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It's with a heavy heart that we announce today that the Atlas Reactor servers will be shutting down. This is not a decision that we have taken lightly, but we have come to the conclusion that the game can no longer sustain itself.
Mervin Lee Kwai, Vice President of Development at gamigo and a former Executive Producer: "Atlas Reactor was a truly innovative game built by a passionate group of highly skilled developers. I was lucky enough to watch our team breathe life into the world of Atlas on a daily basis. They broke the mold of same-y games, and a dedicated community rallied around the title. Despite the support of this great group of fans, Atlas Reactor never grew big enough to fund its continued development. It's a shame to see this chapter come to a close, but perhaps we'll have a chance to revisit the innovative spirit of Atlas in the future."
Starting today (4/17/2019) all purchasing has been shut off, and we have added new ways to acquire products that were previously for real money purchase. Additionally, we have turned the XP, Flux, and ISO rates up dramatically.
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Let it snow: nano structures and self-assembly
December 7, 2009
Designer snowflake video courtesy Kenneth Libbrecht of CalTech, www.snowcrystals.com
Between the snow we got on the east coast this weekend and Winter officially beginning on December 21st, it seems like a good time to break out some of our snowflake activities. The structure of snowflakes results from the nanoscale arrangement of water molecules in an ice crystal, and snowflakes are examples of self-assembled systems studied by nanoscientists.
The NISE Net has two snowflake-related activities:
- The first, Snowflakes: Nano at its Coolest, is a twenty minute stage demonstration introducing nanoscale science through the subject of snowflakes. Visitors watch videos of snowflakes growing and observe real ice crystals growing in a chilled chamber.
- The second, Ready, Set, Self-Assemble, is a brand new game in which visitors self-assemble themselves into a variety of shapes, including a snowflake, mimicking the process by which molecules and cells form themselves into functional structures. Download it from our website here, a version will also be included in this year's NanoDays kit.
This month at the Sciencenter in Ithaca, NY, Rae Ostman will be combining the two activities into one snowflake uber-program-- first the stage presentation, followed by the self-assembly game.


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100%Design London has never been a trade fair in the classical sense. Rather than being a business marketplace for dealers, the concise exhibition of interiors has positioned itself as a rich source of inspiration for architects and interior designers. Besides the harsh situation on the market, this is another possible reason for the absence of some well-known British manufacturers, for which powerful brand presentation is more important. Despite all this, 100%Design stuck to its holistic approach and once again presented a convincing preselection of premium manufacturers.
Established & Sons who had also decided to not attend at Earls Court, presented themselves at their new premises instead. Their showroom and studio look absolutely unimpressive from the outside, but turn out to be really imposing once you have entered the building.


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Michelle Obama says she took up fitness to get "revenge" on Barack.
In a candid interview with Barbara Walters to mark the ABC News veteran having named her 2009's most fascinating person, the first lady dished that the secret reason she became a gym rat can be traced back 11 years.
"I really started right after I had Malia, our oldest, and some of that was, you know, in all honesty it was a little sort of revenge because I'm married to a man who has worked out all of his life," she said. "And regardless of how busy he is, he finds the time to work out. And there was a point at which I got a little resentful of that."
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After being the first to be woken up at 4 a.m. by her daughter, Obama said she would think: "'I'm up, I might as well go to the gym. And if I get to the gym, then he'll have to wake up and do that feeding.'"
In the wide-ranging interview, Obama also opened to Walters about her "whirlwind" transition to the White House, bumps in her marriage and revealed her guilty pleasure was lounging about with the family dog, Bo.
"I mean, if you think about this year, I had to get these two beautiful girls settled into a new city, into a new home, into a new school," she said. "We got a dog. I visited eight countries with my husband. I planted a garden. I've started a mentoring program. It has been everything. And now, here we are at our first Christmas in the White House."
She said the rigors of campaigning over the course of her 17-year marriage had put her in a "dilemma."
"It wasn't that I didn't believe in my husband as a phenomenal leader," she said. "I mean, that was always the pull -- because I always thought, 'Well, if I wanted somebody as my state senator, or as my U.S. senator, or as my president, I would want Barack Obama.' And the only reason he wouldn't do it is if I said no."
Even though she probably could have "put her foot down" and gotten him to give up his presidential ambitions, she said she didn't want to stand in the way of her husband's dreams and the "possibilities of his leadership."
"I think I made the right call," she said.
In a more lighthearted moment, Obama also revealed her guilty pleasure was watching "really bad TV" with Bo on her lap. But she said she's lucky if she can score one hour a week to veg out.
The Obamas aren't new to Walters list of the year's 10 most fascinating people. Last year, Barack won the the top honor.
Other members on this year's list: Glenn Beck, Brett Favre, Lady Gaga, Kate Gosselin, Michael Jackson's children, Adam Lambert, Sarah Palin, Tyler Perry and Jenny Sanford.


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Tributes Continue For Parks
Political leaders and activists in New York and around the country continued to voice their tributes and memories of departed legend Rosa Parks with some calling for a national holiday.
"I call upon President Bush to lower flags and fly at half mass for the nation should officially celebrate the life of a woman who changed the world,� declared the Rev. Al Sharpton. "One of the highlights of my life was meeting and getting to know her. She made it possible for future generations to live in a nation that did not reduce them to second class citizenship."
Charles Barron, New York City's fiery Council Member and former Black Panther, noted that he had just submitted a Resolution to make December 1, Rosa Parks Anniversary National Day of Absence Against Poverty Racism And War Coalition. "When we honor Rosa Parks, we honor the best of us,� he said. Barron will host War Veterans in support of the Resolution on the steps of City Hall, October 27, at 1 PM. He wants businesses and schools to either close on December 1, or allow employees and students to take the day off or leave early in order to participate in commemoration and protest events scheduled for that day.
Added Rep. Jesse L. Jackson: "Rosa Parks became the 'Mother of the Civil Rights Movement because 50 years ago she sat down, and inspired a modern Civil Rights Movement to stand up. She took the 1954 Brown decision's principle of 'equal protection under the law' to public transportation. That major step led us to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the 1965 Voting Rights Act and the 1968 Open Housing Act – all of which helped make America a better nation. She was a very small woman who had a big impact."
Born Rosa Louise McCauley on Feb. 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama, Parks died October 24, at her home in Detroit. She was 92 years-old. Almost 50 years ago, going home from her job, the 42-year-old seamstress did not feel like getting up out of her seat on a Montgomery bus, just because a white man and Jim Crow said so. The cops were called and she was arrested and fined $14.
Those were the days when a boycott had bite. For 381 days, tens of thousands Black people adhered to the Montgomery Bus Boycott organized by the then relatively unknown Rev. Martin Luther King. The rest is history.
The Montgomery bus boycott kept fueled the movement which led to the 1964 federal Civil Rights Act, which outlawed from racial discrimination in public accommodations.
While Parks is known internationally for refusing to obey a U.S. law which made the white man's whim greater than her need, she was not the first to take this position. At least two other women were arrested the same year. Nine months before Parks' arrest, Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old Booker T. Washington High School student, was arrested for rejecting a white woman's demand for her seat—she now resides in the Bronx. Parks was also, evidently, following in the tradition of other unheralded fighters against racial injustice. "During second world war, soldiers coming back from the North sat in the front of buses in uniform. It caused a great uproar in Montgomery and Birmingham, all through the southern states," recalled activist and educator, Sam Anderson. "These Black soldiers refused to move. Some drivers ignored them, others got into fight. After the war in the late 1940s and early 1950s, there were several attempts to integrate the buses, but it didn't gel until Rosa Parks and Montgomery. She was an organizer with the NAACP, and she was trained in one of the progressive training centers in Kentucky, and the boycott was a result of her taking the stance that she did.�
Parks also was a great inspiration to women in particular, showing them that they could play leading roles in political transformation. "Rosa Parks shook up the world and awakened the conscious of a nation on December 1, 1955," said New York City Council member Yvette Clarke. "For the nation, she is a symbol of strength and courage. For all women, she is a role model and trailblazer. For our community, she was a teacher, activist and spark that lit the fire of one of the greatest movements the world has ever seen.�
Rep. John Conyers, who is the sponsor of HR40, the Bill that seeks Reparations for Slavery, knew Parks well—she worked in his office for more than 20 years.
"Everybody wanted to explain Rosa Parks and wanted to teach Rosa Parks, but Rosa Parks wasn't very interested in that,� Conyers told the Associated Press. "She wanted them to understand the government and to understand their rights and the Constitution that people are still trying to perfect today.�
He added: "For those of us who are the beneficiaries of the civil rights movement, it is hard to imagine living during a time where Jim Crow was the rule of the land. The civil liberties we take for granted today came about through tremendous sacrifice and hard-fought battles. And in the struggle that was the Civil Rights movement, Rosa Parks was one of our greatest generals. She is a testament to one of the oldest lessons-everyone can serve."
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The LDS Church is making available church records for the Anglican, Baptist, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, and United Church of England denominations.
As their website says, "The Public Archives of Nova Scotia has many original church registers as well as microfilm copies. The Protestant registers generally cover 1780–1914. There are Catholic records 1679–1914. A list of these holdings can be found in Genealogical Research in Nova Scotia, by Terrence M. Punch.
Parish registers of baptisms, marriages, deaths and other records for some Catholic and Church of England in Canada parishes from Nova Scotia. These records cover 1720-2001, and dates vary for each parish. Some parish registers are written in French or Latin".
They have put on a Wiki to explain the church records, and Citation for This Collection.
The website is https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Nova_Scotia_Church_Records_(FamilySearch_Historical_Records)


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After a 50 minute speech that was less inspiring than an accountancy lecture to first term undergraduates the chancellor sat down and the real accounting began. Since then the experts have had their calculators out working out exactly what his pronouncements meant.
I've been trawling through hundreds of e-mails from various groups with their responses. There seems to have been a sharp intake of breath from just about everyone over the astounding debt figures and the astronomical borrowing forecasts Mr Darling announced – but there's also a feeling that maybe, just maybe, the Government is beginning to understand the extent of the problem. However most experts feel Mr Darling is living on a different planet to the rest of us if he thinks that the UK economy is going to recover as quickly, and to the extent, he confidently predicted.
Moneyagonyaunt expert Justin Urquhart Stewart of Seven Investment Management e-mailed me straight after the speech to say: "Budget! I've known smarter budgies! His growth figures are barking - 3.5% growth by 2011! Cut the frippery – just look at the size of the borrowings! He's given no clear idea of how the debt can be repaid."
Our expert John Eaton of Lupton Fawcett solicitors in Leeds agrees: "Budget? He's Fudged it! "The REAL problem facing us all, is the crippling and unprecedented level of debt, the repayment of which the Chancellor is tackling by a combination of lengthening the repayment period and postulating some hopeless and wildly optimistic growth assumptions which simply will not occur. He has completely failed to grasp the most important nettle of all - the crippling and unsustainable level of public expenditure."
Justin U S also says "He (Mr Darling) needs to get the banks lending and houses being bought and sold. He should have got rid of all house stamp duty for 2 years and other spending will follow. Find me someone who doesn't buy at least a carpet when they move house!"
Peter Bolton King, chief executive of the National Association of Estate Agents, agrees. He says: "The housing market is the engine of the UK economy and it is likely that this Budget will be remembered as largely ineffectual given the magnitude of the problem. "There is very little here for first time buyers, who need more encouragement to climb onto the property ladder – which will get everything moving. "Mr Darling has used a water pistol to try to put out a fire." On the extension of the £175,000 Stamp Duty Land Tax threshold, Mr Bolton King said: "Merely extending the stamp duty threshold is disappointing. Mr Darling had a real opportunity to get rid of this hated tax, which is seen by many as a tax on aspiration. Since the threshold was introduced last Autumn it has helped just one third of first time buyers.
The good news on Tuesday was the announcement of the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme which Mr darling mentioned in his budget speech. Mr Bolton King said: "This scheme has taken months to come to fruition since it was announced last November and thousands of people have had their homes repossessed in the meantime. It is a scheme which is to be welcomed for the support it will give to homeowners. "However more detail is needed on those major lenders that have not signed up for the Homeowner Mortgage Support Scheme but have promised to set up similar schemes of their own."
On Mr Darling's announcement of a package of Government guarantees on more than £50bn of new mortgage backed assets, Mr Bolton King said: "Our figures show that there is a huge demand for property that is being frustrated because responsible people do not have access to appropriate levels of finance. Hopefully this measure will go some way to alleviate that, and I would just call on the Government to monitor carefully that this measure has gone far enough and step in if it isn't."
On the Money Agony Aunt Budget Wish List our employment lawyer David Jones wanted money put into projects to get the large number of young people out of work into jobs. So we're very pleased that the Chancellor announced that he'll spend around £260m for training and subsidies to help young people get the skills and experience they need. He promised all under 25's unemployed for 12 months or more a job or a training place. Sylvia Perrins, Chief Executive of the National Skills Academy for Financial Services, says that's "incredibly ambitious but it recognises the government's realisation that we can no longer sit on the fence where the future of UK plc is concerned."
Our Money Agony Aunt expert Independent Financial Adviser Simon Hodges says: "I do like the commitment to putting money towards education and getting more young people into work as long as this is monitored correctly. But it would be a shame to use this money for people to take their skills overseas and not repay the economy through their tax or skills in the future!" Simon wanted an increase to the current ISA limit and it is to be increased from £7,200 to £10,200 so he's happy there but he says: "I think that there's an issue with the increase of tax to 50% for the very top earners as this conflicts with his original manifesto which I am sure will provide an inter party debate for weeks to come rather than addressing the real issues."
John Eaton says: The Institute of Fiscal Studies has pointed out that increasing tax rates above 40% is likely to produce a reduction, not an increase, in total tax take - so the proposal to increase Income tax to 50% on top earners will be counter-productive. On top of that the proposal to restrict higher-rate tax relief on Pension Contributions for higher-rate taxpayers is hardly conducive to encouraging saving. About the only positive step in the whole Budget, was the proposed increase in the annual ISA allowance for the over-50s. This may at least encourage more saving, and offset the reduction in savings which will occur as a result of his further attack on pensions.
So are we at Money Agony Aunt happy? Well we realise budgets in the current economic climate are more about cuts than about how best to spend surplus cash but we're worried that the Chancellor's future growth forecasts are overly optimistic and the pre-budget report in November and the 2010 budget next spring will be even more gloomy as a result. There will be more post budget thoughts and news items appearing on Moneyagonyaunt over the next few days.


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Cautionary Notes Concerning the Systema Revolution Gearbox (2009-03-30)
Systema has recently released this note for all you Systema Revolution Gearbox owners:
The Revolution is unsuitable for sustained full auto firing of a 300rds magazine.
Due to the loading design framework of the Systema Revolution was adapted from the Systema P.T.W. series AEG, minor tuning and dimensional changes were made for the Revolution to be compatible with Tokyo Marui pre-existing chambers and magazines.
The loading mechanism of the Revolution has a unique characteristic, a built-in O-Ring on the piston head helps to support the nozzle and to ensure its smooth function of moving backwards and forwards. Similar to the mechanism within the PTW, disassembling the can be performed smoothly without worries of parts flying out of the cylinder unit. But due to sustained full-auto firing, the O-Ring doesn't have receive enough time to return to its original shape to protect the nozzle and thus ultimately causing the premature failure of the loading mechanism. This anomaly is most noticeable when the Revolution gearbox is ran on a High Speed Motor.
In order to maintain a safe and healthy life for the Systema Revolution Gearbox, please limit sustained firing to no more than approximately 100rds per volley; you will be able to fire again after you've let the O-Ring return to shape after a second of rest.
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Wonderdrome wrote:What web browser & viewing device are you using? The site is actually something I designed from scratch. I know that it looks good on my mac on current firefox, chrome and safari, and on my iphone, but I haven't tested any on PCs and that is some really useful feedback.
Wonderdrome wrote:If anyone else reading this gets the same wrapping issues and has some coding knowledge I'd really appreciate a PM. It's written in HTML and PHP.
LibertyCabbage wrote:the navigation buttons wrap in a disorderly way
LibertyCabbage wrote:The "Extras" page has buttons awkwardly strewn around the layout
LibertyCabbage wrote:And the layout of the "Pamphlets" page quickly starts to break down once a reader changes the formatting by clicking on the links.
Wonderdrome wrote:[edited to add] ALSO: Thanks for the review. I appreciate the time and effort you put into it despite Wonderdrome not exactly being your cup of tea. We comickers work hard for attention to be paid to our stuff, and to make stuff worthy of attention.
McDuffies wrote:You forgot "Every panel looks rushed and childish to me".
McDuffies wrote: you can't deny a certain surrealist touch to this kind of stubborn fixation on the ugliness.
McDuffies wrote:I mean if your second comic shows some kind of a snake graphically coming out of someone's ass, how can the phrase "dickmonster" cause indignation and frustration in you?
If it's not a comic that is "weird for being weird", then I'd be interested to hear which underlying logic dictates this weirdness. I'm wondering just what is it that the guy is trying to do there.
Wonderdrome wrote:I desperately don't want to continue this conversation.
Wonderdrome wrote:Rather they (I) are (am) here at cross motivational purposes for inspiration, reflections, publicity, and likely a monster or two like self-affirmation.
RobboAKAscooby wrote:McDuffies wrote:You forgot "Every panel looks rushed and childish to me".
Which is rather more polite than it deserves to be honest.
McDuffies wrote:how can the phrase "dickmonster" cause indignation and frustration in you?
McDuffies wrote:I'd be interested to hear which underlying logic dictates this weirdness.
RobboAKAscooby wrote:I get the feeling it's creator is trying to simulate an acid trip without ever having experienced one
RobboAKAscooby wrote:I'm reminded of a student filmmaker I DP'd for a couple of times who was obsessed with David Lynch's stuff but never quite understood the hows/whys of it all. There's a fine line between "offending sensibilities" and just being offensive.
But honestly I think I'm giving too much credit here, from perusing the extra stuff on Wonderdrome I get the feeling it's creator is trying to simulate an acid trip without ever having experienced one (I haven't either but I know people who have - used to work with them).
IVstudios wrote:I've been meaning to start following this thread for a while, but it was kind of long so I put if off. And then it kept getting longer so I kept putting it off and so on. So I'm gonna just jump in the middle and hope I haven't missed all the good reviews/drama.
Komiyan wrote:With regards the 'romance', there isn't one as such (at least not yet), and it's something that'll be developed in later stories with those two, which should hopefully read better as a whole.
Komiyan wrote:I completely didn't think about how it would read as a one-off book though, which was stupid of me. I guess that's one of those mistakes you find when you translate from web to print, doh. Another on the list of lessons learned.
Komiyan wrote:Ditto with Sid's 'abilities', basically he's okish at actual magic, but he prefers stage magic and that's what he's good at. His little problem manifests as shiny things ending up on him, for the most part. Again, I'll have to clarify this later, thanks for the warning that it didn't come across clearly enough.
Komiyan wrote:I'm glad that the lightness of it came across alright, I was aiming for an Indiana Jones feel, and from what a few readers have said, I seem to have managed to hit the spot I was going for. This couldn't make me happier
Komiyan wrote:With regards the orientation of the book, it's a trick I stole from comics like Sorcery 101, Octopus Pie, and Oglaf. Landscape fits the screen much better, the shelf less so, but since 99% of readers will be reading the web version, I thought I'd give it a shot!
Yeah, it's definitely something tricky to pull off.Komiyan wrote:Thanks again, it's always heartening to hear you've managed to put across most of what you wanted to say with a comic
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Evangelical Christians have been especially attentive to worship in recent years, sparking a renaissance of thought and conversation on what worship really is and how it should be done. Even if this renewed interest has unfortunately resulted in what some have called the "worship wars" in some churches, it seems that what A. W. Tozer once called the "missing jewel" of evangelical worship is being recovered.
Nevertheless, if most evangelicals would quickly agree that worship is central to the life of the church, there would be no consensus to an unavoidable question: What is central to Christian worship? Historically, the more liturgical churches argued that the sacraments form the heart of Christian worship. These churches argue that the elements of the Lord's Supper and the water of baptism most powerfully present the gospel. Among evangelicals, some present a call for evangelism as the heart of worship, planning every facet of the service--songs, prayers, sermon--with the evangelistic invitation in mind.
Though most evangelicals mention the preaching of the word as a necessary or customary part of worship, the prevailing model of worship in evangelical churches is increasingly defined by music, along with innovations such as drama and video presentations. When preaching retreats, a host of entertaining innovations will take its place.
Traditional norms of worship are now subordinated to a demand for relevance and creativity. A media-driven culture of images has replaced the word-centered culture that gave birth to the Reformation churches. In some sense, the image-driven culture of modern evangelicalism is an embrace of the very practices rejected by the Reformers in their quest for true biblical worship.
Music fills the space in most evangelical worship, and much of this music comes in the form of contemporary choruses marked by precious little theological content. Beyond the popularity of the chorus as a musical form, many evangelical churches seem intensely concerned to replicate studio-quality musical presentations.
In terms of musical style, the more traditional churches feature large choirs--often with orchestras--and may even sing the established hymns of the faith. Choral contributions are often massive in scale and professional in quality. In any event, music fills the space and drives the energy of the worship service. Intense planning, financial investment, and preparation are invested in the musical dimensions of worship. Professional staff and an army of volunteers spend much of the week in rehearsals and practice sessions.
All this is not lost on the congregation. Some Christians shop congregations in order to find the church that offers the worship style and experience that fits their expectation. In most communities, churches are known for their worship styles and musical programs. Those dissatisfied with what they find at one church can quickly move to another, sometimes using the language of self-expression to explain that the new church "meets our needs" or "allows us to worship."
A concern for true biblical worship was at the very heart of the Reformation. But even Martin Luther, who wrote hymns and required his preachers to be trained in song, would not recognize this modern preoccupation with music as legitimate or healthy. Why? Because the Reformers were convinced that the heart of true biblical worship was the preaching of the word of God.
Thanks be to God, evangelism does take place in Christian worship. Confronted by the presentation of the gospel and the preaching of the word, sinners are drawn to faith in Jesus Christ and the offer of salvation is presented to all who so respond. Likewise, the Lord's Supper and baptism are honored as ordinances by the Lord's own command, and each finds its place in true worship.
Furthermore, music is one of God's most precious gifts to his people, and it is a language by which we may worship God in spirit and in truth. The hymns of the faith convey rich confessional and theological content, and many modern choruses recover a sense of doxology formerly lost in many evangelical churches. But music is not the central act of Christian worship, nor is evangelism, nor even the ordinances. The heart of Christian worship is the authentic preaching of the word of God.
Expository preaching is central, irreducible, and nonnegotiable to the Bible's mission of authentic worship that pleases God. John Stott's simple declaration states the issue boldly: "Preaching is indispensable to Christianity." More specifically, preaching is indispensable to Christian worship--and not only indispensable, but central.
The centrality of preaching is the theme of both testaments of Scripture. In Nehemiah 8 we find the people demanding that Ezra the scribe bring the book of the law to the assembly. Ezra and his colleagues stand on a raised platform and read from the book. When he opens the book to read, the assembly rises to its feet in honor of the word of God and their response to the reading is to answer, "Amen, Amen!"
Interestingly, the text explains that Ezra and those assisting him "read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading" (Neh. 8:8). This remarkable text presents a portrait of expository preaching. Once the text was read, it was carefully explained to the congregation. Ezra did not stage an event or orchestrate a spectacle--he simply and carefully proclaimed the word of God.
This text is a sobering indictment of much contemporary Christianity. According to the text, a demand for biblical preaching erupted within the hearts of the people. They gathered as a congregation and summoned the preacher. This reflects an intense hunger and thirst for the preaching of the word of God. Where is this desire evident among today's evangelicals?
In far too many churches, the Bible is nearly silent. The public reading of Scripture has been dropped from many services, and the sermon has been sidelined, reduced to a brief devotional appended to the music. Many preachers accept this a necessary concession to the age of entertainment. Some hope to put in a brief message of encouragement or exhortation before the conclusion of the service.
As Michael Green so pointedly put it: "This is the age of the sermonette, and sermonettes make Christianettes."
The anemia of evangelical worship--all the music and energy aside--is directly attributable to the absence of genuine expository preaching. Such preaching would confront the congregation with nothing less than the living and active word of God. That confrontation will shape the congregation as the Holy Spirit accompanies the word, opens eyes, and applies that word to human hearts.
Tomorrow: What is Expository Preaching?
R. Albert Mohler, Jr. is president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. For more articles and resources by Dr. Mohler, and for information on The Albert Mohler Program, a daily national radio program broadcast on the Salem Radio Network, go to www.albertmohler.com. For information on The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, go to www.sbts.edu. Send feedback to [email protected].
See also these latest entries on Dr. Mohler's Blog:
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A New Twist at the Movies--Women Hitting Each Other
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(CNN) - Donald Trump did not back down Tuesday from his questioning of President Barack Obama's birthplace, instead arguing heatedly with CNN's Wolf Blitzer that "a lot of people do not think it was an authentic certificate," though he declined to offer names of experts who agree with him.
The issue of Obama's birth - litigated in the 2008 presidential campaign, then settled when the Obama White House released the longform version of the certificate in April 2011 - is being brought to the fore in no small part by Trump, who is also set to fundraise alongside presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney Tuesday evening.
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On CNN's "The Situation Room" Tuesday, Trump maintained that Obama's birthplace is a matter of opinion, rather than fact.
"Everybody's entitled to your opinion," he said. "You know my opinion and you know his opinion and that's fine. We're entitled - as he said yesterday in the airplane - we're all entitled to our opinions and he's entitled to have his opinion. I don't happen to share that opinion, it's wonderful."
Blitzer presented Trump with newspaper announcements of Obama's birth from 1961.
Trump interrupted, "Can you stop defending Obama?"
"Donald, you're beginning to sound a little ridiculous, I have to tell you," Blitzer replied.
"You are, Wolf," Trump fired back. "Let me tell you something, I think you sound ridiculous."
Trump then alleged that the practice of filing U.S. birth announcements for an overseas birth was commonplace, though he offered no evidence.
"Many people put those announcements in because they wanted to get the benefits of being so-called born in this country," Trump said. "Many people did it."
Obama's longform birth certificate showed he was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961 and was acknowledged as authentic by state officials. Natural born American citizenship is one of the Constitutional requirements for the presidency.
"Is it the most important thing?" Trump asked in an interview earlier on Tuesday. "In a way it is. You're not allowed to be the president if you're not born in the country."
Trump finds himself at odds with GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, whose spokeswoman pointed out in an email statement that "Governor Romney has said repeatedly that he believes President Obama was born in the United States."
But Romney made no effort to distance himself from the comments, even when presented with the opportunity by reporters on Monday.
"You know, I don't agree with all the people who support me and my guess is they don't all agree with everything I believe in," Romney said when asked about the issue. "But I need to get 50.1% or more and I'm appreciative to have the help of a lot of good people."
Trump said he has not spoken about the birther issue with Romney
"I haven't talked to Mitt Romney about it," he said. "What I speak to Mitt Romney about is jobs. What I speak to Mitt Romney about is China, because he's got a great view on China and how they're taking our jobs and taking our product and manipulating their currency so it makes it almost impossible for our companies to compete."
Trump spoke by phone with Blitzer in the interview from Las Vegas, where he and Romney will fundraise with former GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.
Obama's campaign released a web video on Tuesday that said the 2008 GOP nominee "John McCain stood up to the voices of extremism in his party… Why won't Mitt Romney do the same?" In the video, McCain is seen addressing a woman who called Obama an "Arab," saying, "He's a decent family man, citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with."
The president's deputy campaign manager suggested Romney's alliance with Trump in light of the tycoon's statements calls into question how he would serve as president.
"Mitt Romney's continued embrace of Donald Trump and refusal to condemn his disgraceful conspiracy theories demonstrates his complete lack of moral leadership," Stephanie Cutter said in a Tuesday afternoon statement. "If Mitt Romney lacks the backbone to stand up to a charlatan like Donald Trump because he's so concerned about lining his campaign's pockets, what does that say about the kind of President he would be?"
White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said Tuesday the White House was forced to address the issue last year, "but not because we chose to, but because it was such a ridiculous distraction from the important business that we should be doing here that the president is committed to doing and Congress should be doing to help the economy grow and help it create jobs."
"We can revisit that but I think the American people are pretty fed up with this kind of nonsense," he said.
As evidence of his claims, Trump pointed to a biographical note published in the 1990s by Obama's literary agent, which said Obama was born in Kenya.
The literary agent recently apologized for the mistake.
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Romney likely to hit 'magic number' on Tuesday
Texas gears up for Lone Star primary
"Much as I think the whole birther thing is kinda ridiculous, there is this: that was not an original document, nor did it indicate anywhere that it was even a copy of an original document."
You just don't get it, do you? An original will NEVER be released because it is the duty of the government office to retain originals. All you will EVER get is a certified copy. If it has an official seal (embossed or not) that makes it admissible in place of the original in all 50 states and all federal courts. Same if there is no seal but an "attestation of certification." It would really be nice if you nutjobs would actually learn about the law and what constitutes evidence.
It's folks such as yourself that make ALL Americans look foolish.
"Where Obama was born is irelevent ... if his parents renouced his US citizenship (since he was a minor at the time) ... doesn't matter if he was born in Hawaii or not" ... is utter hogwash, and you know it.
Fact is Obama WAS born in the US ... specifically Hawaii. Mitt Romney WAS born in the US ... specifically Michigan. Both of their fathers' were born outside the US. Both are still United States citizens, regardless.
Too bad Mitt Romney had to go down this slippery road with Donald Trump. It reeks of desperation.
Donald Trump appears to be motivated by
only ego and money. If this man has deeper qualities please let us know. Until then please Stop giving him the attention he does not deserve.
Conservative icon George Will got it right when he called Trump a nincompoop.
He proves the point that you do not have to be smart to be rich.
It does help, but some fly in under the radar.
As B.Bunny once said" What a maroon ...".
This Trump guy doesn't sound too smart. Does he think his words are more important than anyone else's because he has alot of $$$? He really sounds ignorant since he cannot back his claims with factual evidence. What an egotistical moron.
Trump is a birther. Goes to show you people with a lot of money aren't necessarily very smart. Maybe the only thing money people know how to do is make money. They might not know how to make their own bowl of cereal.
Hey Trump,
Why is it bad for Obama to release the certificate of live birth, and not the birth certificate, but your golden boy Mittens can do the same thing without it being an issue.
This is why you have zero credibility, Donald, because you are a first class blithering hypocrite!
Trump believes his toupee is his real hair...its funny the things money make you believe
Blitzer got so fired about this. It may be ridiculous but it did make Wolfe sound like he's in the tank for Obama when he was firing back and cutting Trump off.
Seriously, what does Trump expect to gain with this nonsense? I think he is a bored rich guy with more money than brains. It is amazing to me that Trump has accomplished anything in his life as he does not appear to be that smart.
So here's a whacky question (if it's already been asked, I still want to know): can any of the the "birthers" prove where President Obama was born?
well at least Romney has released his birth certificate. Hadn't really thought about it but Obama released his in April of 2011?? Wouldn't he have had to do that prior to the election in 2008? All I remember about the 2008 election was all this talk about "Transparency". I got sick of hearing about it. Transparent got buried into obscurity as soon as the election was done. We still don't have Obama's college transcripts and other records for him. Why has he hidden these sorts of things?
Get a copy of the Birther the White House released and go to the blog of the hospital recorded and you will find that the hospital in Hawaii itself says that they did not get that name until after joining the other hospital 17 years after Obama was born.
That is all I needed.
I don't watch the trump show as it gives a poor image of Amercians – I choose to believe they are way better than and trump's negative image – he actually believes he is better than everybody
thanks Blitz for exposing the truth – God is with you and so is Canada
"I guess the GOP just realized that Romney isn't a US citizen so they are going on the offense. Romney has problems with a ex-patriot father who left then didn't reestablish US citizenship as far as I can tell."
Actually it's Mitt's great-grandparents who left America for Mexico. Mitt's father is second generation born in Mexico - his parents (Mitt's grandparents) were born in Mexico as well. There is some debate as to whether he (George, the father) qualified as natural born because HIS parents were Mexican born. At any rate, Mitt's father first entered the US at age 5. And - as an adult - ran for President of the United States. Apparently Mitt is OK with that. Not so much with President Obama, though, who, like Mitt, WAS born in America. His alliance with Donald Trump does suggest that Mitt is using Donald to keep the birthers going full speed ahead. One wonders to what benefit, given his own history.
Respond to Johnson: you have a problem with people who live in trailers??? Oh yea they must be 99% er's or the Non Wealthy like those who who maybe of lesser financial assets than you.
Remember they may just might move their Trailers to your property and show you that they put their pants on the same way you do.
Domald Trump was right. I loved him so much
Doesn't Donald Trump have a clothes line made in China?


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Letters of Qualification to manage the PDC were solicited from educational institutions and non-profit organizations in August 2006. The university was selected based on all submittals received. UH President David McClain stated, "The University of Hawaiʻi System is honored to have been chosen as the next steward of the PDC. We greatly admire the work done by the East-West Center as the Managing Partner over the past five years, and look forward to building upon their achievements for the benefit of Hawaiʻi and the Asia-Pacific region." The cooperative agreement with the university is expected to have a three-year term, beginning in December 2006.
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What confuses me even more is that I have to make a random flag after the start() method to determine which image should be shown.
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In your applet, randomly show an image when the applet is started or restarted. Also, print a message on the applet, depending on which image is shown. Hints: the start() method would be a good place to put some sort of random flag to determine which image should be shown. It is also a good place to call a separate method to set the image and message. The paint() method should only do the actual drawing of the image and the message. Separate methods can be created to set the image and the message into variables for the paint() method to use.


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Ted Dog
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Location: Heart of Texas
Posted: Mon 10 Jun 2013, 04:44
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Thanks, I can hopely talk a family member that mades TV programs into helping, she has lots of nice promo videos for a few car company websites.
But she only his two modes broadcast quality and effort ( days to weeks ) OR cell phone capture.
Its the nature of the audience, Early adopters are handcapped but the usefulness would be evident to those caregivers and family. Disabled people do not know this exist nor would it be worth the time to learn.
The file downloads get corrupted on the journey across the pond, same happens if the servers are located in the Asia rim.
Their has been large scale cyber-attacks against USA, I think this could be a side effect. Switzerland host should work fine in the European market.
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Ted Dog
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Location: Heart of Texas
Posted: Mon 10 Jun 2013, 06:01
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Also could be your code is solid and there is not much to discuss.
I got angry once as a programmer for a large project at a huge software house, in the lack of feedback I was getting from my group, then unit and the testers. We had time set aside for peer review, units watching over other units code for error, and a team of testers. Two full days were set aside for this process, correction time was planned in. I was twiddling my thumbs for hours a day, waiting for some feedback.
A had enough and marched in to the QA testing group and challenged the team leader. He laughed at me, my code caused him all sorts of problems that his boss had to be the one to assign my code to a tester. Code was so clean that the testing group fought over it, for an easy day, they used automated script testing and my code would spin for about three hours without causing a blip.
Of course it backfired one cycle, The final release QA master triggered a bug, that blew-up my code. My code testing was skipped that cycle due to many reasons. I'm chilling at my desk as was my habit the final hour of week. As the firestorm of cursing mixed with my name found me! He never heard of me, never made it to his code watch list. He thought I was new and did not know the system.
I pulled up my bug list and scrolled back months of no bugs to report. To which he left to go scream at the testing leadership. They accepted blame, while I fixed the bug (code in a shared library) I called the testing group to tell them I fix it, and they where able to salvage that milestone, on just my word and backing of my reputation on clean code.
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Joined: 16 Jun 2008
Posts: 3831
Location: 500 seconds from Sol
Posted: Mon 10 Jun 2013, 15:28
Post subject: Congradulations & Alternate Keyboard
Hi ETP and All,
Revised: 6/29: See
Congratulations on Mousecam pup. For many, hopefully most, it appears to be the best current solution to a difficult situation. Regretfully, I am currently unable to explore it for two reasons. The only webcam I have occasional access to is built into a Toshiba Satellite L775d which doesn't play well with Puppies. The Toshiba belongs to my wife, an only child, who never really became accustomed to sharing her toys.
Hopefully the attached desktop file may be of value to mousepup users on those occasions when they have to use an onscreen keyboard. As I understand it, the keyboard pet you've used is xvkbd. The attached is a keyboard layout which doesn't require –in fact currently works better without-- radar or NavBar. As indicated by the attached photo, it is designed as a spiral around a central space-key, with the most frequently used letters closest to that key and, whenever possible, letters frequently associated with those close to them. That arrangement should reduce mouse-cursor movement when typing to a minimum. Further efficiency might be achieved in two* ways, both through settings in Xvkbd's property menu. The first is Automatic Click, which provides:
"Set on/off of the automatic click feature and the delay before automatic click is activated. If this feature is set, xvkbd will work as if left mouse button is clicked when mouse pointer is moved on a button and stays long enough. You may want to set Jump Pointer? to OFF to avoid auto-repeating." The Automatic Click dialog enables one to set how long the absence of movement will result in a "click."
The other Xvkbd setting is quick modifiers. If Quick Modifiers is enabled, it will be activated by pressing a key on the xvkbd window, move the pointer outside of the key, and then release the mouse button or equivalent.
The direction of the pointer motion will select the modifier:
up - Shift
right - AltGr
right-up - Shift AltGr
left - Control
left-up - Shift Control
down - Meta
left-down – Alt
An illustration on the xvkbd website,
, makes the above clearer.
It would seem that Automatic Click and Quick Modifiers are incompatible, but I don't know. If incompatible, which would prove more useful may be an individual preference.
According to the xvkbd website there are four ways to set alternative keyboard as the default. But the only way I found –and understood-- was as follows: There's a file named "xvkbd" in /etc/X11/app-defaults. Rename it "xvkbd-original" --in case something gets screwed up. Download the attached to somewhere and delete the false zip ending. Copy it to /etc/x11/app-defaults, and then delete the "-Square" suffix. Restart xvkbd.
I hope it proves useful.
* p.s. Without the necessary restrictions of radar/Navbar, xvkbd's word-completion module proves to be fully functional and easy to use.
Remove false zip ending, follow instructions in post
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Location: UK
Posted: Tue 11 Jun 2013, 02:33
Post subject: RE: Alternate Keyboard
Hi mikeslr,
Thanks for your alternate keyboard layout which makes a useful addition to the accessibility tools. I realise how much effort you have put into this aspect and it is good to see that you have achieved your goal. Despite the inclusion in MouseCam of Google voice search, dictation and the option for voice mail, there will inevitably still be a need to input text into fields.
When I first saw Will Best's original post in the "Single Switch" thread I had my doubts about that project thinking that it might take something like the combined resources of IBM and Canonical to achieve! Happily I was wrong. It just took the persistence and team work of a few "Puppy" enthusiasts.
Your post has reminded me to mention that XBMC does include its own on-screen keyboard when text input is needed.
I also just had a sobering thought about voice mail in that it opens up the possibility of being remotely nagged to do some domestic chore.
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Regards ETP
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Ted Dog
Joined: 13 Sep 2005
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Location: Heart of Texas
Posted: Tue 11 Jun 2013, 15:38
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remotely nagged over nagged in person.... I know how I'd choose.
That way I can do this
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Location: 500 seconds from Sol
Posted: Wed 12 Jun 2013, 11:56
Post subject: I'm not going to try to customize xbmc's keyboard
Hi All,
Googling reveals that an xml file is used to define the layout of the the xbmc keyboard. It was suggested that that file can be customized using a text editor. I'll leave doing so to someone who knows what he or she is doing for two reasons. The first is that a quick examination of the xml file failed to reveal a section where the alphanumeric keys are easily apparent and modifiable. But more importantly, xbmc associates its keys with various actions of the applications it controls.
I have great confidence in my ability to create total chaos when fiddling with things whose ramifications I don't fully understand.
It makes more sense to use the xbmc keyboard, as it is, for the applications xbmc is specifically designed for, and to use an onscreen xvkbd keyboard for word-processing, text editing, spread-sheets, etc.: those activities for which xbmc wasn't designed.
So, if I was mistaken, and xvkbd hasn't been included in mousepup, perhaps including it in the ISO for easy installation --
Slacko's initial handling of Frisbee-- might be considered.
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Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
Posted: Wed 12 Jun 2013, 13:39
Post subject: Re: MouseCam Pup v5 – Add Voice Mail.
ETP wrote:
After a long and frustrating search, I finally seem to have struck gold in the form of
. You will of course, require a working microphone plus headset or speakers. The webcam mike could possibly be used. To post the email link to the recording you do need to be logged into Gmail.
Easy Setup:
Visit the site and add it to your bookmarks bar.
That's it finish !!!!!!
It is worth watching the following video (With audio) that describes its use:
In actual fact it can be simplified even further.
Rather than clicking on the Email icon to the right of the Embed icon, click instead on the Gmail icon that I have circled in blue in the screenshot.
A Gmail compose window will then open with an attached hyperlink to the recording.
Select who you want to send it to and then send it. It gets better. You will note the download options but if you Cc the email to your own Gmail account or another of your mail accounts you can kill two birds with one stone.
It sure beats typing and is ideal for all the accessibility pups or indeed any pup.
Hello, ETP.
NIce find, this vocaroo! Thanks for sharing it!
Indeed, in many cases, for everyone, it's easier to dictate a message than to type it,
but we don't think of dictating, because we're pre-conditioned to type, so to speak.
Have a great day!
"You want it darker? We kill the flame." (L. Cohen)
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Location: Gatineau (Qc), Canada
Posted: Wed 12 Jun 2013, 13:57
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Hi, ETP.
Hoping to get more people interested in this good and original Puppy, I just gave your MouseCam Pup a little push on the French side!
Continue the good work!
"You want it darker? We kill the flame." (L. Cohen)
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Location: UK
Posted: Wed 12 Jun 2013, 14:29
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Hi mikeslr,
Just to clarify your point XVkbd is included in MouseCam Pup and is launched from the keyboard icon in Eviacam. Please see screen-shot which also shows the options I used.
Another alternative when text input into a field is required is to dictate what is needed and then copy and paste the dictated text into the field using the Eviacam click panel on the left hand side of the screen.
@ musher0,
Thanks for your interest and promotion. It is surprising how often unexpected universal treats such as Vocaroo come out of specialist projects.
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Posts: 5806
Location: Republic of Novo Zelande
Posted: Fri 14 Jun 2013, 16:02
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Eviacam tells me my cameras frame rate is too low. It seems to work initially but then gradually seems to become unstable and jittery, then the cursor drifts off towards the bottom of screen. Anyone experiencing something similar?
(I'm using a Toshiba TE2100 2.2GHz, 500MB ram with a cheap usb webcam which works fine for Skype etc)
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Location: UK
Posted: Sat 15 Jun 2013, 05:52
Post subject: Eviacam configuration
Hi greengeek,
Head tracking is CPU intensive which may be an issue and in addition Eviacam is a bit tricky to get the best out of. It does however respond well to manual tweaking.
It needs to see 25 to 30 fps from the cam and CPU usage in HTOP will probably then be in the range of 25% to 40%. It is best to avoid repeatedly running the wizard and to make manual adjustments instead.
Start by launching HTOP followed by Eviacam. Go straight to configuration and on the advanced tab set CPU to high. On the click panel set dwell to 20. (i.e. 2 seconds)
On the motion tab set smoothness to 8.
Next run the wizard and follow the instructions. Avoid making excessive head movements. Just concentrate on viewing the visible screen edges.
Subsequent tweaking of the X and Y settings is best done manually toggling Eviacam off and on using the scroll lock. Ensure that you use the home key between adjustments to centre the cursor.
Concentrate on getting the X setting right before moving on to the Y setting. Once you have determined the optimum values for your hardware combination make a note of them!
The aim is a smooth range of full edge to edge cursor movement without excessive head movements.
I settled for X=17 and Y=16 using a cheap Logitech C270 but settings will vary wildly depending on your hardware. (10 to 24 possibly)
Good luck.
Regards ETP
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Posts: 3831
Location: 500 seconds from Sol
Posted: Sat 15 Jun 2013, 17:35
Post subject: Alternate radar and xvkbd chooser pet
Hi All,
Just a note to mention that I've published a pet providing an alternate radar for use with the Square Keyboard, and to make changing keyboard layouts easier.
Happy computing,
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Posted: Mon 17 Jun 2013, 03:46
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Wonderful ETP! Thank you very much!
- how to load the seamonkey bookmarks and history to continue to use them (from pre existent Precise save file)?
- how to load more dictionaries for Chrome (I never did use Chrome as I have a very very old personal file for Seamonkey with emails in it as Mozilla is the Puppy suite since Puppy 1.4) for other languages?
- how to load stuff for dictate in other languages?
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oui wrote:
1- how to load the seamonkey bookmarks and history to continue to use them (from pre existent Precise save file)?
2- how to load more dictionaries for Chrome (I never did use Chrome as I have a very very old personal file for Seamonkey with emails in it as Mozilla is the Puppy suite since Puppy 1.4) for other languages?
3- how to load stuff for dictate in other languages?
Kind regards
Hi oui,
1. Using Seamonkey's bookmarks manager export them as html and then import them using Chrome's bookmarks manager. I am not aware of any way of transferring the history and it is probably unwise anyway. Most people regularly clear their cache, cookies and history to keep their save files small and to avoid targeted advertising.
2. See these links:
3.See below:
Almost forgot about voice mail. Any language you like including Klingon.
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speaking Klingon is the dividing line between geek and nerd....
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For more than a year, President Obama has been trying to run against Paul Ryan and House Republicans.
And now -- with Ryan's selection as Mitt Romney's running mate -- he is.
It started in April of last year when the president invited the Wisconsin congressman and House Budget Committee chairman to hear his speech on fiscal policy at George Washington University here in Washington.
Asking Ryan to be there might have seemed like a gesture of good will toward Ryan, who had just weeks earlier unveiled his controversial budget.
Instead, sitting in the front row, Ryan listened as his plan -- and by extension Ryan himself -- was eviscerated by the president of the United States.
As Obama picked it apart, Ryan grew more annoyed, shaking his head at times and scribbling notes. As soon as the speech was over, Ryan darted out of the room.
For all of the policy discussion that will happen over the next several weeks, and deep dives into Ryan's budget, the episode highlights that politics can be awfully personal. It also began the president's year-long effort to draw a very distinct line between his vision for the country and that of congressional Republicans, led by Ryan and his budget after the 2010 GOP midterm sweep of the House. With Congress' abysmal ratings, it was an easy foil.
Perhaps nothing provides clearer evidence for how Obama will go after the Romney-Ryan ticket than three speeches Obama has given in the past year -- that one in April 2011, another months later in Kansas, and one earlier this year before newspaper editors.
Different visions
"I was excited when we got invited to attend his speech today," Ryan said, reacting to the April 2011 speech at the time. "I thought the president's invitation … was an olive branch."
It was not.
"We have a number of members of Congress here today. I'm grateful for all of you taking the time to attend," Obama said benignly near the beginning of his speech. That was just minutes before he would launch his broadside on Ryan's plan, which the president dismissed as not "serious" and "deeply pessimistic."
Romney told NBC's Chuck Todd this week he wanted a vice president with a "vision for the country." Obama swatted at that vision during the George Washington University speech.
"It's a vision that says if our roads crumble and our bridges collapse, we can't afford to fix them," Obama said. "If there are bright young Americans who have the drive and the will but not the money to go to college, we can't afford to send them. … It's a vision that says America can't afford to keep the promise we've made to care for our seniors."
He went on, slamming the plan on health care, education, clean energy and tax breaks for the wealthy.
"[W]orst of all," Obama declared, "this is a vision that says even though Americans can't afford to invest in education at current levels, or clean energy, even though we can't afford to maintain our commitment on Medicare and Medicaid, we can somehow afford more than $1 trillion in new tax breaks for the wealthy. Think about that. …
"This vision is less about reducing the deficit than it is about changing the basic social compact in America. Ronald Reagan's own budget director said there's nothing 'serious' or 'courageous' about this plan."
You can bet Ryan will remember those words.
'Not on the level'
Obama may not have mentioned Ryan by name in the speech, but he did a couple of days later when he thought no one was listening.
"When Paul Ryan says his priority is to make sure, you know, he's just being America's accountant, trying to be responsible … this is the same guy who voted for two wars that were unpaid for, voted for the Bush tax cuts that were unpaid for, voted for the prescription drug bill that cost as much as my health care bill -- but wasn't paid for. So it's not on the level," Obama said at a closed-door fundraiser after the media was ushered out, but with the microphones still on.
'You're-on-your-own economics'
In December, during the height of the Republican primary, the president traveled to Osawatomie, Kan., where he delivered a major economic address. There, he again made it clear he was running against Republicans in Congress and conservative economic ideology.
"[I]n 2001 and 2003, Congress passed two of the most expensive tax cuts for the wealthy in history," Obama said. "And what did it get us? … Remember that in those same years, thanks to some of the same folks who are now running Congress, we had weak regulation; we had little oversight; and what did it get us?"
He added this line: "We simply cannot return to this brand of 'you're-on-your-own' economics…."
'This is what they're running on'
This past April, a year after his speech at George Washington University, Obama refined his attack, slamming Ryan's budget – and doing it with specifics.
"Instead of moderating their views even slightly, the Republicans running Congress right now have doubled down and proposed a budget so far to the right it makes the Contract with America look like the New Deal," Obama said before the Associated Press luncheon. Obama then added that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich had called it "right-wing social engineering" on Meet the Press.
(After Ryan's speech Saturday, Gingrich called the pick "courageous" and "the largest step the GOP has taken towards solving the USA's problems since Reagan and Kemp.")
Obama continued, trying to tie Romney to the plan.
"And yet this isn't a budget supported by some small group in the Republican Party," Obama said. "This is now the party's governing platform. This is what they're running on. One of my potential opponents, Governor Romney, has said that he hoped a similar version of this plan from last year would be introduced as a bill on day one of his presidency. He said that he's very supportive of this new budget. And he even called it 'marvelous,' which is a word you don't often hear when it comes to describing a budget. It's a word you don't often hear generally."
He went on to skewer Ryan's budget, making the most detailed case this election on it. He cited specific numbers and consequences of cuts to financial aid, medical and research grants, clean energy, education, the Department of Justice, FBI, national parks.
The president claimed, "We wouldn't have the capacity to enforce the laws that protect the air we breathe, the water we drink or the food that we eat."
He even said Ryan's budget "would likely result in more flight cancellations, delays and the complete elimination of air traffic control services" as a consequence of the cuts proposed to the Federal Aviation Administration.
That's not to mention Medicare, which Obama warned would become a "voucher plan" and "end Medicare as we know it."
"If health care costs rise faster than the amount of the voucher, as, by the way, they've been doing for decades, that's too bad," Obama said of the plan. "Seniors bear the risk. If the voucher isn't enough to buy a private plan with the specific doctors and care that you need, that's too bad."
He continued, "So most experts will tell you the way this voucher plan encourages savings is not through better care at cheaper cost. The way these private insurance companies save money is by designing and marketing plans to attract the youngest and healthiest seniors, cherry-picking, leaving the older and sicker seniors in traditional Medicare, where they have access to a wide range of doctors and guaranteed care. But that, of course, makes the traditional Medicare program even more expensive and raises premiums even further. The net result is that our country will end up spending more on health care, and the only reason the government will save any money, it won't be on our books, is because we shifted it to seniors. They'll bear more of the costs themselves. It's a bad idea, and it will ultimately end Medicare as we know it."
Expect to hear a lot of that in the next few weeks.
Lines are drawn
Ryan proved again during his speech Saturday why he is one of the best ideological economic messengers in his party. He may make a tough policy charge, but he does it with a soft edge.
"No one disputes President Obama inherited a difficult situation. And, in his first two years, with his party in complete control of Washington, he passed nearly every item on his agenda," Ryan said before hitting the president hard. "But that didn't make things better. In fact, we find ourselves in a nation facing debt, doubt and despair."
That will be the central Romney-Ryan argument – President Obama tried, but his policies failed.
Obama's argument – we tried it Republicans' way, and it's what got us into this mess in the first place.
And now Romney has handed Obama the specifics the president has been trying to tie to the presumptive Republican nominee. ("This is what they're running on. … He even called it 'marvelous.'")
The Obama campaign is already out with a web video with this message: "With Romney and Ryan, the choice for women, the elderly, veterans, students, middle-class families, couldn't be clearer." It closes with: "Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan: Back to the failed top-down policies that crashed our economy."
There are already indications the Romney campaign may try to give the candidate some wiggle room on the Ryan budget. According to Romney campaign talking points reported by CNN, Romney "will be putting together his own plan for cutting the deficit and putting the budget on a path to balance."
But it is going to be very difficult for Romney to try to separate himself from Ryan's plan with Ryan on the ticket.
The Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol and Stephen Hayes, the same authors who pushed for the Ryan pick, wrote before the selection that Romney had given "a clear and unequivocal defense of Ryan's entitlement reforms. No hedging, no qualification." And: "Romney has praised Ryan's budget without qualification." And they called the Ryan budget "in a sense, the official Republican governing roadmap."
Picking Ryan will be seen as a full embrace of the Ryan plan. If it's not, economic conservatives would likely pounce.
The two sides will have starkly different economic messages. The lines of division couldn't be more clearly drawn. Not only did Romney get his man, but so did Obama.


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This question is about p-adic representations of $\mathrm{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}_p / \mathbb{Q}_p)$ and $(\varphi, \Gamma)$-modules. By theorems of Fontaine, Cherbonnier-Colmez and Kedlaya, the category of p-adic representations of $\mathrm{Gal}(\overline{\mathbb{Q}}_p / \mathbb{Q}_p)$ is equivalent to each of the following three categories:
- etale $(\varphi, \Gamma)$-modules over Fontaine's ring $\mathbb{B}_{\mathbb{Q}_p}$
- etale $(\varphi, \Gamma)$-modules over the subring $\mathbb{B}^{\dagger}_{\mathbb{Q}_p}$
- slope zero $(\varphi, \Gamma)$-modules over the Robba ring $\mathcal{R}$ (also known as $\mathbb{B}^{\dagger}_{\mathrm{rig}, \mathbb{Q}_p}$).
It's well known that slope 0 $(\varphi, \Gamma)$-modules over the Robba ring can sometimes be written as extensions of other Robba-ring $(\varphi, \Gamma)$-modules which are not themselves of slope 0. (Indeed there is the whole rich theory of trianguline representations, whose Robba-ring $(\varphi, \Gamma)$-modules are built up entirely from rank 1 pieces.)
My question: does this happen for either of the other two categories of $(\varphi, \Gamma)$-modules? Can one have a short exact sequence of $(\varphi, \Gamma)$-modules over $\mathbb{B}_{\mathbb{Q}_p}$ or $\mathbb{B}^{\dagger}_{\mathbb{Q}_p}$ where the middle term is etale but the two end terms are not?


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Popless Mic On/Off Switch
Many microphone users want to insert a mute button in-line with a mic cable. When you use a dynamic mic, all you have to do is short XLR pins 2 and 3 together to mute the mic. But with a condenser mic, shorting pins 2 and 3 can cause a click or pop.
The cause is phantom-power imbalance. If the phantom DC voltage on pin 2 is higher or lower than on pin 3, you get a pop when you flip the on/off switch. Bob Stadtherr, of Bob Stadtherr Engineering, kindly supplied us with a circuit to prevent this problem. Stadtherr describes the circuit shown below:
This is essentially a lowpass filter, with a cutoff frequency around 1 Hz (assuming a 150 ohm mic impedance). The 10K resistor allows the capacitor to charge to the DC voltage between the lines, so when the switch is closed, no change to the DC levels occurs.
Pin 2 might be positive relative to pin 3, or vice versa. So the capacitors should be non-polarized. To create the 1000 uF capacitor, you could use two 470 uF polarized capacitors in parallel, wired in opposite polarity.
Thanks for your suggestion, Bob! The figure below shows how to add an LED to this circuit. Use a DPDT switch and a 9V battery. It can be wired so that the LED comes on when the mic is on, or when the mic is off. In the figure below, the DPDT switch is shown pictorially rather than schematically. The components in the figure below are the same as those in the figure above.
Some people have had better luck using a switch in parallel with a potentiometer, both across pins 2 and 3. You adjust the potentiometer until there is no voltage difference between pins 2 and 3, then throw the switch to short pins 2 and 3 together.


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