The archbishop of Ferrara-Comacchio has blamed Italy's economic crisis on abortions, while also describing the country's anti-homophobia law as a "crime against humanity".
Italy would been prosperous if it weren't for the country's women terminating their pregnancies, Luigi Negri claimed.
"The law against abortion has stopped more than six million Italians coming into the world and the shortage of children has made us fall into this economic crisis," he was quoted in Corriere di Bologna as saying.
The latest figures from statistics agency Istat show that 103,191 abortions were performed in Italy in 2012, a fall of 6,850 on the previous year. Italy has the fourth-lowest abortion rate in Europe behind Austria, Germany and Greece.
The 74-year-old archbishop also took issue with a law protecting gay people from hate crimes. "The law against homophobia is a crime against God and against humanity," he said.
Negri was not available for comment when contacted by The Local.
His comments were described as "intellectually dishonest" by the Young Democrats (Giovani Democratici), the youth wing of the Democratic Party, which in an open letter accused Negri of capitalizing on "a raw nerve like the economic difficulties of families".


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Weakened mainly because of a far-right surge in German federal election, Angela Merkel will face serious challenges in promoting deeper European integration with French President Emmanuel Macron, experts have said.
"The Europe that we know is too weak, too slow, too inefficient", he said.
Along with Brexit and the German elections, Macron's proposals are likely to top the agenda at a two-day summit of all 28 European Union members in Estonia from Thursday.
Macron said that the aim of a joint military force is that the European Union would be able to act autonomously.
He said: "An excellent speech by Emmanuel Macron on reviving the European Union". "We need more mechanisms to stabilize against monetary shocks". This budget would at some point need to come from national budgets of countries sharing the euro currency, for instance using domestic taxes on businesses.
Only the eurozone, "with a strong and worldwide currency", can provide the basis for a globally competitive European economy, Macron argued.
As well as his eurozone budget idea, he wants to see the appointment of a eurozone finance minister and the creation of a rescue fund that would preemptively help countries facing economic trouble.
The party is set against a eurozone budget or any facility that may lead to financial transfers from wealthier eurozone countries to poorer ones, as well as the possibility of national debt being pooled.
This "vision" for a more powerful European Union comes in the midst of fierce political battles in nearly every member country over how big a role the bloc should play in regular citizens' lives.
Merkel herself said Monday she wouldn't rule anything out and that she is in touch with Macron about his plans.
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel, a senior member of the Social Democrats (SPD), hailed Macron's speech "a passionate plea against nationalism and for Europe". Merkel has spoken of a budget with a "smaller sum".
The French president suggested that European countries should integrate even MORE as Britain prepares to quit the EU. "It weakens all Europe".
One Elysee official said a eurozone budget, one of Macron's most contentious ideas, would be "necessary in due course" and that the president would therefore raise the issue in his speech, to be delivered at the Sorbonne University in Paris.
He later said: "The problem in Europe is not a lack of public funds, but the lack of reform".
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static class ResizeLayoutPanel.ImplStandard
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Implementation of resize event.

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protected void
handleResize()

Handle a resize event.

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init(Element elem,
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Initialize the implementation.

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onAttach()

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Fired whenever a browser event is received.

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Initialize the implementation.

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I chose a career in medicine because it involves caring for people when they are most vulnerable, helping them heal, and addressing their physical and psychosocial wellbeing. Medicine is my calling because it incorporates my love of science and the humanistic art of caring for patients during illness. As an internist, I am constantly learning and expanding my knowledge to ensure the best care for my patients.
I see patients who are hospitalized for complex conditions, and I have no outpatient clinical responsibilities. Therefore, I am able to fully focus on my patients' hospitalization, allowing me time to coordinate and discuss care with the medical team, including consultants, mid-levels, nurses, and case managers.
My colleagues and I are knowledgeable, dedicated, and compassionate. I am detail-oriented and spend an enormous amount of time at my patients' bedsides listening to and obtaining detailed history and information. As the division chief of Hospital Medicine at NYU Winthrop Hospital, I pride myself in our team's outstanding patient care.
Because medicine is an art and a science, I treat the whole person. I listen closely to my patients, observing their nonverbal cues and providing a careful physical examination. I spend a great deal of time educating my patients and their families about the medical plan and incorporating them into the decision-making process. I also serve as a medical consultant to other services that need medical expertise on management and follow-up care.


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Gratitude is a practice that gets forgotten. We say grace before mindful Thanksgiving, thanking our food, family and friends — but what about time?
I grew up on the Pacific Ocean. The sunsets in particular were the most gorgeous displays of ice cream sherbet reflected in the clear, warm water. I loved to go for a jog every once in a while, with my mom power-walking behind me along the shoreline, the low glow tanning my bronze skin. I should've done it every day: the sunbathing. There was something so peaceful about the colors changing, like the leaves do now, except fall is much less fleeting.
When I came back from college on the grey east coast for winter break, a slightly paler me would make it a point to schedule a beach day or two. Even back then, I had to make time to remember. I was so busy doing things, I forgot to witness the transitions.
This year, as I walking down 3rd Avenue in New York City, I realized I never simply sat down to watch the rays slip over the horizon or slide down for the moon to take over the night sky. Summer, and every weekends has flown by. I got out of bed or out of an event too late. I would catch glimpses of the sun behind skyscrapers while I was walking somewhere on an early morning, but not stopping for the full spectrum. I take time for granted. Time, which we can never get back, complain we don't have enough of, but something we have everyday. Right now.
After I awoke from a deep sleep from daylight savings time during a yoga festival in upstate New York, I reflected on the lack of gratitude for time. What did I do with that extra hour in November while at Hunter Mountain? Well, I stayed up as if I were at an adult sleepover with much-needed girl talk, and enjoyed that morning walk up and down the dry ski slopes alone. But still, I missed the sun rise and also the sun set over the mountain.
Gratitude is a practice that gets forgotten. We say grace before mindful Thanksgiving, thanking our food, family and friends — but what about time? Or even acknowledging our silver linings? Whenever we start to complain, we can shift our attitude back. During a kirtan (a call-and-response yoga music concert) at Ahimsa Yoga and Music Festival, music leader Krishna Das recently motioned to observe when you stopped listening to the music as your mind wandered, and then remind yourself to come back to enjoying what's playing in front of you. That time in between would be the mindfulness. And perhaps meditation helps shorten that time, depending on how busy you or your mind are. Because when we immerse ourselves in the moment, it becomes timeless. We can carve out time like a pumpkin, then light the candle of awareness, allowing the glow of life flow throughout us.
Every day is a new day to begin again.
NYC-based yoga instructor, meditation guide and retreat leader.
E-author of Broke, not Broken.


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Q: How to perform a merge if an unsaved file is modified concurrently? Sometimes it happens to me that due a mistake modify an unsaved file concurrently (for example by a VCS). Sometimes I don't even notice and keep it editing. When I want to save it, I either have to force the save and lose the concurrent modification, or discard my changes. Neither option is gratifying.
Is there a way how to merge both changes instead?

A: This is not easily possibly. The best I can think of is to always use the :DiffOrig command and merge the changes before writing.

A: The :DiffOrig command mentioned in another answer is designed for this, but you have a couple other options:

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*Save your file with a different name, using :saveas new_name. Then you can diff/merge between the two files without any difficulty or risk of losing data.

*Do what :DiffOrig does, but manually. Create a new buffer, and read in the file from disk with the :r command. Diff the two buffers or whatever you want to do to make sure you keep the important changes.

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Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet and over medium-high heat; brown chicken breasts 4 minutes on each side. Transfer to platter and keep warm.
To the same skillet add 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat. Add garlic and mushrooms, saute about 3 minutes. Pour in whipping cream, chicken broth and mustard, bring to a boil. Reduce heat to bubbly for 5 minutes.
Add chicken breasts, spoon sauce over and cook long enough to heat through. Serve with cooked rice, egg noodles or roasted potatoes.


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Le Arethuseae Lindl., 1826 sono una tribù di piante della famiglia delle Orchidacee (sottofamiglia Epidendroideae).

Descrizione
La tribù comprende specie erbacee epifite, litofite o più raramente terrestri, con fusti globosi o allungati, dotati o meno di pseudobulbi, e con radici ricoperte da un velo di rivestimento composto da cellule vuote e permeabili, che consente alla pianta di assorbire l'umidità atmosferica (velamen).
Possono avere una o più foglie, coriacee, distiche, conduplicate o più frequentemente convolute, spesso plicate, dotate o meno di picciolo.
I fiori possono essere singoli o riuniti in infiorescenze racemose. I petali sono in genere liberi o parzialmente fusi alla base (Gomera spp.), molto più grandi dei sepali nelle Arethusinae, più o meno delle stesse dimensioni nelle Coelogyniinae. Il labello, intero o trilobato, è in genere inserito alla base della colonna, più o meno saccato, e può presentare o meno uno sperone; in alcune specie (Coelogyne spp.) è chiaramente diviso in una parte basale concava (ipochilo) ed una parte apicale convessa o piatta (epichilo), con callosità basali più o meno pronunciate. La cavità stigmatica contiene da 4 a 8 pollinii..

Distribuzione e habitat

L'areale della tribù comprende l'Asia sud-orientale (India, Sri Lanka, regione Himalayana, Cina meridionale, Indocina, Indonesia e Malaysia, Taiwan e Giappone), l'Oceania (Nuova Guinea, Australia e isole del Pacifico), il Nord America (Stati Uniti e Canada) e i Caraibi (Bahamas e Cuba). Mentre la sottotribù Arethusinae ha una distribuzione pantropicale le Coelogyninae sono presenti solo nel Vecchio Mondo.

Tassonomia
Descritta dal botanico inglese John Lindley nel 1826, la tribù Arethuseae è stata nel corso degli anni più volte ridefinita.
Il raggruppamento così come descritto da Dressler (1993) comprendeva 28 generi suddivisi in 3 sottotribù:Arethusinae, Bletiinae e Chysinae. Tale raggruppamento è risultato in realtà largamente polifiletico, e molti dei generi compresi sono stati ricollocati tra le Collabieae o le Epidendreae. Studi filogenetici hanno inoltre evidenziato uno stretto grado di parentela tra Arethusinae e Coelogyninae, un raggruppamento che Dressler collocava in una tribù a sé stante (Coelogyneae).

Alla luce delle attuali conoscenze pertanto la tribù comprende 25 generi suddivisi in due sottotribù:

Sottotribù Arethusinae

Anthogonium Wall. ex Lindl., 1836 (1 sp.)
Arethusa  L.,1753 (1 sp.)
Arundina Blume, 1825 (1 sp.)
Calopogon  R.Br. in W.T.Aiton, 1813 (5 spp.)
Eleorchis Maek., 1935 (1 sp.)

Sottotribù Coelogyninae

Aglossorrhyncha Schltr., 1905 (13 spp.)
Bletilla Rchb.f., 1835 (6 spp.)

Bulleyia Schltr., 1912 (1 sp.)
Chelonistele Pfitzer, 1907 (14 spp.)
Coelogyne Lindl., 1824 (212 spp.)
Dendrochilum Blume, 1825 (293 spp.)
Dickasonia L.O.Williams, 1941 (1 sp.)
Dilochia  Lindl., 1830 (10 spp.)
Entomophobia de Vogel, 1984 (1 sp.)
Geesinkorchis de Vogel, 1984 (4 spp.)
Glomera Blume, 1825 (155 spp.)
Gynoglottis J.J.Sm., 1904 (1 sp.)
Ischnogyne Schltr., 1913 (1 sp.)
Nabaluia Ames, 1920 (3 spp.)
Neogyna Rchb.f., 1852 (1 sp.)
Otochilus  Lindl., 1830 (5 spp.)
Panisea  (Lindl.) Lindl., 1854 (13 spp.)
Pholidota  Lindl., 1825 (41 spp.)
Pleione D.Don, 1825 (24 spp.)
Thunia  Rchb.f., 1852 (5 spp.)

Alcune specie

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Jackson Healthcare gathered surveys and data on a broad range of topics relating to U.S. physicians, including telemedicine practices, in its "Physician Trends 2016 Report."
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2. The market value is set to hit $36.2 billion by 2020, up from $14.3 billion in 2014, according to the report.
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Who was the first pope? Who is the pope today? What does he do? And why do we need one anyway? The answers to these questions and more can be found in this beautifully illustrated book for children. Our Holy Father, the Pope takes us back to the time of Jesus so that we can learn about the origins and role of the Papacy.
The storybook format begins with the Gospels: Jesus calling Simon, Jesus renaming him Peter, meaning "rock", and giving him the keys to the kingdom, and so on. It follows Peter as Jesus suffers, dies, and rises from the dead for all mankind. The descent of the Holy Spirit, the birth of the Church, and the death of Peter himself for the sake of Jesus also are described.
The Church carries on with a new leader to replace Peter, as she has down through the centuries to our own day. As children will learn from this book, although the Church has adapted to the times, the tasks of our modern popes are not that different from those of Peter.
The book includes brief biographies of some famous popes, a list of all the popes from Peter to the present, and a bibliography.
Includes beautiful and inspiring illustrations by renowned French illustrator Emmanuel Beaudesson.


I have a field in a MS Access form that is a foreign key pointing to another table. Can I use a combo box for this field?
Yes. You can. This tutorial shows you how to add a combo box with rows from a reference table and bind it to a column in the supporting table in MS Access 2000.
Another problem in the standard Account Form created by the Form Wizard is the foreign key field, which allows user to enter any number. If number entered does not match any record in the reference table, it will cause problems.
Here are steps I used to change the form design to make the foreign key field as a combo box to select any existing record from the reference table.
0. Continue from the previous tutorial to create the columnar form.
1. Open the Account Form in the Form Design mode.
2. Right mouse click in the MS Access menu area and select Toolbox. The Toolbox window shows up.
3. Open the properties box for the client ID field. Click the All tab. Change the value of Enabled to "No". Change the value of Locked to "Yes". Change the value of Back Color to "12632256". These changes will stop user using this field.
4. Click the Combo Box icon in the Toolbox window. Then click on the blank space next to the client ID. A new combo box field shows up.
5. Click the new combo box label and delete it.
7. Then Close the properties box and switch the form to the Form View mode. The Client ID field is must easier to use now.
8. Repeat steps above to add a combo box for the Manager ID field.


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Regardless of the size selected, the finished product comes gift wrapped in a British made cream presentation box.
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Q: Scikit-learn Random Forest out of bag sample I am trying to access the out of bag samples associated with each tree in a RandomForestClassifier with no luck. I found other informations like Gini score and split feature for each node, looking there : https://github.com/scikit-learn/scikit-learn/blob/master/sklearn/tree/_tree.pyx
Does anyone know if it is possible to get the out of bag sample related to a tree ? If not maybe it is possible to get the 'in bag' sample (subset of the dataset used for a specific tree) and then compute the OOB using the original data set ?
Thanks in advance

A: You can just figure this out by yourself from source code, look how private _set_oob_score method of random forest works. Every tree estimator in scikit-learn has it's own seed for pseudo random number generator, it's stored inside estimator.random_state field.
During fit procedure every estimator learns on subset of training set, indices for subset of training set will be generated with PRNG and seed from estimator.random_state.
This should work:
from sklearn.ensemble.forest import _generate_unsampled_indices
# X here - training set of examples
n_samples = X.shape[0]
for tree in rf.estimators_:
    # Here at each iteration we obtain out of bag samples for every tree.
    unsampled_indices = _generate_unsampled_indices(
    tree.random_state, n_samples)


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Q: Raffle price change on input My Code for mIRC;
on *:text:!raffle *:#:{
  var %hash $+(raffle.,#)
  if ($nick isop #) && $2 == on && !$hget(%hash) {
    hmake %hash
  msg # The raffle now is open. Use !raffle and the amount of time you would like to enter to join. Remember, 1 entry  = 3 PuroPoints!  }
  elseif $2 isnum && $2 > 0 && $hget(%hash) {
    var %topic $+(#,.,$nick), %point $readini(points.ini,%topic,points)
    var %ra $calc( $2 * 3 - 0)
    if %point >= %ra {
      var %p $calc( %point - %ra )
      writeini points.ini %topic points %p
      var %i $hget(%hash,0).item, %t $calc(%i + $2)
      while %i < %t { inc %i | hadd %hash %i $nick }
      msg # $nick $+ , You bought $2 ticket, you now have %p points
    }
    else { msg # $nick Sorry, you don't have enough PuroPoints }
  }
  elseif ($nick isop #) && $2 == winner && $hget(%hash) {
    var %i $rand(1,$hget(%hash,0).data)
    msg # The winner is $hget(%hash,%i).data $+ .
  }
  elseif ($nick isop #) && $2 == over && $hget(%hash) {
    var %i $rand(1,$hget(%hash,0).data)
    hfree %hash
  }
}

How do I make it so that when !raffle on (number) is put in by a moderator. The number will be the price that a ticket shall cost. At the moment a ticket costs 3.
I thought it would be like;
var %ra $calc( $2 * $3 - 0)

But it won't work>
Any ideas please

A: Based on your commentes the following should suite you well.
Change:
var %ra $calc( $2 * 3 - 0)

To:
var %ra = $calc($2 * %pricePerTicket)

And write at mIRC command the following:
/set %pricePerTicket 3

This will set the price per ticket to 3, and you can change it at will.


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Notebook: Jake DeBrusk to miss weekend slate, Gemel Smith enters lineup, Cassidy doesn't believe enforcer needed
By Conor Ryan
Photo by Scott Audette/NHLI via Getty Images
A Bruins offense averaging 1.6 goals per game over its last five matchups is set to lose another big piece up front this weekend.
After missing Saturday's morning skate, Bruce Cassidy confirmed that winger Jake DeBrusk will miss tonight's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, along with Sunday's tilt against the Ottawa Senators.
"Came in yesterday not feeling well," Cassidy said of DeBrusk. "Was not feeling great during the Tampa game and after. So he hasn't come in today. Right now, we can only speculate. I know he got hit in the back of the head in Toronto with a puck late. Right now, we're waiting for him to come in and let us know where he's at. Definitely out tonight and definitely out tomorrow. Hopefully he feels better when we see him next."
The play Cassidy was referencing against Toronto was in the closing minutes of Boston's 4-2 loss against the Leafs back on Nov. 26 — when a shot from Danton Heinen struck DeBrusk in the back of the helmet while the winger was down on the ice.
#NHLBruins Jake DeBrusk takes a Danton Heinen one-timer to the back of the head pic.twitter.com/9iZEfuX7Ry
— Boston Bruins on CLNS (@BruinsCLNS) November 27, 2018
Although DeBrusk played in the next four games following that Toronto matchup, he didn't post a point while logging a minus-6 rating.
With DeBrusk — who ranks second on the Bruins with 10 goals this season — out of the equation, Boston's lines have once again been put in a blender for Saturday's tilt with Toronto. Cassidy opted to go heavy up front with David Krejci centering David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand, while Colby Cave will center a "second line" with Danton Heinen and David Backes.
One line looking to carry over some momentum from Thursday's loss to Tampa Bay is Jakob Forsbacka Karlsson's group, with Ryan Donato remaining on the left wing and Joakim Nordstrom on the right.
"Nordstrom is on the right wing to start," Cassidy said. "Again, we'll move people around, but it gives them a veteran presence there. Nordy has kind of moved all around. I know he's not naturally a right winger. But thought it might be a good fit for JFK too. They can talk in their native tongue, there's a lot going on out there."
Plagued by inconsistent play for most of this season, both Donato and "JFK" were solid together against Tampa, with Boston posting a 78.57 Corsi For Percentage and holding a 6-1 edge in shots on goal during the 10:55 five-on-five TOI in which both were out on the ice together.
"That's been a bit of JFK's issue and Ryan, for that matter," Cassidy said of finding consistency. "Every night, all year. That's kind of the task in front of them. I thought our guys last year, the younger guys put in that position handled it well. We were going better. We had a whole D corps, guys to talk to, centermen.
"So they can have some bumps along the road and it didn't affect us as much. Right now, everything is magnified when you're not winning or scoring. But that's the hand they're dealt with this year. What I liked about JFK, he got bumped in there, he's in there getting his nose dirty. And knocked a few people off the puck, got knocked off and came back. That's it, you've got to do it every night."
Smith gets his first shot
After getting picked up off the waiver wire on Thursday, Gemel Smith is set to make his debut with the Bruins on Saturday, with the speedy, bottom-six forward expect to skate with Sean Kuraly and Chris Wagner on the fourth line.
Averaging 8:01 TOI so far this season with Dallas, Smith had little opportunity to capitalize with the Stars, but a few advanced statistics shed some light on a player that could have a chance to produce with some added reps.
"I think I can play up and down through the lineup," Smith said. "I can bring energy and I've got skill. I can score, make plays, so I just want to be a gritty, two-way kind of player that is responsible and can provide offense."
It's been an odd road to Boston for Smith. Growing up close to Toronto in Etobicoke and Mississauga, Smith actually was not a Maple Leafs fan as a kid.
"I actually rooted for Detroit and my younger brother (Givani) rooted for Boston," Smith said. "Now my little brother is in Detroit and I'm in Boston."
No enforcer needed?
When asked if Boston needs to add some muscle to its lineup, Cassidy was candid. Although players like Nordstrom and Torey Krug have been the ones to drop the gloves as of late, Cassidy noted that it's been more of a circumstance of having players like Kevan Miller out of the lineup, rather than it being a team-wide issue with a lack of toughness.
"I don't think we need an enforcer," Cassidy said. "I think a couple of our heavier guys are hurt that take care of a lot of that. When we look at the lineup for our team, we thought we'd have enough. Think guys get hurt and even a guy like Bergy that plays hard against everybody goes out. He's certainly not a fighter by any means, but he's hard to play against. … Are you going to disrupt your whole team to do that? That's Donny's call.
"I think there's been some games where I think teams have taken liberties with those guys out. But I think we always answer the bell. Might not be with our biggest guys with those guys out. … I don't think we need an enforcer, we need to continue to have a team toughness mentality and make sure we're there, I always think if you initiate, you don't have to retaliate. It takes care of a lot of that."
BSJ Game Report: Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 4 – Devers drives Red Sox to win
Sweeney: This turnaround, unthinkable 2 months ago, is amazing – and can keep going from here
Could Charlie Coyle be looking at top-6 minutes on the wing in 2019-20?
Final: Bruins 6, Maple Leafs 3 – Bruins offense finally wakes up
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Q: How to build an app that will work with all Android versions? In Eclipse when I export my project the app doesn't work on my device which uses Android 4.2. It gives me this message:
app has stopped

How to build an app that will work with all Android versions

A: "app has stopped" seems to be a crash, if the app doesn't work on any device, she doesn't launch.
Use Debug to know what is the error or crash.
If you think that is a pversion problem, check in your gradle that you include sdk version for 4.2.

A: look at this page and table in part Requirements and Support
as you see the version android you add by :
`cordova platform add android@8.1.0`

it can install on 4.4 - 9.0.0 version android and can not install on higher version.
for this issue you should build several app with different version android,may it help you!


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Because this is a very powerful voodoo curse spell and it can't be reversed.
But if you are certain, then the Kongo Voodoo Vanish Rival spell is designed specifically for you.
But one thing you should know. Kongo Voodoo curse is a powerhouse. It is not to be taken lightly. And once I summon the Kongo spirits and pass on your request there is no turning back.
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On October 06, 2022, the attendees of the School of Advocates of RA who successfully completed the learning process received certificates.
The event was attended by the chairman of the Chamber or Advocates of RA Simon Babayan, the director of the School of Advocates of RA Ara Zohrabyan, deputy directors and others.
A minute's silence was observed in memory of those who died as a result of military operations in Artsakh and Armenia.
The director of the School of Advocates Ara Zohrabyan gave an opening speech at the ceremony, congratulating the graduates and informing that the School of Advocates of RA is improving the educational programs every year and is putting stricter requirements on the quality of education. Within one year seven attendees were dismissed from the School of Advocates.
The chairman of the Chamber of Advocates of RA Simon Babayan gave a speech touching upon the institutional importance of the School of Advocates of RA.
The deputy director of the School of Advocates Roman Aharonyan also gave a welcoming speech, and one of the graduates- Davit Ghazaryan expressed his gratitude.
The graduates of the School of Advocates of RA received the right to participate in the upcoming qualification exams organized by the Chamber of Advocates of RA.


Add dimension to your journal: write an entry on a tag!
So far, we've been journaling on standard-size journal pages and photos throughout the Gadanke Workshop. Now try a tag! It's a fun way to document a short story, and it's easy to embellish.


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"Urban Cliff, Airy Space, Great View"
"Urban Cliff, Airy Space, Great View" photo by Doug Millison
"We architects are celebrated as heroes -- but humiliation is part of our daily lives."
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Koolhaas: That's our dirty secret. We architects are celebrated as heroes -- but humiliation is part of our daily lives. The biggest part of our work for competitions and bid invitations disappears automatically. No other profession would accept such conditions. But you can't look at these designs as waste. They're ideas; they will survive in books.
SPIEGEL: A few years ago, you unveiled a spectacular design for a science museum here in HafenCity, the so-called Science Center. It still hasn't been built.
Koolhaas: I haven't heard anything about it in a long time.
SPIEGEL: How long did you work on the design?
Koolhaas: Maybe three years.
SPIEGEL: And then?
Koolhaas: Then, we suddenly stopped hearing anything. We couldn't reach anybody anymore. The last thing we heard was that a young woman was trying to turn our design for a museum into a residential building.
SPIEGEL: Is that sort of thing normal?
Koolhaas: Very typical. You get to a point where you have nothing to say to each other anymore. The funding is frozen, the project is in a holding pattern, and both sides gradually lose interest.
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It is a rewarding & fulfilling career opportunity – Clinical research provides you exposure to cutting edge technology and tremendous career growth. It provides ample scope for reward and recognition of one's abilities as well as to make a difference in people's lives and careers.It also provides scope for travel, as CRAs moves from trial site to trial site, monitoring trial activities, coordinating documentation, and meeting with clinical investigators.
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package de.tfelix.namegen.model;

/**
 * Manages the end and start symbols. This is in a single class because we
 * access it from different locations.
 *
 * @author Thomas Felix
 *
 */
final class SymbolManager {

    // We need a delimiter that will not be seen in our training data or our chosen alphabet
	private final static Character DELIMITER = '✎';

	/**
	 * Start symbol of the tokens of the given order.
	 *
	 * @param order
	 *            The order to get the start symbol for.
	 * @return The start symbol.
	 */
	public static String getStartSymbol(int order) {
		if(order <= 0) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Order must be positive.");
		}
		return new String(new char[order]).replace("\0", DELIMITER.toString());
	}

	/**
	 *Gets the end symbol.
	 * @return The end symbol.
	 */
	public static Character getEndSymbol() {
		return DELIMITER;
	}
}


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What Should Nugent-Hopkins' New Contract Look Like?
Photo credit: Perry Nelson-USA TODAY Sports
By Jason Gregor
Frank Seravalli's tweet got Oilernation buzzing early this morning; mainly Baggedmilk as he hopes to purchase a new pair of Nuge pajamas.
Talks continue to progress between #Oilers and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins on a long-term extension. Not done, and not close, but positive developments in last 24 hrs.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) October 1, 2020
The question is: what cap hit do you think Nugent-Hopkins should have on a long-term deal?
With a flat cap for the foreseeable future, what length and salary are reasonable?
Nugent-Hopkins is a good player. He's their third best forward. He's been an Oiler his entire career.
Re-signing him makes sense, but it has to be at the right price.
Here is how he ranks, among NHL forwards, over the past two seasons, which were his two most productive in the NHL.
He is 61st in 5×5 points with 68. (91th in P/60 (1.96) among fwds with minimum 500 5×5 min).
He is 37th in total points with 130. (60th in P/60 (2.62) among fwds with minimum 1,500 TOI).
He is 16th in PP points with 50. (31st in P/60 among fwd with minimum 200 PP minutes).
His current $6m cap hit is 66th amongst forwards. His new contract kicks in when he is 28.
With a flat cap, I'm not sure I see much of a raise coming for Nugent-Hopkins.
#KeepNugeForever pic.twitter.com/bQ1MwlI5fW
— Baggedmilk aka Lil Turbo – Big Brother enthusiast (@jsbmbaggedmilk) October 1, 2020
Here are the recent UFA or pending UFA contracts signed by forwards
@Logan Couture: July 1st, 2018. Eight years with $8m AAV. He was 30 when the deal began.
@James van Riemsdyk: July 1st, 2018. Five years at $7m AAV. He was 29 when deal began.
@Nikita Kucherov: July 10th, 2018. Eight years at $9.5m AAV. Deal started when he was 26.
@Blake Wheeler: September 4th, 2018. Five years at $8.25m AAV. He was 33 when deal began.
@Max Pacioretty: September 18th, 2018. Four years at $7m AAV. He was 31 at start of deal.
@Tyler Seguin: September 13th, 2018. Eight years at $9.85m AAV. Deal started when he was 28.
@Mark Stone: March 8th, 2019. Eight years at $9.5m AAV. Deal started when he was 27.
@Jeff Skinner: June 7th, 2019. Eight years at $9m AAV. He was 27 when deal kicked in.
@Kevin Hayes: June 18th, 2019. Seven years at $7.14m AAV. Deal started when he was 27.
@William Karlsson: June 24th, 2019. Eight years at $5.9m AAV. Deal began he was 26.
@Mats Zuccarello: July 1st, 2019. Five years at $6m AAV. He was 32 when deal started.
@Matt Duchene: July 1st, 2019. Seven years at $8m AAV. He was 28 in first year of deal.
@Joe Pavelski: July 1st, 2019. Three years at $7m AAV. He was 35 at start of deal.
@Anders Lee: July 1st, 2019. Seven years at $7m AAV. He was 29 when deal kicked in.
@Brayden Schenn: October 4th, 2019. Eight years at $6.5m AAV. He is 29 when deal begins this season.
@Nick Backstrom: January 14th, 2020. Five years at $9.2m AAV. He will be 33 when deal starts this season.
@Chris Kreider: February 24th, 2020. Seven years at $6.5m AAV. He is 29 when contract begins this season.
The obvious bad contract, which I said at the time was awful, is Skinner. Not comparable.
Wheeler, Pavelski, Zuccarello, Pacioretty, Couture and Backstrom are 30+ so I don't see them as good comparables.
Kucherov is elite, while Seguin had six consecutive 72+ points seasons, so RNH doesn't compare to those two either.
So that leaves eight players:
Stone: March 8th, 2019. Eight years at $9.5m AAV.
Duchene: July 1st, 2019. Seven years at $8m AAV.
Hayes: June 18th, 2019. Seven years at $7.14m AAV.
Van Riemsdyk: July 1st, 2018. Five years at $7m AAV.
Lee: July 1st, 2019. Seven years at $7m AAV.
Schenn: October 4th, 2019. Eight years at $6.5m AAV.
Kreider: February 24th, 2020. Seven years at $6.5m AAV.
Karlsson: June 24th, 2019. Eight years at $5.9m AAV.
Stone isn't even in the convo. RNH is not getting paid more than @Leon Draisaitl. No chance. Also, Stone, Duchene, Hayes and JVR went to new teams. I think looking at players who remain with their team is important.
I think the two most accurate comparables are Scheen and Kreider. They are considered the third best forwards on their team. The Blues have Vladimir Tarasenko and Ryan O'Reilly, while the Rangers have Artemi Panarin and Mika Zibanejad. I think that is important when looking at comparisons. Lee is the captain in New York, and probably their second best forward after Matt Barzal, but you could look at his as well.
The Flyers overpaid for both Van Riemsdyk and Hayes, in my opinion, but at least JVR was only a five year deal. I'm sure RNH's agent will look at the Hayes contract, but he's scored 50 points once in his career. It is interesting to note of these eight, the four who remained with their team and didn't test free agency signed the four lowest deals. I've said it many times: free agency leads to overpayments much more bad than good signings.
If I'm Holland, I'm looking at Schenn and Kreider, and considering they were signed prior to Covid hitting, we can probably argue Nugent-Hopkins isn't in a position to ask for a large raise. We will know better when we see free agent contracts starting next Friday, but I sense we are going to see a dip in AAVs.
Here are their offensive numbers the past two seasons.
Player 5×5 (TOI) PP PTS (TOI) Total PTS (TOI)
RNH 68 (2,077) 50 (509) 130 (2,978)
Schenn 66 (2,067) 33 (377) 112 (2,646)
Kreider 72 (2,028) 25 (421) 97 (2,461)
Player P/60 5×5 P/60 PP PTS P/60 Total PTS
RNH 1.96 5.89 2.62
Schenn 1.92 5.24 2.54
Kreider 2.13 3.56 2.36
Their 5×5 production is similar, with Kreider being the most effective. Nugent-Hopkins is the best on the PP and slightly more productive overall than Schenn.
Where RNH drops off is on-ice goals for/against.
Schenn outscored the opposition 95-73 (56.5GF%), while Kreider was even better at 110-78 (58.5GF%). RNH is at 93-89 (51.1GF%).
With the new financial landscape, I don't see many arguments why Holland should pay RNH more than $6.5 million. Considering we are mid-Covid, I believe $6- $6.5 million over six years is a fair deal for both sides.
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Re: Are the American people fit to govern themselves?
by lost_shaman » Wed Apr 16, 2008 4:28 am
ryguy wrote: On the one side - the military side - we can say, damn straight we need secrecy for the sake of National Security, and to protect our intelligence and military secrets that give us a strategic and military advantage from the probing and spying efforts of foreign intelligence agents. These are critical and important advantages, and AD makes an excellent point that "full" disclosure would be catastrophic for our country.
On the other side - the public side - we must remain cautious regarding too much secrecy. Human nature tends to not behave very well when actions are hidden by the cloak of darkness and sactioned secrecy. Yes - secrets are necessary for the maintenance of a country's financial and military position in the world. However, too many secrets from the people themselves can lead to a core that becomes rotten - a country that appears ok on the outside but is seedy and disgusting on the inside. That's the fear that I think Torbjon is probably expressing, and it's a legitimate and important concern that all of us should be extremely congizant of.
...IMHO
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But wait... Let me play my role as Devil's Advocate here.
Does a failure to disclose information pertaining to UAP (NOT, E.T. visitation, but UAP!) indicate some undisclosed National Security issue?
If not, then is the U.S. actually "in the dark" concerning the phenomena compared to European Countries, that once considered the U.S. to be a leader in this field (UFO's), and that now acknowledge the phenomena although the U.S. has to date "publically" failed to do so?
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by Access Denied » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:19 am
ryguy wrote: On the other side - the public side - we must remain cautious regarding too much secrecy.
"Trust, but Verify"
~ Ronald Reagan
ryguy wrote: Human nature tends to not behave very well when actions are hidden by the cloak of darkness and sactioned secrecy. Yes - secrets are necessary for the maintenance of a country's financial and military position in the world. However, too many secrets from the people themselves can lead to a core that becomes rotten - a country that appears ok on the outside but is seedy and disgusting on the inside.
Agreed, however I wouldn't place too much blame on the military for that perception… I believe the primary responsibility lies with the Intelligence Community. As I've said before there's an appalling lack of oversight in my opinion…
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uberarcanist wrote: I do want to know, however, why you don't think the government has anything.
Here's what convinced one well known Roswell researcher…
Skeptics UFO Newsletter -4- July 1997
http://www.csicop.org/klassfiles/SUN-46.html
Jeffrey Is First To Interview Many Former Members Of 509th Bomb Group
Although Roswell book authors such as Schmitt, Kevin Randle, Stanton Friedman and Don Berliner brag about how many (alleged) witnesses they have interviewed, if they interviewed former members of the 509th Bomb Group based at Roswell in mid-1947, their books never quote their skeptical views on a crashed saucer. Jeffrey not only wrote to more than 700 former members of the 509th seeking any who might shed some light on the Roswell incident, but he attended their reunion last September in Tucson. As a result, Jeffrey has talked with 15 former B-29 pilots and two navigators who were based at Roswell in mid-1947. Not one of them had heard anything about recovery of an ET craft at the time, Jeffrey reports.
Jack Ingham, who spent 16 years with the 509th from early 1947 and retired as a Lt. Colonel, stressed to Jeffrey that "the 509th was a very close-knit group and there was no way an event as spectacular as the recovery of a crashed-alien spaceship from another world could have happened at their base without them having known about it."
]In early January of this year, in an effort to use every available technique to enhance the recollections of Dr. Jesse Marcel about the debris that his father had brought back from the Brazel ranch and had shown to him 50 years ago, Jeffrey arranged for Marcel to undergo regressive hypnosis in Washington D.C. It was administered by Dr. Neal Hibler, who has achieved fame for his skill in using the technique for forensic purposes. (Jeffrey underwrote both the cost of Hibler's services and the cost of bringing Marcel to Washington, along with his daughter who videotaped more than six hours of recall sessions conducted over a three-day period.) Jeffrey acknowledges that "hypnosis can elicit memories of things that didn't [really] happen, but it can't take away memories of things that did happen." (Emphasis added.)
Dr. Marcel was able to recall a few unimportant new details of what had occurred during the night his father returned with the debris, but no new details about the debris itself. It still consisted of "pieces of metallic foil, a short beam or stick, and a few pieces of plastic or Bakelite-like substance. Certainly such mundane debris would not constitute the wreckage from any kind of sophisticated vehicle or craft, much less one capable of interstellar travel," according to Jeffrey. "In addition to being mundane, the material recovered from the Foster [Brazel] ranch is definitely reconcilable with the debris from an ML-307 radar reflector [carried by the Project Mogul balloon train which was tracked to within about 20 miles of where Brazel found the debris]--the length and cross-sectional size of the beams or sticks, the pieces of foil, and the plastic-like material (now thought to be part of one of the plastic ballast cases that contained sand). Even the color of the symbols that Jesse Marcel, Jr., remembers is almost identical to the color that Air Force meteorologist Irving Newton remembers seeing in [Gen.] Ramey's office." (Emphasis added.)
Jeffrey also acknowledges that his current views were influenced by once "Secret" and "Top Secret" letters written in 1947-48 by top USAF officials which refer to the lack of any crashed UFO which would help identify what UFOs were. One which particuarly impressed Jeffrey was the Nov. 8, 1948, letter from Col. Howard McCoy, Chief of Intelligence for the USAF's Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB to Maj. Gen. C.P. Cabell, USAF's Director of Intelligence. In the letter McCoy said that "the exact nature of these objects cannot be established until physical evidence, such as that which would result from a crash, has been obtained." Many Roswell researchers ignore such hard data or, like Michael D. Swords, foolishly claim that "the McCoy letter has nothing to do with the Roswell incident" [SUN #45/May 1997]. (Emphasis added.)
In Jeffrey's MUFON article he says he still plans to present the Roswell Initiative papers to the White House in early July, seeking declassification of any still-classified UFO material. "If no information is being withheld, such action would, nonetheless, have the positive effect of setting the record straight and clearing up years of suspicion and controversy." SUN disagrees. If President Clinton were to respond by announcing that the U.S. had recovered crashed saucers from 49 of its 50 states, but not a single one from New Mexico, Friedman, Randle, Swords and others would still insist that the government was covering up the Roswell crashed saucer.
For more insight on Kent Jeffrey's change of heart I suggest reading this…
Roswell: Anatomy of a Myth
http://www.roswellfiles.com/storyteller ... ffrey1.htm
uberarcanist wrote: What do you think is going on with the Ramey Memo, Steve?
If you guys want to talk Roswell (kind of off-topic for the political forum I think) I would encourage you to read the following thread where that and many other issues are addressed and then posting any questions you have at the end…
http://www.realityuncovered.com/forum/v ... f=19&t=772
[fair warning... I am to Roswell as Steve and Ryan are to Serpo]
by ryguy » Wed Apr 16, 2008 1:51 pm
Wow...thanks for the link to the article on Jeff AD....that's a fascinating read. For anyone with any interest in the Roswell "phenomenon" - that, right there, should be required reading.
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by Shawnna » Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:14 pm
Access Denied wrote:
Shawnna wrote: :shakeshead:
I'm tempted to leave it at that but...
I've edited my above entry to more accurately reflect what I was shaking my head to within torbjon's post. My apology for not being more clear in the first place.
torbjon wrote:
One of the things all of the current candidates have in common:
They Want To Lead You.
I have no idea of knowing for certain but am willing to go out on the limb and make the assumption that they 'feel' they are better equipped at leading You than You are. They certainly have made no statements or shown any indications of allowing me to lead myself.
They are going to 'guide' me. Not only that, they are going to 'guide' my daughter as well. They are going to lead her into a 'brave new world'.
I'm sorry but that is MY job and I take it Very Seriously.
I resent it when someone says They are going to make the world a 'better' place for me and mine.
That's MY job. I will make the world a better place for me and mine as I am the Only one capable of doing that. Passing that responsibility on to someone else is irresponsible.
I agree with uberarcanist: They are all liars. They are marketing themselves in order to win votes. They will say and do Anything to Win Votes.
They are all Desperate for Your vote.
Desperation is a very ugly thing and does not instill trust or confidence with me.
I should probably go back to the latrine now. My brand of politics has Never been very popular with the masses.
sorry I'm such a pinko,
You are NOT a pinko and I think your input here is VERY important!
I agree ........ "they 'feel' they are better equipped at leading You than You are."
Why does every topic digress to UFO Disclosure???
The topic of this thread - "Are the American people fit to govern themselves?" - is more important to explore. Jimmy Carter's UAP experience aside.
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Not wanting to ruffle too many feathers here but...... for an interesting look at the individual's integrity you are quoting, I recommend reading Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth'
by ryguy » Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:04 pm
Shawnna wrote: Not wanting to ruffle too many feathers here but...... for an interesting look at the individual's integrity you are quoting, I recommend reading Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & 'Project Truth'
OUCH....rofl...
**Ryan hands AD a towel to stem the bleeding and pats him on the back in encouragment...**
by Access Denied » Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:54 pm
Ouch is right, touché Shawnna, and welcome back.
Of course it should be noted RR was talking about the USSR.
And for the record, I don't consider RR a particularly great president… in fact I don't think we've had a truly great president since well… I don't know when. I do however credit RR with leading the charge for "Star Wars" (SDI) which I believe effectively ended the insane stalemate that MAD was and helped lead to the fall of the "former" Soviet Union.
"Outwit, Outlast, Outplay, and Outspend!"
I agree, this is an interesting topic to explore.
by uberarcanist » Mon Apr 21, 2008 3:31 am
Well, I wasn't aware that Star Wars had ever been deployed. Do you know otherwise, AD?
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by Access Denied » Mon Apr 21, 2008 4:01 am
uberarcanist wrote: Well, I wasn't aware that Star Wars had ever been deployed.
If you're talking about the X-ray laser DEW I'm afraid that turned out to be a little too erm... ambitious, so you're right, it wasn't.
I think what mattered most was that in our enemy's mind we were perusing it and given enough resources there was no reason not to believe that we couldn't eventually achieve it.
by uberarcanist » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:16 pm
Actually, Tom, I've heard that the REAL goal of Star Wars was simply to spend an exhorbitant sum of money knowing the Soviets would try to match it...and, of course, since the Soviet economy was in much worse shape than the American one, the Soviets wrecked their finances trying to keep up.
by torbjon » Sun Apr 27, 2008 3:02 am
This is one of the many reasons why I tend to avoid these types of conversations... I take a brief hiatus and come back to discover that I have now Authored a thread, which in turn was derailed, sidetracked, back peddled, flipped over, and then muddled before being lost in the works...
all I can say to that is mmph.
mmph.
So, before I blather on about the 'Libertarian' thing I wanna gloss over the 'freedom' thing.
You made this statement:
"Last I checked this is still a free country and you're free to live entirely self sufficient (off the grid) if you want… all you owe the government is some property tax in exchange for keeping anybody you don't want in out right?"
to wit I quipped:
"When was the last time you checked and what is your definition of "freedom"? "
and your clever response:
"1. Today.
2. Whatever flips your switch as long as it doesn't infringe upon anyone else's freedom."
Okay, up to the here and now...
In reply to your (off the grid) comment:
CHECK AGAIN.
I don't have a clue who you are, where you are, or how often you get out, Maybe dropping off the grid is a viable option in your corner of the world... if so Please Tell Me where you are so I can move there ASAP because dropping off the grid is Not an option in the USA, Canada or Mexico, at least, that is what the people with guns (we don't need no stinking badges) informed ME.
YES, there is still land to homestead in Alaska... like I wouldn't know that? I've Been there. I stomped around on it. It's TUNDRA. The land is incapable of supporting Any life let alone Human life. And that's the catch-22. In order to get a land grant you have to live on the land for two years. The land won't support you so you have to mule Everything in. IF you can afford to haul everything in and survive for two years then you can also afford to purchase the entire state of Hawaii... why blow your wad on worthless tundra when you can own a tropical paradise?
Ergo, there is still land to homestead in the USA.
Same goes for Mexico and Canada.
There is land available for homesteading in both of those countries (or at least there was last century when I was trying to do that) but the land won't sustain you and you have to jump through certain hoops in order to squat there or else the guys with guns come and chase you away.
The rest of the land is 'owned' by some numb nut who doesn't have clue one how to work it but Gods Forbid you should squat there and try to eek out a living because that is mine Mine MINE and YOU can't 'have' it so go away or I'll call they guys with guns.
IF you have the wealth to 'own' the land and pay for protection then you can have a few illusions of privacy and freedom, but it's spendy and they are only illusions. The option to just walk off into the sunset and make a go of it on your own ended well over a century ago in this country.
There's simply too many people on the face of this planet, the 'grid' is too big, there's no place left to go if you (I) don't want to be a part of it anymore. "Primitive" peoples in the middle of nowheresville are being (or have been) pushed off the land by 'grid makers'.
So much for the 'off the grid' thingy...
Next, Freedom.
I asked 'what is your definition of Freedom' to wit you replied:
"2. Whatever flips your switch as long as it doesn't infringe upon anyone else's freedom."
Honestly? I Know you are smarter than that... MUCH smarter than that... That was just a glib little fortune cookie quip to impress some noobie hippy chick, yes? (how'd that work out for you, btw?)
"As Long As It Doesn't Infringe Upon Anyone Else's Freedom" is the death of that concept and you Know it *pokes*
Just Existing is an infringement as far as many peoples are concerned. What about the bozo or bimbette who smothers themselves in toxic foul smelling chemicals? It's Legal. It's totally morally and ethically Acceptable, 'ell, it's even Encouraged! Smear this sweet smelling toxic slime all over your body and clothing and then go pack yourself into a subway car, that is Not an 'infringement'...
Lite up a Camel in same subway car to mask said Toxic Waste Foulness and you go to jail bub.
here it comes, I'll beat you to it:
"oh, but numbnut, second hand smoke is a known killer"
Yep, it sure is. And so are the synthetics used to produce alla those funky scented cleaning and grooming supplies.
here it comes again, so I'll just nip it in the bud...
"But Doofus, second hand smoke kills More people than second hand perfume"
Yep, right again...
So Freeking What?
Where does the Mob, the Masses, the Majority get off on telling the Minority what they can and can't do? The ONLY thing the Mob has going for it is More People.
More People does Not equal More Correct.
More People equals More Guns equals we Can Indeed do whatever we want to you because We can Kick Your Ass if you don't like it so there.
So THAT'S the highly evolved way to run a society? *rolls eyes* Who ever has the biggest stick makes and enforces the rules... I see. How clever of us. Why, I doubt that the cavemen had anything anywhere Nearly as advanced as that, ya know?
Screw the minority, they don't matter.
The concept of "it's okay for this 100 people over here to die so that 1,000,000 people over there can live" seems to be cool these days... the old "needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few" thing....
I'll tell you a little secret about Freedom. It ain't a right. It ain't a privilege. No man, no person, no group of people can Grant you your Freedom.
You were Born Free and from that moment onwards people have been Taking your freedoms away from you (and you, in turn, have been taking freedoms away from other people)
Freedom is a battle that you And Only You can fight. Soldiers can't fight it for you. Cops can't fight it for you. I can't fight it for you. You. *pokes* Yer it, bub. If you are happy with what you got and what you can do, great.
I'm still fighting.
Now then, the Libertarian thing...
No. Libertarianism is too tame by far, and entirely too short sighted and narrow minded for me...
Currently it seems to me that the political arena hasn't evolved much past the point of where it was at over 2000 years ago: A buncha bozos clanging their swords against their shields in a pathetic display of national patriotism defending a tract of land loosely defined by geological features and nebulously defined by political borders, with common linguistic heritage thrown in for good measure...
Again, THAT'S a highly evolved way to run a society. Boy, aren't we clever. We should be Proud of how far we've advanced since the good ol' mud hut and pointy stick days.
We are getting ready to elect a new president here in the USA. Only citizens of the USA get to vote on who the next bozo will be...
We all have our own thoughts and feelings on that subject but there is One thing we All can and will agree on:
WHOEVER gets the dubious honor of being the next American President that person, whether they want the title or not, Will be considered a "World Leader" by the rest of the world...
What the people of America do or don't do has a direct impact on the people of the World.
But the World has no 'vote' in what we do or who the next "World Leader" is going to be...
That doesn't sound very democratic to me... sounds rather Dictatorial, actually.
Why don't people in the U.K. get to have a say? Whatever we decide to do over here WILL have an impact on that country... Same goes for every other country on the planet.
All current political systems seem obsolete to me. They are 2000 year old concepts and have not evolved any since then.
MY political party would be something more like "The Radioactive Unrelenting Cloud of Unity" (or, as I prefer to call it, the TRUC U! party.)
TRUC U doesn't give a rats tail about geo/political borders, race, religion, creed, age, gender, or what horse you all rode in on. It is unbiased, non discriminating and Global. TRUC U, like radioactive fallout or a good strain of plague only recognizes One Thing:
Human Beings.
ALL Human Beings.
Until such a time as the World has a say in what the World does we will continue to be an Infant civilization... a Baby with a Poopy diaper crying for Mommy to Fix It for Us.
I don't know about the rest of you but I am DONE with poopy diapers.
There. That oughtta be enough dribble to keep things lively for a while.
Expendable Guy. The show is no good without them.
torbjon
by Shawnna » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:24 am
Bravo, torbjon!
That is probably the most articulate post I've seen anywhere in a good long while!
by torbjon » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:38 pm
well, um, Thank You, but I gotta say, I have to conclude that either you don't get out much or else yer just really really bored because I read that Now, a day later, and man oh man was I caffeinated *blush*
I can definitely edit that down to a more fortune cookie like format:
I'm Done with Penny Ante Politics.
And since I'm just starting my first cup o' the day and am liking it, I'll ramble on:
The entire Global political arena seems incredibly short sighted to me. It seems to me that every system everywhere is Designed to foster an "Us versus Them" mentality, both within the individual nations And globally.
On a national level it keeps us divided (and easier to control) and on a global level... well, maybe I'm the only bozo on the planet who feels this way, but I feel the world is going to 'ell in a handbasket and that it is the Average Humans Fault NOT our political leaders.
There is simply too much historical data which indicates that when Average Humans get FED UP with something, REALLY FED UP, they pick up their pitchforks and Deal With It themselves.
Since people don't seem to be doing that now I can only conclude that they are Not as fed up as I am about the current state of affairs. *shrugs* Which is FINE. If folks are cool with their lot in life okay, cool.
But I have this sinking sensation that sometime in the not too distant future folks Will become fed up with how things are going and that by then it will be Too Late. The resources will be too far gone, or global weather will have tipped past the point of repair, or Something, ya know?
The ol' "The fish in the trap begin to think" kinda thing... sure, they are thinking now, but it's waaay too late by then... shoulda thought of that Before you swam into the trap bub.
Usually around this time someone shouts "okay wiseguy, so whadda we do? What's The Solution?"
I actually have one.
A Simple one.
One so simple that even my four year daughter can understand it...
One that has been Proven to work again and again and again since the dawn of time...
But nobody 'likes' it because it is 'hard' and 'dangerous'.
To my Alaska comrades I'd say "Just Do It" and that would communicate Volumes of valuable information... however I feel that most western round eyes lack the life experiences to truly understand the complete ramifications of those three little words... So I'll use a Bruce Lee quote instead, it's a little longer but should communicate to a wider class of people:
"If you want to learn to swim jump into the water. On dry land no frame of mind is ever going to help you" -Bruce Lee-
YES, You Personally may very well sink like a rock and Never been seen or heard from again *shrugs* so it goes, ey?
Most folks, 51% or more, Will Float. And that's what it's all about, right? The 'Majority'?
oh, I sooo need more coffee now...
laters
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by Shawnna » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:16 pm
You're right TJ - I am definitely bored and I do not get out much!
That said - I still like the way you express yourself!
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