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REPUBS … We are a liberal island of blue in a broad sea of red on the Western Slope. We all know that. And several Republican elected officials are voicing positions at odds with some of the things we hold dearest in our area … It was at a Colorado Counties meeting in Denver recently that Commissioner Ron Henderson announced in a Public Lands Committee meeting that the Forest Service had been doing a reprehensible job on the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison Forests, and that he wanted to see the public lands in his jurisdiction given to Montrose County, whom he promised would do a better job managing public lands than the Fed. That's not a new concept. Reagan's Secretary of Interior James Watt rolled into office with that same rhetoric of devolving the federal government lands back into private hands … Curiously, as Colorado columnist Ed Quillen of Salida pointed out in a recent Writers on the Range op-ed piece, Reagan presided over the biggest shutdown of mining in the nation's history. His high interest rates and high unemployment policies kicked the mining industry in the teeth, and pushed the West into the nation's worst economic performances in the early 80s. Yet, in 1984 Westerners put him back into office by wide margins, in spite of the damage to their own economies … Hopefully, more moderate Republicans and Independents will not be strayed by such anti-federal rhetoric and try to dismantle our public land agencies and privatize the West (much as the East Coast is mostly private) … I actually get along with Ron. We disagree on many issues. His habit of taking cellphone calls during meetings is annoying. But he has a good sense of humor, and can be counted on to enliven a meeting he actually participates in … Still, turning all public lands in Montrose County over the private sector is a terrible idea. And it's unsettling hearing it argued again.
MIKE FEDEL … That's the name of the new Repub commissioner in Ouray County, who narrowly defeated Dem Keith Meinert in the last election. Enviros got a rude wake-up from Fedel recently when he voted against endorsing the San Juan Wilderness bill that Salazar ran but was unable to get through the Congressional quagmire last session …. Activists want to resurrect it. But last time it had unanimous support from commissioners in the affected counties. This time Fedel broke ranks with Lynn Padgett (Dem) and Heidi Albritton (Repub) and said no – it shouldn't be wilderness because it may contain rare minerals that we'll need to mine … He coupled his negative vote with rhetoric, similar to Henderson's, citing the interference of the Feds in local economic development.
SCOTT TIPTON … Maybe most disturbing, particularly since enviros have been trying to court our new U.S. Rep for the Third District to take up Salazar's mantle on the San Juan Wilderness Bill, since it had had unanimous support last time around, was a statement made in a public meeting recently that Tipton did not support the wilderness bill. "He's against it," a conservative individual declared (who will remain unnamed).… One would hope it's not true. But given the Repub rhetoric of two county commissioners and the anti-government leanings of Tipton, there's a good chance our backyard wilderness proposal may be dead in the water for the next two years. At least. And maybe for a lot longer than that.
Alternative Energy:
Tweedledum or Tweedledee
A friend sends me this headline "China Takes Lead in Race
for Clean Nuclear Energy" with a hotkey in blue that reads:
We invented this and have sat on our hands for 35 years
even as I sit on my butt trying to juggle boards &
commissions, issues & scheduling, strategies & poetry.
Aroused, I swing the cursor & pop a reply, "Fact is,
"we're still getting radioactive poisoning reports in Europe
from eating boars & mushrooms today
thousands of miles away from Chernobyl 25 years later.
"So what some might see as 'sitting on our hands'
others might sigh as 'exercising the precautionary principle'
i.e., to do no harm in the face of uncertain but possible threats.
"And when you say 'clean nuclear energy', I guess
you mean the back end of the nuclear cycle is
relatively free of carbon emissions per kilowatt hour.
"And I'm sure you don't mean the front end of the industry,
unless you've never been to the many abandoned mine & mill
properties in the West Ends of Montose & San Miguel counties.
"And actually when the hotkey suggests 'we invented this'
that's not exactly right, since we chose to go the uranium route
to nuclear instead of developing our successful thorium reactor
"at Oak Ridge, because the byproduct of uranium reactors
is plutonium and we needed that most toxic of substances
for our atomic warheads post-World War II's Hiroshima."
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occurs only in Job 31:40 (marg., "noisome weeds"), where it is the rendering of a Hebrew word (b'oshah) which means "offensive," "having a bad smell," referring to some weed perhaps which has an unpleasant odour. Or it may be regarded as simply any noisome weed, such as the "tares" or darnel of Matt. 13:30. In Isa. 5:2, 4 the plural form is rendered "wild grapes."
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New Ohio Poll Finds Declining Support for Homosexual 'Marriage'April 24th, 2014
Here is a new survey that cuts through the media-manufactured hype that the battle over homosexual "marriage" is over and that legalized same-sex "marriage" with popular support is "inevitable" across the United States.–Peter LaBarbera, AFTAH
Citizens for Community Values Action (CCVA)
April 14, 2014
Contact: Phil Burress, Chairman, Citizens for Community Values Action (CCVA)
New Poll Shows Decline in Support for Same-Sex Marriage
A new independent poll of 405 registered Ohio voters confirms a decline in support for same-sex marriage in Ohio. The poll was commissioned by Citizens for Community Values Action (CCVA) and conducted during the week of March 31 – April 3.
Highlights of the poll show:
1) Only 33% of respondents are certain they would vote to allow marriage between two people of the same sex. Correspondingly, 52% of people are certain to vote to keep marriage as only between one man and one woman.
2) 55% do not think it is necessary to have another vote this year on homosexual marriage
3) On the question, "Do you personally agree or disagree that marriage should only be between a man and a woman?" 56% agreed and 34% disagreed, with 9% don't know/no response.
4) 89% of those polled are either absolutely (66%) or very likely (23%) to vote.
"These are the kind of numbers we saw prior to the 2004 vote when Ohioans passed Issue 1, the Marriage Amendment, with nearly 62% of the vote," said Phil Burress, CCVA Chairman. "I believe this return to pre-2004 polling numbers is a direct result of the open hostility and bullying being experienced by citizens and people of faith who hold a natural or traditional view of marriage."
"Like Ohio, voters in 31 out of 34 states have voted with margins as high as 60-80% to recognize marriage as only between one man and one woman," Burress stated. "The shockingly intolerant decision by Federal Judge Black to invalidate the clear will of more than 3.3 million Ohio voters is egregious. It's another example of homosexual activists using sympathetic judges and the courts as a blunt instrument to force a redefinition of marriage and family on the people of Ohio. It seems clear that when advocates of 'marriage equality' cannot convince the people and win at the ballot box, they resort to the courts and judicial fiat. But it's also clear that most Ohioans still understand that natural marriage has no equal."
"We believe Judge Black's decision will be overturned – as it should be – by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit," Burress concluded.
The survey, attached HERE, was conducted by QEV Analytics among registered Ohio voters with at least nominal voting history.
AFTAH Flier on Homosexual Health Risks – Is All Love 'Equal'? – Passed Out at Canada U-Regina ProtestApril 19th, 2014
Facts show that Nature discriminates against homosexual behavior
The following is adapted from a one-page flier passed out by AFTAH President Peter LaBarbera at an April 14, 2014 protest at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan, Canada [see this excellent video commentary by Canadian pundit Brian Lilley]. At the protest. led by Canadian pro-family/pro-life activist Bill Whatcott, both he and LaBarbera were arrested on the charge of "mischief" for not abandoning their peaceful sign protest against homosexuality and abortion. In explaining why the university felt the need to eject Whatcott and the three other protesters, U or R provost and vice-president Thomas Chase said, "The materials were graphic and the materials were disturbing," he told the Regina Leader-Post. "The materials, we felt, could harm members of this campus community who we have a duty to protect and support."
Is All Love 'Equal'?
"Love is Love," same-sex "marriage" advocates are fond of saying. At a recent protest in Weyburan, Saskatchewan, Canada, a pro-"gay" activist said, "It doesn't matter who you love, it just matters that you love." The implication is that homosexual sex and relationships are equivalent—morally, practically and health-wise—to natural sex and relationships (i.e., marriage) between a man and a woman. But is that true?
Capacity to Produce Life
Sex between men or between women alone can never produce children. "Gay parenting" requires a previous heterosexual relationship by one or both of the same-sex partners, or adoption or artificial means to acquire a child. That child will then intentionally be denied a father or a mother. In contrast, heterosexuality and natural marriage produce children, families and future generations.
'HIV Is a Gay Disease'
Homosexual sex between men is the biggest risk factors for HIV/AIDS. A stunning 94-95 percent of all HIV diagnoses in 2011 among boys and young men were linked to homosexual sex, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports.[1] A 2008 CDC study of "gay" men in 21 major cities found that nearly one in five were HIV positive while 44 percent of those did not know it. [2] Facts like these have led some homosexual activists to admit that, "HIV is a gay disease."[3] Yet students rarely are educated on the heightened health risks associated with homosexual behaviors.
Viral Hepatitis and High-Risk Homosexual Sex
"Among adults, an estimated 10% of new Hepatitis A cases and 20% of new Hepatitis B cases occur in gay or bisexual men," the CDC reported in October 2013. The disproportionate risk is linked to high-risk sexual behaviors by "men who have sex with men" (MSM). The CDC reports: "Hepatitis A is usually spread when a person ingests fecal matter—even in microscopic amounts—from an infected person. Among men who have sexual contact with other men, Hepatitis A can be spread through direct anal-oral contact or contact with fingers or objects that have been in or near the anus of an infected person."[4]
Sex Practices Common Among Homosexual Men Are 'Highly Efficient Ways of Transmitting Disease,' Says 'Gay' Writer
"Some practices common among gays–especially rimming [mouth-to-anus sex] and anal intercourse–are highly efficient ways of transmitting disease."–"Gay" writer Jack Hart, Gay Sex: A Manual for Men Who Love Men [5]
Domestic Partner Violence Higher for Gays, Lesbians and Bisexuals
"Rates of some form of sexual violence were higher among lesbian women, gay men, and bisexual women and men compared to heterosexual women and men," the CDC reported in 2010.
"Forty-four percent of lesbian women, 61% of bisexual women, and 35% of heterosexual women experienced rape, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner in their lifetime…
"Four in 10 gay men (40%), nearly half of bisexual men (47%), and 1 in 5 heterosexual men (21%) have experienced SV [sexual violence] other than rape in their lifetime. This translates into nearly 1.1 million gay men, 903,000 bisexual men, and 21.6 million heterosexual men." [6]
Anal Cancer
"The incidence of anal cancer in gay men is approximately 80 times that of the general population." [7]
"In 2012, 75% of the reported primary and secondary syphilis cases were among men who have sex with men (MSM)/" the CDC reported. [8]
Anus: 'Highest Risk Place for STDs," Says Homosexual Doctor
"[An] anus is the highest risk place for STDs [sexually transmitted diseases]."–Dr. Stephen Goldstone, The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex: A Medical Handbook for Men [9]
1. "CDC: 94 to 95 Percent of HIV Cases among Boys and Young Men Linked to Homosexual Sex," AFTAH website, September 11, 2013 [link HERE]; links to CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] presentation, "HIV Surveillance in Adolescents and Young Adults," National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatisis, STD and & TB Prevention, Div. of HIV/AIDS Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pdf/statistics_surveillance_Adolescents.pdf.
2. CDC Press Release: "1 in 5 men who have sex with men in 21 U.S. cities have HIV; nearly half unaware," National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention; "The CDC study tested 8,153 MSM in 21 cities participating in the 2008 National HIV Behavioral Surveillance System (NHBS)." [link HERE]
3. Sharon Bernstein, "HIV Ads Embrace, and Stun, Audience," Los Angeles Times, September 30, 2006: "the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center had embarked on a controversial ad campaign with this stark declaration: 'HIV is a gay disease,' with the tag line 'Own It. End It.' on billboards and in magazines." [story link HERE].
4. CDC, "Viral Hepatitis: Information for Gay and Bisexual Men," October 2013; http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Populations/PDFs/HepGay-FactSheet.pdf.
5. Jack Hart, Gay Sex: A Manual for Men who Love Men (Revised & Updated, Second edition, October 1998). Published by [now defunct] Alyson Books (Los Angeles, New York), pages 194, 212-213. [AFTAH link HERE] Full quote by Hart, a homosexual, is below:
6. NISVS: "An Overview of 2010 Findings on Victimization by Sexual Orientation," The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS), 2010: http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/cdc_nisvs_victimization_final-a.pdf
7. HIV Essentials 2013 (Sixth Edition), by Paul E. Sax , Calvin J. Cohen, Daniel R. Kuritzkes, (Jones & Bartlett Learning: Burlington, MA, 2013), p. 132. [Amazon book link HERE]
8. CDC, "Syphilis & MSM (Men Who Have Sex With Men) – CDC Fact Sheet; page last updated: January 7, 2014. http://www.cdc.gov/std/syphilis/STDFact-MSM-Syphilis.htm
9. Dr. Stephen Goldstone, The Ins and Outs of Gay Sex: A Medical Handbook for Men, (Dell: 1999), p 16; in the passage, Dr. Goldstone, a homosexual and "gay" advocate, is urging condom use. For more quotations by Goldstone, see this AFTAH article. [Amazon book link HERE]
Copyright: Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (www.AFTAH.org), a Chicago-based organization that defends natural, biblical sexual morality and opposes the LGBT activist movement. Permission to reprint provided credit is given to "AmericansForTruth.org"; AFTAH, PO Box 5522, Naperville, IL 60567-5522. Phone: 312-324-3787. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Defense Fund for Canadian Law Firm Defending Peter LaBarbera and Bill WhatcottApril 18th, 2014
Here is an address to send gifts for the defense of Americans For Truth President Peter LaBarbera and Canadian Bill Whatcott, who were arrested Monday for holding a peaceful protest against abortion and sodomy at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan (SK), Canada. [See AFTAH story HERE; Canadian pundit Brian Lilley's superb commentary on the arrests HERE; and pro-family advocate Janet Porter's radio commentary HERE.] Our able Canadian attorney, Tom Schuck, can be reached by phone at 306-842-4654.
On behalf of Bill Whatcott, thank you to all those who have contributed to our defense and are praying for us! Please pray that these charges will be dropped and that the free speech to defend God's truth and justice will be preserved–in Canada and in the United States:
VIDEO: Canadian Commentator Brian Lilley Decries Lack of Free Speech in Canada and Arrest of LaBarbera, WhatcottApril 18th, 2014
The following commentary by Sun News "Byline" host and Toronto Sun columnist Brian Lilley aired April 15, 2014, regarding the arrest at the University of Regina (in Saskatchewan, Canada) Monday of Canadian pro-family/pro-life activist Bill Whatcott and American AFTAH President Peter LaBarbera:
LaBarbera Returns Safely to U.S. After Arrest and 'Hate Speech' Encounters in CanadaApril 16th, 2014
AFTAH Canada Controversy in the News: AFTAH President Peter LaBarbera has left Canada and is now safely back in Chicago. There has been a lot of media coverage of his arrest Monday by Canadian police–as well as the previous controversy surrounding LaBarbera's near-denial of entry into Canada on the basis that he would violate Canada's "Hate Propaganda Law." Here are a few stories:
LifeSiteNews: "American pro-family activist LaBarbera arrested in Canada" [click HERE]
CBC: "U.S. Anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera arrested in Regina" [click HERE]
Regina [Saskatchewan Leader-Post: "Whatcott, LaBarbera arrested on U of R campus (with video)" [click HERE]
Barbwire.com: "U.S. Christian Peter LaBarbera arrested in Canada" [click HERE]
Montreal Gazette: "Anti-gay American speaker allowed entry into Canada after appeal" [click HERE]
Regina Leader-Post: "Anti-gay activist LaBarbera says he seeks civil debate" (with video) [click HERE]
WND.com: "Christian speaker's entrance to Canada threatened" [click HERE]
Dear AFTAH Readers,
I'm back home in the Land of the Free (well, at least we're freer than Canada!)…Just a quick note here to let you know that I'm OK after being arrested in Saskatchewan, Canada, for standing up for free speech at a public university (U. of Regina) with Canadian pro-family/pro-life hero Bill Whatcott.
I will have an in-depth report tomorrow, but here are some key facts. I arrived home in Chicago late last night after cutting my week-long visit to Canada short to avoid a second hearing with Canadian Border Service agents on whether I could stay in the country.
The "Pro-Gay Thought Police" seemed to follow me wherever I went in Canada. When I entered the country through Regina [Saskatchewan] Airport last Thursday around 10:00 PM, I was detained for more than three hours as Border Security agents rifled through my luggage, laptop–and even my cell phone–searching for material that would violate Canada's "Hate Propaganda" law. I hope that most Americans would be as shocked as I was to see government bureaucrats searching through my personal items for evidence of ideas and advocacy it wants to ban (in this case Judeo-Christian morality opposed to homosexual sin).
After the long wait and further questions (including reviewing the AFTAH website), I was formally denied entry into Canada, but elected to appeal the decision with the help of a Canadian attorney. The next day, as Whatcott and I went to the Border Security office at the airport prepared to make our appeal, we quickly discovered that the decision to overturn my entry ban was a done deal. Later we learned that political pressure had been brought to bear on Customs by some conservative Members of Parliament.
A huge THANK YOU to all who prayed for me and offered help to get me into Canada so I could honor my speaking commitment and thwart the arrogant political bullying of leftists who attempted to decide for EVERYONE who could speak at the pro-life event!
Once approved to enter Canada. I stood outside the airport before an array of Canadian reporters and showed them my passport allowing me to stay in Canada until Thursday, April 17 (tomorrow), as long as I did not violate any Canadian laws.
Pro-Life Hero Supports AFTAH
I gave my speech at the Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association and it was well-received, except by a group of protesters outside with signs–who were graciously allowed to attend the conference by SPLA organizers despite their previous attempt to block me as a speaker.
Many attendees expressed their gratitude at being able to hear a presentation on the homosexual agenda, and I was thrilled to have the support of Canadian pro-life hero Linda Gibbons, who has spent many months in jail for refusing to honor "bubble zone" speech codes outside abortion mills. I stressed that Christians need to be as principled against the homosexual activist agenda–including homosexual "marriage"–as they are in defending unborn life.
Arrested at U. of Regina
Immediately upon entering the campus, we were informed by a U.-Regina official that we were not welcome and ordered to leave. Bill responded that he had a right to be at the public campus under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and that he would not leave. Whatcott's right to protest at college campuses had already been affirmed twice by Canadian courts.
Two hours later, police arrived to inform Whatcott that if he did vacate the premises, he would be arrested. Ten minutes after that, Bill and I were being led away by police in hand-cuffs. I felt someone needed to join Bill in standing up for the simple right to speak in defense of biblical truth at a publicly-funded university. We were charged at first with trespassing but later it was changed to "mischief."
AFTAH President LaBarbera Wins Appeal to Enter Canada, Gives Speech at Saskatchewan Pro-Life EventApril 13th, 2014
Folks, today I spoke at the Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association, as planned–after winning my appeal of Thursday's Canadian Border Security Agency decision to deny my entry into Canada as a potential violator of the country's "hate propaganda" law. According to several attendees at the conference, conservative Members of Parliament used their influence to have the entry ban against me lifted. That explains why the reversal of the entry ban was a "done deal" when Canadian pro-family activist Bill Whatcott and I arrived Friday at Regina International Airport Customs to appeal the decision–without us even having to make our case.
The following is an excerpt of an article about the Customs turnaround in the Regina Leader Post [includes the Leader Post's accompanying video report]. Thank you to the many pro-family advocates from the United States, Canada and other countries who wrote to Canadian government officials to urge that the spurious "hate" ban on my entry be overturned. – Peter LaBarbera, AFTAH
Anti-gay advocate LaBarbera says he seeks civil debate
By Ashley Martin and Pamela Cowan, THE LEADER-POST, April 11, 2014
REGINA — Anti-gay activist Peter LaBarbera will be speaking at a pro-life conference in Weyburn Saturday after being cleared by Canada Border Services Agency in a hearing Friday afternoon.
The head of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) also plans on visiting the universities in Regina and Saskatoon during his time in Canada.
He was initially denied entry into Canada by customs officials in Regina after his Thursday night flight from Chicago. He said his passport was confiscated on grounds he would violate the Criminal Code of Canada by publicly inciting hatred at a Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association (SPLA) conference in Weyburn.
He appealed the decision, and won, during a hearing at noon on Friday, accompanied by SPLA representative Bill Whatcott, a well-known anti-gay activist.
"(The guards) said quite simply and immediately that the person in charge did not feel they had grounds to apply the hate propaganda law to my appearance," said LaBarbera following the brief hearing. "That's gratifying, as always."
In efforts to bar the speech, a petition by Intolerance Free Weyburn has more than 1,300 signatures.
LaBarbera said he was questioned by customs agents regarding his ideologies, and that his luggage, laptop and cellphone were searched Thursday night. He said it felt like being in North Korea, not Canada.
LaBarbera Denied Entry into Canada for Pro-Family Speech – Appeals Decision Today – Responds to Letter to Catholics from Regina Archbishop Daniel BohanApril 11th, 2014
[UPDATE FROM PETER LaBARBERA: Yesterday I wrote the reply below to Regina, Saskatchewan Archbishop Daniel Bohan's statement about my scheduled presentation at a pro-life conference in Canada. That evening, I flew from Chicago to Regina. Upon deplaning, as I passed through Customs, I was delayed for further questioning by an official with the Canada Border Services Agency. Obviously, I had been flagged as a result of a campaign by the leftist group "Intolerance Free Weyburn," which is specifically lobbying the Canadian government to deny my entry into Canada as the alleged purveyor of "hate'" [See this AFTAH report on their lobby effort to deny me entry into Canada, and this previous report on the group's attempt to have me removed as a speaker at the Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association (SPLA) conference April 11-12.]
After questioning me about the purpose of my scheduled presentation at the SPLA event; rifling through my luggage, which contained numerous books and literature related to homosexuality (pro and con); examining the contents of my laptop and my cell phone; playing a DVD of my speech Wednesday at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio; and critically viewing AFTAH's website–a preliminary decision was made to deny my entrance into Canada on the basis that my speech at the SPLA would violate Canada's "Hate Propaganda" law (essentially the potential for "public incitement of hatred" against a group of people based on their "sexual orientation"). The Orwellian experience at Customs dragged on for more than three hours as a formal document was issued outlining my denial of entry under Canada's Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (citing the Hate Propaganda code). Finally, after 1:00 A.M., I was released pending my appeal of the decision today (Friday). My passport was seized until I arrive back at Customs today at noon for my appeal before a "Minister's Delegate Review."– Peter LaBarbera, AFTAH]
NOTE: We have posted letters supportive of LaBarbera speaking at the pro-life conference in Saskatchewan by American pro-life/pro-family advocates Joe Scheidler of the Pro-Life Action League [click HERE] and Mary Anne Hackett of Catholic Citizens of Illinois [click HERE]. We will try to post some of the other letters of support–including one from a homosexual man in the U.K.–as soon as possible.]
The following is the April 10 reply by Peter LaBarbera, President of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH), to a letter to Catholics by Archbishop Daniel Bohan, Archdiocese of Regina:
The following is the letter sent out by Archbishop Daniel Bohan, Archdiocese of Regina: Read the rest of this article »
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Leftists Cite SPLC in Campaign to Block Peter LaBarbera's Entry into CanadaApril 9th, 2014
Crude effort to block pro-family speech in Canada not unlike GLAAD/SPLC crusade to censor pro-family voices opposed to homosexuality in media
By Peter LaBarbera, AFTAH
Folks, below is the verbatim copy of a Facebook letter by "Intolerance Free Weyburn" [Saskatchewan] activist Bailey Ashton Brookes. She is urging others to write Steven Blaney, Canada's Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, to bar my entry into Canada, where I am scheduled as a speaker at the Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association (SPLA) conference in Weyburn, October 11-12. [see original AFTAH story HERE; see letters by Joe Scheidler and Mary Anne Hackett defending me as a speaker].
"I would like for him to be turned away from our border," Brookes writes.
Despite the Left's history of censorship and totalitarianism, I am a bit taken aback to be the target of such an outrageous attempt to intimidate SPLA's leaders into jettisoning me as a speaker–and then lobbying the State to ban me as a supposed purveyor of "hate."
It's one thing to write and poke fun at the "pro-Gay Thought Police," and quite another to be in its crosshairs.
Here we have an object lesson on the inevitable end-result of political correctness–in the form of leftist "thought control" fused with State power. For years now, the far-left-biased Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has maliciously smeared my group, AFTAH, as well as dozens of other pro-family organizations like American Family Association and Family Research Council as "hate groups." Then fellow travelers on the Left, led by LGBT activists, circulate the SPLC's lie as if it is some kind of authoritative evidence that AFTAH and this writer are truly "hateful."
In Canada, bereft of a First Amendment, mischievous "progressives" can cause more trouble faster than in the U.S., by citing legal bans on "hate speech" that have been upheld by the country's highest court. Canadian Bill Whatcott, a brave pro-life and pro-family activist who will be speaking at the conference next week, has been victimized by such "hate speech" prosecutions. So have many good Canadians like Stephen Boissoin, who have been dragged through preposterous "human rights tribunals" merely because they voiced opposition to the Sin of Sodom.
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The SPLC's corruption and radical pro-homosexual bias is illustrated by the fact that it has never designated an LGBT organization as a "hate group." In fact, the Chicago-based Gay Liberation Network (GLN), which took great pride in "reporting" AFTAH to the SPLC as a potential "hate group," later publicly refused to condemn a brick attack against the school, Christian Liberty Academy, that hosted our 2011 banquet! [See AFTAH original story on the pro-homosexual brick attack.]
That's real hate as opposed to ideologically-defined "hate." Yet the SPLC has yet to designate GLN as a "hate group." The good news is that many Americans and pundits finally are seeing through the SPLC's "hate" scam.
Most activists on the Left are not as brazen as Ms. Brookes and her husband in pressing the censor card, but these two "morality-phobic" individuals are merely applying a more extreme and crass version of the pro-LGBT Left's hardball tactics. Homosexual activist groups like GLAAD (formerly the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation)–working with others like the SPLC–continually and falsely equate opposition to homosexuality with "hate." They also throw around the ominous-sounding charge of "homophobia"–implying that their opponents are filled with irrational fear as opposed to disagreeing with immoral and unhealthy sexual behavior.
Then this Coalition on the Left pressures the media not to give a voice to the haters, homophobes and bigots. In recent years, they have expanded their crusade to include the enemy of "religious-based bigotry." In their pride, they possess little regard for the sincerity and motives of Christians and others who genuinely seek to defend God's moral order ("righteousness" in the Bible)–while holding out the hope of healthy change as personified by the many men and women who have left homosexuality ("gayness") behind.
Since these illogical arguments and self-serving tactics can easily be defeated by pro-family advocates, pro-LGBT militants would rather just shut groups like AFTAH down in the Public Square. Endlessly playing their "anti-hate" card, they plead with the media to stop including the "other side" in their stories–stoking the ridiculous notion that no legitimate opposition to homosexualism ("gay rights") exists. I'm afraid this is how countless cowed and ill-informed Western journalists think about homosexuality today. The arrogance and injustice of deciding for everyone what supposedly constitutes "hate," "intolerance" and appropriate arguments in this Culture War debate apparently is lost on these liberal Speech Police and their media accomplices.
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On the decline... – The Westside market, once a Cleveland instituation and hidden gem, is plagued with shady produce stands. While the inside retains all of its glory the outside produce stands are mostly buyer beware anymore. There are very rare exceptions such as the organic stand and potato/onion stand and a couple other down that particular smaller row that goes I think north/south (if you have been there you know the aisle I am talking about. The potato/onio stand has been in the same place for 20 years, not the main strip). The fruit sold is the same as you could get in the day old bins at the local grocery store now. It is ripe or a couple days over ripe and even though the deals are exception most of the fruit will go to waste if not eaten the same day or the very next day. It is so sad to see the old generations that worked their butts off in the early days of the market being lumped into this catagory but it is what it is. I would rather pay more at the grocery store, Whole Foods, or even Trader Joe's than throw my money away on bad merchandise. Sorry to say West Side Market, for nostalgia I give you a 10, but it is sad to say it is buyer beware at most of the produce stands and for that I give you a big zero. If you do go make sure to pick out your own fruit and vegetables or else you may very well be scammed.
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Urban wanderers looking for something more can travel to this historic marketplace and find fabulous firecracker radishes and plump, flavorful tomatoes. Corner to corner, it's a social experience to be cherished. People-watching opportunities are definitely of the four-star variety. This is ground zero for experiencing Cleveland's melting-pot atmosphere. You can drink coffee when you shop, the vendors are friendly, and you won't find pierogi like these in your grocer's freezer case.
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Brandon Scott Guinn, 18, of Falcon View Trail, Somerset, was arrested Wednesday on a Pulaski District Court warrant of arrest and he was charged with second-degree rape.
The sheriff's department's patrol division received a complaint from a mother of a 13-year-old female and began an investigation on Sept. 14.
"The complaint stated that an 18-year-old male had engaged in sexual activities with her (the mother's) daughter," stated a press release from the sheriff's department.
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A server of ours recently blue screened. The dump indicated it might be something with our intel nic driver and/or hardware and some 3rd party replication software. We updated the driver via Windows Update. Does anyone know where I can find the release notes for the NIC driver versions to see if there was a problem potentially fixed? I've looked everywhere and it looks like intel does not provide this for this adapter. Maybe I am missing something?
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Thank you!
Have you tried downloading the latest drivers directly form Intel?
I believe the NIC you are referring to uses the Intel® 82571GB Gigabit Controller, which has newer drivers.
The release notes are included as part of the software downloads in Download Center. If you update the adapter using Windows update, your adapter driver might be out of sync with the other software components if you have Intel(R) PROSet and advanced network services (ANS) for teaming and VLANs installed. Upgrading your drivers using the software packages in Download Center will keep all the versions syncronized and prevent any number of issues.
The version 15.4.1 software packages will be available in Download Center next week, which will include updated versions of Intel(R) PROSet and ANS. I do not know of a specific blue screen fix in the latest software, but if your adapter drivers and software versions are mismatched that could cause a blue screen. If you have the bandwidth and want the new software now, you can download a zip file of the version 15.4.1 CD.
If the upgrade does not resolve the blue screen issue, then I recommend contacting support.
Patrick, thanks for response! I'll try updating the driver via that method over the weekend and see if I can find the release notes. I'll update this discusson on Monday with the results.
Mark, As far as I can tell, we don't have those software components installed. I'll try updating via Download Center over the weekend and update this discussion with the results.
Patrick, I tried updating the drivers through the intel download site and a mirror of this server that still had the old version. I ended up downloading and running ProWin32.exe from http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&DwnldID=18719. However, it will not run as it displays this error message: "The installed version of Intel PROSet is not supported for upgrades. You must uninstall it before installing this version".
However, I do not see anything called Intel PROSet in Add/Remove programs, the start menu, program files directory, or device manager. I do see the nic's in device manager. Any ideas?
See my post to Patrick about not being able to install the updated driver because of the ""The installed version of Intel PROSet is not supported for upgrades. You must uninstall it before installing this version"" error message. I cannot even see where Intel PROSet is installed on the computer. I would like to avoid completely removing everything to do with the NIC from the system as I would like to preserve all of the settings.
Anyone have any ideas or run into this before?
The program should be listed in device manager as Intel(R) Network Connections ... . Intel(R) PROSet is part of the network connections.
How do I save and restore adapter and team configuration settings? gives directions on saving your adapter configuration before you uninstall the software.
Hello Mark,
Thank you for the reply! Unfortunately I don't see that anywhere in device manager (nor in Add/Remove Programs). The only thing I see are Intel PRO/1000 PT Quad Port LP Server Adapters listed. The only other items in Device Manager that start with Intel are the processors (CPU's), and an Intel 82801 PCI Bridge.
Maybe it was never installed correctly in the first place?
Screenshot of the Network Adapters:
may be the bits and pieces of the previously installed proset software, resulted from the blue screen, is preventing you to update to new version.
or the phantom adapters from your previous team. check this out.
Phantom adapters may prevent your adapter from teaming
there's used to be a proset uninstall utility to clean up broken proset in a system. but can't seem to find one for gigabit pt quad adapter.
Another place you can look for help is Unable to uninstall network adapter drivers and/or teams. I agree that something in the registry makes the software think that an old version of the software is already installed. Hopefully, the items on this page will help you clear things up.
Okay I'm connivced. Let's put it to action.
That addresses several of my concerns acutally.


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I'm looking to replace an exising wall-mount toilet in my house. It's a Crane "Lowall" model that has a closet flush-o-meter. It was probably installed in the early 50's. It connects to the carrier (Zurn) with just two studs (many I see have 4), and the studs exit the wall 10" off of the floor, and have a 9" spread. I'm on a concrete slab floor, so converting to a bottom outlet is not an option. I have talked to a Crane rep, and they were no help at all - they say without a model #, there is no way for them to cross-reference a replacement. (there is no model# visible)
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"In today's economy, companies cannot afford to have a controllable expense go uncontrolled. There's a focus on procurement, on tracking the meeting, and on tracking cost savings," says Jay Roseman, vice president of corporate meeting solutions, North America, American Express Business Travel, Mount Laurel, N.J., who specializes in helping companies strategically manage corporate meeting spend.
"Corporate meetings management is rapidly evolving, much like the revolution transient travel experienced. The pace of change is accelerating, and will continue to do so until the transformation from event planning to consolidated expense management-oriented programs is complete."
It's a daunting process for many who are just starting out.
The initial challenge for many companies is to identify who is planning what types of meetings and to determine how they can make their planning and procurement processes more cost-effective.
So Where Does One Start?
"We recommend that companies start the process in an area that inflicts the least pain of change," says Roseman. "Seventy percent of all meeting expenditures are governed by a hotel contract, including guest rooms, meeting space, F&B, AV, and telecom, so we suggest companies start there. By focusing on enhanced controls in the sourcing of meetings, companies will be able to track spend and leverage it for future negotiations, align with preferred suppliers, develop standardized contracts, and effectively use canceled space, for example."
Companies getting started with a strategic meeting-management initiative need first to gather information to identify the stakeholders, find out how much they're spending on meetings across the company, and target areas for cost savings. The stakes are high. A recent survey by The Meetings Group magazines, Primedia Business, publishers of Corporate Meetings & Incentives, Medical Meetings, and Insurance Conference Planner, found that corporate meeting and event spending averaged $3.5 million in 2003.
To become more efficient, organizations with decentralized meeting departments need to implement policies and procedures to guide meeting planning and procurement; and centralized organizations need to demonstrate value so that stakeholders buy into the idea of turning these activities over to the experts. Better visibility into the total costs and potential savings is key to demonstrating that value.
"In our experience, the most challenging first step is determining who in the company is planning meetings," echoes Roseman. However, if a centralized sourcing program is in place, companies will recognize significant savings regardless of whether meetings are planned by on-staff meeting arrangers, administrative assistance, or professional planning companies. It's not about who plans the meetings, but how they're purchased."
Tools That Can Help "At American Express, our philosophy is that technology is an enabler," says Roseman. "It will not create strategy, but will support your meetings consolidation and expense management goals. There are a limited number of technology solutions in the marketplace that will—on an enterprise level—help companies gain visibility into meeting spend, increase efficiencies, drive productivity, leverage preferred supplier, and manage policy compliance."
"It's not an insurmountable challenge, but it takes time to push the initiative," says Stanley Chin, corporate division president for seeUthere Technologies, a division of OnVantage Inc., a Santa Clara, Calif.–based leader in meeting spend management solutions and supplier marketing. "We provide significant resources to get them under way to be successful."
"OnVantage has focused not just on individual tools and technology that allow a meeting planner to get value, such as e-RFPs, cost estimators for air travel, and a database of 40,000 hotels," Chin says. "What we focus on, in addition to those efficiency technologies, are collaboration technologies. That's where strategic meeting management has the power. It's not just making the individual meeting planner more efficient, it's getting all the experts across the company to participate and provide best practices in different disciplines." By standardizing the workflow across departments, planners can more easily enlist the services of all the major stakeholders. For example, corporate travel managers can procure air travel at the best fares, legal can provide contract clauses that manage and reduce risk, purchasing can tap preferred vendors with pre-negotiated rates, and other planners can reuse canceled space.
"I'm not talking about revolutionary ideas," says Chin. "But there quite a few incremental improvements that, when you add them up, save the company a lot of money."
Next Steps
Good advice for many planners is to adopt a meeting credit card that planners can use to pay all their vendor invoices. The card captures all the spend data, so planners, at a glance, can gauge which is the No. 1 hotel chain, the No. 1 property, and the No. 1 airline.
Beyond data collection, consolidating the planning function gives meeting planning departments consistent operating procedures so that they can use their professional staff more efficiently.
Working in partnership with procurement and the corporate travel department is another huge step, say planners who are ensconced in the process.
PeopleSoft Takes the Leap
Identifying who is spending the meeting dollars is still the No. 1 challenge at PeopleSoft Inc., the world's second largest enterprise application software company.
"Right now we're not at all standardized, consolidated, or centralized," says Sharon Marsh, CMP, team lead for events marketing in Pleasanton, Calif. She expects to have a strategic meeting technology tool in place for the company's North American operations in first quarter 2005, but she still needs to find all the company's meeting planners.
Once they've identified who the spenders are, they'll be able to "sell" centralized meeting planning services throughout the company. With experience planning and managing sales and incentive programs, customer user group meetings, educational conferences, trade shows, and other events, Marsh's event marketing team has a proven track record.
Working closely with the procurement and travel departments, Marsh's team in the marketing division is beginning to implement written meeting policies and procedures, designate preferred vendors, and standardize hotel contracts. "In the marketing division, we've been able to realize cost savings," she says. "If we can realize savings within one department—by taking advantage of economies of scale—we can clearly state that the gain would be larger on a global basis." Once a management technology is in place, they'll begin to register meetings companywide and encourage planners to use the centralized service to deliver better value.
By using electronic requests for proposals (e-RFPs), Marsh's team will be able to specify which hoteliers receive the first round of RFPs and, if none meet the meeting requirements, which hotels receive the next round. And, by tracking historic spend data from the RFP through to final payment, they expect to gain leverage in their negotiations.
"Technology was the only way we could see to make it happen well," Marsh says. "Our projected return on investment is very high on this."
Future Direction
Although The Meetings Group survey indicates that enterprisewide meeting spend management is still in its infancy (see box), early adopters are realizing measurable results, and mainstream companies such as PeopleSoft are well on their way to controlling spending on meetings and events. It's the laggards who will be playing catch up in the race to contain costs and strategically manage corporate meeting spend.
"Corporations will continue to focus on this, because they're beginning to see success," says Chin. "In the future, there will be more widespread use of these tools and technologies, so that they'll be available across all the meeting planners' desktops."
Whether planning is a centralized or decentralized function, the right tools and technology can help gain visibility, control costs, and achieve the efficiencies that demonstrate value.
Sidebar: Where We Are Today
Corporations are eager to transform meeting spending from an ad hoc spending category into a strategically managed spending category. To find out how far they've come, The Meetings Group surveyed a selection of readers to assess how their companies collect and leverage data related to meeting and event expenses, and to determine the extent to which policies and procedures have been put in place to monitor and control these costs. The survey findings indicate that, although not widely adopted, strategic meeting management tools and best practices do help corporate planners achieve significant savings:
- 35 percent collect meeting spend data. Visibility into consolidated data is a key requirement for analyzing spending, evaluating vendors, and negotiating volume discounts, but 32 percent of survey respondents do not collect meeting spend data, and 22 percent report that their data is incomplete.
- 30 percent have formal meeting policies. Policies and procedures streamline meeting management and guide decision-making about vendor selection, contract language, negotiated rates, and reuse of canceled space. Among respondents who have formal policies, 73 percent mandate their use.
- 42 percent do not use preferred vendors. Low compliance with corporate policies that can control costs, such as selecting preferred vendors, suggests a need for a mechanism to communicate the value of following procedure and to enforce policy compliance.
- 43 percent achieve savings from preferred vendor programs. When followed, polices and procedures yield measurable results. Among those who have preferred vendor programs in place, 21 percent report savings of 5 percent or more.
- 40 percent use e-RFPs. Using electronic requests for proposals (e-RFPs) is one way to encourage compliance with corporate policies and procedures and, at the same time, streamline the procurement process. Of those who use e-RFPs, 95 percent say they save time and/or money.
- 25 percent collect historic RFP data. Tracking rate quotes over time not only establishes a baseline for current rates but also informs the budgeting process with reality-based estimates. Of those who collect historic data, 75 percent say it's useful for determining future rates.
Source: Managing Corporate Meeting Spend: 2004 Benchmark Survey. Visit meetingsnet.com to download the survey report.
Sidebar: Tips and tools that work
When corporate meeting executives share best practices, policies, and procedures, it produces a ripple effect not only within their companies but also throughout the corporate meetings and events industry.
Here are some forward-thinking initiatives that are gaining traction:
Direct meetings of more than 20 to expert planners. Sales and marketing executives, procurement officers, administrative assistants, and other noncareer planners can manage small meetings. But mandating that large meetings and events be routed to a centralized department of professional planners achieves economies of scale.
Track meeting spend with one credit card. Paying all vendor invoices on one credit card accurately captures spend data, which can be sorted and compared by vendor, month, and year.
Negotiate volume discounts with preferred providers. Forecasting the total volume of business over a two- to three-year period gains leverage with select meeting suppliers, who in turn give more favorable pricing.
Rotate annual meetings among select hotel properties. Companies with several large meetings or incentives at various properties are selecting two to three properties, then rotating their meetings among these preferred hotels each year. That way, the companies get reduced rates, and their groups still get some variety. Different business units or departments take turns at different properties.
Create a meeting portal as a gateway to planning. Posting meeting calendars, preferred-provider databases, electronic request for proposal documents, space exchanges, and policies and procedures creates a knowledge center that is accessible to any meeting planner.
Use e-RFPs to quickly check availability. When it's practical, using electronic requests for proposals streamlines the sourcing process, especially if planners can send a standard document as an attachment rather than filling out cumbersome online forms.


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I just bought the iRFR for my iphone. I don't have a console near me for some time, but I was under the impression I could use this with the offline software to get a feel for how the iRFR operates. Is this not true? I can't seem to get it to connect. I am running Mac OS 10.5.7 on an Intel macbook.
JP Gagnon
High Output, Inc.
Portland, ME
Hi JP-
This would require Parallels, Bootcamp, or another way of running Windows with the standard Windows Eos Offline. There is no networking in the Mac Offline (yet).
Thanks Luke. Of course it couldn't be completely mac friendly! LOL. I will give it a try on paralells.
BTW, does anyone know when ETC will officially support ONLINE Clients for mac?
Actually, the iRFR should work with native Mac Offline. In fact, the bulk of development was done using Mac Offline, since the app itself had to be written on a Mac anyway.
Did you remember to open the Eos Family Welcome Screen, and navigate to Settings>RFR and enable the iRFR?
Also, I believe native Mac Client has been spec'd for v1.9. (v1.8 will be a smaller release, primarily for the Mirror Mode feature)
Chris MizerakSoftware EngineerElectronic Theatre Controls
My suggestion would be to listen to Chris, and not me. He's far cleverer! I'm going to try it on my Mac, too...
Chris, thanks for the info. I did have the RFR selected. It must have soemthing to do with network I am on. I will try this at home where I can mess with network setting more.
That's great about the mac online client. I have a hasp key, but no way to really use it yet. And my windows version I have in my Paralells is Windows 2000, so I can't get offline to load up in that anymore. Something missing in the library or something.
Luke, let me know if you get it working.
Hi JP,
Okay, I have my Mac today and tried this out, and discovered a bug, so you were right all along :) It turns out the Eos Family Welcome Screen does not enable the iRFR properly. We will get this fixed for 1.8.
In the meantime, there is a simple workaround. Open the following configuration file in Text Edit: "\Library\Application Support\ETC\Eos\eos.ini". Scroll down to the section labeled "[Eos]". Just under this, add the new line as follows:
Then simply save the file and run the OLE again.
Thanks Chris, but I still can't get it to connect. Should I have to have a small private network setup with just the computer and the iphone? I wouldn't think it would matter since I am not using a real console.
I have put the line in the file you said and saved it. I then open up the welcome screen and check the RFR panel and it is not checked. Should it be checked? I have tried it both ways and still no go.
The size of the network shouldn't matter. First, let's check to make sure the OLE is listening for the iRFR...
Let me know if you see that line, and we can proceed from there :)
I am in the ION Offline.
TCP RFR PORT 3031 Initialization Erro (8): The bound address is already in use
Does that help?
Aha! The iRFR uses port 3031 to communicate with the console (or OLE) and it seems as though port 3031 also happens to be a standard port for on Mac's for "Apple Events". We will have to change our hard-coded port in the next version. (Fun Fact: 3031 is the street address for ETC headquarters in Middleton, WI)
More information on "Apple Events" can be found here:
It looks like you can disable that service, and then try the iRFR again. (It might require a reboot as well...?)
Aha!! That did it! Thanks so much Chris. Nice idea on the port #, but maybe it will have to be another # for the future.
Now I get to play.
Thanks again.
Just a note....
I was on iTunes today and asked it to check for updates for my apps and the iRFR was one that had the update available. 1.0.30 is the version that I am now running. Don't know what it was before...
Hi Jeff,
The previous version was 1.0.26. This update is to address the issue found here: http://www.etcconnect.com/Community/forums/t/4114.aspx
Apple approved the update for iRFR - Behind the Scenes late Friday, but we are still waiting on approval for iRFR - Light Relief. Hopefully any day now...
I am going to revive this old topic as I'm having the same problem.
My MacBook is connected to my wireless hub via my ethernet with the IP address for the router as 10.101.124.101, and for the mac manually set as 10.101.1.101
My iPhone is connected to the wireless network with the static IP of 10.101.125.101
When I load the iRFR, I enter the IP address of the desk as 10.101.90.101, but it cant find the desk.
Having read the topic above I have the 'TCP RFR Listening on Port 3031' in the diagnostics window. I also have the 'Enable' button ticked on the setting from the ETC Family Window. What I cant find is the IP setting for the EOS offline to check I'm entering them on my iPhone correct.
Please help, as I would love to get to use the iRFR before getting behind the real desk next week.


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I require some help regarding my iPhone 4 and Orange network.
The story is, I have an iPhone 4 and recently changed jobs. My company phone thats been issued is a pile of crap and I've asked if I can use my personal iPhone. Answer was yes until I explained the Micro SIM problem and since then it's been "company policy" not to use iPhones blah blah blah"
So I got my self an sim card cutter and it worked perfectly, or so it seemed!
I now have no 3G or data services only ORANGE is showing up in the carrier (top left of the phone).
Inital though was I've broke the sim card but after putting it back into my work phone it 3G worked fine.
I even called orrange (not disclosing that I've cut up a company sim) and they said it's strange because it was showing that I had 3G network!
bottom line is I really want to use my company sim card in my iPhone but it's useless if I can't get data services!
I also asked orange if they could teleport my works number onto my Micro Sim but was told this wasn't possible!
all setting are correct as when I put my current Micro Sim card in everything works as normal!
All I see in the top left corner is ORANGE with the "homemade" micro sim but ORANGE 3G with the proper Micro Sim.
Using an adaptor both sims show 3G when inserted into my work phone.
I've tried "reset all network settings".
APN settings are correct
Advanced thanks and a beer in it for those who can help!


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Both corporate chains told Dossier's staff they refused to stock the cover, featuring a nude torso, without an opaque plastic covering. If Dossier failed to comply, both Barnes and Noble and Borders would immediately cancel their orders. Although the copies destined for Barnes and Noble and Borders make up only 10 per cent of Dossier's worldwide distribution, and they were the only stores to request a cover, Dossier complied.
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