![]() Purchase and install DVD XPack from InterVideo.Install a Dolby AC3 filter for audio decoding.Install FFDSHOW for audio & video decoding.If you have multiple DVD players installed on your system, try uninstalling all of them and then re-installing the one you want to use.If so, the decoders that are installed with it will probably work in Media Center although you may have to manually select them within the Media Center "Video" options page. If you already have DVD playback software, try re-installing it and testing it out "standalone" to see if it works.Sometimes your computer manufacturer installed these on your system and sometimes you may have purchased a DVD drive or a video card which included a DVD player program and decoding filters. While Vista, Win7, and XP Media Center Edition include these in the operating system, standard Windows XP does not so you must provide your own. Media Center always uses DirectShow decoding "filters" to do the decoding of these formats. DVD video is in mpeg-2 format and DVD audio is generally either mpeg-2 or AC-3 format. The most common DVD playback problem on Windows XP is missing or incompatible DVD decoders. In rare cases selecting Video Mixing Renderer 9 or one of the others may help. Video Renderer should be set to automatic.Video Decoders should normally be set to automatic, but you can try explicitly selecting a decoder from the list if you're having problems with the automatic setting.Note that the Microsoft audio decoder only outputs digital so you must have a digital audio connection in order for it to work. Audio Decoders should normally be set to automatic, but you can try explicitly selecting a decoder from the list if you're having problems with the automatic setting.Playback Method should be set to Automatic.Select DVD Video (ifo,vob) from the drop list.The other end will either terminate in another 1/8" phone jack to plug into a set of computer speakers or it will terminate in two "phono" type jacks usually colored red & white for the left and right stereo signals which are plugged into analog input jacks on an A/V amplifier/receiver. The cable will usually have a stereo 1/8" "mini" phone jack on one end which plugs into the computer's sound card. Analog: Generally used for carrying a mono or stereo signal.Usually hooked up to a digital input on an A/V amplifier/receiver or a high end computer speaker system. The cable is usually a single coax or fiber optic cable with a single connector at each end. Digital: Can carry any number of channels (mono, stereo, 2.1, 5.1, 7.1, etc.).You must correctly inform Media Center of whether your audio connection is analog or digital or you will get no sound out of the speakers. Connection type: This is probably the most important setting to verify.If you're using digital audio output, you can try the Digital Audio setting.If you're using analog audio output, you can try Default Windows playback device.Playback device: If you have verified that regular audio playback is working in Media Center, you should be able to leave this set to Same as device used in audio playback. ![]() Go to Tools / Options / Video from the Media Center main menu and check the following options:.If you can't hear any audio, check out this audio troubleshooting page. Play an audio track and if you can hear it, continue to the next section. If DVD playback fails or you have no sound, first verify that you can play any audio in Media Center. 3.1 Things to try if playback isn't working.3 Windows XP (not Media Center Edition).2 Audio/video settings for DVD playback.1 Verify audio is working in Media Center. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The interpreter will locate the nearest emergency service center who can quickly be dispatched to your location. When you place an emergency 911 call, your call is immediately answered by the first available SVRS interpreter. You can use ntouch Tablet to make a 911 emergency call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. You will have to contact the manufacturer of your device (smart phone or tablet) if you have problems with your device (startup problems, crashing, hardware failures).Ĭan I use ntouch Tablet to make a 911 call? You will have to contact your service carrier or internet service provider (ISP) for help if you have problems with your data plan or internet service itself (e.g., outages, speed issues, billing, etc.) We can help you with any problems you might have with the ntouch Tablet application itself or your ntouch Tablet account.Īre there any technical problems that Sorenson support cannot help solve? What kinds of technical problems can Sorenson help solve?Ĭontact Sorenson Technical Support for help with ntouch Tablet. After logging in, you can change your password to anything you like using at the Personal Settings dialog. Just go to this website and enter the required information: You will then receive an email that shows your new password. You can make a request at the Sorenson website to reset your password. What if I forget my ntouch Tablet phone number or password? Just look for the download option on the Help page in the app itself or on the Sorenson website. Detailed instructions are included in this guide. You can download the User Guide for the Sorenson ntouch Tablet app. Where can I find more information about ntouch Tablet? Sorenson suggests that you turn on the iOS Notification Center feature so your phone will notify you of incoming calls or SignMail video messages even when you are using any other app. What settings should I set for notifications? ![]() Contact Sorenson Customer Service for assistance with setting up a myPhone Group. If you have more than one Sorenson ntouch product, you will want to consider the Sorenson myPhone feature. Remember that you can only be logged into one device at a time. Just enter your ntouch Mobile and/or ntouch Tablet phone number and password to log into any app. The only exception is your ntouch Mobile and ntouch Tablet account which can be used with ntouch Tablet, ntouch Mobile for iOS or ntouch Mobile for Android. You must have separate accounts for each of your Sorenson devices or endpoints. However, your wireless carrier will charge you a basic rate per month for data plan access and will charge extra fees for any usage that goes over the limits of the data plan in that month.Ĭan I use the 10-digit number assigned to my ntouch VP or ntouch PC with ntouch Mobile? The ntouch Tablet app and SVRS service are for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community and are paid for by the US government’s Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS) fund. You must also request an ntouch Tablet account before you can log into the app.Īre there any costs or fees charged by my wireless carrier or by Sorenson to use ntouch Tablet? You can download the app from the Apple App Store. How do I get the Sorenson ntouch Tablet app? ![]() ![]() ![]() I didn’t book my flights in advance as I wanted some flexibility for when I would leave Spain. Last minute flights are expensive, especially if you are flying outside of Europe. Most people book their return flights in advance. Currently, is my favorite booking engine for comparing flight costs. The amount you spend on air travel will depend on how far away from Spain you live and how you get there. Apparently, a few pilgrims turn up each year at Roncesvalles asking if they can leave their car. I was not the first or last pilgrim to do this. I left my car in the car park at Roncesvalles for four weeks, the car park is free but has no security. The second time I walked the Camino I drove from Vienna. ![]() You can stay on the same train to Pamplona and get a bus from there to Roncesvalles or St Jean. There is a connection from Bayonne to St Jean which is easy and very short. Then I traveled by overnight train on SNCF to Bayonne. I flew to Paris the first time I hiked the Camino. The thread has great information on the best connections for flying to and train travel in Spain. Here is a great thread on the Camino forum if you are traveling from outside of Europe. The most common start points of the Camino Frances, St Jean Pied de Port or Pamplona, do not have large airports. Getting to the start points of any of the Camino routes is not simple and takes a little planning. Most pilgrims will spend between €20 and €30 per day, and it is very closely followed by those who spent between €30 and €40. How much did you spend per day on the Camino was a thread and poll on the forum,(now closed). My bank cards worked fine in all the Spanish bank machines and the same for my credit card. I always made sure that I always had extra money for emergencies (never used or needed). (I had more money which resulted in me spending more). In 2012 walking the Le Puy route in France I spent about €50 per day. My daily costs in 2005 were between €20-30 and I spent less than €800 in total. But, I would budget for another few hundred if possible, if unexpected things happen. You can walk the whole route, 31 days, for less than €1,000. (My words of warning: my budget for any trip has never been under my plan it has always been over) Hostel: 12, Evening Meal: 12, Breakfast: 3, Lunch: 3, sundries: 5 – note no beer money included here. Total Camino de Santiago Costs per Day: 35 Euro, about $38 or £28 There are also some great seafood restaurants along the route and in Santiago de Compostela. I treated myself to great food costing between €20 and €30. In all the large cities I spent much more money. At other times I would eat the pilgrim menu in local restaurants. ![]() Sometimes I would eat in the Albergue in the evening, cooking with other pilgrims. Lunch I would buy and make myself: cold meats, cheese, bread, and fruits, about €3. During the rest of the day, I would spend about €4 on coffee, tea, cold drinks, and ice cream. I would start each morning in a cafe having breakfast, about €3 including coffee. Evening Meal – 10 to 15 Euro for the pilgrim menu.Expect to pay a lot more in Santiago or any of the major cities where it is about double this for a low-end hotel. In small towns and villages, the cost is much less than in major cities. I stayed in a single room each time and it was fairly cheap. The pension cost about €20, (budget €30 for small towns and villages, €50 min for larger towns and cities). I usually stayed in Albergues, but for two nights I stayed in a pension, (bed and breakfast). I have met one man who stayed in every Parador he could. A quick note on the hostels: most of the hostels you see in Camino guidebooks are only for pilgrims.ĭay to day living can be very reasonable – but, I know of people that stayed in hotels all along the route. You will have the added advantage of meeting, talking, and getting to know other pilgrims. Hostels, albergues, are the cheapest, friendliest, and best places to stay. One of the most important costs is the decision to stay in hostels, hotels, or pensions. Both of these routes have good infrastructures for pilgrims. The most popular Camino routes are the Camino Frances and the Portuguese Camino. Total Camino de Santiago Costs per Day: 35 Euro, about $38 or £28. ![]() ![]() It’s cross-platform and works smoothly with various systems, even when the same database is sycned in parallel on machines with different operation systems. Prerequisitesĭownload and install Zotero. I’ve opened a request on Zotero forum and in two days the style was created. ![]() Once I figured out there the style repository does not have a style for Demographic Research, one of the best journals in demography. And the project keeps developing nicely – just look at the recent Zotero blog entries on the new features such as Google Docs integration, Unpaywall integration and a new web service for quick citations.įinally, an example of how strong Zotero community is. As a career-long decision I’m confident in choosing Zotero. Academic community knows a lot about Elsevier in particular and for-profit products in general. There is no similar hack for Mendeley, and with them at some point one is bound to pay for extra storage.Īnother consideration in favor of Zotero is that it’s an open-source program with strong community and outspoken commitment to stay free forever, while Mendeley is an Elsevier for-profit product. It’s the main set-up hack that I’m showing in this blog post. Why do I choose and recommend Zotero then? Because it’s fairly easy to set-up Zotero so that the free 300MB are only used to sync metadata (which in practice means almost infinite storage), and the PDFs are synced separately using a cloud solution of one’s choice (I use Google Drive). Yet, both give some limited storage for free – Zotero gives 300MB, and Mendeley gives 2GB. Both are free to use and make money by offering cloud storage to sync PDFs of the papers. Probably, the most popular two are Zotero and Mendeley. Some of them are free, the others require paid subscriptions. There are dozens of bibliographic managers out there ( see a comparative table). There are more than six thousand bibliographic styles! Why Zotero? All we need is to download a specific journal’s citation style. For different bibliographic styles we just need to re-shuffle those blocks inserting various commas, semicolons, and quotation marks.īibliographic manager keeps track of all the LEGO blocks and knows (learns easily) how to compose proper citation styles out of them. I tend to think of bibliographic metadata as LEGO.įor each paper (book chapter / pre-print / R package) we have a number of metadata pieces – title, authors, date published, etc. ![]() Once you start using a reference manager this all becomes a happily forgotten nightmare. I suffer almost physical pain just thinking about colleagues who for some reason never started using one – all those excel spreadsheets with favorite citations, messy folders with PDFs, constant hours lost for the joy-killing task of manual reference list formatting. Finally, I decided to translate it adding some basic information on how to use Zotero with rmarkdown.Ī brief (and hopefully unnecessary for you) intro of bibliographic managersīibliographic manager is a life saver in everyday academic life. This is a funny case of a self written manual which I came back to multiple times myself and many many more times referred my friends to it, even non-Russian speakers who had to use Google Translator and infer the rest from screenshots. The post shows how to organize a personal academic library of unlimited size for free. Here is a bit refreshed translation of my 2015 blog post, initially published on Russian blog platform. ![]() ![]() ![]() For example, the shared_buffers parameter is calculated as a proportion of your database instance class’s available memory ( DBInstanceClassMemory), meaning that it will automatically increase in value if you decided to upgrade to an instance class with more memory. The “Source” column shows how the value for a parameter is determined: “engine-default” will inherit the default value based on that version of the PostgreSQL engine, while “system” indicates that the value of this parameter varies by instance class. In the example below, we are inspecting the default parameter group for version 9.6 of PostgreSQL: default.postgres9.6). You can learn more about each parameter in your database instance’s parameter group by navigating to “Parameter groups” in the RDS Console. You can either use a default version-specific parameter group, or you can create a custom parameter group that is based on a default parameter group. Many of these settings can be modified, while others (such as wal_sync_method) cannot. In RDS, the PostgreSQL primary server is known as a source/primary instance, and configuration settings are called parameters.Įach RDS database instance is assigned to a parameter group, which is a collection of settings that you would normally specify in your nf configuration file. In RDS, you can launch one or more database instances, each of which manages/hosts one or more databases. Amazon RDS PostgreSQL overviewīefore diving into the key metrics for monitoring PostgreSQL on RDS, let’s briefly walk through some terminology, as it relates to PostgreSQL and RDS. It also provides the option to set up automated database snapshots and point-in-time recovery if you should ever need to restore a database instance to an earlier state. RDS enables PostgreSQL users to easily implement high-availability deployments, which we’ll explore in further detail later in this post. ![]() This article will focus on monitoring Amazon RDS PostgreSQL database instances. RDS provides users with six database engines to choose from: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MariaDB, and Amazon Aurora. What are your thoughts on this approach to software design? Share your insights in the comments section below.Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is a managed service that helps users easily deploy and scale relational databases in the AWS cloud. So when designing a reliable service, try to create an escalator-like system instead of an elevator. During rush hour, elevators tend to get overwhelmed and stop functioning effectively. In comparison, an elevator is like a service that does not handle variability in demand very well. It operates at a consistent pace and can handle a certain amount of demand. Had Ticketmaster used this mechanism, it’d have protected their service from crashing while ensuring that a portion of the demand was still being served. If 50,000 requests arrive, instead of crashing, it will show an error message or queue up the other 49500 requests while it serves the 500. Suppose your service can handle 500 requests per second. You do that by putting a queue in front of your service, which acts as a buffer between the service and the incoming requests. To me, that’s nonsense because this situation could have been easily avoided if they had load tested their systems properly.īut I want to talk about a deeper underlying issue: The first job of a service is to protect itself. They said that it happened due to the unprecedented demand. You may remember this incident where Ticketmaster tried to sell tickets for a Taylor Swift concert, and their site went down for hours. Let’s talk about the Ticketmaster (Taylor Swift) Debacle and what we can learn from it. ![]() ![]() ![]() Because of my prior professional experience and desire to always do a job 150% – I was quickly offered opportunities to grow into management and took my eye off what was most important. In a blink of an eye – 11 years had passed and I was once again a corporate pawn, doing a job for someone else. Along the way, I started teaching indoor cycling classes at Equinox Fitness clubs without ever thinking it might lead to anything more. I lived a career life that filled me to the brim. I traveled the world and ran/cycled through cities, mountains, jungles, deserts and frozen landscapes. My every day consisted of standing on a pool deck, riding along with athletes, running miles upon miles and swimming in the ocean (and calming their constant fear of sharks). I embraced my love for coaching and a community that inspired people to find strengths they never new existed – starting TriTrain Endurance Coaching – my own professional coaching company and trained hundreds of athletes to complete everything from sprint distance triathlons to Ironman and Ultramarathons. I deeply had a personal passion for endurance racing. And when I just couldn’t take another day of grinding stone for someone else in a job where I had zero passion, I leaped. And at 52, I am thankful that I am just like them.ġ6 years in a career that I was never supposed to be in – as a print sales rep and senior level management at Conde Nast Publishing – I learned the art of selling and importance of branding and positioning quality products. Something that, when you fall, motivates you to get back up and keep going.Īlright, so let’s move onto what keeps you busy professionally?Īs a kid, I was terrified I would follow in my parents’ footsteps. It’s exhilarating! Find your passion – something strong enough to drive you every day. But some days, I succeed and feel myself move one step closer. But Gary Keller wrote in his book The 1 Thing “the only actions that become springboards to succeeding big are those informed by big thinking to begin with.” So I started with an outlandish, HUGE idea…and every day I ask myself, “what can I do today that will move me one step closer to that big goal?” Some days, it’s a wrong turn. But that’s also the exciting part of the journey. Every day, I trek into the unknown and just pray that I don’t make a wrong turn and end up falling off a cliff. As an adventure racer who’s stood on the North Pole, South Pole, run across deserts and jungles – you’d think starting my own business would be simple…but it’s been one of the most challenging events of my life. A whole bunch of F words! To be honest, I’ve always been the type to lean into what scares me the most. Hi Jason, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?įear. “I look forward to helping put Carson and the JJR No.We had the good fortune of connecting with Jason Schneider and we’ve shared our conversation below. “With the unwavering support from our sponsors, I feel honored to have an increased vested interest in JJR as an owner and have the opportunity to continue Jason’s legacy and dream,” Dietz continued. Carson has made a name for himself, so his passion, family values, team orientation, talent and experience will be valuable assets for our team. “I look forward to realizing success quickly on and off the track. ![]() I am confident in our team and know we will work extremely well together,” Dietz said. “I’m grateful for this opportunity and equally excited with the opportunity to work with Carson again. He’s looking forward to channeling that success into a new season next year, when Carson Macedo will take the controls. In addition to being the crew chief, Philip Dietz will serve as the team’s operating managing partner, responsible for directing all of the daily racing operations, strategy, and sponsorship partner relationships.īobbi Johnson will shift her focus solely to operating the merchandise side of the business going forward, in an effort to best serve Macedo and the team’s fans.Īs a crew chief, Philip Dietz has earned World of Outlaws victories this season with David Gravel, Parker Price-Miller and Shane Stewart. The decision comes as Jaxx Johnson, son of the late Jason Johnson, continues to grow up, and the demands of life and parenting increase for team owner Bobbi Johnson.Īs owners, Philip and Brooke Dietz look forward to the opportunity to focus on driving long-term success for JJR. – Alongside the announcement of Carson Macedo as the team’s new driver, officials from Jason Johnson Racing confirmed Wednesday the ownership structure of the team will change next year.Ĭurrent JJR crew chief Philip Dietz, along with his wife Brooke, will step up as ownership partners to continue to build the legacy of Jason Johnson Racing moving forward. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In a conversation with Colonel Dobbs as they discuss his retirement and their past grievances as well as Tex’s name coming up in a dangerous case Dobbs was working on. The story begins with God conversing with his assistant that although he isn’t the best person for the Tex is next on the list of people to save the day from the looming threat.It continues with a newsreel from the end of World War II detailing the allied forces efforts at destroying the remnants of Nazi cults and temples.It then shifts to a trio of cultists at a burnt out cathedral with one picking up a crystal statuette of a dove and then shows Tex Murphy traversing the skies of San Fransisco monologing on his current state living in a run down hotel and divorced with very little work to his name. Tex Murphy Under a Killing Moon - Longplay Under a Killing Moon has many unique characters, and stars several well-known actors such as Brian Keith, Margot Kidder, Russell Means and the voice of James Earl Jones. But everything quickly goes downhill when Tex finds himself unwittingly involved in the affairs of a dangerous cult. The Countess is promising to pay Tex more money than he's seen in his life. Then a mysterious woman calling herself Countess Renier, having heard good things about Tex, hires him to find her missing statuette.Įverything seems great at first. Tex quickly solves the case, and feels his luck has begun to change. He finds it quickly once he discovers that the pawnshop across the street from his apartment has been robbed. Recently divorced from his wife Sylvia Linsky, out of work, low on cash, and living in a rundown part of Old San Francisco, Tex realizes that he has to get his act together. In Under a Killing Moon the player plays as Tex Murphy, Private Investigator. All his friends are Mutants, though he himself is a Norm.Since the events of his first case The Law and Order Party has long since dissolved and disbanded but it still lives on in the more extremist and openly anti - mutant group The Crusade for Genetic Purity which now espouses a return to pre-WWIII society with Norms having full control of society without mutants. Tex lives on Chandler Avenue in Old San Francisco. The Mutants are usually forced to live in the run-down areas of cities such as Old San Francisco. Tensions between the two groups have risen dramatically since the end of the war, and Norms and Mutants usually do not get along. Specifically,some people have developed a natural resistance against radioactivity, and thus are normal or " Norms" - everybody else are Mutants in some form. ![]() WWIII also left another mark on the world: the formation of two classes of citizens. ![]() After the devastating events of WWIII, many major cities have been rebuilt (as is the case with New San Francisco), though certain areas still remain as they were before the war (as in Old San Francisco). Like all Tex Murphy games, Under a Killing Moon takes place in post- World War III San Francisco in December 2042. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() According to this mainstream view the GFC was an example of a massive market failure due to the inherent instability of private capitalism, a failure which was triggered by the liberalization of international capital transactions in the 1980s and the national deregulation of financial markets in the late 1990s (e.g. Although the current divergence in political opinion, towards both the extreme left and the extreme right can be traced back to a number of complex socio-economic issues, one clear reason for the trend is the prevailing, rather one-sided, analysis of the origin and economic nature of the GFC and its pre-Corona aftermath. However, it is still somewhat surprising that apparently otherwise reasonable people in the media or politics can remain so blind to the potential disadvantages of heavy socialist intervention, either in housing or in other sectors of the economy. ![]() Such anti-capitalist preferences can to some extent be explained away, at least as far as the young are concerned, as stemming from a lack of experience regarding the historic evils of socialism. Thirteen years after the GFC, general approval of free markets appears to be at an historical low, particularly among Western millennials who now seem to favor soft forms of socialism. In the aftermath of such crises, it is no surprise, for example, that in former East Germany, thirty years after the fall of the Berlin wall, those calling for a return to communism or a rebirth of socialism (with a green face of course) are now gaining in elections. This then leads to calls for some form of regulatory intervention, either by the state, or by some other ‘big player’ such as the central bank. ![]() Summary of neo-Austrian views on the GFC and its pre-Corona aftermath.ĭeep financial crises entailing widespread bank credit, such as the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) 2007/2008, are often seen as being the result of unfettered capitalism. Without producing an economic downturn or bust. The main question here is why such policies can continue This is followed by discussion of radical neo-AustrianĬritiques of the unconventional monetary policies used to reflate the U.S.Įconomy after the GR. Then, neo-Austrian extensions of basicĪBCT are applied to an explanation of the U.S. Following an introduction to the main topic, theīasic elements of ABCT are presented. How do neo-AustrianĪuthors manage to cope with such a fact? Such are the research questions dealt economy since the GR, a boom which has beenĮngineered by anti-Austrian ultra-loose monetary policy. Why has this failed to materialize? We have currently experienced The Great Recession (GR) must at some point lead to a 1970s-style period of (Fed) and the enormous government deficits run by U.S. Stated that the unprecedented monetary inventions by the U.S. subprime crisis and the GFC? For example, the neo-Austrian What extent the basic Mises-Hayek cycle theory can be applied to an explanation Is rejected by the mainstream, or is it rather the lack of correspondenceīetween ABCT and the stylized facts of business cycles, such as the positiveĬorrelation between consumption and investment? We also need to ascertain to Neo-Austrian bias towards the supremacy of an unfettered market economy which Therefore, weĪlso need to ask why mainstream economists dismiss ABCT. Neo-Austrian explanation of crises, nor its policy implications. Is also true that mainstream macro-economists, although struggling heavily toĬome up with a suitable theoretical explanation of the GFC, neither accept the subprime crisis and its aftermath? In contrast, it We thus ought to ask, what are the basic tenets of theĪustrian Business Cycle Theory (ABCT) and how did it enable some economists toĬorrectly predict the U.S. Opponents of neo-Austrian macro-theory have meanwhile begun to accept someĪustrian insights. More surprising is that even relatively fierce Vindication of (neo-) Austrian cycle theory ( Hunter,Ģ018 ). housing bubble and the subsequent GFC, apparently, a clear With the Austrian school, or those using neo-Austrian insights, correctly It is also true that several economists associated Interest in the views of (neo-) Austrian economists on macro-economic crises,Įspecially financial crises. (GFC) 2007/2008 the sales of Hayek’s (1944) Road to Serfdom quadrupled, a clear indication of renewed public In the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis ![]() ![]() But when monkey business goes on long enough, it eventually becomes public knowledge, and an indignant and outraged public turns with anger on those who for so long kept eyes, ears, and mouth closed. The inscription in its familiar English version reads, “See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.” This is a respected motto in Washington-not among journalists but among those in high government office. In a beautiful park in Lausanne, Switzerland, there is the original of the familiar statuette of three monkeys, one covering his eyes, one his ears, one his mouth. An intellectual par excellence, he was never embarrassed by the simplicity of the Gospel and never tried to adjust it to the modern world. His tremendous academic and literary attainments never prevented him from testifying to his faith in simple, easy to understand terms. Although loyal to the Roman church as an institution, he seemed primarily concerned for fundamental Christian and evangelical principles, an attitude that gained him more popularity among Protestant evangelicals than among modernizing Catholics. He vigorously opposed the “Catholic pantheism” of Teilhard de Chardin. ![]() But in recent years, as he saw both Rome and Protestantism beginning to make absolutes out of some of the social and intellectual values for which he had sought Christian endorsement-for example, freedom, social justice, and the fine arts-he spoke out against what he considered their idolatrous and world-worshiping tendencies. Although stimulated by the philosophy of Henri Bergson with its “creative evolution” and “élan vital” as an alternative to materialistic naturalism, Maritain remained unsatisfied, and ultimately-together with Raissa, his Russian-Jewish wife-he turned to Roman Catholicism.Īn ardent if imaginative disciple of Thomas Aquinas, because of his open-minded and critical spirit Maritain was for years considered a liberal in Roman Catholic circles. Raised a liberal Protestant in comfortably bourgeois circumstances and at a time when there was very little evangelical fervor among French Protestants, Maritain rebelled against the emptiness of the skeptical, ostensibly scientific humanism of the academic world of his day. When Jacques Maritain died in Toulouse, France, April 28, at the age of ninety, it was the passing of one of our century’s intellectual giants. The article was “The Irrelevance of Relevance” by Kenneth Hamilton (March 31), and the editorial was “The Church’s Distinctive” (May 12). Among ACP magazines of opinion, public affairs, and social concerns, CHRISTIANITY TODAY got top awards for best article and best editorial in 1972. Two at the Top CHRISTIANITY TODAY won two awards in the annual competition sponsored by Associated Church Press. We hope that the sordid affair will be aired thoroughly, the guilty punished, and the administration’s attention turned to solving such problems as inflation, the energy crisis, and the pressing need to rebuild confidence in its own integrity. And we do not think he will be impeached. We do not think he moved fast enough when he did find out. We do not think that Nixon knew what was going on at Watergate at the time it happened. Broder, who just won a Pulitzer Prize, wrote in the Washington Post (May 8): We could well discuss with our readers … why the same papers that have been so outraged by the threat to civil liberties resulting from the bugging of a party headquarters or the break-in at a psychiatrist’s office feel free themselves to print the transcript of secret grand jury testimony, regardless of the risk to the reputations of persons who may be mentioned in that non-adversary proceeding. Both the Watergate and the Ellsberg incidents are exhibitions of law-breaking, and nothing should be allowed to obscure this fact.Ĭolumnist David S. Whatever may have happened subsequently, we need to remind ourselves that Ellsberg admitted stealing and reproducing the Pentagon Papers and delivering them to the news media. What jars us is the selective morality some persons display in regard to the Watergate and Ellsberg cases. If all these doors were opened, the Watergate scandal would no doubt rate only second billing. But Watergate went far beyond this the illegal acts that the term now signifies must be condemned.īilly Graham in another Times piece commented that Watergate is “a symptom of the deeper moral crisis that affects society.” How right he is! Anyone at all familiar with the Washington scene knows there are skeletons stacked high in some congressional closets. ![]() ![]() ![]() Intelligence operations “are commonplace in political campaigns and usually include efforts to collect all published information about an opponent along with occasional efforts to obtain advance copies of speeches, travel schedules and the like,” wrote Seymour M. ![]() ![]() The mysterious wall paintings, pictures and books are often impossible to read, which lessens the otherwise great sense of immersion. Fair enough, the lighting left us very impressed, but the graphical fidelity doesn't quite live up to today's standards. It then becomes especially clear that the original game is four years old. That's why it's so disappointing to see foggy textures when you get close to inspect the minor details. Every environment reflects a mood, and helps build atmosphere. ![]() You'll find ship carcasses across the coastline, weird rock formations, lush hillsides, and caverns decorated with stalactites lit by an otherworldly glow that makes the island feel mysterious, while also real. This vagueness is also represented in the environments. This is clearly a one to two hour experience, best served with subsequent discussion with others, sharing experiences, opinions, and interpretations. As some of the environmental details will change in different playthroughs you might end up with different feelings about the story each time. The diary entries will give you just enough information to make some details clear, while also giving room for your own interpretation of others. Some of you may not like some of the more heavy-handed literary style, but we found its vagueness intriguing after getting used to it. ![]() His delivery subtly changes as you progress through the story, which helps build up the tension. Nigel Carrington's soothing voice does a great job of giving us a vague references as to what happened on the island, and who Esther is. It is here that he talks about someone called Esther and what happened on the island. You walk around on very linear paths on a Hebridean island as the game's narrator reads different sections of his diary. Once you have done that, you'll be able to open the console. There is a little tick box which says 'Enable Developer Console'. The setting to do this is located in the 'Keyboard/Mouse' settings menu. The wiki is free to be edited by anyone and needs to contain valid information. To use cheats in Dear Esther, you will need to activate the Developer Console first. This wiki is about the mod Dear Esther, released in 2008 by TheChineseRoom and remade in 2012 by the same developers with the collaboration of Robert Briscoe. The concept of Dear Esther is quite simple. DEAR ESTHER WIKI 36 articles 105 files 1,392 edits. ![]() We didn't get to share our opinion of this genre-defining game back then, but with the release of the Landmark Edition we've decided to change that. It's been eight years since Dear Esther started as an ambitious indie mod, and presented us with the term "walking simulator". ![]() |
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