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![]() He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord…. “Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. The second snapshot is in Colossians 4:7-14: He decided to follow Christ at any price. ![]() He surrendered to full-time Christian service. He is in the company of spiritual giants. ![]() And so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my fellow workers.”ĭemas is a “fellow worker” with the apostle Paul. “Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. God gives us three snapshots of Demas, three points on a graph, which show him drifting rapidly downward from “fellow worker with Paul” to apostate. ![]() Hanging On To Favorites Sins (Ephesians 4:27).ĭEMAS IS THE PARAMOUNT BIBLICAL EXAMPLE OF DRIFTING. Blindness To Relative Values Versus Actual Spiritual Status (Like Laodicea In Revelation 13).ĥ. Inattention To Divine Warnings (Proverbs 29:1 And 1 Kings 13:20-24).Ĥ. Riches In This World (Psalms 73:3-9, And Proverb 1:32).ģ. What she kept for a little while wasn’t worth anything compared to what she could’ve had in Jesus Christ forever.Ģ. an awful lot of money.” She paused and then said, “I don’t want to burn my book.” She put it in her purse, looked MacArthur in the eye, and said, “I guess that I really don’t want Jesus, do I?” “But that book,” she said, “is worth a lot of money…. If you really experienced Jesus’ forgiveness and want him to be your savior, then let’s have a little party and burn the book and praise the Lord.” “Then let’s just take a match and burn it.” Then MacArthur said, “Do you have your little black book of contacts with you?” MacArthur shared with her the gospel of Jesus and she prayed to receive Christ. She’d been through the drug scene and wanted to get free. John MacArthur encountered a prostitute who said to him, “I need help. A Shallow Work At The Beginning (Mark 4:13-20 And 2 Corinthians 7:10). To their loss they are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting him to public disgrace.”ġ. “… It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit, who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age and who have fallen away, to be brought back to repentance. Hebrews 5:11-6:6 details another sobering warning: “Since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation?” The writer to the Hebrews continues in the next two verses: Our society is drifting away from our godly heritage and is turning its back on God’s dealings with mankind. Moral purity, marital commitment, ministerial integrity, issues like abortion and gay marriage, and biblical fidelity are things that are up for grabs to many Christians. We are finding less sharp edges and increasingly more rounded corners. Into many of our lives, seldom do we hear the watchword, “Thus says the Lord….” Now we hear, “let’s be reasonable.” This generation, like no other, is characterized by people who are rewriting the standards. The same thing can happen to us in the spiritual realm. I started listening again to the things that she was talking about, insignificant things, like where to go to get oxygen when there isn’t any. I grew up on airplanes! I looked around the cabin and everyone was ignoring her. On my next flight I decided I’d better listen when the flight attendant gave instructions. “That’s correct, but if it happens you won’t have that much time to decide.” She approached me from behind: “Okay dad,” she said with dripping scar chasm, “ if the oxygen masks come out, whose do you put on first?” I knew the answer to that but I had to think for a moment. Unfortunately Bronwyn was all full of vim and vigor and before I realized it we were up and running again. The flight attendant told us to sit down. We were playing chase all around the cabin. Believe it or not, only five people were on the American Airlines flight. My three-three year-old daughter, Bronwyn, and I were flying late one Saturday night from Dallas to Tucson. “We must pay more careful attention to what we’ve heard so that we do not drift away.” Please give me some advice on how to arrest the drifting. I am beginning to see compromise and some drifting away from some of the beliefs and values that I hold dear. The truth is, I am afraid for myself, too. Most of the Christians I know, myself included, feel like our country is drifting further away from God’s principles at an ever increasing, accelerating pace runaway sin and mockery of the things of God. ![]() However as you can see we have a lot of codes that are dedicated to some more features but are not visible in the app when you run it but we wanted to add them to this project in the future. Here is the reference to iflyMSC: Future DevelopmentĪs of now - May 12, 2017, the main features of SoundNote (speech recognition, adding notes, editing notes, etc.) are fully functional. In the end fortunately we found iflyMSC, an API developed that supports both Chinese and English, which is exactly what we were looking for. We then tried the speech to text SDK by OpenEars but it does not recognize English and Chinese voice input at the same time. We initially used SpeechKit by Apple but the accuracy of speech to text trasncription was not satisfactory, especially in noisy background. We chose iflyMSC as our main speech recognition API for SoundNote for the following reasons.
![]() For example, the episodes are sprinkled with delightful (and sometimes moving) anecdotes of various people, some of whom Bronowski knew and worked with - such as Leo Szilard (who first conceived the concept of sustained nuclear fission - even coining the term "chain reaction" - and who subsequently wrote the letter which Einstein signed that was sent to FDR, bringing about the Manhattan Project) and John von Neumann (one of the great mathematicians of the twentieth century and the "Father of Electronic Computing"). Not simply lectures (nor read from a script), these extemporaneous essays offer Bronowski's "personal view" on a wide range of human, scientific and technological history, presented in both a dramatic and memorable fashion. One outstanding quality of this remarkable series is that he speaks to the viewer directly and very personally through the lens of the camera the book of the same name is a virtual transcript of his remarks. ![]() Bronowski stops to examine some of humanity's greatest accomplishments - and lowest depths. Presented here is a veritable smörgåsbord of human history cast against scientific advancements and technological innovations that take the viewer around the world, from the dawn of Man to the then-present of 1972. Jacob Bronowski was one of the last true Renaissance men. A mathematician whose professional journey included work on the Manhattan Project, later at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, as well as an editor and scholar of the works of William Blake, Dr. On viewing this you can judge for yourself whether risking a copyright battle with the BBC et al was/is worth it.This extraordinary series, thirteen fifty-minute episodes, is one of television's highest achievements nearly forty years after its completion, it has lost little of its luster. I struggled to find this show on the web, and the copies on Youtube when I last viewed them were awful. ![]() The title is also a clever allusion to Charles Darwin's second book on evolution, The Descent of Man. Unfortunately it never quite received the same attention as Cosmos and Carl Sagan - a show which, incidentally, was produced by the guy (Adrian Malone) seven years later. Not many people know about this incredible series, lesser still of the wonderful host. This series received serious acclaim for its accessibility to the layman (in large-part due to Bronowski's skillful, elegant, incisive storytelling ability) and the wide-range and quality of the location shoots. The series is based on a namesake book by Bronowski in which he tells the fascinating and quite unbelievable story of the development of civilisation as we today know it - that is, the story of The Ascent of Man. ![]() (11 / 13)įirst aired in 1973, The Ascent of Man is a 13-part documentary series written and presented by the brilliant Dr Jacob Bronowski, and produced by the BBC. imperfect knowledge, and the misgivings of the scientists realising the terrible outcome of the conflict. Knowledge Or Certainty Physics and the clash of the pursuit of absolute vs. ![]() White House chief of staff Jeff Zients (far right) is ramping up pressure on senators like Kyrsten Sinema (left) who remain undecided on Julie Su's nomination as labor secretary. Julie is far better prepared for this job than I was,” he said, citing her experience in California’s labor agency and in the federal government. “It’s disappointing because Julie is a good person, and she’ll make a great secretary. Walsh expressed frustration that Su has not yet been confirmed. “We have a great policy agenda, and we have a great agenda moving forward, and she’s going to continue the work that we’ve done for the last two years,” he said. He’s been telling lawmakers that he and Su were true partners at the Labor Department. Walsh, who stepped down from the post in February, has been working closely with Su, talking with moderate Democrats on the fence and helping shepherd outside support. They’ve also pointed out her background as the daughter of Chinese immigrants. The administration officials argue Su is highly qualified and from the same mold as Walsh. It also is one of the first major congressional hurdles Zients faces in his new role. The ability to confirm Su - the White House’s first attempt to replace a departed Cabinet official - will provide an early test of how much political juice Biden has as he gears up for reelection. With Republican opposition to the confirmation universal, the Biden administration has virtually no margin for error. Su’s nomination to replace Marty Walsh as Labor secretary has hung in limbo for weeks, with several moderate Democrats keeping quiet about whether they would back her. The Ateneo Debate Society's win is a testament to their dedication and hard work in the field of debate, and their victory in the WUDC 2023 will continue to inspire and motivate other Filipino students to excel in their respective fields.In addition to his calls to senators, Zients has also coordinated with the labor unions who have strongly backed the nomination. "These achievements bring great pride and joy to our country by prominently raising the Philippine flag in the realm of international intellectual debate, and by highlighting the capabilities of Filipinos globally and internationally as among the world's best," the resolution stated. Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva, who sponsored the resolution, praised the Ateneo Debate Society for their achievement and highlighted the importance of their victory in promoting the capabilities of Filipinos globally and internationally as among the world's best. ![]() They also reiterated their commitment to continuing their exemplary performance and upholding the pride and prestige of the Philippines in all future endeavors. The Ateneo Debate Society expressed its gratitude to the Philippine Senate for the recognition, stating that it is an honor to receive such acknowledgment after years of hard work. The resolution also highlights the pride and prestige that the victory brings to the Philippines. 404 acknowledges the outstanding achievement of Ateneo Debate Society members David Africa (ADS President, 4 AMDSc) and Tobi Leung (2 BS AMDSc), who emerged as champions of the WUDC 2023. The WUDC is the largest debate tournament in the world and the Ateneo Debate Society's win is a historic feat, as it marks the first time a Philippine and Southeast Asian institution has held the WUDC trophy since the tournament was established over 40 years ago. ![]() The Philippine Senate passed a resolution commending the Ateneo Debate Society for their exemplary performance in winning the World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) 2023 held in Madrid, Spain last 3 January 2023. ![]() The word broadband as used in the original IEEE 802.3 specifications implied operation in frequency-division multiplexed ( FDM) channel bands as opposed to digital baseband square-waveform modulations (also known as line coding), which begin near zero Hz and theoretically consume infinite frequency bandwidth. The IEEE 802 Committee defined 10BROAD36 in 802.3b-1985 as a 10 Mbit/s IEEE 802.3/ Ethernet broadband system to run up to 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) over CATV coax network cabling. The data rate of our test-bed system is 307.2 kbps. The remainder of the 294 MHz bandwidth can be used to carry other communication channels, such as off-the-air TV, FM, closed circuit TV, or a voice telephone system, or, other digital channels. The BIUs contain Radio Frequency (RF) modems which modulate a carrier signal to transmit digital information using 1 MHz of the available bandwidth in the 24 MHz frequency range. This architecture takes advantage of the well developed unidirectional CATV components. The inbound cable and outbound cable are connected at one end, the headend, and electrically terminated at their other ends. The cable bus consists of two parallel coaxial cables, one inbound and the other outbound. The system uses standard Community Antenna Television (CATV) coaxial cable and microprocessor based Bus Interface Units (BIUs) to connect subscriber computers and terminals to the cable. Walter Reed Army Hospital, and the NASA Johnson Space Center, but these are all standalone, local-only networks. Similar cable-bus systems are in operation at a number of government sites, e.g. ![]() The MITRE/Washington Cablenet system is based on a technology developed at MITRE/Bedford. Internet Experiment Note (IEN) 96 (1979) describes an early RF cable modem system. They are commonly deployed in the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Cable modems are primarily used to deliver broadband Internet access in the form of cable Internet, taking advantage of the high bandwidth of a HFC and RFoG network. It’s better to avoid buying 8x4 or 4x4 models since many ISPs have stopped supporting them.ARRIS Touchstone CM820B DOCSIS 3.0 cable modemĪ cable modem is a type of network bridge that provides bi-directional data communication via radio frequency channels on a hybrid fibre-coaxial (HFC), radio frequency over glass (RFoG) and coaxial cable infrastructure. All the models from this list support a speed of up to 600 Mbps. Those who use an Internet plan that supports the speed of 300 Mbps need to purchase a 24x8 modem. If your speed barely reaches 300 Mbps, you can buy a 16x4 modem. While the average connection speed in the US reaches 100 Mbps, you can opt for 1 Gigabit speed if your Internet service provider supports it. You need to purchase a modem that supports the number of channels allowed by your Internet plan. If your ISP allows you to use only 16 downstream channels, there is no need to buy a 24x8 modem. ![]() However, you need to be on a high-speed Internet plan to make the most out of your modem. If your RCN cable modem supports DOCSIS 3.0, a larger number of channels will mean a higher speed. For instance, it could be 16x4, 32x8, 24x8. Manufacturers usually indicate it on the box. ![]() When people talk about channel bonding, they refer to the number of downstream and upstream channels supported by a modem. ![]() In 1880, The Pall Mall Gazette described Verne’s Columbiad as a "space-ship" - the first recorded use of this term. In the 1865 Jules Verne novel From the Earth to the Moon, successful attempts are made to launch three people in a projectile with the goal of a Moon landing. Reusable launch systems are currently being developed by private industry.Įarly spacecraft or space vehicles were sometimes hyped as " spaceships", a term which comes from science fiction to designate a hypothetical vehicle which travels beyond low Earth orbit and is 100% reusable, needing only to be refueled like an airplane. An early exception to this, the Space Shuttle, consisted of a reusable orbital vehicle carrying crew and payload, supported by an expendable external propellant tank and two reusable solid-fuel booster rockets. The earliest space vehicles were expendable launch systems, using a single or multistage rocket to carry a relatively small spacecraft in proportion to the total vehicle size and mass. ![]() Ī space vehicle is the combination of a spacecraft and its launch vehicle which carries it into space. ![]() But that strategy carries risks: If the economy slips into a prolonged recession, Quilty warns, "they could find themselves out of cash and out of runway.Apollo/ Saturn V, the largest and heaviest space vehicle brought into operational status as of May 2022. "SpaceX is probably betting that market conditions will be better next year," he says. Given the troubles in the tech sector, it makes sense that SpaceX would try and stretch its existing cash for now. "We do not anticipate needing to raise funding," he said in response to a question from Reuters.īut Starship will take multiple years to bring to market, and it likely will need additional money, says analyst Chris Quilty. SpaceX did not respond to NPR's request for comment about how it's planning to finance Starship, but Elon Musk told listeners at his briefing that, for now, the company's existing investments and government contracts should be enough to keep the program going. "I think we're seeing the market start to adapt." Already, he says, some startups are planning giant satellites and other projects that would require Starship's huge cargo bay. "I think it'll take some time," he says, but he believes companies will find ways to use Starship's enormous launch capacity. If Starship can work, it will allow SpaceX to launch Starlink satellites cheaply, and will likely enable many more companies to develop new space business models, says Brendan Rosseau, a research associate at Harvard Business School who tracks space. "Who is Starship going to serve? I think that's a question," she says. And investors have been lining up to plow money into its bold vision and big projects. It's valued at close to $140 billion, making it one of the biggest private companies in the country. That would be a problem for most space launch companies, but SpaceX is different. ![]() "Until Starship is flying and the development costs are down and it's generating revenue instead of consuming cash, and until they start getting new Starlink satellites on orbit, I think it'll be a challenge for them," he says. But Quilty and other analysts believe Starship and Starlink will keep the company in the red for a while. SpaceX makes money launching commercial and government satellites on its existing rockets, and it's starting to generate income from Starlink. "It's hard to imagine how they could be generating cash with those level investments," says Chris Quilty, the founder of Quilty Space, a company that tracks the space industry. Space SpaceX's massive rocket Starship explodes 4 minutes after liftoff ![]() Fue lanzado el 17 de noviembre de 2017, para las plataformas de Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 y Xbox One. This follow-up to the 2015 Star Wars multiplayer battle game promises "bigger and better worlds" and content from the new films in the Star Wars franchise. Star Wars: Battlefront II is a first-person shooter/third-person shooter video game developed by Pandemic Studios, and published by LucasArts. Star Wars Battlefront II es un videojuego de acción en primera y tercera persona desarrollado por DICE en colaboración con Motive Studios y Criterion Games y publicado por Electronic Arts. The first will be Finn and Captain Phasma.
![]() The game features a unique “extreme gear” system, which allows the player to grind on rails and perform tricks. The game is part of the Sonic the Hedgehog series and follows Sonic and his friends, who set out to stop Dr. Sonic Riders is a 2006 racing video game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega. Whether you’re a Sonic Riders fan or just getting into it, these remastered games are worth checking out. These new games will undoubtedly look and feel even better than before thanks to improved graphics, sound effects, music, and special effects. Sonic Riders: The Definitive ExperienceĪlthough no release date has been announced, Sonic Riders remastered versions will be a delight to long-time fans. ![]() You should definitely check out Sonic the Hedgehog because it is a fantastic game for those of you who are Sonic fans. Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity is a fantastic game that is well worth playing. Despite some flaws, I find the game enjoyable. The game becomes much more interesting as a result of each character’s distinct abilities and weapons. In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, you play as a variety of characters throughout the game. They’re not perfect, but they’re still a lot of fun, and they’re an excellent way to pass time on. There is a strong sense of uniqueness in the hoverboard racing games, which are generally categorized as racing games. The Sonic Riders games are an interesting addition to Sonic the Hedgehog’s canon. CryEngine will be used to remaster these games in order to provide improved graphics, sound effects, music, and special effects. The concept art book for all four games in the game DLC for Sega characters was limited edition. Jet the Hawk will compete in the collection with a special edition Sonic statue, which will be mounted on his board. Only time will tell if we will see another Sonic Riders game. The series has been met with mixed reviews and it is unclear if there is enough interest to warrant another installment. There is no word on whether or not there will be a fourth Sonic Riders game. This game is currently available for the Xbox One X Series, PlayStation 5, PC, and Nintendo Switch. Sonic Rider Unlimited or SRU, as it is known, is the fourth and final entry in the Sonic Riders series, following Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity and Sonic Riders: Revenge. On the PlayStaion 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X platforms, it will be released in 2021 or 2022. Sonic Riders: Battle Of Horizons is a new Sonic Riders game from Warner Bros. The game is scheduled to be released in May 2024 on Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The Sonic Riders: Legends project was co-directed by Sonic Fan HardRoar and written by Sonic Fan HardRoar and developed by CRIware and Dimps, with distribution by Sega, Sonic Team, and Bandai Namco. All four games will be followed bySPOILERS, so there will beSPOILERS from all of them. There is a risk of injury, so please be cautious. The first two games were also released on PC, but the third game was not. All three games were released on the PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and Wii. The first game in the series was released on the GameCube in 2005, followed by Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity in 2008 and Sonic Riders: Unlimited in 2010.
![]() ![]() When she's not doing that, you might find her running a tabletop RPG or two, perhaps even voluntarily. This crash course in NPC lifestyles uniquely qualifies her to pick apart only the juiciest video games for your reading pleasure.Ĭat cut her teeth on MMOs in the heyday of World of Warcraft before giving in to her love of JRPGs and becoming embedded in Final Fantasy XIV. Since its announcement at The Game Awards 2021, weve yet to see anything from Alan Wake 2 outside of that initial reveal trailer. The sequel is built from the ground up to be a true, next-generation experience on PlayStation 5 with stunningly detailed visuals that bring our story, action, and environments. She's also been an art gallery curator, an ice cream maker, and a cocktail mixologist. 3 hours ago &0183 &32 Alan Wake 2 will release on October 17. Alan Wake 2 is a single-player psychological survival horror experience and the sequel to the 2010 and multiple Game of the Year award-winning original game, Alan Wake. She has three degrees and has studied and worked at Cambridge University, University College London, and Queen Mary University of London. An inveterate RPG maven and strategy game enjoyer, Cat is known for her love of rich narratives both story-driven and emergent.īefore migrating to the green pastures of games journalism, Cat worked as a political advisor and academic. As seen on, , and, Cat is here to bring you coverage from all corners of the video game world. 2 days ago &0183 &32 Matthew Poretta is the voice of Alan Wake, and on a recent podcast, he shared that the much-anticipated action-thriller sequel should be coming out in October. Alan Wake 2 was just announced at The Game Awards. Hailing from the crooked spires of London, Cat is an experienced writer and journalist. Cat Bussell is a Staff Writer at TechRadar Gaming. |