In this week's flight deck we bring you all the headlines from simulated space including the latest news from: Hellion, Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen. Next, we'll get the news from the deep black with Spencer McDunn on Galactic Public Radio. Then Commander KineticImpulser gets grubby with the subsystems in Nuggets for Nuggets. After that we continue our audio adventure, Guard Frequency Origins, as our pilots find a building, but in space. Finally, we open up the feedback loop and let you join in on the fun.
Lace up your booties, campers, it's time to head out to the Flight Deck!
Homage or theft? How much "borrowing from other IP's is too much?
I would like to engage your Organization to help locate a very important space person. A space person who has been missing for too long. I don't have a lot of personal information about this person to pass along to you, but I do know that he (or she) is now missing completely from CIG. In lieu of a proper name let's call this person 'what-the-hell-are-we-paying-you-for-guy (or gal).' Of course, he (or she) would (or should) be the person (or persons) disallowing all these CIG own-goal faux paus we have come to accept as par for the course. Disallowing them before they see the light of day. The most recent occurrence of course being the midnight before term paper is due Destiny armor IP rip off.
Of course I kid. I do kid, though I'm not laughing (anymore). The Star Citizen days ahead for me are but a vacuum without consequence. The stars will continue to dim and then probably go out. Maybe a new sun will rise. Maybe not.
Tony was right this time, and he was right last time about the Venture / Vulture. Tony was right about the other ship I can't care to remember the name of anymore too; and most important, Tony was prophetically right a long time ago about CIG desperately needing better (or any apparently) meaningful internal oversight.
All this said, I do agree with the other fellow who said that Destiny-Gate didn't grow legs because no one cares. I do believe that this is true as regards a significant portion of the OG backer / fans who still remain. The settlers. The acceptors. The eternal time-biders. That the game isn't for any of us OG-genarians anymore must not matter much to these folks. Such is life. I think Darwin said that.
But then there are still the rest of us. I, along with other like-minded backers / fans, who have left our caring behind. You can't know us because we have silently moved on. We don't post (anymore), and we don't chat (anymore). We are the empty bunk in game that nobody sleeps in, both sides of the pillow long ago gone cool. Maybe we haven't cashed in our ships, but we have left. We have left truly caring about what we once believed to be a special relationship. Relationships need trust to survive. There must be a song to that effect somewhere.
All hail the Big Game Developer Simulator 2950! We paid for it, and Alpha version 3.2 is available to download now!


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In 1963, a short experimental film was made about Maestro Bud Powell. Half a century later, some musings about that Danish film and Bud. Bud means the wind if you are a Farsi speaker. Thus, for me, the name defines the music.
Although one of my favorite pianists in jazz, whom I discovered with Bud Plays Bird LP, is never as fiery as one expect from the wind. He is a bipolar giant. When playing I Remember Clifford at the Golden Circle club in Sweden, it seems that music would stop any second.
The melody blurs. The harmonies become foggy. The beat tends to get lost, and a moment later, found again. The seemingly dying music continues for nearly nine minutes.
Through Clifford Brown's memory, Bud is lamenting himself, his very existence. That bipolarity could come to the surface in other forms, too. In a struggle between a classical completionist mode - when your piece have a clear beginning, middle and the end - and a sense of incompleteness and constant transfiguration which makes it hard to detect the real core of the music.
From the first category, the jewel of all Blue Note recordings, The Scene Changes, from 1958, is documented to the degree of perfection. All the songs are originals and executed neatly around 4 to 5 minutes.
The second category is mostly consisted of tunes in slower tempos, as if Bud never manages to finish what he has started. Music of the second category is the closest thing to films of Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu: static, organic and free from overstatement and jagged emotions - painfully true and precise.
Even in the later years, after gaining weight, with a motionless figure and impassive face staring at nowhere, Bud began to look like Buddha.


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13 Tyrion Quotes From 'Game Of Thrones' That Are Truly Iconic
By Lea Rose Emery
Game of Thrones may be drawing to an end, but there's no doubt that its legacy (and our obsession) will live on. Although the fight scenes are amazing, the dragons are as big as they are creepy, and the special effects are second to none, it's the dynamic between the characters that really stand out — that, and their words of wisdom. And I would humbly suggest that nobody does it quite like Tyrion Lannister when it comes to great lines. In fact, picking the best Tyrion quotes from Game of Thrones is not easy, as there are so many amazing options to choose from.
Something about the combination of his wit, cynicism, self-depreciation, and, yes, a big splash of wisdom means that he nails it time after time. Whether he's praising the love of his life (wine), giving counsel, or just putting an enemy in his place, his turn of phrase has to be the best on the whole show. So though we'll soon be saying goodbye to the series, there are still quotes to live by, get tattoos of, and caption your Instagram posts with. And that's what really counts, isn't it?
If you're looking for some Tyrion-isms to take away with you long after the show ends, there are plenty to choose from — but here are 13 of the absolute best.
1. "Never forget what you are, the rest of the world will not. Wear it like armor and it can never be used to hurt you."
Tyrion is famous for understanding other people's motivations and prejudices, and using them all to his favor — but it's also a really telling moment, showing the vulnerability he's built up armor against.
2. "I have a tender spot in my heart for cripples and bastards and broken things."
Not only does Tyrion have his own soft spot, he also can be weirdly avuncular for such a cynic — often taking those who are a little lost under his wing. Or at least getting them drunk.
3. "I'm not questioning your honor, Lord Janos. I'm denying its existence."
BOOM. This would be a great line to use in a fight if anyone fought about honor anymore. Although you could probably replace "honor" with a whole lot of other traits and the quote would still stand.
4. "A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone."
This is so Tyrion — he knows that his mind is his biggest strength, but he's not resting on those laurels. Instead, he's constantly learning.
5. "Next time I have an idea like that, punch me in the face."
He may know how clever he is, but Tyrion isn't above admitting when he's wrong.
6. "I will hurt you for this. A day will come when you think you're safe and happy, and your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid."
So, that's pretty effing terrifying. Tyrion can be all fun, games, and witticism some of the time, but when he feels truly wronged then he can be absolutely brutal.
7. "They say I'm half a man, well what does that make the lot of you?"
Remember what I said about knowing other people's prejudices? He always finds a way to use those against them.
8. "I try to know as many people as I can. You never know which one you'll need."
He has friends in high places and low places — but Tyrion definitely sees the usefulness in everyone, for better and for worse.
9. "A wise man once said the true history of the world is the history of great conversations in elegant rooms."
Showing his love for wit and his erudite friends — wine and good conversation are definitely always in his heart.
10. "It's not easy being drunk all the time. Everyone would do it if it were easy."
This quote needs no explanation. One-hundred percent Tyrion.
11. "Every time we deal with an enemy, we create two more."
For someone who isn't always an incredible soldier, he definitely has a keen eye for battle strategy — and just general scheming.
12. "It's easy to confuse 'what is' with 'what ought to be,' especially when 'what is' has worked out in your favor."
Tyrion's counsel is one of the things he's most prized for — especially because he's not afraid to stand up to those he's counseling. He has a sharp moral compass — in his own, very particular way — and ruthlessly calls others to account.
13. "That's what I do. I drink and I know things."
Perhaps the most famous Tyrion quote or them all, this one definitely has a special place in the heart of Tyrion fans. And he does definitely do both of these things. A lot. He does them a lot.
Game of Thrones may be ending, but you can carry little bits of Tyrion in your heart forever. Whether you want to celebrate hedonism, give advice, or cut an enemy down to size, Tyrion is there for you.

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Diane White Husic, Contributor
Dean of the School of Natural and Health Sciences, Moravian College
Standing Up to Fear: COP21 in Paris
Moravian College has as its mission the following:
Moravian College's liberal arts education prepares each individual for a reflective life, fulfilling careers, and transformation leadership in a world of change.
This mission statement is will aligned with the definition of a liberal education in the 21st century provided by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), the first sentence of which states that
A liberal education is an approach to college learning that empowers individuals and prepares them to deal with complexity, diversity, and change.
I have been thinking a lot lately about the change that we are witnessing in the world and thinking about the future for not only my own sons, but for the students that I teach. It is a messy, complex, and pretty scary future that today's youth face - a place where they will be confronted with what AAC&U refers to as unscripted problems. Climate change, food security, and global inequities are just a few of the grand challenges, and all of these have the potential to fuel worldwide conflict.
Ted Schultz, the late economist and Nobel Prize winner from the University of Chicago dabbled in many scholarly areas, but one of his many contributions was to consider the question of "Why does education matter?' He came to the conclusion that education is important because it provides people with the ability to deal with disequilibrium - a state of disarray and change. I doubt many would argue that we are certainly living in times of disequilibrium. Thus, in higher education, it is our collective mission to help students make sense of this disequilibrium and to work with them to tackle the messy complex problems for which there is no script, no instruction manual, to guide us to the solutions.
One of these unscripted problems hit home recently as the college had to struggle with whether to still send a delegation of faculty and students to Paris to participate as civil society representatives in the United Nations climate negotiations process (COP21) in light of the terrorist attacks in that city. Since 2009, Moravian College has been accredited by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to attend the annual Conference of the Parties (or COP) meetings. Students had planned for this event for over a year and one has a research project that hinges on attendance. I had been working for months to organize a panel featuring researchers from around the world doing studies that can inform climate policy. The campus, of course, has to worry about the safety of the students and its own liability in the event something truly horrid was to occur.
Each of us had to reflect on exactly why it was important to attend, what the risks were, and what the implications of not going would be. The students knew this wasn't just any trip to Paris, but a chance for them to be a voice in what is being considered by some as the last chance for an international agreement to address climate change, and an opportunity to report back to the campus and larger community about not only this complex environmental problem, but also the messy process of finding a global solution when 196 Parties are involved. Media reports, where they exist, cannot truly portray these stories in the way that the youth whose future depends on global cooperation on this issue can.
In the end, after much personal reflection and many conversations among themselves, with their parents, and with administration, the students convinced administration of the importance of their going - in part, as a stance against fear of terrorism. As once noted by Dr. Cheryl Saban, an advocate for women and children and U.S. representative to the United Nations General Assembly:
Living fearlessly doesn't mean we are always stoic; nor are we aloof or numb to the frightening problems in the world. It simply means that at the crucial moment, we don't allow fear to be our ruler.... It's resisting inertia - it is facing the very thing that is causing the fear, and holding the belief that we can have an impact on it -- that we can make a difference on the outcome, even if that difference is merely changing the way we think about it.
Our students weren't stoic nor are they numb to the frightening problems in the world. But they do still believe it is possible to make a difference, and that belief, along with their solid liberal education, will indeed set them on the course to be transformative leaders of the future.
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Though it has been relaunched and remade several times since its founding in 2005, the organization now known as the Midland Business Alliance Innovation Center still strives toward its goal of nurturing entrepreneurship in the Midland Community.
The center's main function is to provide prospective entrepreneurs with a space to learn about funding options and network with other professionals within their industries. Businesses can also rent space within the center to use as a primary work location, or place to connect with other entrepreneurs.
"Our primary goal is to help start-ups and small businesses grow and succeed," said Innovation Center Director Melissa Farley.
Farley has served in the role since November 2018. She had previously been in charge of the Small Business program of the Midland Chamber of Commerce.
Serving a similar purpose under the name MidMichigan Innovation Center, the organization was absorbed by Midland Tomorrow in October 2016. Soon after, Midland Tomorrow would merge with the Chamber of Commerce to form the Midland Business Alliance.
Formerly located on Austin Street, in February 2018 the center moved to its current location within the Herbert D. Doan Midland County History Center, located at 3417 W. Main St.
The center is open to non-members, with day-passes costing $10 and 10-day passes costing $85.
Virtual memberships start at $100 per month, and include access to on-site professional conference rooms, printing and copying capabilities at a lower cost than day passers free wireless/direct internet capabilities and discounts to all the center's events.
Full memberships cost $350 per month and add a dedicated workspace with locking filing cabinet and physical mailbox with mail service.
A large amount of networking opportunities are available due to the center's connection with the Midland Business Alliance, Farley said. The center regularly hosts networking and learning events, including the upcoming "Entrepreneur Week," a series of events taking place between Monday, April 1 and Friday, April 5.
Patent Camp -- April 1, noon-1 p.m.Business Model Canvas Workshop -- April 1, 6-7 p.m.A luncheon featuring a speech by Don Tocco, founder of Tocco & Associates, a business leader, artist, writer and motivational speaker -- April 2, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Family Business Forum -- April 2, 6-7:15 p.m.Women in Entrepreneurship -- April 3, 6-7:30 p.m.Small Business Luncheon: Cybersecurity -- April 4, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Northwood Spring Pitch -- April 4, 6-8 p.m.WakeUp! Midland -- 7:30-9 a.m. Farley said the series is meant to be a sort of "relaunch" on the Innovation Center after many of the Midland Business Alliance's programs were put on hold for the past year and a half to focus on the organization's strategic plan.
"The goal of (Entrepreneur Week) is to get people excited about entrepreneurship and to let people know that we're here," Farley said.
The center currently hosts 15 active members, not including people from the general community who have been helped by the program. Students of Northwood University also regularly use the center's resources, Farley said.
Some of the older members, such as Midland Solar Applications, have been with the center since its beginning more than a decade ago. Other organizations currently enrolled as members include the Northern Michigan Mobile Child Care Advocacy Center, Organibliss and Aberro Creative.
Aberro Creative, which Farley calls one of the center's greatest "success stories," has been involved with the Innovation Center since the companies launch on Oct. 1, 2013.
Taking its name from the Latin word meaning "to wander, stray or deviate," Aberro is a marketing agency that specializes in a variety of creative services, including brand identity development, web design, graphic design and video production, said co-founder Dustin Neumeyer.
Along with high school friends Steve Cronk and Drew Schafer, Neumeyer decided to pursue the mutual interest in entrepreneurship the three shared when he returned to Midland after a few years living in Chicago following his graduation from Northwood University.
The company would spend the first four of its five and a half years of existence within a space provided by the Innovation Center when it was located at 2007 Austin St. Neumeyer said the center's purpose is to help new businesses "find their way."
"For us, it provided us with a space to get set up relatively quickly," Neumeyer said. "For us to set up there allowed us to get up and running really fast, and allowed us the flexibility to either grow within that space or, if things took off really fast, to then look at moving out into the community. Ultimately, we decided to spend more time (at the center) because of the resources they were providing, and how we wanted to grow our business."
Aberro Creative now operates out of a location at 127 McDonald St. in downtown Midland. Though not as involved with the center as he was in the past, Neumeyer still serves the organization that helped him get his entrepreneurial start, running the "Bootstrappers Breakfast" program -- a gathering of local entrepreneurs where people can discuss issues facing the community and how to fix them -- that takes place on the third Tuesday of every month."
Having been there for so long, and being a product of the Innovation Center, we really believe in what they're trying to do," Neumeyer said. "For anybody who has either the aspirations of being an entrepreneur, or if they're just starting, that can be a really good resource.
"Midland is kinda going through a bit of a transformation, and highlighting these local entrepreneurs and some of the work that they're doing is really exciting, and something the community should be proud of."


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Deathwatch Gaming is a competitive community that's been around for 10 years (Started in 2003), we started out as a bunch of friends having a buzz in Counter Strike and by accident we discovered that we were quite good but since those days we've grown into a full blown competitive community instead of just a local clan. Deathwatch Gaming has a minimum age of 18 to join but the average id say is around 25 were the oldest is 55+. We have people who've played against current hotshots such as Fnatic (in BF3) and alike. We have a solid foundation with teams ranging from LoL, Smite, Dota2 to BF3, COD, PS2 and upcoming titles such as Firefall and Titanfall both which we have high hopes for.


Microbreweries are HOPping in Springfield, Illinois!
After a day of sightseeing, enjoy our local flavors and be sure to try the official Illinois Bicentennial beer "1818 Prairie State Farmhouse Ale," crafted by Hand of Fate Brewing Co. in Petersburg (a short drive from Springfield).
New to downtown Springfield are Buzz Bomb Brewery, a two-story taproom offering growlers to go; and Anvil & Forge Brewing and Distilling a local family operated brewery with a future distillery. These establishments join Obed & Isaac's Microbrewery & Eatery, who features locally made beer and other libations, offers a full menu, as well as outdoor bocce courts.
During your stay, you'll also want to try Engrained Brewery & Restaurant, located next to SCHEELS's. This locally owned microbrewery and farm-to-table restaurant is a perfect stop for those seeking the local brewpub experience.
Sign up for a tour at Rolling Meadows Farm Brewery in Cantrall, a scenic 30-minute drive from Springfield. You can also enjoy a taste of Rolling Meadows signature brews including "Lincoln Lager" and "Abe's Ale" at various Springfield restaurants including Augie's Front Burner, and American Harvest.


Add some more submenus to this mod? "SP Outfits Saving"
Since I don't have Visual Studio and I'm bad at programming, could anyone do it for me / for us, or tell me how to do it?
Also, you can see those < > symbols on the right. Is it possible to make it work like that? The user could switch between ON/OFF using num 4 and num 6. If it's not possible, it should just be a button. Num 5 to activate and num 5 again to deactivate.
3.) Change "List" text to "Outfits List"
4.) Change "save" text to "Save Current Outfit"
Also, how do I compile it when done coding? I must download visual studio? And it's a single .dll file originally. I don't know how to create .dll files.
Please close this because I did this mod myself, no longer needed.


Even though we say so ourselves us Brits always put on a good afternoon tea. On your Birmingham birthday weekend why not take a little time out to enjoy the delicacies on offer and each others company.
Relax for some time out and enjoy an afternoon tea in Birmingham. Nothing quite says quintessentially British finer than Afternoon Tea. What's not to love about dainty finger food and a proper cup of tea.
Cafe Rouge in central Birmingham.


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Easter, Jesus and the death of conventional wisdom
By Michael Guillen, Ph.D., | Fox News
FILE -- A cross is silhouetted against the sun outside the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla. (AP)
This Holy Week, Christians worldwide are celebrating the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, whom they believe is fully man and fully God. It's a conviction that appears to flout logic but, amazingly, is wholly in line with the revelations of modern science.
Scientists used to believe that waves and particles were opposite phenomena, each obeying a different set of rules. A stone, for instance, is particle-like; its shape and size remain the same whether it exists in outer space, water, or molasses. By contrast, ripples are wave-like; their shape and size depend critically on the medium through which they move.
According to this past belief, if something were particle-like, it couldn't possibly be wave-like. The two were mutually incompatible, calling to mind Rudyard Kipling's famous quote about the clashing cultures of India and Britain: "Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat."
For a very long time, scientists disagreed about how to classify light. In the early 18th century, Isaac Newton clung to the opinion that light was comprised of tiny, luminous particles. But a century later, English physicist Thomas Young produced evidence strongly suggesting that light was made up of waves.
In the early 20th century, Albert Einstein settled the argument in a most unexpected way. Based on the discovery of what is now known as the Photoelectric Effect, he concluded that light is both a particle and a wave!
This pronouncement defied everything science had thought was beyond questioning. It was as if Einstein were declaring that odd could be even, right could be left, white could be black. In the history of modern thought, no one had ever spoken such seeming contradictory nonsense.
But Einstein's insight turned out to be the opening salvo of a scientific revolution that gave birth to quantum theory, which broke nearly every rule in the book and painted the picture of a reality far more bizarre than anything we had ever imagined. Niels Bohr, co-author of the brave new physics, reportedly said, "If anybody says he can think about quantum theory without getting giddy, it merely shows that he hasn't understood the first thing about it."
According to quantum theory, there are aspects of reality that defy logic and even our age-old vocabularies. In particular, it explains, particles and waves are actually two outward manifestations of one hard-to-name, hard-to-comprehend thing —quanta, Einstein called them, whose weird behavior has been verified in the lab countless times.
Please understand these so-called quanta are not half one thing and half a completely opposite thing. Each is fully a wave and fully a particle.
In the Bible, the gospel of Mark recounts that "Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi." On the way, Jesus asks them, "Who do people say I am?".
Was he a man? Or was he God? It was like scientists once asking whether light was a wave or a particle.
As a physicist and Christian, I find it remarkable that science and Scripture have landed on the same, seemingly preposterous truth – that a single, coherent entity can be the embodiment of a fundamental contradiction.
For that reason, this Easter Christians can feel confident intellectually as well as spiritually in their belief that Jesus is both fully man and fully God. And they can truly rejoice in his revolutionary message, which, like quantum theory, crucified conventional wisdom and opened our eyes to a breathtaking new reality.
Michael Guillen Ph.D., former Emmy-winning ABC News Science Editor, taught physics at Harvard and is now president of Spectacular Science Productions. His thriller, "The Null Prophecy," was released in July, 2017. His new book, "The End Of Life As We Know It: Ominous News From The Frontiers Of Science," is available now.
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12 Splurge-Worthy Father's Day Gifts!
For the dad who knows when it's time to give the jersey a rest and sport something a little fancier.
His laptop (and that lunch made by mom!) will be safe and sound in this structured backpack.
Dressed to the nines in nautical fashion, you'll have the best-dressed pop around!
Share your love for statement shoes and pick up a snazzy pair for dad!
Your dad thought it was silly that you wore your sunnies inside—until he met his dream shades, that is.
Because the man cave wouldn't be complete without a nod to the Transformers.
Dad on a serious health and fitness kick? This handy wristband will track the calories he burns throughout the day, how many steps he takes, and his sleeping habits.
Splurge Alert! A mechanical style like this will stand the test of time!
If his automobile has a real person's name, your dad definitely needs a picture of his car placed on a framed cover of Car and Driver Magazine.
Join dad's team and battle it out in a series of backyard games!
Pop needs this. He just does.
Your dad might be guilty of bragging about his new gear at the country club. It could happen!


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Surrealist Investigation of
Claims of the Normal
Wilson describes himself as a "guerilla ontologist," signifying his intent to ATTACK language and knowledge the way terrorists ATTACK their targets: to jump out from the shadows for an unprovoked ATTACK, then slink back and hide behind a hearty belly-laugh.
– Robert Sheaffer, The Skeptical Inquirer, Summer 1990
Dublin, 1986.
I had given a talk to the Irish Science-Fiction Society and the question period began.
"Do you believe in UFOs?" somebody asked.
"Yes, of course," I answered.
The questioner, who looked quite young, then burst into a long speech, "proving" at least to his own satisfaction that all UFOs "really are" sun-dogs or heat inversions. When he finally ran down I simply replied,
"Well, we both agree that UFOs exist. Our only difference is that you think you know what they are and I'm still puzzled."
An elderly gentleman with blonde-white hair and a florid complexion cried out in great enthusiasm, "By God, sir, you're right. I myself am still puzzled about everything!"
And thus I met Timothy F.X. Finnegan, Dean of the Royal Sir Myles na gCopaleen Astro-Anomalistic Society, Dalkey, sometime lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin, and founder of the Committee for Surrealist Investigation of Claims of the Normal.
In fact, Prof. Finnegan signed me up as a member of CSICON that very night, in the Plough and Stars pub over our ninth or tenth pint of Ireland's most glorious product, linn dubh, known as Guiness to the ungodly.
Now I hear that Prof. Finnegan has died, or at least they took the liberty of burying him, and I feel that the world has lost a great man.
The Committee for Surrealist Investigation of Claims of the Normal (CSICON) , however, lives on and deserves more attention than it has received hitherto. Prof. Finnegan always asserted that the idea for CSICON derived from a remark passed by an old Dalkey character named Sean Murphy, in the Goat and Compasses pub shortly before closing time on 23 July 1973.
Actually, it started with two old codgers named O'Brian and Nolan discussing the weather. "Terrible rain and wind for this time of year," O'Brian ventured.
"Ah, faith," Nolan replied, "I do not believe it is this time of year at all, at all."
At this, Murphy spoke up. "Ah, Jaysus," he said, "I've never seen a boogerin' normal day." He paused to set down his pint, then added thoughtfully, "And I never met a fookin' average man neither"
(About Sean Murphy nothing else appears in the record except a remark gleaned by Prof. LaPuta from one Nora Dolan, a housewife of the vicinity: "Sure, that Murphy lad never did any hard work except for getting up off the floor and navigating himself back onto the bar-stool, after he fell off, and he only did that twice a night.")
But Murphy's simple words lit a fire in the subtle and intricate brain of Timothy F.X. Finnegan, who had just finished his own fourteenth pint (de Selby says his fifteenth pint). The next day the aging Finnegan wrote the first two-page outline of the new science he called patapsychology, a term coined in salute to Alfred Jarry's invention of pataphysics.
Finnegan's paper began with the electrifying sentence, "The average Canadian has one testicle, just like Adolph Hitler — or, more precisely, the average Canadian has 0.96 testicles, an even sadder plight than Hitler's, if the average Anything actually existed." He then went on to demonstrate that the normal or average human lives in substandard housing in Asia, has 1.04 vaginas, cannot read or write, suffers from malnutrition and never heard of Silken Thomas Fitzgerald or Brian Boru. "The normal," he concluded "consists of a null set which nobody and nothing really fits."
Thus began the science of Patapsychology, Prof. Finnegan's most enduring, and endearing, contribution to the world — aside from the computer-enhanced photos of the Face on Mars with which he endeavored to prove that the Face depicted Moishe Horwitz, his lifelong mentor and idol. This, of course, remains highly controversial, especially among disciples of Richard Hoagland, who believe the Face looks more like the Sphinx, those who insist it looks like Elvis to them, and the dullards who only see it as a bunch of rocks.
Nobody should confuse Patapsychology with parapsychology, although this precise misunderstanding evidently inspired the long and venomous diatribes against Finnegan by Prof. Sheissenhosen of Heidelberg. (We need not credit the allegations of Herr Doktor Hamburger that Sheissenhosen also dispatched the three separate letter-bombs sent to Finnegan in 1982, '83 and '87. Even in the most heated academic debate some limits of decorem should remain, one would hope.)
Sheissenhosen evidently believed that "parapsychology" represented an unprovoked attack on his language and thought, and that Finnegan often leaped from shadows; he even suspected the Dalkey sage of slinking and of hiding behind a belly laugh, although the latter seems physiologically impossible. (I tried it once and found it made me more visible, not less.) In fact, Sheissenhosen never did correct his original error of misreading patapsycholgy as parapsychology. You will find more about the Sheissenhosen-Finnegan-LaPuta-Hamburger controversy in deSelby's Finnegan: Enigma of the Occident, Tourneur's Finnegan: Homme ou Dieu? and/or Sheissenhosen's own Finneganismus und Dummheit (6 volumes).
Patapsychology begins from Murphy's Law, as Finnegan called the First Axiom, adopted from Sean Murphy. This says,and I quote,"The normal does not exist. The average does not exist. We know only a very large but probably finite phalanx of discrete space-time events encountered and endured." In less technical language, the Board of the College of Patapsychology offers one million Irish punds [around $700,000 American] to any "normalist" who can exhibit "a normal sunset, an average Beethoven sonata, an ordinary Playmate of the Month, or any thing or event in space-time that qualifies as normal, average or ordinary."
In a world where no two fingerprints appear identical, and no two brains appear identical, and an electron does not even seem identical to itself from one nanosecond to another, patapsychology seems on safe ground here.
No normalist has yet produced even a totally normal dog, an average cat, or even an ordinary chickadee. Attempts to find an average Bird of Paradise, an ordinary haiku or even a normal cardiologist have floundered pathetically. The normal, the average, the ordinary, even the typical, exist only in statistics, i.e. the human mathematical mindscape. They never appear in external space-time, which consists only and always of nonnormal events in nonnormal series.
Thus, unless you're an illiterate and malnourished Asian with exactly 1.04 vaginas and 0.96 testicles, living in substandard housing, you do not qualify as normal but as abnormal, subnormal, supernormal, paranormal or some variety of nonnormal.
The canny will detect here the usual Celtic impulse to make hash out of everything that seems obvious and incontrovertible to Saxons, grocers and other Fundamentalist Materialists. Patapsychology follows in the great tradition of Swift, who once proved with a horoscope that an astrologer named Partridge had died, even though Partridge continued to deny this in print; Bishop Berkeley, who proved that the universe doesn't exist but God has a persistent delusion that it does; William Rowan Hamilton, who invented the noncommutative algebra in which p times q does not equal q times p; Wilde, who asked if the academic commentators on Hamlet had really gone mad or only pretended to have gone mad; John S. Bell, who proved mathematically that if any universe corresponds to the equations of quantum mathematics that universe must have nonlocal correlations similar to Jungian synchronicities; etc.
In the patapsychological model, the normal having vanished, most generalizations, especially about nonmathematical groups, disappear along with it. The monorchoid Mr. Hitler, for instance, could not generalize about "the Jews" within the patapsychological model, because first he would have to find a normal or average Jew, which appears as intractable to demonstration as exhibiting the Ideal Platonic Jew (or the Ideal Platonic Chicken Farm complete with Ideal Platonic Chickenshit.)
As Korzybski the semanticist said, all we can ever find in space-time consists of Jew-1, Jew-2, Jew-3 etc. to Jew-n. (For the nonmathematical, that means a list comprising Abraham, Sarah, Moses, Ruth, Jesus, Woody Allen, Richard Bandler, Felix Mendelsohn, Sigmund Freud, Paulette Goddard, Betty Grable, Noam Chomsky, Bernard Baruch, Paul Newman, the Virgin Mary, Albert Einstein, Lillian Hellman, Baron Rothschild, Ayn Rand, Max Epstein, Emma Goldman, Saul Bellow, etc. etc. etc. to the final enumeration of all Jews alive or dead.) Each of these, on inspection, will have different fingerprints, different brains, different neuro-immunological systems, different eyes, ears, noses etc. different life histories, different conditioning and learning etc. and different personalities, hobbies, passions etc… and none will serve as a norm or Ideal Form for all the others.
To say it otherwise, world Jewish population stood at about 10 million when Hitler formed his generalizations. He could not possibly have known more than at maximum about 500 of them well enough to generalize about them; considering his early prejudices, he probably knew a lot less than that. But taking 500 as a high estimate, we find he generalized about 10 million individual persons on the basis of knowledge limited to around 1/20,000 or 0.00005 % of them.
It seems, then, that Naziism could not have existed, if Hitler knew the difference between norms or averages (internal estimates, subject to error due to incomplete research or personal prejudice) and the phalanx of discrete nonnormal events and things (including persons) that we find in the sensory space-time continuum outside.
Similarly, the male human population currently stands at 3 billion 3 million 129 thousand, more or less (3, 004, 129, 976, the last time I checked the World Game Website a while ago). Of these 3 billion+ discrete individuals, Robin Morgan, Andrea Dworkin and other Radical Feminists probably have not known more than about 500 to generalize from. This means that Rad Fem dogma consists of propositions about 3 billion critters based on examination of less than 0.00000001 per cent of them. This amounts to a much more reckless use of generalization than Hitler's thoughts on Judaism. You can no more find the male norm from Gandhi, Gen George Custer, Buddha, Bill Clinton, Louis Pasteur, Kung fu tzu, Bruno, Father Damien, Ted Bundy etc. than you can find the Jewish norm from Emma Goldman, Harpo Marx, Felix Mendelsohn, Spinoza, Barbra Streisand, Nathaniel Branden, Emma Lazarus, Jerry Seinfeld etc.
Now you know how the word "feminazi" got into the language. The two ideologies have a strong isomorphism. They both confuse the theoretical norm with a vast array of different individuals — and they both have no idea how to create even a tolerably scientific norm (which will still differ in many respects from the actual series of individuals the norm allegedly covers).
CSICON applies the same Deconstructive logic all across the board.
For instance, to return to our starting point, whatever your idea of the "normal" UFO — whether you consider it a spaceship, a secret US government weapon, a hoax, or a hallucination etc. — such a general idea will render you incapable of forming a truly objective view of the next UFO that comes along. The only way to cancel such pre-judgement lies in patapsychology (and in general semantics). You must remember the difference between the individual and unpredictible event that gets called a UFO and your past generalizations about "the UFO" or the "normal" UFO."
Otherwise you will only note how this UFO fits your Ideal UFO and will unconciously ignore how it differs therefrom. This mechanical reflex will please your ego, if you like to feel you know more than most people, but it will prove hazardous to your ability to observe and think carefully.
People who think they know all about Jews or males or UFOs never see a real Jew or male or UFO. They see the generalized norm that exists only in their own brains. We never know "all" — we only know what I call sombunall, some-but-not-all. This applies also to dogs (the patapsychologist will not say "I love them," "I hate them," "I fear them" etc.), and to plumbers, bosses, right-wingers, left-wingers, cats, lizards, sitcoms, houses, nails, Senators, waterfalls and all other miscellaneous sets or groups.
Personally, I see two or three UFOs every week. This does not astonish me, or convince me of the spaceship theory, because I also see about 2 or 3 UNFOs every week — Unidentified Non-Flying Objects. These remain unidentified (by me) because they go by too fast or look so weird that I never know whether to classify them as hedgehogs, hobgoblins or helicopters — or as stars or satellites or spaceships — or as pookahs or pizza-trucks or probability waves. Of course, I also see things that I feel fairly safe in identifying as hedgehogs or stars or pizza trucks, but the world contains more and more events that I cannot identify fully and dogmatically with any norm or generalization. I live in a spectrum of probabilities, uncertainties and wonderments.
Perhaps I got this way by studying Finnegan's work. Or maybe I just drank too much linn dubh during my years in Ireland.
O rare, Tim Finnegan!
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Q: Webview displaying blank pages when loading local HTML files I am coding an Android app that correctly loads and displays local HTML content from assets folder. These are very simple pages, with just pictures and text (no buttons nor javascript).
Because of some last minute requirements, these HTML files now need to be loaded from the device's file system. I've moved the files around and updated their paths, but now my app just displays blank pages (no errors).
My original code (loading from the assets folder):
    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent)
    {
        String pagePath = "file:///android_asset/content/cover.html";

        LayoutInflater inflater =
                (LayoutInflater) mContext.getSystemService(Context.LAYOUT_INFLATER_SERVICE);

        View view = inflater.inflate(R.layout.webview, null);
        WebView webView = (WebView) view.findViewById(R.id.webView);

        // The app performs better with these
        webView.getSettings().setCacheMode(WebSettings.LOAD_NO_CACHE);
        webView.setLayerType(View.LAYER_TYPE_SOFTWARE, null);

        webView.loadUrl(pagePath);
        return view;
    }

In my current code - where I try to display the same pages from the device's storage - I've just changed the pagePath:
String pagePath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + "/content/cover.html";

My layout (webview.xml) is as follows:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
          android:layout_width="fill_parent"
          android:layout_height="fill_parent"
          android:orientation="horizontal">

    <WebView
        android:id="@+id/webView"
        android:layout_width="fill_parent"
        android:layout_height="fill_parent"></WebView>

</LinearLayout>

I've tried many of the solutions found online for this problem, including:

*

*Changing the layout to RelativeLayout (https://stackoverflow.com/a/30599912/2430853)

*Adding a myWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient()); (Android WebView showing blank page for local files)

*Using android:hardwareAccelerated="false" (https://stackoverflow.com/a/22801655/2430853)

*Or simply setting a series of options such as setDomStorageEnabled(true); (https://stackoverflow.com/a/31040469/2430853); or, setUseWideViewPort(true); and setLoadWithOverviewMode(true) (https://stackoverflow.com/a/14301637/2430853)
Nothing works so far...

A: So if you are loading them from external storage, you must add permissions to do so:
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

And try this for the url:
String url = "file:///" + Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + File.separator + "content/myFile.html";

A: do u use Samsung phone?
if yes go app staore uninstall "android system webview"
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Ordinance No. 3373: An Ordinance Adding Chapter 13.02 to the City of Columbia Municipal Code Requiring Annexation as a Condition for Access to the City's Public Water and Sewer Services. (February 5, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3374: An Ordinance to Authorize a Joint Agreement Between the Illinois Department of Transportation and the City of Columbia, Illinois with Regard to the Gall Road at IL Route 3 Intersection Improvements Project in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (February 20, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3375: An Ordinance Amending the Bidding Requirements for Public Works Contracts and Supplies. (March 19, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3376: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.17.040 of the City Code Regarding Emergency Purchases by the City Administrator. (March 19, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3377: An Ordinance Authorizing the Execution of an Annexation Agreement Between the City of Columbia, Illinois and Wayne Baker for a Tract of Property Comprising Approximately 2.53 Acres - 334 BB Road. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3378: An Ordinance Annexing and Zoning Certain Territory in the City of Columbia, Illinois - Wayne Baker - 334 BB Road. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3379: An Ordinance Authorizing the Execution of an Annexation Agreement Between the City of Columbia, Illinois and Barbara Quint for a Tract of Property Comprising Approximately 5.14 Acres - 2530 Quint Lane. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3380: An Ordinance Annexing and Zoning Certain Territory in the City of Columbia, Illinois - Barbara Quint - 2530 Quint Lane. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3381: An Ordinance Authorizing the Execution of an Annexation Agreement Between the City of Columbia, Illinois and Stephen Lake and Donna Bossung for a Tract of Property Comprising Approximately 2.60 Acres - 2536 Quint Lane. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3382: An Ordinance Annexing and Zoning Certain Territory in the City of Columbia, Illinois - Stephen Lake and Donna Bossung - 2536 Quint Lane. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3383: An Ordinance Authorizing the Execution of an Annexation Agreement Between the City of Columbia, Illinois and Patrick and Rhonda Quint for a Tract of Property Comprising Approximately 4.80 Acres - 2554 Quint Lane. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3384: An Ordinance Annexing and Zoning Certain Territory in the City of Columbia, Illinois - Patrick and Rhonda Quint - 2554 Quint Lane. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3385: An Ordinance Authorizing the Execution of an Annexation Agreement Between the City of Columbia, Illinois and Ernest and Constance Everett for a Tract of Property Comprising Approximately 5.70 Acres - 200 Maple Hill Lane. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3386: An Ordinance Annexing and Zoning Certain Territory in the City of Columbia, Illinois - Ernest and Constance Everett - 200 Maple Hill Lane (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3387: An Ordinance Authorizing the Execution of an Annexation Agreement Between the City of Columbia, Illinois and Marian E. Ledbetter Trust for a Tract of Property Comprising Approximately 2.91 Acres - 130 Maryhill Place. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3388: An Ordinance Annexing and Zoning Certain Territory in the City of Columbia, Illinois - Marian E. Ledbetter Trust - 130 Maryhill Place. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3389: An Ordinance Authorizing the Execution of an Annexation Agreement Between the City of Columbia, Illinois and Reynold and Marian Ledbetter for a Tract of Property Comprising Approximately 1.80 Acres - 150 Maryhill Place. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3390: An Ordinance Annexing and Zoning Certain Territory in the City of Columbia, Illinois - Reynold and Marian Ledbetter - 150 Maryhill Place. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3391: An Ordinance Authorizing the Execution of an Annexation Agreement Between the City of Columbia, Illinois and Thomas and Reidun Jones for a Tract of Property Comprising Approximately 6.35 Acres - 405 Palmer Road. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3392: An Ordinance Annexing and Zoning Certain Territory in the City of Columbia, Illinois - Thomas and Reidun Jones - 405 Palmer Road. (April 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3393: An Ordinance Granting Variances From Sections 15.44.070 and 15.44.100 of the Sign Code to Jessica Rachell for the Property Having the Assigned Parcel Identification Number 04-16-483-001-000 with the Common Addresses of 235 and 237 North Main Street in the City of Columbia. (April 16, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3394: An Ordinance to Grant Zoning Code Variances to Larry Godare for Property Located at 506 Westpark Drive in the City of Columbia, Illinois from Section 17.20.050 (A) of the Columbia Municipal Code and the Meadow Ridge No. 3 Final Subdivision Plat. (April 16, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3395: An Ordinance to Grant a Special Use Permit for Real Estate Having the Assigned Address of 117 West Locust Street, in the City of Columbia, Illinois for Taylor R. Gonzalez (Three Tails Parlor and Pantry), to Allow a Pet Grooming Business in a C-2 (General Business) Zoned District in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (April 16, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3396: An Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 3321 Which Established the Budget of the City of Columbia, Illinois for its Fiscal Year Commencing May 1, 2017 and Ending April 30, 2018. (April 16, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3397: An Ordinance to Amend Title 18 of the City of Columbia, Illinois Municipal Code to Enact the Fees and Charges to be Assessed for City Services and Business Licenses in the City for the City's Fiscal Year Commencing May 1, 2018 and Until Said Title 18 of the City's Municipal Code is Again Amended by Ordinance of the City Enacted to Change Said Fees and Charges. (April 16, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3398: An Ordinance to Establish the Budget for the City of Columbia, Illinois for the Fiscal Year of Said City Commencing May 1, 2018 and Ending April 30, 2019. (April 16, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3398: Budget Document for Budget Ordinance for the City of Columbia, Illinois for the Fiscal Year of Said City Commending May 1, 2018 and Ending April 30, 2019. (April 16, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3399: An Ordinance Amending Section 13.12.060 of the City Code Regarding Reinstatement of Water Service. (April 16, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3400: An Ordinance Amending Section 15.32.170 of the City of Columbia Municipal Code Regarding Electrical Contractors. (April 16, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3401: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 5.20 of the City of Columbia Liquor Code. (April 16, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3402: An Ordinance Prohibiting Liquor LIcenses to Certain Persons or Entities. (April 16, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3403: An Ordinance to Provide for the Appointment of Members of Certain Boards, Commissions and Committees of the City of Columbia, Illinois for the Fiscal Year of the City Commencing May 1, 2018 and Ending April 30, 2019. (April 16, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3404: An Ordinance Authorizing the Execution of an Annexation Agreement Between the City of Columbia, Illinois and and Greg Cueto and Chasity Cueto for a Tract of Property Comprising of Approximately 5.6 Acres. (May 7, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3405: An Ordinance to Approve the Mutual Consent to Assignment and Assumption of Economic Development Tax Increment Financing Agreement Between Maverick Real Estate Holdings, LLC ("Company") and the City Council of the City of Columbia, Illinois ("City"). (May 7, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3406: An Ordinance Amending Section 18.01 of the City of Columbia Municipal Code to Establish a Non-Metered Sewer Fee for Properties Located Within and Outside the Corporate Limits of the City. (May 7, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3407: An Ordinance to Establish the Salary/Remuneration of Appointed City Officers and Employees of the City of Columbia, Illinois for the Fiscal Year of the City Commencing May 1, 2018 and Ending April 30, 2019. (May 7, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3408: An Ordinance to Fill the Offices of Appointed City Officers for the Fiscal Year of the City Commencing May 1, 2018 and Ending April 30, 2019. (May 7, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3409: An Ordinance to Grant a Variance to Budnick Converting, Inc. From Chapter 16.4.13 (D) of the Municipal Code for the Property Located at 104 Mark Drive in the City of Columbia, Illinois Permitting the Construction of a Security Fence that Exceeds the Maximum Allowable Height of Seventy-Two (72) Inches. (May 21, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3410: An Ordinance Prohibiting the Use of Groundwater as a Potable Water Supply by the Installation or Use of Potable Water Supply Wells or By Any Other Method. (May 21, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3411: An Ordinance to Authorize a Joint Agreement Between the Illinois Department of Transportation and the City of Columbia, Illinois with Regard to the South Main Street Resurfacing Project in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (June 4, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3412: An Ordinance for Approval of the Preliminary Subdivision Plat for the Walnut Ridge Estates Subdivision in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (June 18, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3413: An Ordinance to Approve an Easement Dedication Plat and Easement Vacation Plat of Lot 1 - East Gate South-West Final Plat in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (June 18, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3414: An Ordinance of the City of Columbia, Illinois Ascertaining the Prevailing Rate of Wages for Laborers, Workers and Mechanics Employed on Public Works of Said City. (June 18, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3415: An Ordinance Annexing Certain Territory to the City of Columbia - 125 Ryan Drive. (July 2, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3416: Motion Failed to Approve Ordinance No. 3416 on July 2, 2018 - Motion was made by Alderman Huch and seconded by Alderman Reis to approve Ordinance No. 3416, An Ordinance to Grant a Zoning Code Variance for Property Located at 1339 Palmer Creek Drive in the City of Columbia, Illinois from Section 17.16.050 (B) of the Columbia Municipal Code. Aldermen Ebersohl, Agne, Niemietz, Roessler, Huch, Reis, Holtkamp and Martens voted nay. Motion Failed 8 to 0.
Ordinance No. 3417: An Ordinance Amending the Salary/Remuneration of Appointed City Officers and Employees of the City of Columbia, Illinois for the Fiscal Year of the City Commencing May 1, 2018 and Ending April 30, 2019. (July 16, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3418: An Ordinance Amending Section 18.65 of the City of Columbia Municipal Code to Establish Fees and Charges to be Assessed for Small Wireless Facilities Within the City. (July 16, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3419: An Ordinance to Approve a Plat of Survey and Authorize the Land Transfer of Part of Tax Lots 20, 22 and 23 in Section 15 Township 1 South, Range 10 West of the Third Principal Meridian, in the City of Columbia, Illinois by Real Estate Exchange. (August 6, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3420: An Ordinance to Approve a Plat of Survey and Authorize the Land Transfer of Part of Tax Lot 20 in Section 15 Township 1 South, Range 10 West of the Third Principal Meridian, in the City of Columbia, Illinois by Real Estate Exchange. (August 6, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3421: An Ordinance to Grant a Sign Variance to Re/Max Results Realty for the Property having the Assigned Parcel Identification Number of 04-21-133-008-000 Located in the City of Columbia, Illinois to Exceed the Total Number of Signs Permitted to be Displayed in a Commercially Zoned District in the City. (August 6, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3422: An Ordinance to Provide for the Appointment of a Replacement Member to the Tourism Advisory Committee for the City of Columbia, Illinois. (Susan Kropp replaces Rich Lauck). (August 6, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3423: An Ordinance to Grant a Zoning Code Variance for Property Located at 624 Lakefield Drive in the City of Columbia, Illinois From Section 17.16.050 (B) of the Columbia Municipal Code. (August 20, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3424: Motion Failed to Approve Ordinance No. 3424 on August 20, 2018 - Motion was made by Alderman Reis and seconded by Alderman Huch to approve Ordinance No. 3424, An Ordinance to Grant a Zoning Code Variance for Property Located at 2359 Lake Shore Drive in the City of Columbia, Illinois from Section 17.20.050 (A) of the Columbia Municipal Code and the Fox Run Estates Phase III Final Subdivision Plat. Aldermen Niemietz and Huch voted yea. Aldermen Ebersohl, Agne, Roessler, Reis, and Holtkamp voted nay. Motion Failed 5 nays to 2 yeas.
Ordinance No. 3425: An Ordinance Amending Chapter 12.04 of the Columbia Municipal Code Related to Regulations for Right-Of-Way Management. (August 20, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3426: Motion Failed to Approve Ordinance No. 3426 on September 17, 2018 - Aldermen Ebersohl, Agne, Niemietz, Roessler, Huch, Ries, Holtkamp, and Martens voted Nay, 0 yeas. Motion Failed 8 nays to 0 yeas. Ordinance to Grant a Special Use Permit for Real Estate having the Assigned Address of 1931 Westgate Drive, in the City of Columbia, Illinois for JIH Trucking, LLC, to allow Trailer Storage in a BP-2 (Business Park 2) Zoned District in the City of Columbia, Illinois.
Ordinance No. 3427: An Ordinance Amending Section 15.04 "Building Permits" of the City of Columbia Municipal Code to Incorporate Building Permit Site Plan Requirements. (September 17, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3428: An Ordinance Approving an Amendment to the Final Main Street Abbey Re-Development Plan Located in the City of Columbia, St. Clair and Monroe Counties, Illinois. (October 1, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3429: An Ordinance Approving a Cooperation Agreement Between the City of Columbia, Illinois, and Brellinger Land Trust. (October 1, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3430: An Ordinance for Approval of the Final Plat Brellinger Fourth Addition Subdivision in the City of Columbia, Illinois. (October 1, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3431: An Ordinance to Set the Compensation to be Paid to the Aldermen of the City of Columbia, Illinois, Who are Elected at the Next Regular Municipal Election Held in April 2019. (October 1, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3432: An Ordinance to Authorize the Assignment of the Hotel and Motel Accommodation Tax Rebate Financing Agreement Between the City of Columbia and MMCP, LLC to Pramukhraj Irving, LLC. (October 15, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3433: An Ordinance Amending Sections 05.04 "Business Licensing and Regulation" and 18.115 "Business License Fees" of the City of Columbia Municipal Code to Modify Business Licensing Requirements and Related Fees for Mobile Home Parks. (October 15, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3434: An Ordinance to Grant Sign Variances to the City of Columbia for the Property Having the Assigned Parcel Identification Number of 04-22-200-003-000 Located in the City of Columbia, Illinois to Allow the Construction of a Monument Sign that Exceeds the Maximum Allowable Height and be Located Within the Required Setback. (October 15, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3435: An Ordinance Authorizing the Disposal of Certain Personal Property Owned by the City of Columbia - 1980 Mobile Home Trailer. (October 15, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3436: An Ordinance to Amend the Refuse Collection Agreement with Reliable Sanitation Service, Inc. of Waterloo, Illinois, by Adding a Temporary Recycling Surcharge. (November 5, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3437: An Ordinance Adding Section 5.20.300 to the City of Columbia Liquor Code and Amending Section 18.95.006 of the City of Columbia, Illinois Municipal Code to Amend the Fees to be Assessed for the Annual Caterer's Liquor Licenses in the City. (November 5, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3438: An Ordinance to Fill the Office of Acting City Treasurer for the Term Commencing November 1, 2018, and Ending April 30, 2019 - Linda Sharp. (November 5, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3439: An Ordinance Establishing an Enterprise Zone Within the City of Columbia. (December 3, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3440: An Ordinance Establishing the Office of Zoning Hearing Officer and Delegating Authority to Such Office. (December 3, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3441: An Ordinance to Abate Certain Taxes of the City of Columbia, Monroe and St. Clair Counties, Illinois. (December 17, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3442: An Ordinance Levying the Taxes for the Fiscal Year Ending April 30, 2019. (December 17, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3443: An Ordinance Striking the Text from Section 5.20.090 of the City of Columbia Liquor Code. (December 17, 2018)
Ordinance No. 3444: An Ordinance to Provide for the Appointment of a Replacement Member to the Tourism Advisory Committee for the City of Columbia, Illinois. Dustin Row replacing Lisa Schmidt. (December 17, 2018)


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import logging
import sys
from pathlib import Path

import click

from .exceptions import MakeappException

try:
    from . import VERSION
    from .appmaker import AppMaker
    from .apptools import Project, VERSION_NUMBER_CHUNKS
    from .utils import configure_logging

except MakeappException as e:
    click.secho(f'{e}', err=True, fg='red')
    sys.exit()

@click.group()
@click.version_option(version='.'.join(map(str, VERSION)))
def entry_point():
    """makeapp command line utilities."""

@entry_point.command(
    # Allow passing custom settings into app templates.
    context_settings=dict(
        ignore_unknown_options=True,
        allow_extra_args=True,
    )
)
@click.argument('app_name')
@click.argument('target_path')
@click.option(
    '--debug', is_flag=True,
    help='Show debug messages while processing')
@click.option(
    '-d', '--description',
    help='Short application description')
@click.option(
    '-l', '--license', type=click.Choice(AppMaker.LICENSES.keys()), default=AppMaker.default_license,
    help='License to use')
@click.option(
    '-vcs', '--vcs', type=click.Choice(AppMaker.VCS.keys()), default=AppMaker.default_vcs,
    help='VCS type to initialize a repo')
@click.option(
    '-f', '--configuration_file', type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=False),
    help='Path to configuration file containing settings to read from')
@click.option(
    '-s', '--templates_source_path', type=click.Path(exists=True, file_okay=False),
    help='Directory containing application structure templates')
@click.option(
    '-o', '--overwrite_on_conflict', is_flag=True,
    help='Overwrite files on conflict')
@click.option(
    '--no-prompt', is_flag=True,
    help='Do not prompt')
@click.option(
    '-t', '--templates_to_use',
    help='Accepts comma separated list of application structures templates names or paths')
@click.argument('custom_args', nargs=-1, type=click.UNPROCESSED)
def new(app_name, target_path, configuration_file, overwrite_on_conflict, debug, custom_args, no_prompt, **kwargs):
    """Simplifies Python application rollout providing its basic structure."""

    def process_custom_args(args):
        processed = {}

        key = None

        for idx, arg in enumerate(args, 1):

            if idx % 2:

                if not arg.startswith('--'):
                    raise ValueError('Additional options should go in pairs: --opt val.')

                key = arg.lstrip('-')

            else:
                processed[key] = arg

        return processed

    kwargs.update(process_custom_args(custom_args))

    app_maker_kwargs = {
        'templates_path': kwargs['templates_source_path'],
        'templates_to_use': (kwargs['templates_to_use'] or '').split(',') or None,
    }

    log_level = None
    if debug:
        log_level = logging.DEBUG

    app_maker = AppMaker(app_name, log_level=log_level, **app_maker_kwargs)

    app_maker.update_settings_complex(
        config=configuration_file,
        dictionary=kwargs,
    )

    # Print out current settings.
    click.secho(f'Directory for files: {Path(target_path).absolute()}', fg='green')
    click.secho(app_maker.get_settings_string(), fg='green')

    init_repo = True
    remote_address = app_maker.settings['vcs_remote'] or ''
    remote_push = False

    if not no_prompt:

        if click.confirm(
            f'Do you want to check that `{app_name}` application name is not already in use?',
            default=False
        ):
            if not app_maker.check_app_name_is_available():
                sys.exit(1)

        click.confirm('Ready to rollout application skeleton. Proceed?', abort=True, default=True)

        init_repo = click.confirm(
            'Do you want to initialize a VCS repository in the application directory?', default=True)

        if init_repo:
            remote_address = click.prompt('Remote repository address to link to (leave blank to skip)', default='')

            if remote_address:
                remote_push = click.confirm('Do you want to commit and push files to remote?', default=False)

    app_maker.rollout(
        target_path,
        overwrite=overwrite_on_conflict,
        init_repository=init_repo,
        remote_address=remote_address,
        remote_push=remote_push,
    )
    click.secho('Done', fg='green')

@entry_point.command()
@click.option('--increment', help='Version number chunk to increment', type=click.Choice(VERSION_NUMBER_CHUNKS))
@click.option('--debug', help='Show debug messages while processing', is_flag=True)
def release(increment, debug):
    """Performs new application version release."""

    if debug:
        configure_logging(logging.DEBUG)

    project = Project()

    project.pull()

    version_str, version_summary = project.get_release_info(increment)

    if not version_summary:
        click.secho('No changes found in changelog. Please add changes before release', fg='red', err=True)
        sys.exit(1)

    click.secho(f'Version current: {project.package.version_current_str}', fg='blue')
    click.secho(f'Version next: {project.package.version_next_str}', fg='green')
    click.secho(version_summary)

    if click.confirm('Commit changes?', default=True):
        project.release(version_str, version_summary)

        if click.confirm('Publish to remotes?', default=True):
            project.publish()

    click.secho('Done', fg='green')

@entry_point.command()
@click.argument('description', nargs=-1)
def change(description):
    """Fixates a change adding a message to a changelog."""
    Project().add_change(description)
    click.secho('Done', fg='green')

def main():
    try:
        entry_point(obj={})
    except MakeappException as e:
        click.secho(f'{e}', err=True, fg='red')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()


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Q: What's the best option to migrate a large application from Twitter Bootstrap 2.3 to 3.0? I'm a junior .NET developer and our company has a ton of code in their main application. All of our css for the web application is using bootstrap 2.3. I've been assigned the task to migrate from 2.3 to the new 3.0. This update has a ton of major changes. I'm looking for any and all suggestions on how I can make this work efficiently without having to go into each file and change the class.
Container fluid and row fluid are now just container and fluid. These classes are probably on every single html page in our application. Please help me :)

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See:
Updating Bootstrap to version 3 - what do I have to do?
http://upgrade-bootstrap.bootply.com

A: Use the find and replace for entire solution.