris Chain is a collection of lakes in central Florida that includes Lake Harris, Lake Apopka, Lake Griffin, Lake Eustis, Lake Dora, Lake Carlton, Horseshoe Lake, Little Lake Harris, Lake Denham and Lake Beauclair. In all, the pros have the run of 10 lakes, plus the myriad residential canals, rivers and backwaters that spread out off of them. READ MORE »
2020 Lake Hartwell Preview
Built on the Savannah, Tugaloo and Seneca rivers on the border of South Carolina and Georgia, Lake Hartwell is a fairly typical example of a Southeastern spotted bass and largemouth fishery. Though there are shad and bream, the primary forage is blueback herring. Hartwell has very little vegetation outside of flooded dog fennel, and the primary cover types are docks, rock, shoreline wood, brush and cane piles. READ MORE »
2020 Detroit River Preview
Though the Pro Circuit finale takes off from the Detroit River, that's hardly the only place the pros will be fishing. Takeoff is near the southern mouth of the river, giving pros easy access to the west end of Lake Erie. At the other end of the river is Lake St. Clair, which has been home to some of the most epic smallmouth beatdowns on record in recent years. READ MORE »
2020 Lake Dardanelle Preview
by Justin Onslow
Situated between the Ozark National Forest to the north and the Ouachita National Forest to the south, Lake Dardanelle in Northwest Arkansas is a roughly 34,000-acre impoundment on the Arkansas River that offers a multitude of unique and varied opportunities to catch quality bass. READ MORE »
2020 Lake Martin Preview
Lake Martin was created back in 1926 when the Martin Dam was completed on the Tallapoosa River. At the time, the 44,000-acre reservoir was the largest man-made body of water in the world, though it obviously no longer holds that distinction. READ MORE »
2020 Sam Rayburn Preview
Sam Rayburn has a reputation as a phenomenal bass fishery and a giant in the tournament world. At more than 114,000 acres, it's the largest reservoir contained entirely within the borders of the Lone Star State. READ MORE »
Gator Division Kicking off at St. Johns River
The Phoenix Bass Fishing League's popular Gator Division, which is presented by A.R.E., kicks off its 2020 season on Saturday, Jan. 11 at the St. Johns River near Palatka, Fla. READ MORE »


People United is an innovative charity that explores how the arts and creativity can grow kindness, empathy and a sense of common humanity.
India Thompson (School of Psychology), was offered a two week work experience placement with Canterbury-based charity, People United (an innovative charity that explores how the arts can encourage kindness).
India was supported to develop a research presentation about student giving and charitable activity. Whilst working with with the charity, India was supported by the Head of Development and Chief Executive.
India was an extremely competent and confident student who demonstrated excellent enthusiasm for social change agendas and for fundraising activity. Her work has assisted us in the creation of a survey that is currently being circulated to students at Kent University, asking about the giving activity for this demographic.
In 2016, People United are offered four work experience placements to EP students, and the team caught up with Kate Lyden and Alexander Frampton (both School of Politics and International Relations) to find out more.
As the charity was founded in 2006, People United decided to celebrate its 10-year anniversary by hosting an event at the Tate Modern. Both Kate and Alex helped organise the event, undertaking social media promotion, create guest invites, in addition to assisting with the charity's kindness campaign.
Kate returned (alongside 2015 reward winner, Jonathan Small) to help with the event in October.
Find out more about People United and their imaginative projects, here.


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A mini symposium, entitled 'Micromechanics of rock deformation and its impact on rock-fluid system interactions', is organised by Elli-Maria Charalampidou, Sergei Stanchits and Francesco Cecinato during the 12th HSTAM 2019 International Congress on Mechanics, which will take place in Thessaloniki (Greece) from the 22nd to the 25th of September 2019.
It is our pleasure to invite you to the Mini-symposium titled "Mechanics and Physics of Granular Materials" at the Engineering Mechanics Institute (EMI) Conference 2019, California Institute of Technology -Pasadena California, organized by the Granular Materials Committee members in the forthcoming EMI2019 conference.
On behalf of the organising committee, we are pleased to announce the 7th UK–China International Particle Technology Forum which will be held in Edinburgh on 28–31 July 2019. This is scheduled between two unmissable events in Europe: DEM8 in the Netherlands (21–26 July) and the worldfamous Edinburgh International Festival (2–26 August).
Dear colleagues the registration is now open !
Registration for Computational & Geoenvironmental Geomechanics for Underground and Subsurface Structures (COGGUS2) International symposium is now open.
A Special Session, entitled '"Understanding, modelling, and design of offshore wind turbine foundation", will be organised by Britta Bienen, Domenico Lombardi and Amin Barari in the 2nd International Conference on Natural Hazards & Infrastructure (ICONHIC2019) , Chania, Greece, 23-26 June 2019.
The conference is dedicated to the memory of late Professor Ioannis Vardoulakis on the occasion of 10th years from his death in recognition of his contributions and achievements in Mechanics. A special session in honor of Professor Vardoulakis is organized by Professors Panos Papanastasiou (University of Cyprus) and Ioannis Stefanou (Ecole des Ponts, Paris Tech, France).
Abstract submission is open until 30 December 2018.
Please visit the website of the congress www.12hstam2019.gr for more information and a list of the specialized Mini-Symposia that you can submit your abstract including the Special Session for Prof. Ioannis Vardoulakis.
The 13th EURO-conference on Rock Physics and Geomechanics will take place in Potsdam (Germany) from September 2 to September 6, 2019.


Route 59 offers a wide selection of live games, a variety of slot machines, live entertainment, a bar and a restaurant.
As an added convenience for the guests of Route 59 and visitors to the region, the 76-room, four-star deluxe Hotel Savannah was opened adjacent to the casino and offers a gourmet restaurant and bar, a spa and wellness center which includes a pool and a state-of-the-art fitness room, as well as extensive banquet facilities for conferences and special events."
There is a restaurant and a bar in the casino.
Monday through Thursday from 2 p.m. to 6 a.m.


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REHABILITATION OF RURAL ROADS TO OPEN UP AGRICULTURAL AREAS
In order to support a rapidly-growing economy as envisaged in Governor Sang's manifesto, the County Government of Nandi has continued to sustain and expand the on-going public investments in roads across the entire county.
Great strides have already been made in the road construction and rehabilitation which include construction of new roads, rehabilitation and maintenance of existing roads.
Prior to the inception of the new administration, there were serious road connectivity challenges where some parts of the county were simply unreachable. The situation had adversely affected trade and investment. The County lacked basic infrastructure, which is conventionally a prerequisite to spur economic growth .
Under the leadership of Governor Stephen Sang, the County government of Nandi is constructing new roads and the rehabilitation of access roads in rural areas.
This is part of an ambitious infrastructure project aimed at stimulating economic growth in the county.
The county's development has been partially hindered by poor road infrastructure especially in areas where agriculture is practiced.
Transport and Infrastructure CEC Eng. Hillary Koech inspecting an ongoing construction of a Bridge in Tindiret.
According to the County Executive in charge of Transport and Infrastructure Eng. Hillary Koech, interconnecting roads in the county will further open up more opportunities for the county's growth.
The County government has made tremendous progress in opening up of several roads through improvement of Rural Access Roads, gravelling and grading of major roads in the County.
With the acquisition of road machinery comprising of a low loader, two excavators, two drum rollers, four backhoes, 18 tipper Lorries and a fuel tanker have ensured sustained works to ensure our roads are motorable. So far the department of transport and infrastructure has graded 781.5kms, graveled 273kms and dozed 220kms of roads across all the six sub counties.
Kaptebengwo Road, Soba/Songhor Ward in Tindiret sub county
The acquisition of the equipment coupled with prudent management will go a long way in offering a lasting solution to the problems the county has experienced in the transport sector.
The government has set aside funds for the acquisition and installation culverts for proper drainage in our roads. Funds have also been set aside for construction of box culverts and footbridge's across the county.
The county government is also working with the national government authorities to prioritize some key roads to be upgraded to bitumen standards.


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FTAC: Israel: Minority Position: Arab Resentment
Posted by commart in 21st Century Feudal, Anti-Semitism, Conflict - Culture - Language - Psychology, FTAC - From The Awesome Conversation, Israel, Middle East, Political Psychology
Arab resentment, Israel aparthied, Israel liberal democracy, MEC, middle east conflict, political bitterness, political jealousy, politics of Arab hate
Inspiration: claim that Israel is not a liberal democracy.
You're wheedling for power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Arab_members_of_the_Knesset
And you have to use a rhetorical approach to do it.
Here's a piece from Foreign Affairs titled to reflect the dissenting Arab attitude: "Israel's Second-Class Citizens". The reading, however, tells a different story. If within Israel, one is an enemy of the state by way of action or speech, one may expect the state to defend its interests internally. On your basis, one might argue that France is not a democracy either as it defends its heavily Catholic culture as well as its laws in the humanist tradition.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/israel/2016-06-08/israel-s-second-class-citizens
The author of the summer 2016 piece, As'ad Ghanem, actually titled it with his own Palestinian agenda and here by inference is what he has said about himself in self-revelation:
The various strains of Arab political thought were brought together in December 2006, when a group of Arab activists and intellectuals published a declaration, The Future Vision of the Palestinian Arabs in Israel, that sought to define Arabs' relationship with the state and their hopes for the country's future. The document, which I co-authored, called on the Israeli government to recognize its responsibility for the expulsion of Palestinians around the time of Israeli independence and to consider paying reparations to the descendants of the displaced; to grant Arab citizens greater autonomy in managing their cultural, religious, and educational affairs; to enshrine Arabs' rights to full equality; and, perhaps most striking, to legally define Israel as a homeland for both Arabs and Jews—a direct challenge to the historically Jewish character of the state.
As much appears similar to the Black Panthers / New Black Panthers demanding from the United States reparations for slavery that ended officially in 1865 and which results by 1965 had produced a slew of racial equality programs that remain in force today in the form of Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity, Federal set asides for minority-owned businesses, etc. And yet that demand lays emphasis on racial resentment with the intent for getting something out it.
How is the Palestinian cause within Israel both different and less marginal?
Does the displacement and disempowerment of Israel's Jewish majority in character remain of primary interest to the whole of Israel's Arab constituency or just some part of it?
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/new-black-panther-party
The New Black Panther Party (NBPP) is a black separatist group that believes black Americans should have their own nation. In the NBPP's "10 Point Platform," which is taken from the original Black Panther Party, the NBPP demands that black people be given a country or state of their own within which they can make their own laws. They demand that all black prisoners in the United States be released to "the lawful authorities of the Black Nation." They claim to be entitled to reparations for slavery from the United States, all European countries and "the Jews."


Tourists blend melodic, dreamy, beach-pop with a darker, more sinister edge. This Devon five-piece combine elements of shoegaze and 80's synth-pop with deeper-rooted post-punk influences.
Following the release of the single Cut and Run which landed in Spotify's Global Viral 50 earning over 500,000 plays, the band saw support from the likes of Huw Stephens, BBC Introducing and top online music tastemakers which lead the seaside quintet to play a live showcase for BBC Radio 1 as part of the Radio 1 Big Weekend and perform on the BBC Introducing stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2017. The band are now due to start recording their debut album.


Looking for an educational and entertaining weekend trip for you and your family? Join the Sustainable Living Roadshow (SLR) at the Forecastle Festival in Louisville, Ky. from July 9-11.
Boiron is a proud sponsor of SLR, "a caravan of educators, entertainers and activists coordinating cross country tours that empower communities and individuals to utilize sustainable strategies for a healthier planet." This Northern California-based roadshow travels to college campuses and community events across the country in non-petroleum based renewable fuel vehicles to spread their message.
This year, SLR will coordinate the festival's Eco-Village, featuring workshops, speakers and entertainment. SLR will also unveil their upgraded Conscious Carnival and debut the Green Home Dome. To support their efforts, Boiron has donated Oscillo, Arnicare, Optique 1 and Calendula for the SLR to give away as prizes.
Named "one of the top 15 outdoor festivals of 2009" by Outside Magazine, the Forecastle Festival is "where the Midwest connects®." Equal parts music, art and activism, the festival is an exciting symposium for musicians, artists, environmentalists and people wanting to learn, share and have fun. This year's musical headliners include The Smashing Pumpkins, The Flaming Lips and Widespread Panic.
For more information on SLR, visit www.sustainablelivingroadshow.org. For the Forecastle Festival, visit http://forecastlefest.com/home.


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Жук Дарья Викторовна (; род. 26 апреля 1980 года, Минск) — белорусский и американский режиссёр, сценарист.

Наиболее известна своей работой над лентой «Хрусталь», которая была выбрана в качестве кандидата на получение премии «Оскар» в номинации «Лучший фильм на иностранном языке».

Биография
Дарья родилась в Минске в семье журналистов, с отличием окончила Гарвардский университет. На протяжении шести лет была сотрудником канала HBO. Затем окончила высшие режиссёрские курсы в Колумбийском университете.

Продюсировала документальный фильм про солиста группы «Gogol Bordello» Евгения Гудзя.

В начале 2022 года стало известно, что Жук выступит режиссёром сериала «Зато» — четвёртого российского оригинального проекта Netflix.

Фильмография
 2019 — «Содержанки (второй сезон)» (Россия) — режиссёр
 2018 — «Хрусталь / Crystal Swan» (Беларусь, Германия, Россия, США) — режиссёр
 2011 — Воздух внутри неё / Air Inside Her, The (США, короткометражный) — режиссёр, сценарист

Награды и номинации

 2018: Гран-при Одесского МКФ — фильм «Хрусталь»;
 2019: Премия «Ника» за лучший фильм стран СНГ, Грузии и Балтии — фильм «Хрусталь».

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 Официальный сайт Дарьи Жук

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Q: qt5 undefined reference to 'QApplication::QApplication(int&, char**, int)' I'm trying to get a simple hello world example running, and already needed some time to figure out what includes to use
Now I verified the include paths, the QApplication should actually be there, but it throws the above error. For clarity my code:
#include <QtWidgets/QApplication>
#include <QtWidgets/QPushButton>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
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}

I tried compiling using first qmake -project, then qmake and finally make and then got the following errors:
qt_hello_world.o: In function 'main':
undefined reference to QApplication::QApplication(int&, char**, int)
qt_hello_world.cpp: undefined reference to QPushButton::QPushButton(QString const&, QWidget*)
qt_hello_world.cpp: undefined reference to QWidget::show()
qt_hello_world.cpp: undefined reference to QApplication::exec()
qt_hello_world.cpp: undefined reference to QApplication::~QApplication()
qt_hello_world.cpp: undefined reference to QApplication::~QApplication()

The Makefile created by qmake contains the correct include path to the qt5 directory which contains the QtWidgets/QApplication, the QApplication file just includes the qapplication.h header that contains the actual class QApplication.

A: The tutorial https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_for_Beginners is fully updated so you must modify it. Change to:
TEMPLATE = app
TARGET = callboot-ui.exe
QT += core gui
greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets
HEADERS +=
SOURCES += main.cpp

TL; DR;
In the case of @jww it has an error in the following line of the .pro:
greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5): QT += core gui widgets

The error is caused because greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 5) verifies that the major version of Qt is greater than 5 to add sub-modules, but the latest version of Qt is 5.13.2 is not greater than 5, so it is not linked the modules causing the error shown.
In the tutorial greaterThan(QT_MAJOR_VERSION, 4): QT += widgets is used to support .pro so that it can be compiled for Qt4 and Qt5 since in the latter the widgets moved to a new sub-module called widgets.

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