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So, are you able to offer any time and/or resources to improve the performance of Moose?
I'm also wondering if a request for 'faster' and 'less system resources' is a red herring. There are system architectures you can use to improve performance -- you can cache a bunch of things, you can move from spinning rust to solid state drives, you can spread the load across multiple servers, you can set up geographically dispersed data centers .. the list goes on.
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Paul D. Hudon main subject is by the above author.
You are not your body. Your body is something you have. You are not your mind. Your mind is something you have. You are not your soul. Your soul is something you have. Who, then, are you?
You are the sum total of all of these things—a loving, caring, sensitive, compassionate sentient being that has these things—and each of these things has a purpose and a function that serves the agenda of all three.
This Body/Mind/Soul trio will be referred to in this self-exploration as The Totality of You.
The function of the Mind is to guarantee the survival of the current physicalization of The Totality of You for as long as it takes to fulfill the Soul's Agenda.
The function of the Body is to gather data from the physical environment to assist the Mind in guaranteeing your survival, and to place within that environment, in physical form, the non-physical ideas, concepts, and decisions of the Mind.
The function of the Soul is to experience as many aspects as possible of Who and What It Really Is, using the Body, the Mind, and the physical environment in which It has placed Itself, as tools with which to accomplish this.
Yes all three are prevalent in our complexity, yet the soul or spirit has been inducted, or programmed with the memory of who you are or have been in previous lives. Your soul is part of a long line of you in different eras of living. Yet it always comes back in the same lineage, you never stray from this family line. If you are a Hudson now you were a Hudson in all previous lives. In my case my last name is Hudon dit Beaulieu, arrived in New France (Canada) 1738.
There are souls in your spirit world that have made it to an advanced stage in their evolution and are there to help you to get to your next stage of evolution in your spiritual awareness. They are often the source of these epiphanies that if you learn to tune in too you will receive as intuition.
No different from we as humans are placed here to be a help mates to other human beings, in essence we are our brothers keeper. If we cannot see this as a truisms then we are surely blind and very selfish.
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Because your Mind has been given little—or worse yet, totally inaccurate—information about the Soul's Agenda (which is Life's agenda), neither your Mind nor your Body can very often serve that agenda well—unless it is working in conjunction with the Soul.
Right now, if your Mind does not know what the Soul knows, your life could feel as if it's being pulled in different directions. Indeed, your very purpose for being on Earth could wind up being compromised—if not completely ignored. This is, in fact, the circumstance in which most of humanity finds itself today.
There is one thing that must be made clear or obvious here, the soul is the magnet of the threesome which will help you glean what is relevant for all three and so you can totally self actualized. In order too glean the information from the soul one must tune in to the inspired feelings in the form of epiphanies to know what one is expected to live his or her life. The more you use these inspired feelings the more you can self-actualize.
Now the spiritual helpmates who have gone on before and who operate at a higher form of being will be from the same lineage and will be your guardian angels, they will guide you and even protect you. This is primarily where intuition or epiphanies come from.
I was doing exercise for my abs and my intuition told me to stop at three crunches and I did four and wrenched a muscle off my rib, I am just starting to recover.
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What must happen if you wish to live a life that serves its actual purpose is that your Mind must bring into its database that of which the Soul is already aware, so that you can produce the experience of it. The Soul holds Knowledge, while the Mind creates the Experience, of what you call Reality.
This is the very reason that The Totality of You came into the physical realm: to Experience that of which It has full Knowledge. Yet if the Mind's data does not include the Soul's Awareness, the continuing experiences the Mind creates will not be expressions of what the Soul knows—and that will not serve The Totality of You.
It is very important to understand that the "database" from which you may construct any present reality (i.e., the information that is stored within you), exists in two different places and is accessed in two different ways.
The challenge in human life is that most people do not know this—or do know it, but have not yet learned how to shift their point of focus from one well of information to the other at will…much less bring the two together.
What is being said here is that data about Life is held in "memory" within the Totality of You—and that one kind of memory is Physical, while the other is Metaphysical. The first kind of memory we have called Experience and the second, Knowledge. The first type of memory produces Desire (a yearning for more experience), the second reveals Intention (a yearning for a particular kind of experience—based on Knowledge, not prior Experience).
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Now this is supplied by two sources first the metaphysical comes from the realm of those mystic beings that gather around us known as angels but are really of the same lineage as your previous life source or previous incarnations eras.
As you may have guessed, the first kind of "memory" is held in the Mind, the second in the Soul. the Mind captures, categorizes, files, and brings forward memories of every experience your Body and Mind have ever had. The Soul is the repository of all Knowledge about Who You Are, Where You Are, Why You Are Where You Are, and all other aspects of Everlasting Life. This Knowledge is what has also been called here your Awareness. The terms are used synonymously.
As explained earlier, the sum of these two "data banks" is what humans call Consciousness. You no doubt have often heard the term "consciousness raising." This refers to the increase or expansion of the Mind's database—its limited storehouse of Experience–to include more of the Soul's unlimited Knowledge or Awareness of Life.
Experience +Awareness=Consciousness.
The level of your Consciousness depends upon how much Experience you have had not only of your physical life, but also of your metaphysical life, the knowledge of which exists in your Soul's Awareness.
When, in any particular moment, your Present Experience (that is, the experience you are now having, rather than your memories of previous experience) and your Present Awareness (that is, the awareness to which you now have given yourself access) are joined together, the Mind's Desire and the Soul's Intention become One.
This is, truly, a marriage made in heaven: the merging of the Mind and the Soul. And what God has joined together, let no man put asunder.
The above excerpt is from The Only Thing That Matters, which the author, Neale Donald Walsch, has described as the most important writing he has been inspired to produce since Conversations with God-Book One
Inspiration is always a two-way street, the inspiration of the writer, and then the inspiration of the reader who chooses to record his or her inspirations gleaned from writing he or she read. This is what I have been lead to write these comments in italics. You may not agree with them yet the inspiration from the metaphysics comes in forms of epiphanies received during the reading. Now these may only be for the reader, or they may be expected to be shared. There is a conscious and an unconscious mind, I refer to the unconscious mind as being synonymous with the soul, another way to understand this is. Now it is the hard drive of your being your soul, your life spirit or spirit life.
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Now if you believe that there are mysteries in scripture you must be following, the Babble of Mystery Religion, or BABYLON THE GREAT, it teaches secrets, and believes that the ETERNAL CREATOR is full of mysteries and rituals. We must realize that he promised that through his HOLY SPIRIT LIFE SOURCE, and led into all truths, this means there are no mysteries, and we are making HIS WORD more complicated than it is or ought to be. We repeat there are no mysteries in the plan of salvation. Do you also realize that the apostate religion was in charge of the scriptures and they thought it sin to read the same for 500 years? There is a dogma taught about predestination which teaches that some have been predestined to live a life of crime and sin, and die the ETERNAL DEATH, this is a fallacy, and does not concur with scripture. The form of predestination that is extant in humanity is that he is pre-programed to become the person he is meant to be or become. Now this is accomplished by his decision-making process. He can choose to do evil, or he can decide to do good works. When a man learns to count it, all joy in what is happening to him; and when he accepts that HIS ETERNAL FATHER in his life. When he comes to the realization that every shortfall or sin that bogs him down or occurs in his life, he will understand that he will allow the HOLY SPIRIT LIFE SOURCE to lead him in making increasingly right decisions. In other words, learn to walk in the spirit. Now the spirit returns to GOD at death; this indicates to me that it is ETERNAL. If we are eternal, then it follows that there can be no such thing as hell or any other teachings. Now I believe that our spirit can return to God and it can be erased just like a cassette tape. Now and remembered no more, the physical body destroyed by fire, but the spirit returns to GOD.
Christ came to give us the knowledge on how to walk in the spirit. Now the inner core of The Human Creature is not physical it is spiritual and created in the IMAGE of OUR SUPREME CREATOR. That is the GOD-NESS in us. It says we are GODS, so embrace the GOD-NESS in us.We must climb to this mark of this high calling; we must bring our self in complete alignment to OUR SUPREME CREATOR. The scripture says that this spirit essence in man returns to him at death. When he removes the spirit life that he gives us we die. Now, this life source returns RECEIVES another chance to live a new life on earth hoping he will choose to live UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. THERE ARE NO MYSTERIES IN SCRIPTURES. " We repeat there are no mysteries with the ETERNAL CREATOR. His plan of salvation is simple and can be understood by the lowly souls. His wish and desires are that he will save all. To understand this, we must come to the total reality that there is nothing that orchestrated in our life that was not preordained to happen. Now we must realize that all these happening are for our good, and our instruction. The only part we play in this transaction is making the right decision. What we do with it will stem on how good we can read his will in our lives, if we know him in every action we soon fall in line with his plan for us. Nothing happens in our life capriciously; He is leading and if we learn to follow we will fall into his plan for us. The blueprints set, and if we put up walls between OUR CREATOR and our self, we stop or retard our spiritual growth, every Physical Ritual is a stumbling block between our self and OUR ETERNAL FATHER, and HIS CHRIST, to think otherwise is folly. We are setting up GRAVEN IMAGES between OUR ETERNAL FATHER and us. You may not agree, and I will not judge you, for I am not to judge the other man's servant. The Indian philosophy of reincarnation is not without fault; they like all the other religions are made up of some truths, some fallacies, some half-truths, and some fabrications.
Here I am talking about reincarnation; it is not plausible and does not align with scripture some say and does not allow for the Supreme Goodness of Our Creator, and His Perfection, it may take three or four reincarnated life to make it back to our SPIRITUAL ENTITY. Since the soul is eternal and has lived forever, then it is plausible that we all have had several lives before this one.
Now I know that it is the Greatest Wish of my Eternal Creator that he wants all saved. I also believe that the number of souls that will parish is none religion would have us believe differently.
Many denominations suffer from what I call the spirit of revenge and they almost talk with glee on the souls that will be burnt up in what they call Hell Fire. Now if a soul is doomed to eternal death, then you will trample down the wicked. There is no burning in Eternal Hell Fire. K.I.S.S. Keep It Simple, Simon.
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Billy Graham Net Worth is $25, Million. Billy Graham is an American evangelical Christian evangelist; he has a net worth of $25 million.
Bill Gates net worth: Bill Gates is an American business magnate, chairman of Microsoft, philanthropist, author who has a net worth of $90 billion. Bill Gates has spent much of the last 20 years as the richest person in the world, though he has slipped to #2 on a handful of occasions.
Jean Paul Getty (December 15, 1892 – June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist. He founded the Getty Oil Company, and in 1957 Fortune magazine named him the richest living American, while the 1966 Guinness Book of Records named him as the world's richest private citizen, worth an estimated $1.2 billion (approximately $8.8 billion in 2015). At his death, he was worth more than $2 billion (almost $8.3 billion in 2015).
Now these people claim to do charity works but, the charity work they do only enrich the wealthy, and the poor remain continually poor in wealth.
The first mentioned here is the head of a religious organization. He has a salary of $1,000,000.00 and lives in opulence, while most of the contributors can barely feed themselves.
They preach the message of ten percent, which was a form of taxation on the nation Israel and was never meant to get pass the old testament. The Roman Government took up the Jewish worship system and bastardized it. Thy took the High Priest he replace the Emperor and called him POPE, took the senates and called them cardinals, and the temple workers and all other. They all became an order of corruption and greed and if you go to these organization for help they send you to the government welfare department. Some help with food banks, but the bigger churches just sit on their wealth.
When it come to evil the Roman church is the biggest culprit. They are sitting on so much gold that it pails into insignificant all the other gold in the world. Now the evil is this hoarding of money. Now the majority or a high number of the world 7.6 billion are starving or living in poverty. Nw those that live a little above the poverty line struggle to make ends meet.
Now all of the for mentioned above are hoarding money, and none of them could outlive the use of that money. In other words, they could never spend their money in one million years.
"Now one of the company said unto the man, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. He said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? He said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consist not in the abundance of the things which he possesses. He spoke a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: He thought within himself, saying, What shall I do because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? He said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater, and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. I will say to my soul, Soul; you have many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that lays up treasure for himself and does see his brothers need an is an anathema or a loathing person doing spiritual works.
There is no U-hall to the grave, so what are you hoarding. The above quote confirms that hoarding money is the root of all evil. Not the love of money, as long as you use it to better the lives of your fellow man. Remember we are our brother's keeper.
Charles E. Blake
Charles E. Blake is a California bishop who reportedly earned $900,000 per year and lives in a 10,000 square feet Beverly Hills mansion. He earns his massive salary from the help of 25,000 weekly members who attend his church, and 50,000 online weekly participants. While he lives the good life, his average parishioner earns just $27,907 while living in poverty in South Central Los Angeles.
You know too many people operate in the past and the future, past if only I had not done that, or I screwed up my life, or they live in the future when I get that perfect job, or I win the lottery I will have it good. They never live in the present doing for the moment or residing in the moment, they procrastinate, and put off for tomorrow what they should do today. Brings to mind a joke, he who hesitates on the freeway takes the next exit off. We have power of attorney over our thoughts and should use it; we are in-charged of everything in our lives.
For what man knows the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him, even so, the things of the Eternal knows no man but through Its Spirit in man which is eternal, is it known. Remember we have not received the spirit of the world, but of the Eternal Father, that we might know the things given us by Him.
This scripture tells me that he supplies us with more than human life because this Eternal Spirit returns to the father at death. However, if I imbibe more of Holy Spirit Life through the intuition of the ETERNAL FATHER CREATOR, I have that same life source as Christ. We must understand that this spirit in man does not make up the physical body, and they are not synonymous. The spirit in man is a separate entity, and it is part of the mind in man. The mind of man LEFT WITHOUT INSPIRATION is deceitful and desperately wicked who can know it. Now especially when it follows the dictates of man and allows them to mold them into their image, and not become the unique human being, they can be. Which is a separate entity from any other person? When the mind of man tunes into this HOLEY SPIRIT LIFE SOURCE which we all possess from birth from the Eternal Father the universal creator, and examine our thought process, we become the perfect us and not a carbon copy of some man we follow.
We must remember in faith that if the Universal Holy Spirit has started or begun a good work in us, it is faithful to complete it until we return to it at death.
For that which I do, I allow not for what I would that I do I not; but what I hate that I do. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto love which is good. Now then it is no more I that do it but hate and fear that dwells in me. For I know myself, that is my flesh dwells no good thing for my will is to perform that which is good. I find myself not doing it. For the good that I would do, I do not. Now if I do that which I should not it is no more I that do it but the hate and fear which is present within me. We also must remember let he who thinks he stands, take heed lest he falls. Now we are commanded to bring every thought into captivity. We must choose life and UNCONDITIONAL LOVE, not fear and hate.
We must be vigilant for it says in the word that man's thought are evil at all times, which means that we have to make a concerted effort to replace them every time with good thoughts. For I delight in the Eternal s LOVE after the inward man, but I see HATE and FEAR in me. Oh, wretched man that I am who shall deliver me from this death? Now laws have been imposed on man, by man and not GOD. Now I inserted for the man to have dominion over his fellow man, and enslave them to dogmas, and rudiments that have no semblance of love.
Now the comforter, which is the God's Spirit which GOD has given us at birth will teach us all things and will bring all things to our remembrance whatsoever. Now if we start believing that every thought that we think comes from the Universe and are there for us to act on them and we believe them and always minimize that they are not for us, just random thoughts. There is no such thing as random thoughts. Every thought has power, and those that you neglect are those that you perceive not for you.
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you, not as the world give you I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled; neither let it be afraid.
He comes back to us every day in our thoughts, and as he said he would not leave us, we have GOD in us, and the promises are true. This body of mine is just a physical expression of the great GOD in me. I will try to make that expression into one of unconditional love of all humans.
By: Paul D. Hudon
Then the Jews took to stone him. Christ answered them; Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that you, being a man, make Thyself God. Christ answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture we cannot break. Say you of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world. You blaspheme; because I said, I am the Son of God? If I don't do the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though you believe not me, believe the works: that you may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand. Many people say Christ did not mean we were literal GODS but he meant just that and nothing else. W are GODS, we have Eternal Life, Unconditional Love just as Christ is, we are Unlimited Power, are Free, yes no man's slave.
Now what part of Christ was GOD; it was not his physical body, it was his spirit essence here is the scripture. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and truth. Now since we must worship him with our spiritual side, this body is just Physical. Universal Gods, the desire of this human body, is we are the expression of itself in human form. Also since spirit is a force or energy then to worship the great GOD must be done via spiritual energy or power. We say that the Universal God is an all-powerful, all-knowing, all-seeing and all-consuming entity. So if the spirit cannot see, and the expression of this physical body is the Eternal God in us his and our hope of glory. Why does religion have this all askew? A very wrong opinion of what their creator wants.
Now at creation did he blow physical life into the nostrils of Adam, or was what he imparted to Adam SPIRITUAL? Now I believe that when THE ETERNAL CREATOR gives us ENERGY of LIFE it has to be spiritual, and not physical. Now, what he gave to the body is Spiritual Life and ETERNAL LIFE. Now that SPIRIT is Eternal and borne Free. Now also believe that this is a story in parable and not an actual happening, it is there to teach not create doctrine.
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is HE that is in you, than he that is in the world. Can you now begin to see that you have all power? If you believe that this power is unlimited you can conquer all things, for unto you all things are possible. This power is ours through it being the spirit life that keeps us alive.
Now we are an expression of the great Universal GOD, in-charged over all the universe, not the insipid god of religion. The Eternal Creator has chosen a man as an expression of himself, allowing people in a physical body so that the GREAT GOD could enjoy every whim thought out by man. He also wanted us to choose between Hate and Love.
Now GOD cannot hate only LOVE, but this Universal Force or Holy Spirit life is not physical it is SPIRITUAL ENERGY OR FORCE. GOD is not physical although he enjoys physicality through the form of human man. I know this is far-reaching for some of you, but I believe that I write from inspiration and I read a lot of literature in my research and then let the Universal Energy give me inspired thoughts. I believe that every thought is given to us from the universe if we use S.T.O.P, Study, Think, (or Meditate) Organize, and Priorities, all these ideas we will come to understand the Universals Will in our lives.
Now the Universe also enjoys other expressions, such as through animal, fish, trees, and other plant life, all these are a physical manifestation of the Universal GOD. I repeat it is not physical; it is a Universal Force or Energy, or Spirit Essence.
Christ said if we had the faith of a mustard seed we could move mountains. Now to have that much faith you must be able to see that your Spirit Life Source and we are one. Now when we honestly see that you and the Eternal Creator are one, then you have your faith and the faith of the Universal Eternal Creator. Since its desire is to have you express that desire. Makes you one with it and of one mind and one power and one faith. The relationship that Christ had with his Father, or with the Universal Creator was that he was one as if tied at the hip. He believed that the entity that he called GOD was one with him and he was one with it. He thought that is Christ have nothing refused. I also so believe that I am to have nothing withheld. Now not even in the most little thing like asking the universe to give me rain at night and the sun during the day. Now of late I have received this petition every day. This month. Now I have had some small showers during the late evening, with sun throughout the day. I received my request; I know that my desire is the Universe Creators desire, and our desire is one.


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Puppy 4.2 - Desktop and Artwork
Hello Puppians
I have lately looked at the desktop of Puppy. In my (very personal) eyes, it's easy to see possible improvements. Together with my friend Raymond Levang (who also helped us with Pmusic), I have made a suggestion for organizing and artwork on the Puppy desktop. If this sounds interesting for Puppy 4.2, I'm willing to continue the work. Else it will just end up here on my desktop, which was the internal goal.
My complete Puppy theme is called 'DeepThought', and are based on my already existing stardust gtk-theme and icons. The icons has become orange, as a contrast to the clear (cold) graphics in Puppy 4.0 and 4.1.
First impression is important. There should be something to look at, but not screaming to you. I want the clean destop to give you a relaxed mood. Also, this gives the chance to add more 'bling' to the more important areas. These areas will differ, depending on what you click on. On the default screen, the icons (top left) are given most intensity. The menu-button has become orange, since it definitive is very important. Whatever that should get users attention is given more energy than the smooth grayish background, widgets and pup_event icons. Menu and utility-bar is only seen when it's active, so it will not disturb the whole if these are colored with a 'screaming' pencil. They are important when seen, and should easy get focus on screen. Else, you're back to the calm relaxing desktop.
There are 5 categories I have looked at. All choices are made with size/bloat in mind.
I have reworked the Stardust theme. Now a bit darker with spots of orange.
It has got some more bloat, and will add another 20kb your system.
I have also made an upgrade of the existing Stardust gtk theme.
There is a new jwm-theme that follows my global thought. - Calm Black/gray of what's on the desktop, and orange on autohide objects like the Menu and utility bar. The utlity bar is on top of screen, and are meant for utilities you often use. For me that is Rxvt, Pfind, Pprocess, Pwireless, cups ...
- The 'show desktop' button we are used to on the tray, are here moved to the utility bar. This is good for the baby-laptops which has limited screen. And it all looks cleaner.
- The clock has got a facelift with new color, new font (digital charge), and shows 24 hour format. The font is not included in these jwm packages, but as a part of Pwidgets.
- I have made bigger orange corners for resizing windows.
Jwm has limitations when it comes to theming, so instead of complaining about missing options, I have tried to build a theme that feels ok with a rather minimalistic look.
- Just gray/black window decoration
- The menu is flat, so flat icons cooperate well.
It is all seperated in 2 different packages:
First the ordinary jwm-theme. This will install like all the other jwm-themes. You'll set it in the 'JWM configuration'. This is the graphical artwork.
The next packages defines how the desktop is organized. This includes 4 trays, 2 new programs for editing items on desktop and in utility tray, a new menu button , improved menu formating, a hacked 'Desktop icon switcher, and some tray icons.
Be aware - This could be risky!
It's like a snake in your system, and NOT widely tested. If you intend to install this, you should read the notes in the end of this post about 'Menu format', 'Removed trayapps' and 'Programs to desktop'.
Requires the icon package.
After installation:
- Run 'fixmenus' in terminal.
- Restart X to update new rox settings.
Here's a lot new. I have removed most icons on the desktop. In my mind, it is more logical to show icons meant for newbies in the Welcome screen. I'm thinking of Setup, Help and Install... Utilities like Rxvt, Edit and Xlock should be placed in utility bar. Like this they are always reachable, even if desktop is filled with windows. The connect button is somewhat special in Puppy. This is an important icon, but I think it should be doable to integrate it with the www icon. - If no connection is established, then start the connect wizard.
The DeepThought icon-theme have now 3 categories:
- 48x48 - Gray / Orange / Black for programs on desktop, and for the utility tray.
- 48x48 pupevent - gray (dimmed) icons for mounting
- 24x24 menu - simple flat orange
The pup_event icons are dimmed when not mounted. A nice effect that also calm down the overall impression of the desktop. The green/yellow dot is kept for its compatibility with mounted folders in rox .
I have increased the number of 48x48 icons by a few more. This to ensure that all installed programs in Puppy has a proper icon that fits on the desktop. The complete set of icons are showed
An interesting alternative icon-theme is jebaJQ8s great looking mini-theme. This is only 27kb. I have repacked to fit my new icon-theme standard. It means it will work together with the icon2desk script (drag icons/programs to desktop).
Here's a Puppy wallpaper pack. Orange, Blue, green and gray.
1.) DeepThought.png
2.) Stardust.png
3.) Aurora.png
4.) Rastapax.png
You might think that: "Ok, this looks ordinary", and you're quite right
The only difference is that these wallpapers are only 12 kb, - all 4 together.
- The rastapax image fits good on systems that runs with 16 bits colordepth.
- Using this pack instead of the Puppy wallpapers in 4.12, will save the iso for about 250 kb.
- It seems to be popular with dark backgrounds these days. The DeepThought wallpaper is made light, to fit better on older/cheaper screens (like mine). But it is still warm, to fit the rest of the theme and our global thought of how a Puppy desktop should look and function.
I have started the work on Pwidgets. It is now a working widget manager app where user very easy can choose if he/she wants widgets, and which widgets he/she wants. It is not that easy to turn off the background processes for trayapps like freememapplet, xload and asapm. With Pwidgets, it is.
At the moment there are 9 different widgets available.
Putting Pwidgets into Puppy will need:
- Pwidgets (52 kb) (including xonclock)
- conky + dependencies (300 kb).
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I have made it easier to add programs/icons to desktop. The function is activated by the autohided left tray 'Add icon'. This is included in the jwm-tray package.
The utility tray has its own editor, so it's rather simple to add and remove items in YOUR tray. Tray icons are the same as the desktop icons (scaled), and will not include any new bloat to your Puppy. The utility tray both clean the desktop and gives quick links to most wanted programs and features (like 'Power OFF'). Tray and editor are included in the jwm-tray package.
J-Bob and Me has hacked the 'Desktop icon switcher'.
- The startbutton is now a part of the icon-theme.
- The icon themes may contain symlinks.
- It cooperates with Pwidgets.
The hacked script is a part of the jwm_tray package.
I have hacked the fixmenus script.
The menu has got some space between icon and text.
I have split name and description for menu items with a - . The script asume that the first word is the program, and the rest is the description. What I have seen, nearly all packages is described like this. The only exceptions seems to be Barry own scripts, which often have no name, - only description. (ie 'set date and time'). The hacked fixmenus script treat these unique. This means that the split function will do a bad job with a new package without 'name (and) description'. This is somewhat funny
, since Barry himself made the pet-scripts with the questions:
'Type application name:'
'Type the VERY SHORT description:'
The script builds symlinks of all apps in the menu. These are used by the new functions to drag icon/program to desktop and the utility tray editor.
The script is added to the jwm-tray package.
#v2.14 Puppy now has XDG menus.
#this script builds the menus from template files.
#Any templates can be placed into /etc/xdg/templates, and the file must be
#named to show its final destination. For example, the template for JWM:
# _root_.jwmrc
#...the '_' will be converted to a '/', so the generated JWM config file is:
# /root/.jwmrc
# 5jan2008: fbpanel,lxpanel support developed by plinej.
# 1nov2008: zigbert
# - improved formating of menu
# - hardlinks of all menu-apps in $HOME/my-applications/bin/
#split name and description and
#symlink all menu-apps in $HOME/my-applications/bin/
APPS="`ls -1 /usr/share/applications | tr '\n' ' '`"
for I in $APPS
sed -i -e "s/ - / /g" $APP #remove old split
TMP="`cat $APP | grep -m 1 ^Exec= | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | cut -d '=' -f 2`"
EXEC=`which $TMP`
TMP=`readlink $EXEC`; if [ "$TMP" ]; then EXEC=`which $TMP`; fi #if symlink
TMP=`echo $EXEC | grep AppRun`; if [ "$TMP" ]; then TMP2=`dirname "$TMP"`; EXEC=`which $TMP2`; fi
echo $EXEC
ln -f $EXEC $HOME/my-applications/bin/
#Split: avoid split in the following menu entries:
[ "`grep 'Categories=X-SetupWizard' $APP`" ] && continue #all setup wizards
[ "`grep 'Name=Puppy ' $APP`" ] && continue #entries starting with 'Puppy'
[ "`grep 'Name=Add ' $APP`" ] && continue #entries starting with 'Add'
[ "`grep 'Name=Set ' $APP`" ] && continue #entries starting with 'Set'
[ "`grep 'Name=Configure Xlock screen locking' $APP`" ] && continue
[ "`grep 'Name=Desktop drive icons manager' $APP`" ] && continue
[ "`grep 'Name=Desktop icon switcher' $APP`" ] && continue
[ "`grep 'Name=Format floppy disk' $APP`" ] && continue
[ "`grep 'Name=JWM configuration' $APP`" ] && continue
[ "`grep 'Name=Remaster Puppy live-CD' $APP`" ] && continue
[ "`grep 'Name=Wizard Wizard' $APP`" ] && continue
[ "`grep 'Name=Xautoconnect to wireless network' $APP`" ] && continue
NAME="`cat $APP | grep -m 1 ^Name= | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | cut -d '=' -f 2`"
sed -i -e "s/^Name=$NAME /Name=$NAME \- /" $APP
#Puppy 2.14: XDG menu
TEMPLATES="`ls -1 /etc/xdg/templates | tr '\n' ' '`"
for ONETPL in $TEMPLATES
[ "$ONETPL" = "README.txt" ] && continue
ONEDEST="`echo -n "$ONETPL" | sed -e 's/_/\//g'`"
echo "Generating $ONEDEST..."
[ -f $ONEDEST ] && mv -f $ONEDEST ${ONEDEST}-previous
cat $ONESRC |
while read ONELINE
EXECMENU="`echo -n "$ONELINE" | grep -o 'PUPPYMENU.*' | cut -f 2-5 -d ' '`"
if [ "$EXECMENU" = "" ];then
echo "$ONELINE" >> $ONEDEST
#5jan2008: support for fbpanel, lxpanel...
[ -f /usr/bin/fbpanel_menu_refresh ] && fbpanel_menu_refresh
[ -f /usr/bin/lxpanel_menu_refresh ] && lxpanel_menu_refresh
#1nov2008: add space(s) beetween icon and text
sed -i -e 's/label="/label=" /g' ${ONEDEST}
The Battery widget checks whether battery power is below 10%, and gives then a red warning on top of screen.
The widget itself changes color from green to red when power goes below 20%.
for download and more info
The trayapps freememapplet (9kb) and xload (6kb) has been replaced by widgets. The battery app - asapm (13kb), could also be replaced if wanted.
The trayapps are removed from the new /root/.jwmrc-tray. I have also killed the trayapps in my /root/.xinitrc. Else they will load, and freememapplet will show up in a normal window. Here is the bottom of my /root/.xinitrc:
killall -9 freememapplet
killall -9 xload
#exec $CURRENTWM
#v2.11 GuestToo suggested this improvement...
which $CURRENTWM && exec $CURRENTWM
[ -x $CURRENTWM ] && exec $CURRENTWM
exec jwm
When updating jwm after changing jwm-theme, the script /usr/local/jwmconfig2/theme_switcher generates a new line for xload in /root/.jwm-tray. If xload isn't there, .jwm-tray are totally blanked out. I have here unmarked the xload code in /usr/local/jwmconfig2/icon_switcher (the following code starts at line 78 )
My hacked script is in the jwm-tray package to avoid conflicts.
GetLineIndex "blinkydelayed"
echo $linenumber
# GetLineIndex "xload -nolabel"
# linenumber2=$?
# echo $linenumber2
lineNumber=`expr $linenumber`
# lineNumber2=`expr $linenumber2`
blinkyline=" blinkydelayed -bg \"$BackgroundColor\""
# xloadline=" xload -nolabel -fg red -hl white -bg \"$IndentedBackgroundColor\""
# sed -e "$lineNumber"i"$blinkyline" -e "$lineNumber"d -e "$lineNumber2"i"$xloadline" -e "$lineNumber2"d $TrayFileBak > $TrayFile
sed -e "$lineNumber"i"$blinkyline" -e "$lineNumber"d $TrayFileBak > $TrayFile
#end John Doe's code.
Puppy 4.1 contains the default Pmusic-theme (22kb). I think this could be skipped with the new gtk-theme.
It looks really good as is.
I have made a tiny script that converts all 'orange' splashes to smoother color.
I have always been reminded of Puppys undesigned look when meeting those barbarian oranges.
#Change the color of orange gxmessages and yaf-splash
#WARNING! This script changes ALL instances of the of the word 'orange' in all files in /usr/sbin/
ls -1 /usr/sbin > /tmp/splash-color
while read I in; do
sed -i -e 's/ "orange" / "peru" /g' /usr/sbin/$I #gxmessage
sed -i -e 's/ orange / peru /g' /usr/sbin/$I #yaf-splash
done < /tmp/splash-color
#unique apps
echo -e "\c" > /tmp/splash-color
echo /usr/bin/xsaneshell >> /tmp/splash-color
while read I in; do
sed -i -e 's/ "orange" / "peru" /g' $I #gxmessage
done < /tmp/splash-color
ttuuxxx has help us with a improved theme for Seamonkey.
This is available and are 14 kb. But since it replaces default icons, it will not give much bloat when used as default in Puppy 4.2.
A very tiny grub splash (6kb) is maybe a bit off the road, but nice for those who wants to dive a little bit deeper.
I have added to my /boot/grub/menu.lst:
forground 555555
background 000000
The splash itself is
. For more info about making a more beautiful grub, take a look at
And if you also want a matching terminal, you can run it with the command:
rxvt -fg peru -bg gray20
Ok, this is my draft for the 'new' Puppy. I have been tweaking on this for a while, and will continue to ... But I felt I had enough to share some thoughts.
Sigmund Berglund
Stardust resources
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now that theme looks sweet!
nice job Zigbert
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Posted: Sat 11 Oct 2008, 19:55
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Raymond Levang has made this beautiful wallpaper
Works for me
Keep on tweaking Zigbert
I would ask Raymonds advice on the colour scheme for the stardust tweak
Tangerine might work better than red and the original icons might work better than the blue ones?
I wonder if it is feasible to have a beginners / standard toggle?
Also using
with the Raymond Levang background sounds a good idea . . .
However these are minor points and we can certainly use your work as the basis of 4.2 which is best based on 4.11 (not yet available but Barry is working on it)
Well done guys.
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I like it. Except, I liked the orange, and would miss it. But that's minor.
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Posted: Sun 12 Oct 2008, 01:17
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Hey zigbert nice job
Maybe you would share the background and a link to the clock?
The red icons and theme is a bit red for my liking.
have you tried the "Clearlooks" gtk2 theme
also try this pet out, it replaces 80+icons and updates Gradient-grey just do the regular
restart jwm
and menu/desktop/Chtheme Gtk theme chooser select Gradient grey / apply
Ps once installed click things like the setup icon on the desktop, thats a total improvement
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I like this look very much. The brown/orange accent on the desktop is very pleasing. I would like to see that same accent coloring used on menus and icon sets instead of red.
RED is not a calming color!
Let's avoid it unless/until we *really* need the user's attention.
Otherwise excellent.
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Calm is boring. Should Puppy be calm, or fun? Puppy used to have a lot of bright colors, and as incoherent as the theme was back then, it was exciting. Puppy 4.00 brought with it a more coherent and polished theme, but it was cold and dead. No energy.
I generally don't like blue icons, for the above reason. But at least with this one, they contrast quite well with the background. It doesn't quite approach electric, but it sort of leans that way. Much better than having the blue on a bluish background so they are all subtle and matching.
The brown and red help to counter the cold effect of the blue. It becomes hot
cold. Which is good - variety. A good meal doesn't consist of one thing uniformly blended. It has several elements in different proportions in different locations, so that no bite is quite the same. Thus, the tongue stays engaged. It never knows quite what the next bite will taste like. Similarly, the combination of blue and red over an overall brown-gray helps keep things spicy.
Not that I feel
intensely about this theme. Just a little hungry
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Posted: Mon 13 Oct 2008, 16:50
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I understand the need for "bling", but we're talking about "the" Puppy here, not a derivative. Barry resisted pumping up Puppy's UI because he wanted it to appeal to the masses. He left the rest to derivative developers.
Consider too the fact that the leading Linux distro is quite "blah". Ubuntu wouldn't win any beauty contests, but it also doesn't offend many people's taste (much).
I think Zigbert's low-key approach makes sense. It's slick and modern looking without "getting in your face". Those who want to pump Puppy up with bling are free to do so.
Which also suggests that theme development is important to Puppy's future. We can't go wrong by providing users a choice.
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I wasn't talking about bling, unless you think that what Zigbert has done is blingy. I was just saying that a theme which is too calm is opposite of Puppy's mentality. I think that Zigbert has found a good compromise between calmness and energy.
Removing the red from the menu would cause it to blend in too much with the background, IMHO. I think that for this particular theme, changing the red would ruin it. This theme needs the red. It's a core aspect.
But that's just my opinion. And I've always been biased toward warm colors.
EDIT: And yes, choice is very good. Because nobody ever agrees on everything, and now and then you get a weirdo like me who is in love with the color orange.
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looks very nice and i vote for 2 trayed jwm
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Dear Zigbert,
it would be nice, if you could offer your "draft" as download.
.pet maybe?
I like it very much.
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looks great
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First impressions are important - and first impressions here
I want that on my desktop - and am sure many others will too.
Brilliant stuff - look forward to more
As always - best regards - Ray
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Thanks for feedback.
When it comes to artwork, it is always a matter of personal taste. Some like this, some like that... But I am glad Pizzagood explained it so well. He's a man with the gift of words.
There is no *.pet package available. This because the Startdust theme is not only a theme, but more like a reorganization of the desktop (and also a theme). This gives a one-way-ticket. Uninstallation is not possible at the moment. It is only meant as a suggestion for Puppy 4.2. The chances are probably not that huge it will end up in the official Puppy, since WhoDo (Puppy manager) is also working with his desktop (EzPup). But I'll continue to do some tweaks until this is set.
I have made some more additions to the fixmenus script. It is now splitting name and description for the menuitems. There are some packages which doesn't have a name (ie 'Set time and date'). These are not split. Earlier I have made some space between the icons and text. Please compare the menu from Puppy 4.1 and the Stardust menu.
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This is part of a PM from Jay (puppyluvr)
Id like to see the Theme / Icon / Background switchers tied together..That way we could have themes that all matched, with one click.. Maybe even tie the GTK theme into it too..With more variety than currently, maybe based on basic colors..A red theme, a blue theme, ect...
Also, I have a script, given to me by BruceB, that "slideshows" the background in Puppy, and Id like to create a GUI for it..But IDK how to create a dialog box, and get user input, to control it.. Ive been hacking your LIT GUI up till now, but must learn how to input from the user...Very simple, just 1 input, time in seconds, and an on/off switch....And it really catches the eye...
As his code develops and your theme develops
we should have greater ease of use in switching eye candy . . .
A link for your scheme is on this 4.2 wiki page
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Discuss this movie. Available on DVD and PSP.
Fun With Dick and Jane Reviews . Critics
Maybe this topic can be used for the interesting reviews, remarkable or reviews to discuss about.
And here is the first review we can find on rottentomatoes, it's Fresh. Even better, the guy gave this Fun movie nothing less then 'A'.
Andrew Caseranto - Cinema Source.
Found this review in a student newspaper online -- very positive:
"It contains a first-rate performance by Carrey, reestablishing him as the premier physical comedian in recent memory'
Thumbs up from MSNBC:
'Dick and Jane' more fun this time around
.....well i guess some people will like that statement
I haven't seen the movie, so I don't know it's true, but the most reviews are bad. As in, very bad. Lots of complaining about the extremely bad cutting also.
here is the review from the San Franscico Chronicle.....they gave it a medicore score and that is saying something........b/c they are some of the toughest critics that are being printed on newspaper.
I am part of an elite group of people......THE MEN OF JCO.
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hey here is a gud review
[i][b]Somebody to luv me(Jim)[/b][/i]
I feel releaved that the film is getting great reviews.[/list]
"You Cant Stop Me No Matter Who You Are"
I am a huge Carrey fan and I saw the movie yesterday here in Canada opening night. The movie was sooo funny, like Liar Liar funny.
I was laughing so hard in my seat, people were looking at me. LOL The movie was awesome! I couldn't stop quoting the movie after, also I felt like i needed to rob someone..lol just kidding
Hope everyone enjoys the movie just as much as I did.
Welcome to JCO Carrey_fan81!
i think so of us were disappointed about some parts of the movie b/c we are so intent on watching him on TV when he gives an appearence.....so we end up seeing a scene or two over and over to the point it isn't that funny anymore.
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Ebert and Roeper both gave it a thumbs down and said it is a lazy and uninspired remake. They even went as far to say that it is the worst movie of the year.
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Toews tells RCMP not to use 'unauthorized' gun data
Vic Toews tells RCMP to report provincial officials collecting point-of-sale data
Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is lashing out at provincial officials who he says are collecting unauthorized information on long-gun buyers, threatening to use legislation to make them stop.
In a letter to RCMP Commissioner Robert Paulson that was copied to all provincial chief firearms officers, Toews said the firearms officers "are attempting to collect point of sale data that they are no longer authorized to collect pursuant to Bill C-19 [the bill to end the long-gun registry]."
"To be clear, the Firearms Act neither authorizes this activity, nor any other measures that could facilitate the creation of a provincial long-gun registry," Toews wrote in the letter.
Firearms groups have been complaining Ontario gun vendors are still collecting personal information about legal purchases in ledgers, calling the books a way to create a "back-door" registry.
Ontario Provincial Police Supt. Chris Wyatt, the province's chief firearms officer, said last week the ledgers aren't new.
"Ledgers existed for decades before the long-gun registry," Wyatt told host Evan Solomon on CBC's Power & Politics Thursday. "It's in the interests of public safety to ensure that firearms aren't being sold to criminals or persons who are prohibited from having firearms."
The ledgers list the make, model and serial number of the gun sold, as well as the name and firearms licence number of the purchaser.
There was also a column in the ledgers to record the registration certificate number from the federal firearms registry, but this information will no longer exist with the end of the registry.
The CFOs have argued federal law requiring firearms vendors to record the information did not change with the passage of the Harper government's legislation to abolish the federal long-gun registry last month, but Toews' letter casts doubt on that argument.
Toews warns RCMP not to help with collection
Toews warned the RCMP and the Canadian Firearms Program not to help the provinces collect information from gun owners, unless it's "expressly required" by provincial law.
"The position of the federal government, as dictated by the will of Canadians, is that registration of long guns is wasteful and ineffective," he said.
"If it comes to your attention that CFOs are interpreting the Firearms Act as a basis for unauthorized data collection, please advise me immediately. I am prepared to consider all legislative and regulatory measures necessary to give effect to the will of Canadians."
C-19 became law last month. The new law requires the RCMP to delete all the data in the registry, and requires each provincial firearms office to destroy records under its control, which the province of Quebec is fighting in court so it can keep the records on Quebecers.
Wyatt says that, based on legal advice his office has received, he will be destroying only the records of the registration certificate.
- This article has been edited from an earlier version that said federal law requiring gun vendors to maintain ledgers of firearms sold did not change with passage of the bill to kill the gun registry. In fact, this is the subject of an apparent dispute between the RCMP, provincial firearms officers and the Public Safety Minister.May 09, 2012 2:08 PM ET
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He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
— John Hancock
New Hampshire:
Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island:
Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery
Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott
New York:
William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
New Jersey:
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Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross
Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton
George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton
North Carolina:
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Reasons to Love the USA
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with one another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitles them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We are at a great crossroads in our nation's history. It's not about the amount of taxation and the ineptitude of the government. That can be changed with the power of the vote and honest elections. Our issues lie in the fact that too many in our nation take for granted the guarantees within the Bill of Rights and the Constitution without truly understanding them. Remember... our rights given by nature and nature's God.
It is time that We The People understand once again our responsibilities as citizens of a free country and demand that our government adhere to the Constitutional principles that they have so casually desecrated.
Freedom and the Laws of Nature and Nature's God (originally posted May 9, 2014)
…Our rights come not from other men, but from an omnipotent all-powerful ruler of the universe who has decreed right from wrong, good from bad, justice from evil. No one human being can deny another these rights. Hence, the usurpation of these rights is a just cause for revolt against your government, ruler or liege lord….
What happens when rights are not given by virtue of existence, but with the largesse of the political class? These rights then are not rights as delineated in the US Constitution (Bill of Rights), which as rights cannot be taken away and can only be denied under a limited scope of governmental authority. In fact, rights that come down to us by virtue of the good will of a ruler are not real rights at all, but a grant of favor by a dictatorial government. As long as you stay in good stead with the power elite then you are entitled to your humanity. But as soon as you cross that threshold of noncompliance with these overseers, then your rights, property and even your life become forfeit.
Moreover, to actually believe that mankind itself defines the ultimate reality in the Universe is the modern hubris of a limited, vacuous mind and an outreach of malignant egos. To say that in the vastness that is the Universe humankind is the epitome of what can and does direct TIME itself calls into play the rationality and sanity of the purveyors of a God-less world. It does not even have to be about an Omnipotent being as much as it is about Nature and the power of the Universe and the acknowledgement of the unknown.
To say that there is no deity above ourselves is to give ourselves the moniker of almighty God. We can now decide what is right, wrong, good, bad, justice and evil. We, the human beings of this world, are now the sole masters of all that is before us without boundary, limit or consequence. To say that God is an anachronism and that humanity is above the immutable forces that have created the galaxy, is to advance upon the human race powers that belie the mortal human being.
When we turn from the concept of something, or someone, greater than ourselves, we have no rights beyond that which we bargain for within the context of our daily lives. Life becomes a merchants market, a bazaar of old. Where for the right argument, and the proper coin, you can buy yourself freedom for the time being. If you are lucky enough to be allowed manumission at all.
In such a world, our rights are defined by those in control of the world, rather than rights being defined by those that live in the world. Therefore, if you believe that humans are born free and that it is only mankind that created the chains of slavery, real or virtual, the concept of giving your self-worth to those who are devoid of righteousness, or honor, those who convolute democratic action with obsequiousness, demands an act of revolution. However, in the end, you need the foundation by which to challenge your servitude when you live in a world of political class tyranny, oligarchical triumphalism and identity tribalism. Therefore, you need Nature and Nature's God. You need to understand that your humanity, your freedom, your existence is yours by right and not something you need to bargain for against an evil specter.
That foundation of the right to freedom comes from the acknowledgement that all within humanity have rights inherent in their humanity. Given to them by their uniqueness as unique individuals. It is Nature, and Nature's God, that defines these rights so necessary for society to flourish, grow and develop. The right to proceed with your own existence and humanness in a way that is both beneficial to the self and society becomes the task of the free person and those free enough to think that it can and must be done.
It is not the fault of Nature's God that humanbeings throughout history have perverted the gift of choice and thought that they were given by the Universe.
It is not the fault of Nature's God that humanbeings revert into barbarism and decadence when given freedom. It is that same human weakness that causes mankind to destroy itself and then ask to be relieved of all responsibility for the choices made.
It is not the fault of Nature's God that humans throughout history prefer an infantile existence of dependency and supplication to the hard work inherent in the existence of free expression and self-governance.
It is not the fault of Nature's God that humans have allowed themselves to be led by the inadequate, the cruel and the profoundly evil.
It is not the fault of Nature's God that when confronted with evil's challenge, most times throughout history humanity has faltered, in the end thereby losing all that it means to be human.
It is not the fault of Nature's God that humanity perverted Nature's message in order to enslave, dehumanize and destroy other humanbeings.
It is not the fault of Nature's God that it is easier to invoke the yoke of tyranny than it is to travel the path of Nature's truth.
Responsibility for ones actions, distancing yourself from a scapegoat and taking the reigns to an uncertain future is frightening. On the other hand, it is a sign of profound weakness to cower in the dark, allowing others to decide your fate, your reality and your worth. It is sheer cowardice to succumb to the fear of the unknown and allow your children to be enslaved because of your own ineptness.
We learn that democracies are the rarest form of government in the history of human kind. For each democracy born was short-lived, either due to corruption, mendacious leaders or complicity in the destruction of that with which we are endowed by the virtue of the human soul. Humans allowed fear to win over freedom. Humans allowed fear to win over individuality. Humans allowed the political classes to declare themselves above Nature and Nature's God. Humans allowed the political class to manipulate the true blessings of Nature and Nature's God in exchange for bread and circuses and life without responsibility.
Those who wish to make a Godless society, those that wish to deny Nature's blessings upon humankind are the enemy of freedom, of liberty and justice. Those that decide that our rights come from the will of a self-perpetuating narcissistic ruling class rather than the exigencies of humanity's right to existence are the enemies of a free people.
Those who presuppose that they are more powerful than the Universe run roughshod over humanity's inherent rights. Those that denigrate the Laws of Nature and Nature's God, denigrate our greatest gift. Be careful of those that put themselves above the wonders of the Universe. For they will laud themselves over you, making of themselves a new deity while decrying the freedoms we hold so dear.
I wanted to wish everyone a joyous Independence Day. Let us not forget those that sacrificed so much so that we, their posterity, would enjoy the freedoms to which we are entitled under the Laws of Nature and Nature's God. By the way, just one of those obnoxious asides, the vote on the Independence Resolution, aka the Lee Resolution, actually took place on July 2, 1776. The Declaration was not read to the public until July 4, which is why July 4th is the day that we celebrate our Independence.


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Re: Re: perl2exe - no more secretsby Anonymous Monk
|on Feb 24, 2003 at 01:54 UTC ( #237997=note: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
Learn how to program properly, and forget about perl2exe!
As long as this is the attitude of the Perl community, Perl will never be used for enterprise application development. I see frequent discussions asking for examples of commercial apps, large apps, and graphical apps. Granted, there are a couple examples out there but they are mostly low-profile and by most standards unsuccessful.
What Perl needs to take it to the next level is a good native compiler. I understand why people are against this, but I believe through the increased use and associated publicity of Perl it would in fact help the oss movement more than it would hurt it.
There are plenty of good reasons for native compilation, pretending that the only reason is to hide low-quality code is very ignorant. I'm still not sure this was your point though, so I apologize if I misinterpreted.
Then again, you could argue Perl has found its place already and shouldn't try to expand beyond its role. I personally think world domination is a much better goal ;-).
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Manti Te'o is one of the most important leaders for undefeated Notre Dame, having played in a ton of big games for the Fighting Irish.
Even so, he had a tough time processing this victory.
The senior linebacker was "at a loss for words" after capturing the Maxwell Award as the nation's most outstanding player, one of three honors he received at the 22nd Home Depot College Football Awards show Thursday night at Disney World.
"The last time I ever dreamt of winning that award was on a video game," he said. "So to win it is a mind-blowing experience."
Te'o now has won six major awards since the end of Notre Dame's regular season, also taking home the Bednarik Award for top defensive player and Walter Camp Foundation player of the year award on Thursday. He became the first defensive player to win the Maxwell Award since 1980, ending a string of nine straight quarterbacks.
Next up is the Heisman Trophy ceremony on Saturday night, with Te'o and Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel considered the favorites. Then Te'o will try to help the Fighting Irish dethrone defending champion Alabama in the BCS national championship game.
Wearing a black beaded lei representing his native Hawaii, Te'o said coming back to play football following the deaths of his grandmother and girlfriend just four days apart this season makes everything he's achieved since then more worthwhile.
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Te'o finished the regular season with 103 tackles and seven interceptions.
Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly, who was presented with the Coach of the Year award after leading the Irish to their first 12-0 regular season since 1988, said Te'o is an example of the family culture he's tried to build in his three seasons in South Bend.
"Everybody knows you don't do it with one guy," Kelly said. "Collectively, everybody just bought in. ... We still got one (game) left. We want to finish it off the right way."
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The Pantac is on the right and the other Chinese brand on the left.
Small parts, big difference. That's the tagline of YKK, who are perhaps the World's largest manufacturer of zippers, and the quality of their product rightly justifies this. Pantac uses YKK zippers on their products, while the Chinese bag we tested came with no-brand zippers. We did a simple torsion test (i.e. trying to bend the zipper tabs by hand) and it showed that the no-brand zipper was not robust enough, bending under pressure quite easily, the YKK zip had no such problem. Also, YKK put their zippers through stringent tests to ensure that the finished product will not fail on you, doing chain crosswise strength, slider tab pull of strength and slider tab twisting strength tests.
UTX, otherwise known as Unitex, are a manufacturer of clips for a variety of applications that include: military, backpacks, garments, baby trolleys, helmets, golf bags and water sports. There's a reason why they are used for Military purposes, and it's because they are rock solid! The UTX clips on this Pantac bag are acceptably chunky with little to no unwanted flex in the main body of the clip. The other Chinese brand has basic clips, which do the job, although don't feel quite so robust.
Final Thought
On paper the Pantac bag steals the show, with a superb construction, made from the best quality materials. There is no denying that Pantac make great products and we are quite content in sticking our necks out by saying that Pantac are currently one of the best Chinese manufacturers of combat gear. Their relatively low price makes their range of products exceptionally good value for money and a thoroughly good alternative to the big brand manufacturers of combat gear.
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- 3 cups sugar
- 2 2/3 cups water
- 2 oranges, ends trimmed and discarded, each cut into 5 rounds
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- 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 14 ounces chicken livers, fat trimmed
- 10 large fresh sage leaves
- 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
- 2 cups diced peeled pears (about 2 medium)
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- 2 cups dry red wine
- 2 4 1/2- to 5-pound ducks, thawed if frozen, excess fat trimmed, rinsed, patted dry
- 2 tablespoons honey
Recipe Preparation
Combine sugar and 2 2/3 cups water in heavy medium saucepan. Bring to simmer, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add orange slices and boil gently until orange peels are almost translucent, about 30 minutes. Drain. Place orange slices on rack set over plate and let drain another 30 minutes. Cut slices into 1/2-inch dice. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.
Heat 4 tablespoons oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken livers, sage, and garlic; sauté until livers are browned but still slightly pink inside, about 9 minutes. Remove from heat; cool slightly. Cut chicken livers into 1/2-inch dice; return to skillet. Mix in pears and diced candied oranges. Season stuffing to taste with salt and pepper.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Boil wine in small saucepan for 3 minutes to allow alcohol to cook away; set aside. Sprinkle duck cavities with salt and pepper. Fill cavities with liver stuffing, dividing equally. Close cavity openings with small metal skewers. Place ducks in large roasting pan. Brush ducks with remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast ducks 20 minutes. Pour wine into roasting pan. Brush ducks with honey. Continue to roast until ducks are cooked through and juices run clear when thickest part of thigh is pierced with fork, about 1 hour 10 minutes longer. Transfer ducks to platter. Spoon fat off top of pan juices and discard. Pour pan juices into small bowl; season with salt and pepper. Serve ducks and stuffing with pan juices.