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Smalls, Turtle - Water For Adoption In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Have you ever thought to yourself "You know, I really need a companion but I don't want to talk to anyone." Well you're in luck! Presenting: SMALLS! An American Turtle. A good time dude! (Or maybe lady because it's really hard to gender a turtle.) Come on down and adopt Smalls. Heck, Come adopt Bigg...
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Biggie, Turtle - Water For Adoption In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
May we present to you Biggie! The Beyonce of turtles! We guarantee you've never seen another turtle quite like him. He can swim! He can lounge! He can eat lettuce like the Queen herself! What can't he do?! Drive. He's a terrible driver. He's a big hit here but we need him to get adopted before the f...
May, Turtle - Water For Adoption In Golden, Colorado
Primary Color: BlackAdoption processAdoption fees include the cost of spay/neuter and first vaccines, medical exam, and microchip.How to Adopt from Foothills Animal Shelter:Visit the Shelter or one of our offsite adoption partner locations to find a pet. Once you've decided on an animal, you should ...
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Jackson in New Jersey
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Meeka, Hungarian Water Dog For Adoption In New Milford, Connecticut
Meeka is a 2 year old spayed female Hound mix. She has a hound nose and knows how to use it. If left unattended in a fenced in yard she will climb out. Meeka is very food motivated.For more information on Meeka, call AWS at 860-354-1350 email [email protected] or visit us during adoption ...
New Milford in Connecticut
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Melvina, Turtle - Water For Adoption In Kanab, Utah
Hello! I'm Melvin, the red-eared slider turtle. I was dumped at one of the ponds at Best Friends, but now I'm up at the Wild Friends headquarters waiting for you to take me home! I am a sweet, adorable little turtle that would need access to land and water with good predator protection to keep me sa...
Kanab in Utah
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K, Turtle - Water For Adoption In Chatsworth, California
Adoption processReady to adopt? Just fill out the adoption form at the Animal Care Center, provide a valid form of government-issued identification with photo (i.e., driver's license), and pay the adoption fee. The maximum cost for a Los Angeles City resident to adopt a dog is $122. The maximum cost...
Chatsworth in California
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*yellowstone, Labrador Retriever For Adoption In Austin, Texas
Adoption processOur standard Adoption fee for healthy, younger pets is $75. Pets over 7 years old have no adoption fee. Adoption includes a microchip and collar & tags, all the vaccinations a pet is old enough to receive, and spay or neuter surgery. Adopters must be at least 18 yrs old with a curren...
Austin in Texas
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Leonard, Labrador Retriever For Adoption In Austin, Texas
Here`s what Leonard`s favorite volunteers have to say about him:`Leonard is a super sweet older gentleman with a young spirit.``He is like a puppy - running around and playing with toys and just being goofy. He will sit for treats, and can catch them pretty easily!` `Leonard is a good boy who is sma...
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Water dogs are usually medium sized, active dogs, their most distinctive feature are their tight waterproof coats and their strong desire to swim. Traditionally many long haired water dogs breeds have their coats clipped with a bare midriff and hindquarters to assist in swimming by reducing drag, whilst retaining a long coat around their torso to prevent thermal shock when jumping into freezing water. This classic clip is seen to this day in dog shows with some breeds such as Poodles retaining a variation of this clip.
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country comprising 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles (9.8 million km2), the United States is the world's third or fourth largest country by total area and is slightly smaller than the entire continent of Europe's 3.9 million square miles (10.1 million km2). With a population of over 327 million people, the U.S. is the third most populous country. The capital is Washington, D.C., and the largest city by population is New York City. Forty-eight states and the capital's federal district are contiguous in North America between Canada and Mexico. The State of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east and across the Bering Strait from Russia to the west. The State of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U.S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, stretching across nine official time zones. The extremely diverse geography, climate, and wildlife of the United States make it one of the world's 17 megadiverse countries.Paleo-Indians migrated from Siberia to the North American mainland at least 12,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century. The United States emerged from the thirteen British colonies established along the East Coast. Following the French and Indian War, numerous disputes between Great Britain and the colonies led to the American Revolution, which began in 1775, and the subsequent Declaration of Independence in 1776. The war ended in 1783 with the United States becoming the first country to gain independence from a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, with the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, being ratified in 1791 to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. The United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century, acquiring new territories, displacing Native American tribes, and gradually admitting new states until it spanned the continent by 1848.During the second half of the 19th century, the Civil War led to the abolition of slavery. By the end of the century, the United States had extended into the Pacific Ocean, and its economy, driven in large part by the Industrial Revolution, began to soar. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the country's status as a global military power. The United States emerged from World War II as a global superpower, the first country to develop nuclear weapons, the only country to use them in warfare, and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Sweeping civil rights legislation, notably the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968, outlawed discrimination based on race or color. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union competed in the Space Race, culminating with the 1969 U.S. Moon landing. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the world's sole superpower.The United States is the world's oldest surviving federation. It is a federal republic and a representative democracy. The United States is a founding member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States (OAS), and other international organizations. The United States is a highly developed country, with the world's largest economy by nominal GDP and second-largest economy by PPP, accounting for approximately a quarter of global GDP. The U.S. economy is largely post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge-based activities, although the manufacturing sector remains the second-largest in the world. The United States is the world's largest importer and the second largest exporter of goods, by value. Although its population is only 4.3% of the world total, the U.S. holds 31% of the total wealth in the world, the largest share of global wealth concentrated in a single country.Despite income and wealth disparities, the United States continues to rank very high in measures of socioeconomic performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP, and worker productivity. The United States is the foremost military power in the world, making up a third of global military spending, and is a leading political, cultural, and scientific force internationally.
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I really had no secure, long-term plan upon graduating from IUP. I had a 13-week internship with the Trib lined up, but beyond that my plan was simply to hope I'd get hired, as I wanted nothing more than to stay in Pittsburgh. Realizing that was a pretty terrible plan, I figured I would line up something more productive than just slinging drinks for my post-internship life. I went out on a limb and applied to Point Park's graduate program. I mean, what's more productive and valuable than education? Considering where I am now, I'd call it one of my best decisions.
What are some of your key responsibilities at your job?
Most days are completely unpredictable - my immediate responsibilities revolve around madness and mayhem, which don't exactly run on a strict schedule. Beyond that, I'm also responsible for spawning regional, wider-look enterprise pieces.
What are the advantages of going to grad school in Downtown Pittsburgh?
Point Park sits in the center of a city full of so many different types of media, and the University is highly regarded by professionals working within those media. Because of that, there are a multitude of working media members teaching at Point Park, and that is an experience like no other. I was able to learn from professors from all walks of media.
Plus, Downtown Pittsburgh is just a world of opportunity all on its own. Exploring the city never ceases to turn up new finds, experiences and stories to pursue.
Tell us about the investigative project you reported on as a grad student.
I spent about a semester and some change looking at crime rates in former Mon Valley steel towns, specifically Donora, Monessen and Monongahela. A lot of it was stat-driven with crime rates and population numbers, but much of it was anecdotal - longtime residents sharing stories from the towns' booming days. I spent a lot of time just talking with folks in these towns and collecting their stories - kind of capturing a snapshot of the past through the voices of the present. From there, it was a matter of weaving the voices and statistics together and pulling together all the components my editors and I had agreed upon. Then, a lot of refining and editing. A lot.
I knew how to report and write, but Point Park taught me how to tell stories. My professors there showed me how to take the information and voices I'd gathered and weave together a piece that would capture even those who are not directly affected. They helped me refine my eye for detail and learn to paint a meaningful portrait.
Megan's full report was published on 90.5 WESA, check it out here: In Mon Valley Steel Towns, Shrunken Communities and an Increase in Crime. Photos by Holly Tonini, M.A. in journalism and mass communication alumna.
What is one of your favorite memories as a grad student?
When a particular professor of mine made me cry and walked out of class because he was so disappointed with me, spurring something resembling a nervous breakdown in the rain on the side of Liberty Avenue.
No, really! It kicked me into gear big time. I realized I was only going to get out of grad school what I put into it, which up until that point - October of my first semester - admittedly hadn't been much. I dusted myself off and really put my heart into my time there. I ended up with a fantastic experience, a number of published pieces and an education that landed me the job I'd always wanted.


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Mint 15: Today's best Linux desktop (Review)
Mint isn't just an outstanding Linux desktop, it's the best new desktop operating system of any kind available now.
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for Linux and Open Source | May 22, 2013 -- 11:33 GMT (04:33 PDT) | Topic: Linux
As the years roll-by, every new update of Linux Mint impresses me more. Other desktop operating systems, such as Microsoft's Windows 8 may abandon the tried-and-true windows, icons, menus, and pointer (WIMP) desktop metaphor . Others, such as Ubuntu with Unity try to keep some of the WIMP interface while expanding it for tablets and smartphones , but the Ubuntu-based Mint, with Cinnamon and MATE, has stayed true to the WIMP interface. As far as I'm concerned the latest version, Linux Mint 15, Olivia, is now not merely the best Linux desktop, it's the best desktop operating system of all.
Do you want a good, old-fashioned, hard-working windows, icons, menus, and pointers desktop? Then what you really want is Linux Mint 15.
That's not to say that if you're a Windows 7 or Mac OS X Mountain Lion user you should start downloading Mint now. For desktop users Mint is better than Windows 8 and other new operating systems, such as Fedora 18 with GNOME 3.6, but it doesn't knock the socks off older WIMP-based desktops. It's just much better for experienced desktop users than the newer, user-hostile desktop interfaces as such as Windows 8's Metro .
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Why? The main reason is that Cinnamon, which is the Mint interface I chose to review rather than its close GNOME 2.x-based relative MATE, is designed for power-users who already know how to use a WIMP-style desktop. A Windows XP or 7 user who's never touched Linux in their life will find Mint Cinnamon far more user-friendly than Metro.
You don't have to take my word for it. You can download Linux Mint 15, which is now is a release candidate, and try it for yourself. Just keep in mind that thanks to Windows 8's Secure Boot system lock-in, it's very difficult to install any other operating system on a Windows 8 PC . The easily way of installing Mint, or anything else, on a Windows 8 is to use your PC's Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) settings to turn Secure Boot off.
With the built-in Secure Boot bug out of the way, I think you'll find Mint to be an exceptional desktop. In my own case, I tested 64-bit Mint on two systems. The first is a Dell XPS 8300. This powerhouse desktop comes with a 3.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor. It also has 8GBs of RAM, a 2-Terabyte hard drive, and an AMD/ATI Radeon HD 5770 graphic card. My other test system is my tank of a laptop, a Lenovo ThinkPad T520 laptop. This computer boasts a 2.5GHz Intel Core i5 Processor, 4GBs of RAM, a 500GB hard drive and an integrated Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor.
On both systems, Mint ran flawlessly. This included automatic support for the ATI graphics, a Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000, and various Wi-Fi hardware. The days when Linux had trouble with commonplace PC hardware is history. In the event, you do have exotic hardware, however, Mint now includes a Driver Manager to make it easier to manage which driver to use with your devices.
Under the hood, hardcore Linux users will find the Linux 3.8 kernel. Mint stands on the shoulders of giants. It's built on top of Ubuntu 13.04 , which, in turn, is based on Debian Linux.
Cinnamon itself is now up to version 1.8 and contains over a thousand new improvements and fixes since its last major version. The latest version of the Cinnamon file manager, Nemo, makes it simple to switch from multiple viewpoints including the oldie, but goodie, file-tree view. It also now comes with a feature that I've never been that much in love with: free-standing desktop applications. KDE users know them as Plasmoids, Android users know them as widgets, and I think they're a waste of desktop space whatever you call them. But, since every desktop operating system seem to have one version of them or another, I guess a lot of people must like them and now Mint Cinnamon has them under the name of Desklets.
Above this, Mint has the usual selection of end-user software. This includes LibreOffice 4.0.2 for the office suite: Thunderbird 17.0.5 for e-mail; Firefox 21.0 for Web browsing, Pidgin 2.10.7 for instant-messaging and so on. Say, you have your own favorite applications, as I do, Mint's Software Manager doubles as an app store and makes finding, downloading, and installing new programs easy. In my case, I switched in Evolution for Thunderbird and Chromium, Google's pure open-source version of Chrome, for the Web browser. Installing software in Linux now is as trivial as installing a new program on an iPhone.
You can also add Linux programs that aren't available through the Mint Software Manager. For these, simply download the DEB package version of the program, usually marked as being for Ubuntu and Debian, download it and then open the file. The package manager automatically starts and in a few seconds you'll have such programs as Google Chrome and the Steam game client. All of these programs, whether they came with the default set or added on, ran as smoothly as silk.
I only have one serious beef about the Mint's default software choices. They picked Totem, GNOME 3.x's media player, for video-playback. VLC, to my way of thinking, is simply the best media-player software on any platform. Fortunately, VLC is in the Software Manager so it's easy to install
The only really annoying thing about Mint is that you still can't do in-place updates from an older version to Mint 15. That's by design. Mint's developers feel that you'll avoid out of date software incompatibilities by forcing you to do a fresh install. True, but it also means you may need to back up and restore your home directories and files. I did this by restoring them up to an attached USB drive.
Finally, Mint has the same advantage that any Linux distribution has over its competitors: Its design is far more secure than Windows. There are such things as Linux viruses, but there have been only a handful of mostly harmless ones.. Practically speaking, Linux is the safest full desktop operating system you can run.
So, if you were to tell me today that you want a new desktop that works like your old XP Windows 7, or Ubuntu GNOME 2.x desktop, Mint 15 is what I would recommend. Yes, if you have Windows programs that won't on Linux, or Mac OS X, then you may need to stick with Windows, but for experienced computer users, Mint 15 is now the best desktop operating system out there.
How strongly do I feel that way? Those two test machines? They're also my main two production systems. I've already made the Mint 15 upgrade and I'm glad I did.
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One of the core issues in product cost engineering is the definition of a cost target in line with the market.
How is the target price broken down into target cost for components and/or functions? This breakdown is important in order to assess during the development phase, where there is most need to reduce cost.
Is it possible to reach the target cost at all? Do certain requirements need to be reduced or functions eliminated in order to reach the target cost?
Which cost can the competition achieve? Where can they make use of specific cost advantages?
The own product might have functional advantages compared to competitor products. What is the cost of these advantages? Can this be comunicated to your customer?
Target Costing is an important requisite to deploy development resources efficiently and to avoid unnecessary process loops.
Is there already a cost target and what is it based on?
Which are the requirements and premises?
If there is no target cost provided by the customer, it needs to be defined systematically. Inputs can be provided by benchmarking as well as internal projections by sales, marketing and engineering. A transparent target cost definition process is prerequisite for team acceptance and support.
In this phase, the target cost for individual components, subassemblies and functions is defined. In this phase, it is essential to integrate all inputs from the different roles within the project team.
The target cost will be compared with the current planned cost in order to define priorities and generate a reasonable and focused action plan.
In order to close the gap between target and planned cost, classic Design to Cost methods will be applied.


The researchers, using data for 104391 postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative, found that among women without diabetes, those who recently quit (smoking at the start of the study and not smoking at year 3) decreased their risk of having a heart disease event (heart attack, silent heart attack, or death due to heart disease) by about 25% compared with women who were currently smoking. For former smokers (those not smoking either at the start of the study or at year 3), that risk was reduced by about 60%. For women with diabetes, both former smokers and those who recently quit reduced their risk by about 60% compared with women who smoked and had diabetes.
The reduction of heart disease risk from quitting smoking was maintained for all women whose weight gain remained less than 10 pounds but disappeared for women with diabetes who stopped smoking and who gained more than 10 pounds.
Lead author, Juhua Luo, PhD, an assistant professor in the epidemiology and biostatistics department at Indiana University in Bloomington, discusses her team's findings.
news@JAMA: What got you interested in researching this question?
Dr Luo: My main interest is in smoking cessation and health outcomes. As we all know, smoking increases the risk of many diseases, including coronary artery disease, and often people gain weight after they stop smoking. So we wanted to know if that weight gain affected risk reduction negatively.
news@JAMA: And you found excessive weight gain did affect the magnitude of risk reduction.
Dr Luo: Based on our data, the majority of women gained less than 10 pounds, which basically didn't affect the amount of risk reduction. For women without diabetes who gained more than 10 pounds, there still was a benefit in smoking cessation, but it was not as great. For women with diabetes who gained more than 10 pounds, the risk reduction was not statistically significant.
news@JAMA: What would you say to women smokers who are concerned about the weight gain associated with smoking cessation?
Dr Luo: Our message would be that they need to quit smoking, and it is never too late to quit. And even if you gain weight, the risk [for most women] is still lower than for women who continue smoking. However, an excessive amount of weight gain is less beneficial, so you need to watch your weight.


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Wings of a Honky-Tonk Angel is the only studio album of American country music artist Brad Martin. Released on Epic Records in 2002, it features the singles "Before I Knew Better" and "Rub Me the Right Way", which both charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts that year.

Track listing

Personnel
Larry Beaird – acoustic guitar
Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
Lisa Cochran – background vocals
Melodie Crittenden – background vocals
Eric Darken – percussion
Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Tony Harrell – synthesizer, keyboards
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
Wes Hightower – background vocals
Jim Horn – saxophone
John Barlow Jarvis – piano, keyboards
Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica
John Jorgenson – electric guitar
B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
Liana Manis – background vocals
Brad Martin – lead vocals, background vocals
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Greg Morrow – drums
Russ Pahl – banjo
Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
Neil Thrasher – background vocals
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

References

2002 debut albums
Brad Martin albums
Epic Records albums
Albums produced by Billy Joe Walker Jr.

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Now available on Amazon, the second book of the Chaos Quarter series, CHAOS QUARTER: IMPERIAL AMBITIONS. Officer Rex Vahl and his motley crew find themselves thrown into a hornet's nest neither they, nor their superiors, saw coming. Up against a superpower that will stop at nothing, they find themselves fighting not only to survive, but the protect a colony of refugees caught in the enemy's cross-hairs. The odds aren't looking very good, but that's never exactly stopped them before...
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Lucius Baliol thought he was leaving his old life behind when he fled to the democratic Free Terran Commonwealth. But now he finds his 'old life' bearing down on him in the form of an invasion fleet, lead by his vicious half-brother. And his kid bro is just itching to avenge his family's 'honor.' How exactly will this unwanted family reunion go down? Find out in CHAOS QUARTER: IMPERIAL AMBITIONS.
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For Second, just figuring out how to be human is bad enough. Having existed ninety-seven years without free will, she is unimaginably naive, and not always able to connect emotions to the corresponding actions/reactions. But she is no child, and despite her minimal experience, she is committed to earning a spot on the crew of Longshot. Though given the violence and craziness that follows the ship around, this may be no easy task...see for yourself in CHAOS QUARTER: IMPERIAL AMBITIONS, only $.99 on Amazon!
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TV to rescue desperate Dems? Michael Medved on the insanity behind new left-wing network
WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Monday, November 18, 2002 | Michael Medved
Posted on 11/18/2002 12:21:52 AM PST by JohnHuang2
Desperate Democrats have now come up with a magical solution to all their problems: suggesting the launch of an ambitious new television network to assure proper exposure for the liberal point of view.
One week after GOP victories in the midterm elections, the inside-the-Beltway journal The Hill reported that Democratic leaders believe that they need to find a "counterweight to what they call the vast and well-funded infrastructure of conservative ideology" – in other words, that hoary, horrid bugbear of a vast right-wing conspiracy that's haunted liberal nightmares since Hillary evoked its fearsome power during the impeachment crisis. In order to balance such ferocious forces of reaction, the despondent Dems now "are calling for stronger liberal think tanks" and "even entertained the possibility of a liberal television network to offset Fox News."
The best way to come to terms with the insanity behind this suggestion is to try to imagine what this bold new venture might look like.
How might you program the liberal network to ensure its earnest ideological appeal? Perhaps you'd consider talk shows hosted by Phil Donahue, Larry King, George Stephanopolous, Bryant Gumbel, Katie Couric, Sam Donaldson, Geraldo Rivera, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Moyers or Barbara Walters and the other women of "The View."
Or maybe you'd recruit Dan Rather (or Jennings, or Brokaw) as your news anchor. For entertainment, you might consider a prime-time drama like "The West Wing," or a light-hearted (but tolerance-teaching) comedy like "Will & Grace." Barbra Streisand could provide musical specials (oozing leftie nostalgia, of course) for the holiday season – and for Election Day.
The network also might broadcast enlightened liberal movies by filmmaking titans like Oliver Stone, Michael Moore, Robert Altman, Stephen Spielberg or Spike Lee. If future programmers for DEM-TV truly wish to let their imaginations soar, they might even fantasize about luring such luminaries as Rosie O'Donnell and Bill Maher out of their temporary retirements.
In other words, you could fill up the entire schedule of the new network with precisely the same sort of show that is already readily available, around the clock and across the dial. Only the looniest leftist could nourish the notion that today's broadcast or cable-TV networks shortchange or suppress liberal views.
Fox News triumphed precisely because it provided a forum for opinions seldom aired on the established channels, allowing the likes of Bill O'Reilly and Britt Hume to connect with an eager audience. The undeniable rightward tilt of Fox may undermine its claims of "fair and balanced" reporting, but the network does preserve the lively liberal perspective of personalities like Geraldo and Greta van Sustern.
By contrast, its "mainstream" competitors present self-consciously right-wing viewpoints only within the context of their dueling wonk shows (Crossfire, Buchanan and Press), and never as part of their entertainment line-ups. When in its history did television ever offer a show as unabashedly conservative as "The West Wing" is unabashedly liberal?
The day after the election, in fact, I wrote a commentary for USA TODAY suggesting that the precipitous ratings decline for "The West Wing" may have stemmed in part from its shrill, tiresome and predictable partisanship. In response to this observation, Michael Brecklin of Peoria wrote a letter to the editor declaring: "Pop-culture pundit Michael Meved is a hoot … One wonders what sociopolitical conclusions Medved draws from the ratings free fall of shows starring Drew Carey and Kelsey Grammer, two staunch Republicans …"
In answer to that question, I'd suggest that Carey and Grammer draw far less attention to their GOP affiliation than Martin Sheen attracts for his tireless left-wing activism. Moreover, if "Frasier" and "Drew Carey" contain regular Republican messages, those signals remain so stubbornly subtle as to count as invisible.
The talk of new networks and "stronger liberal think tanks" (as if Yale, Harvard, Stanford and other elite schools don't provide enough of an incubator for left-wing ideas) serves as an excuse for Democrats to avoid serious self-examination. Lamenting libs fret over the mechanics of communicating their message, rather than considering the shortcomings of the message itself.
Rather than suggesting that they could turn their political fortunes around with a few more big media stars who share their point of view, they might recall the eternally trenchant analysis of Cassius:
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars,
But in ourselves …"
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1 posted on 11/18/2002 12:21:52 AM PST by JohnHuang2
To: JohnHuang2
Let the stupid, arrogant liberals throw millions of dollars into an "openly" liberal television network (as if CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, and others aren't already). They will be just as successful in that business venture as they were trying to take back Congress on November 5, 2002. The Democrats seem to know as little about television ratings as they do about winning the hearts and minds of the American voter in recent elections. Their utopian illusions and lack of realism cloud their grasp of commom sense and logic. They just can't comprehend that Fox News Channel's success lies in presenting both sides of an argument, not just the same, worn-out leftist propaganda and Bush-bashing seen on the other major news networks. Maybe they'll hire Terry McAuliffe as CEO of that network. Good luck! (LOL)
2 posted on 11/18/2002 12:50:39 AM PST by ctnoell
My story, and I'm sticking to it, is that the Democrats are victims of their own success. They are the party of big government, and of big, governmental solutions to our problems.
Back in FDR's day, that was a new idea, and a lot of people were persuaded that it was a very good idea.
Everyone has some point at which they think the government has gotten too big. In the 1940's, only a small minority of people thought that government was too big. So when FDR suggested that the government get a lot bigger, a lot of people said yes. And the government did get bigger. A lot bigger.
In the 1960's, President Johnson proposed that the government eliminate poverty. What a great idea! Why had no one thought of it before? We'll just vote to have government end poverty, and that will be that. So Johnson won in a landslide, and the government got bigger. A lot bigger.
Well, the government is real big now. It's so big that the number of people who think it's too big isn't a small minority anymore. In fact it's a majority.
Plus, the government didn't end poverty. They spent $12 trillion, and they did a lot of stuff, but mostly it seems to have screwed things up. So now people know something they didn't use to know: that government programs don't always work. In fact they can make things worse.
So now come the Democrats, bringing the next installment of Even Bigger Government fixing the next problem. To them, it's just the obvious, logical thing. It's what they do: they propose more government action to fix more problems.
Except now, a whole bunch of people are skeptical that anyone knows how to fix problems using government. People have seen many of these bright and shiny new government solutions turn into big boondoggles that wasted lots of money and didn't do any good. And another whole contingent doesn't care whether the programs would work or not; they think the government is too damned big, and they are against anything that would make it bigger. And they are a majority now.
We haven't reached the point where literally everyone thinks the government is too big. The Democrats are not without voters who support them. But those people are not a majority anymore. Most people think the government is plenty big as it is, thankyewverymuch, and they don't want any more of it.
The Democrats do not understand this. They think that what they need is new ideas for new programs. If only they can identify people's big, pressing problems -- and then propose a government solution, a majority will flock to them. But a majority now does not want to hear about any more government solutions... to anything. The whole reason for the Democrats' existence has been met. We now have all the government we want. Hooray!
Like the aerospace workers who won the Cold War, Democrats are hearing, "Congratulations! You won! But now we don't need you anymore. You're fired."
3 posted on 11/18/2002 1:16:15 AM PST by Nick Danger
To: ctnoell
I have to admit- as I started reading this article, I was entirely amused by the inane idea of a "DEM-TV" station to get their "message" out...
I mean, the message is out there, already... In the college campuses, the TV, the newspapers...? How can they saturate the market any MORE???
I'm glad Medved finally gets around to the underlying issue: liberalism is as flawed as communism and Marxism... And NO amount of PR won't change the fact that they're selling bad product... That they'll consider such a silly idea as another liberal TV network...? Won't change it.
Remember that song, "Sell the Edsel!" Don't worry- it'll backfire (again)...
LOL!!!!!
4 posted on 11/18/2002 1:27:48 AM PST by Capitalist Eric
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A hardcore ultra-left network would not compete against NBC, ABC, CBS, WB, UPN, or FOX. It would not compete against CNN, BRAVO, LIFETIME, TBS, FNC, MSNBC.
We know where this liberal refuge will exist, on PBS, a newly formed commercial free network, or public access cable. We'll be stuck with the bill for broadcasting such rubbish. Unlike radio, everyone pays for the channels their cable service provides even if they don't watch all of them.
Listen to radio public broadcasting with NPR. Even farther left is commercial free (but political in spite of their non-profit status) Pacifica.
6 posted on 11/18/2002 2:00:04 AM PST by weegee
To: jacksprat
Are you referring to the lies where Albert Gore alleged that the Republican protesters outside his residence in DC were bussed in? They saved him from digging himself another hole.
Lesse, you just signed up, and you're asking a question like that...hmmm.
Just go to MRC.org or fairpress.org. That should give you a starter kit on liberal bias in the media.
8 posted on 11/18/2002 2:09:54 AM PST by Skywalk
"Can someone give me an example of liberal TV?"
Read "Bias" by Bernard Goldberg and "Slander" by Ann Coulter. Plenty of well documented examples in those two books. Even the liberal papers, cable and broadcast media admit it from time to time.
"ABC even cut a bunch of the BABAWAWA interview with Al Whore that was most damning to Republicans."
Precisely what could Al Gore have to say, even in a softball interview with Barbara Walters, that would be damning (assuming he was constrained to tell the truth)?
Just signed up yesterday, eh? Well, er, uh,... Welcome to Free Republic.
9 posted on 11/18/2002 2:14:15 AM PST by calenel
I was already under the impression that PBS was the network of choice for the Democrats. After all, the network exclusively promotes such things as buggery, fagotry, pedophilia, mindless pacifism, anti-americanism, socialism, communism, left wing fascism, sodomy, bestiality, lesbianism and other assorted deviant perverted behaviours and ideas common among registered democrats.
The question therefore is, why do they need another netwrok when they already have one subsidized by their favorite source of money? The taxpayer!!
10 posted on 11/18/2002 2:27:50 AM PST by Cacique
To: Cacique
PBS is insufficiently liberal for the high brow and arty types. With DEM TV they'd be able to pump full-throated liberal proganda 24/7 over the public airwaves. The downside is no one would tune in to watch. After all what can they say that would attract viewers? And no one likes watching liberals whine - even for comedic entertainment.
11 posted on 11/18/2002 2:39:07 AM PST by goldstategop
Oh my - this is funny........thank you !!
12 posted on 11/18/2002 2:40:35 AM PST by The Raven
Perhaps some good liberal like Ted Turner and Jane Fonda could be found to provide the stake money for this new idea. ROFL.
13 posted on 11/18/2002 3:40:41 AM PST by AFPhys
To: Nick Danger
A pretty good analysis, Nick. I agree with most of it. I think, though, that the leftest capture of all the OldDomiantLiberalMedia for the past 40 years, is quite important. People can only make judgements on the information that they have. The OldDomiantLiberalMedia has sheltered the leftists in our society for at least 40 years, killing unfavorable stories, acting as a cheerleader for ever more government and government programs, and filling the air waves with outright lies when it suits their agenda. They have competition now in the new media (talk radio, the internet, Fox, C-Span). Those information sources are a lot of the reason that those who think the government is too big are now a majority.
14 posted on 11/18/2002 4:30:16 AM PST by marktwain
To: marktwain
Looks like we will be watching even more of the Discover and History channels. Come to think of it that is about all we watch now.
15 posted on 11/18/2002 4:31:17 AM PST by GailA
Were this to become reality in the open (as opposed the the self denial of cnnabccbsnbc) it would degenerate into:
-all homosexual rights equal civil rights
-quotas are good.
-all white males are deadbeat dads. even those men who have no children and refuse to support a girlfriends mistake child.
-govenment loves you more than anyone else
-tax everyone MORE!
-christianity is evil unless the priest is a homosexual woman and against the "orgainzed religions".
-thoughtcrimes are capital offenses.
16 posted on 11/18/2002 4:58:40 AM PST by longtermmemmory
Y'know I think I understand Garrison Keillor and many, many similiar "liberals" as of you post this AM. I think the pieces have come together. They are afraid, completely resistance to change. The "liberal" media has fed them, for over two generations now, a steady diet of fantasy -- a potent and sweet mix of spin, scripting, and smiling-Katies-Rosies-Toms-and-Peters--who-tell-us-exactly-what-we-should-be-thinking. These folks are swept up in in -- they believe its fantasies are the pillars of the world's construction. They are deathly afraid to give it up. They are screaming, squeeling, sqawking and generally running about in sky-is-falling panic because they see *reality*, and the changes in society that reality has necessitated, as a plane crash in progress, and they are the passengers.
The regular comfort of the unchanging reliable menu TV news, that PBS, that the NY Times, the Washington Post, CNN, etc. served up had become a great comfort to them. Like Santa's Decemeber 25th visit is a comfort to kids.
There are kids who take the pleasant fantasy in so deeply, are so wrapped up in it, that when at seven or eight years they are told the truth -- it's like you knocked them over with a two-by-four, they scream, they pout, they resist -- just like the behaviour we are seeing.
I'll tell you why I think that applies more than most to Mr. Keillor. Because he writes, he develops his Lake Wobegon and other fictional stories so deeply. In that gift he has, in its coining, there are two sides. One the side we all like that makes him a great storyteller, clearly loving and caring about the personalities in his stories. But that ability to be so wrapped into his own tale, has made him all the more adamant in holding onto what the external worldview that is supplied to him day after day by the media. The energies -- the magnificent energies he puts into his works -- are spent on those works, and he NEEDS (perceives he needs) the solid comfort of a well-constructed steady world-view created for him.
Sort of a "Motel Six" liberal bent. By that I mean, he is liberal beacuse that is the intellectual motel that he checked into every night, exhausted from his own work, it was a comfort to him. Now Motel Six has been shown not to be but a poor and false substitute for a real home -- a home, btw, with all the burdens and aggravations a home comes with, and not the daily crisply made sheets and maid-cleaned room one gets at a motel. A house that takes energy to keep, where no one makes your bed for you.
Casa Reality.
17 posted on 11/18/2002 5:02:03 AM PST by bvw
"Desperate Democrats have now come up with a magical solution to all their problems: suggesting the launch of an ambitious new television network to assure proper exposure for the liberal point of view."
I know...they should call it CNN, or maybe NBC. Perhaps CBS or ABC...
Give me a break!! This would be an excellent development for the conservative cause. If they actually label a network as "liberal", many Americans will see this and then say "big deal...IT'S THE SAME AS CNN/NBC/ABC/CBS!!!".
18 posted on 11/18/2002 5:06:04 AM PST by Constitutional Patriot
Can someone give me an example of liberal TV?
Welcome to FreeRepublic. Are you a TROLL or just plain stupid? Or BOTH?
19 posted on 11/18/2002 5:17:30 AM PST by BullDog108
Sigh. . . I will continue to try, though it seems to be without success, to counter this concept that FOX is a conservative news channel. FOX DOES provide both sides of the story -- something that never happened before FOX came along. Libs label them conservative because of that. They've had it made for years, with ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, et al, giving a blatantly one-sided (liberal) perspective. If you are existing at the extreme left of the scale and suddenly there's a news show that hovers around the middle (balance) it is conservative from your skewed perspective. In the leftie world "middle" of the scale and balance becomes conservative or right wing. But that's not reality. FOX may drift over the line past the center sometimes, but they never present NEWS (not talking talk show/editorial context her) from a hopelessly biased conservative stance the way the alphabet nets do their liberal-bent news casts -- day in and day out.
20 posted on 11/18/2002 5:22:31 AM PST by Lee'sGhost


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	 * @return the attribute value
	 */
	public int getAttribute(final int attribute) throws LWJGLException {
			return eglGetConfigAttrib(display, this, attribute);
	}

	public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
		if ( obj == null || !(obj instanceof EGLConfig) )
			return false;

		return getPointer() == ((EGLConfig)obj).getPointer();
	}

	public String toString() {
		final StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(512);

		sb.append("EGLConfig (").append(configID).append(")");
		sb.append("\n------------");

		try {
			sb.append("\nEGL_LEVEL").append(": ").append(getAttribute(EGL_LEVEL));
			sb.append("\nEGL_RENDERABLE_TYPE").append(": ").append(Integer.toBinaryString(getAttribute(EGL_RENDERABLE_TYPE)));
			sb.append("\nEGL_NATIVE_RENDERABLE").append(": ").append(getAttribute(EGL_NATIVE_RENDERABLE) == EGL_TRUE);
			sb.append("\nEGL_SURFACE_TYPE").append(": ").append(Integer.toBinaryString(getAttribute(EGL_SURFACE_TYPE)));
		} catch (LWJGLException e) {
		}

		final PixelFormat.Attrib[] attribEnums = PixelFormat.Attrib.values();
		for ( PixelFormat.Attrib attribEnum : attribEnums ) {
			if ( attribEnum.isSurfaceAttrib() )
				continue;

			try {
				final int attrib = getAttribute(attribEnum.getEGLAttrib());
				sb.append("\nEGL_").append(attribEnum.name()).append(": ").append(attrib);
			} catch (LWJGLException e) {
				//System.out.println("Failed to retrieve: " + attribEnum.name());
				// Ignore, can happen when querying unsupported attributes (e.g. extension ones)
			}
		}

		return sb.toString();
	}

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Today we switched off our lights and electrical devices around the entire school at lunch time.
Well done Ms Ternovy for inspiring us!
To help your children stay safe online, Ultimo Public School is hosting a CYBERSMART OUTREACH —Internet Safety Awareness presentation. Designed for parents, teachers and students, please come along and take part in this presentation.
On Wednesday evening the Ultimo Regional Swimming Team met at SOPAC, Homebush for an exciting night of racing.
Our junior girls relay team, consisting of Scarlett, Ainslee, Kyra and Yanchi gave it their best, finishing in a time of 2:58.63. It should be noted that this is the first time Ultimo PS has qualified to enter a relay team. Well done girls!
In individual races all Ultimo Public School representatives put metal to the pedal.
Ryotaro is to be commended for his gutsy swim in the 50m breaststroke, in which he broke a 22yr record, finishing in a time of 41.73. In addition, he placed 2nd in the 200 IM, no easy feat!
Taixin, Kevin and Scarlett competed against a strong field, finishing their races having given it all they had.
The school is very proud of our regional representatives and wish Ryotaro the very best of luck for the State Championships on the 9th & 10th of April at SOPAC.


The Kingfisher boasts a very efficient use of its 975 square feet of living space. This home has two comfortably sized bedrooms, one with an ensuite bath and walk-in closet, and the other with direct access to the hall bathroom. A vaulted ceiling adds height to the great room, which is spacious enough for a large section sofa. Included in the kitchen is a range, dishwasher, refrigerator, and a pantry cabinet for extra storage. This home also includes a stacked washer-dryer unit in the laundry room. Attractive tile flooring throughout is easy to maintain. Also included in your purchase is a 10 year new home warranty to cover all structural elements.
Please ask your agent about adding an optional front porch, covered lanai, and/or garage or carport to this home.


text:
//this source code was auto-generated by tolua#, do not modify it
using System;
using LuaInterface;

public class UnityEngine_Texture2DWrap
{
	public static void Register(LuaState L)
	{
		L.BeginClass(typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D), typeof(UnityEngine.Texture));
		L.RegFunction("CreateExternalTexture", CreateExternalTexture);
		L.RegFunction("UpdateExternalTexture", UpdateExternalTexture);
		L.RegFunction("SetPixel", SetPixel);
		L.RegFunction("GetPixel", GetPixel);
		L.RegFunction("GetPixelBilinear", GetPixelBilinear);
		L.RegFunction("SetPixels", SetPixels);
		L.RegFunction("SetPixels32", SetPixels32);
		L.RegFunction("LoadImage", LoadImage);
		L.RegFunction("LoadRawTextureData", LoadRawTextureData);
		L.RegFunction("GetRawTextureData", GetRawTextureData);
		L.RegFunction("GetPixels", GetPixels);
		L.RegFunction("GetPixels32", GetPixels32);
		L.RegFunction("Apply", Apply);
		L.RegFunction("Resize", Resize);
		L.RegFunction("Compress", Compress);
		L.RegFunction("PackTextures", PackTextures);
		L.RegFunction("ReadPixels", ReadPixels);
		L.RegFunction("EncodeToPNG", EncodeToPNG);
		L.RegFunction("EncodeToJPG", EncodeToJPG);
		L.RegFunction("New", _CreateUnityEngine_Texture2D);
		L.RegFunction("__eq", op_Equality);
		L.RegFunction("__tostring", ToLua.op_ToString);
		L.RegVar("mipmapCount", get_mipmapCount, null);
		L.RegVar("format", get_format, null);
		L.RegVar("whiteTexture", get_whiteTexture, null);
		L.RegVar("blackTexture", get_blackTexture, null);
		L.EndClass();
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int _CreateUnityEngine_Texture2D(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			int count = LuaDLL.lua_gettop(L);

			if (count == 2)
			{
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 1);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = new UnityEngine.Texture2D(arg0, arg1);
				ToLua.PushSealed(L, obj);
				return 1;
			}
			else if (count == 4)
			{
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 1);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
				UnityEngine.TextureFormat arg2 = (UnityEngine.TextureFormat)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 3, typeof(UnityEngine.TextureFormat));
				bool arg3 = LuaDLL.luaL_checkboolean(L, 4);
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = new UnityEngine.Texture2D(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
				ToLua.PushSealed(L, obj);
				return 1;
			}
			else if (count == 5)
			{
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 1);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
				UnityEngine.TextureFormat arg2 = (UnityEngine.TextureFormat)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 3, typeof(UnityEngine.TextureFormat));
				bool arg3 = LuaDLL.luaL_checkboolean(L, 4);
				bool arg4 = LuaDLL.luaL_checkboolean(L, 5);
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = new UnityEngine.Texture2D(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4);
				ToLua.PushSealed(L, obj);
				return 1;
			}
			else
			{
				return LuaDLL.luaL_throw(L, "invalid arguments to ctor method: UnityEngine.Texture2D.New");
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int CreateExternalTexture(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 6);
			int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 1);
			int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
			UnityEngine.TextureFormat arg2 = (UnityEngine.TextureFormat)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 3, typeof(UnityEngine.TextureFormat));
			bool arg3 = LuaDLL.luaL_checkboolean(L, 4);
			bool arg4 = LuaDLL.luaL_checkboolean(L, 5);
			System.IntPtr arg5 = ToLua.CheckIntPtr(L, 6);
			UnityEngine.Texture2D o = UnityEngine.Texture2D.CreateExternalTexture(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
			ToLua.PushSealed(L, o);
			return 1;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int UpdateExternalTexture(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 2);
			UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
			System.IntPtr arg0 = ToLua.CheckIntPtr(L, 2);
			obj.UpdateExternalTexture(arg0);
			return 0;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int SetPixel(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 4);
			UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
			int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
			int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
			UnityEngine.Color arg2 = ToLua.ToColor(L, 4);
			obj.SetPixel(arg0, arg1, arg2);
			return 0;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int GetPixel(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 3);
			UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
			int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
			int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
			UnityEngine.Color o = obj.GetPixel(arg0, arg1);
			ToLua.Push(L, o);
			return 1;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int GetPixelBilinear(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 3);
			UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
			float arg0 = (float)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
			float arg1 = (float)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
			UnityEngine.Color o = obj.GetPixelBilinear(arg0, arg1);
			ToLua.Push(L, o);
			return 1;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int SetPixels(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			int count = LuaDLL.lua_gettop(L);

			if (count == 2)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				UnityEngine.Color[] arg0 = ToLua.CheckStructArray<UnityEngine.Color>(L, 2);
				obj.SetPixels(arg0);
				return 0;
			}
			else if (count == 3)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				UnityEngine.Color[] arg0 = ToLua.CheckStructArray<UnityEngine.Color>(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				obj.SetPixels(arg0, arg1);
				return 0;
			}
			else if (count == 6)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				int arg2 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 4);
				int arg3 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 5);
				UnityEngine.Color[] arg4 = ToLua.CheckStructArray<UnityEngine.Color>(L, 6);
				obj.SetPixels(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4);
				return 0;
			}
			else if (count == 7)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				int arg2 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 4);
				int arg3 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 5);
				UnityEngine.Color[] arg4 = ToLua.CheckStructArray<UnityEngine.Color>(L, 6);
				int arg5 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 7);
				obj.SetPixels(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
				return 0;
			}
			else
			{
				return LuaDLL.luaL_throw(L, "invalid arguments to method: UnityEngine.Texture2D.SetPixels");
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int SetPixels32(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			int count = LuaDLL.lua_gettop(L);

			if (count == 2)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				UnityEngine.Color32[] arg0 = ToLua.CheckStructArray<UnityEngine.Color32>(L, 2);
				obj.SetPixels32(arg0);
				return 0;
			}
			else if (count == 3)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				UnityEngine.Color32[] arg0 = ToLua.CheckStructArray<UnityEngine.Color32>(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				obj.SetPixels32(arg0, arg1);
				return 0;
			}
			else if (count == 6)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				int arg2 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 4);
				int arg3 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 5);
				UnityEngine.Color32[] arg4 = ToLua.CheckStructArray<UnityEngine.Color32>(L, 6);
				obj.SetPixels32(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4);
				return 0;
			}
			else if (count == 7)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				int arg2 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 4);
				int arg3 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 5);
				UnityEngine.Color32[] arg4 = ToLua.CheckStructArray<UnityEngine.Color32>(L, 6);
				int arg5 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 7);
				obj.SetPixels32(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5);
				return 0;
			}
			else
			{
				return LuaDLL.luaL_throw(L, "invalid arguments to method: UnityEngine.Texture2D.SetPixels32");
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int LoadImage(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			int count = LuaDLL.lua_gettop(L);

			if (count == 2)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				byte[] arg0 = ToLua.CheckByteBuffer(L, 2);
				bool o = obj.LoadImage(arg0);
				LuaDLL.lua_pushboolean(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else if (count == 3)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				byte[] arg0 = ToLua.CheckByteBuffer(L, 2);
				bool arg1 = LuaDLL.luaL_checkboolean(L, 3);
				bool o = obj.LoadImage(arg0, arg1);
				LuaDLL.lua_pushboolean(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else
			{
				return LuaDLL.luaL_throw(L, "invalid arguments to method: UnityEngine.Texture2D.LoadImage");
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int LoadRawTextureData(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			int count = LuaDLL.lua_gettop(L);

			if (count == 2)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				byte[] arg0 = ToLua.CheckByteBuffer(L, 2);
				obj.LoadRawTextureData(arg0);
				return 0;
			}
			else if (count == 3)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				System.IntPtr arg0 = ToLua.CheckIntPtr(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				obj.LoadRawTextureData(arg0, arg1);
				return 0;
			}
			else
			{
				return LuaDLL.luaL_throw(L, "invalid arguments to method: UnityEngine.Texture2D.LoadRawTextureData");
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int GetRawTextureData(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 1);
			UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
			byte[] o = obj.GetRawTextureData();
			ToLua.Push(L, o);
			return 1;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int GetPixels(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			int count = LuaDLL.lua_gettop(L);

			if (count == 1)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				UnityEngine.Color[] o = obj.GetPixels();
				ToLua.Push(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else if (count == 2)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
				UnityEngine.Color[] o = obj.GetPixels(arg0);
				ToLua.Push(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else if (count == 5)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				int arg2 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 4);
				int arg3 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 5);
				UnityEngine.Color[] o = obj.GetPixels(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
				ToLua.Push(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else if (count == 6)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				int arg2 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 4);
				int arg3 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 5);
				int arg4 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 6);
				UnityEngine.Color[] o = obj.GetPixels(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4);
				ToLua.Push(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else
			{
				return LuaDLL.luaL_throw(L, "invalid arguments to method: UnityEngine.Texture2D.GetPixels");
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int GetPixels32(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			int count = LuaDLL.lua_gettop(L);

			if (count == 1)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				UnityEngine.Color32[] o = obj.GetPixels32();
				ToLua.Push(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else if (count == 2)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
				UnityEngine.Color32[] o = obj.GetPixels32(arg0);
				ToLua.Push(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else
			{
				return LuaDLL.luaL_throw(L, "invalid arguments to method: UnityEngine.Texture2D.GetPixels32");
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int Apply(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			int count = LuaDLL.lua_gettop(L);

			if (count == 1)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				obj.Apply();
				return 0;
			}
			else if (count == 2)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				bool arg0 = LuaDLL.luaL_checkboolean(L, 2);
				obj.Apply(arg0);
				return 0;
			}
			else if (count == 3)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				bool arg0 = LuaDLL.luaL_checkboolean(L, 2);
				bool arg1 = LuaDLL.luaL_checkboolean(L, 3);
				obj.Apply(arg0, arg1);
				return 0;
			}
			else
			{
				return LuaDLL.luaL_throw(L, "invalid arguments to method: UnityEngine.Texture2D.Apply");
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int Resize(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			int count = LuaDLL.lua_gettop(L);

			if (count == 3)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				bool o = obj.Resize(arg0, arg1);
				LuaDLL.lua_pushboolean(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else if (count == 5)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				UnityEngine.TextureFormat arg2 = (UnityEngine.TextureFormat)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 4, typeof(UnityEngine.TextureFormat));
				bool arg3 = LuaDLL.luaL_checkboolean(L, 5);
				bool o = obj.Resize(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
				LuaDLL.lua_pushboolean(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else
			{
				return LuaDLL.luaL_throw(L, "invalid arguments to method: UnityEngine.Texture2D.Resize");
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int Compress(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 2);
			UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
			bool arg0 = LuaDLL.luaL_checkboolean(L, 2);
			obj.Compress(arg0);
			return 0;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int PackTextures(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			int count = LuaDLL.lua_gettop(L);

			if (count == 3)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				UnityEngine.Texture2D[] arg0 = ToLua.CheckObjectArray<UnityEngine.Texture2D>(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				UnityEngine.Rect[] o = obj.PackTextures(arg0, arg1);
				ToLua.Push(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else if (count == 4)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				UnityEngine.Texture2D[] arg0 = ToLua.CheckObjectArray<UnityEngine.Texture2D>(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				int arg2 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 4);
				UnityEngine.Rect[] o = obj.PackTextures(arg0, arg1, arg2);
				ToLua.Push(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else if (count == 5)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				UnityEngine.Texture2D[] arg0 = ToLua.CheckObjectArray<UnityEngine.Texture2D>(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				int arg2 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 4);
				bool arg3 = LuaDLL.luaL_checkboolean(L, 5);
				UnityEngine.Rect[] o = obj.PackTextures(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
				ToLua.Push(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else
			{
				return LuaDLL.luaL_throw(L, "invalid arguments to method: UnityEngine.Texture2D.PackTextures");
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int ReadPixels(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			int count = LuaDLL.lua_gettop(L);

			if (count == 4)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				UnityEngine.Rect arg0 = StackTraits<UnityEngine.Rect>.Check(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				int arg2 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 4);
				obj.ReadPixels(arg0, arg1, arg2);
				return 0;
			}
			else if (count == 5)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				UnityEngine.Rect arg0 = StackTraits<UnityEngine.Rect>.Check(L, 2);
				int arg1 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 3);
				int arg2 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 4);
				bool arg3 = LuaDLL.luaL_checkboolean(L, 5);
				obj.ReadPixels(arg0, arg1, arg2, arg3);
				return 0;
			}
			else
			{
				return LuaDLL.luaL_throw(L, "invalid arguments to method: UnityEngine.Texture2D.ReadPixels");
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int EncodeToPNG(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 1);
			UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
			byte[] o = obj.EncodeToPNG();
			ToLua.Push(L, o);
			return 1;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int EncodeToJPG(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			int count = LuaDLL.lua_gettop(L);

			if (count == 1)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				byte[] o = obj.EncodeToJPG();
				ToLua.Push(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else if (count == 2)
			{
				UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)ToLua.CheckObject(L, 1, typeof(UnityEngine.Texture2D));
				int arg0 = (int)LuaDLL.luaL_checknumber(L, 2);
				byte[] o = obj.EncodeToJPG(arg0);
				ToLua.Push(L, o);
				return 1;
			}
			else
			{
				return LuaDLL.luaL_throw(L, "invalid arguments to method: UnityEngine.Texture2D.EncodeToJPG");
			}
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int op_Equality(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.CheckArgsCount(L, 2);
			UnityEngine.Object arg0 = (UnityEngine.Object)ToLua.ToObject(L, 1);
			UnityEngine.Object arg1 = (UnityEngine.Object)ToLua.ToObject(L, 2);
			bool o = arg0 == arg1;
			LuaDLL.lua_pushboolean(L, o);
			return 1;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int get_mipmapCount(IntPtr L)
	{
		object o = null;

		try
		{
			o = ToLua.ToObject(L, 1);
			UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)o;
			int ret = obj.mipmapCount;
			LuaDLL.lua_pushinteger(L, ret);
			return 1;
		}
		catch(Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e, o, "attempt to index mipmapCount on a nil value");
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int get_format(IntPtr L)
	{
		object o = null;

		try
		{
			o = ToLua.ToObject(L, 1);
			UnityEngine.Texture2D obj = (UnityEngine.Texture2D)o;
			UnityEngine.TextureFormat ret = obj.format;
			ToLua.Push(L, ret);
			return 1;
		}
		catch(Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e, o, "attempt to index format on a nil value");
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int get_whiteTexture(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.PushSealed(L, UnityEngine.Texture2D.whiteTexture);
			return 1;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}

	[MonoPInvokeCallbackAttribute(typeof(LuaCSFunction))]
	static int get_blackTexture(IntPtr L)
	{
		try
		{
			ToLua.PushSealed(L, UnityEngine.Texture2D.blackTexture);
			return 1;
		}
		catch (Exception e)
		{
			return LuaDLL.toluaL_exception(L, e);
		}
	}
}


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Americans are refusing to join the military despite generous enlistment incentives
Friday, July 08, 2022 by: Belle Carter
Tags: air force, armed forces, Army, big government, Collapse, covid-19, Department of Defense, Gay Rights, Gender Dysphoria, Joe Biden, Navy, Pentagon, Pronouns, transgender, Tyranny, vaccine mandate, vaccines, woke agenda
(Natural News) The Department of Defense (DOD) is having a hard time recruiting new members to fill out the ranks of the all-volunteer military despite generous enlistment incentives.
According to reports, there has been a poor recruitment environment not seen since the Vietnam War. All branches of the military are said to be under their projected recruitment goals, despite generous enlistment bonuses.
The Army offered up to a $50,000 enlistment bonus back in January, and now new recruits will be signed up for $10,000 if they show up to basic training in 30 days. The Navy is also offering incentives of up to $50,000 to qualified recruits depending upon the program and position sought. The Air Force, which usually receives many applications, is seeing warning signs in its recruitment efforts.
Army Chief of Staff General James McConville testified last month before Congress that only 23 percent of Americans aged 17-24 are qualified to serve without a waiver, which is down from 29 percent in recent years.
One of the reasons for lower recruitment numbers is the lingering effect of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). Obesity, criminal records and cultural changes are the other reasons cited why Americans are refusing to be enlisted. Market labor shortages, where businesses are competing for young Americans, offering bonuses and incentives to potential employees, may have also contributed to the low turnout of recruits.
Woke agenda has been infecting the military
The New American reported: "The Biden administration's idea of leadership and trust in our military is reflected more in their pan-global progressive ideology and morally bankrupt social experiments than providing for basic obligations to train and groom new successful military recruits."
For instance, the Army recently ran anime lesbian wedding ads. It may have pushed away potential recruits, especially young patriotic men and women from traditional backgrounds.
The advertisement titled "Emma: The Calling," showed a girl's childhood before she joined the Army. The video showed Emma watching her two mothers get married and it followed her as she joined a sorority at her university and fought for "freedom" at a young age by participating in a gay rights parade.
The Army has also released mandatory transgender pronoun training presentation titled "Policy on the Military Service of Transgender Persons and Persons with Gender Dysphoria."
"These efforts have prompted pushback from Republicans in Congress and some within the military who view the policy changes as an effort to promote 'woke' propaganda within the service," the Washington Free Beacon noted.
The policy also stated that the Army allows transgender soldiers to serve openly. An otherwise qualified soldier shall not be involuntarily separated, discharged or denied reenlistment or continuation of service on the basis of gender identity, it said. It further mentioned that the Army commanders "should approach a soldier's gender transition in the same way they approach any soldier receiving any other necessary medical treatment."
Dakota Wood, a Marine Corps veteran who specializes in defense issues, said that the new Army guideline could be a highly controversial argument and is promoted by the progressive left which could possibly be rejected by the conservative right.
"Forcing soldiers 'to accept the premise that one can choose their gender and therefore change how they are to be treated' creates frictions within organizations that are dependent on unity and cohesion to be successful in combat," Wood said.
As the Ukraine war threatens to spark a larger conflict, military analysts are saying that the Biden administration is prioritizing woke culture over protecting the American people.
The vaccine mandate has also decimated the country's armed forces. Earlier this year, the Army reported that commanders had "relieved a total of six regular Army leaders, including two battalion commanders, for refusing the vaccination order." (Related: Vaccine mandates, military vaccine injuries continue to threaten national security by killing our soldiers.)
The Army said that those who were discharged for refusing the experimental vaccine "will not be eligible for involuntary separation pay" and may have to return any unearned special or incentive pay. The Pentagon has made inoculation mandatory for service members in the summer of 2021.
Visit Wokies.news for more news related to the rampant "woke policies" disrupting government systems.
Watch the below video about military personnel refusing to take COVID-19 vaccines.
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Americans are refusing to join the military despite generous enlistment incentives