1/7/2024 0 Comments Sobriety prayer![]() ![]() Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. “God, I offer myself to Thee - to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. The Third-Step Prayer, p.63, Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference, thy will, not mine be done.” Serenity Prayer, p.41, Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions ![]() Feel free to download a PDF version of the standard AA prayers here. We are all together now, reaching out our hands for a power and strength greater than ours and as we join hands, we find love and understanding beyond our wildest dreams.The Serenity Prayer, Third Step Prayer, 7 th Step Prayer, 11 th Step prayer and Set Aside Prayer are standard AA prayers. No longer must we each depend upon our own unsteady willpower. No longer is there a sense of hopelessness. I put my hand in yours and together we can do what we could never do alone. Thank you for providing so generously for my (our) sustenance with the gift of your creation. Higher power, the richness and bounty of this earth is truly evidence of your power and love. I pray only for knowledge of your will for me and the power to carry that out. God, help me to be increasingly willing to defer my will to yours. God, help me to be real, to remember clearly the wreckage addiction has caused in my life. God, I pray for the willingness to surrender to you all thoughts, actions and attitudes which create suffering in my life or the lives of others. I have faith that with recovery first, all else will take its place. I have faith that by putting you, God, first in my life, all will be taken care of. Please guide and sustain me through another day of sobriety so that I may better do your will, and help my fellow addict. I am making a decision to turn my will and my life over to the care of you. I am coming to believe that you can return me to sanity. ![]() I know that I am powerless over addictive sexual behavior, and that without you, life itself is unmanageable. I ask for your protection now in case sometime during the day my desire to act out becomes stronger than my desire to stay sober. God, today is a new day for me with you it can be a day of freedom from sex addiction. It is by dying that one awakens to eternal life. Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted-to understand, than to be understood-to love, than to be loved.įor it is by self-forgetting that one finds. Lord, make me a channel of thy peace-that where there is hatred, I may bring love-that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness-that where there is discord, I may bring harmony-that where there is error, I may bring truth-that where there is doubt, I may bring faith-that where there is despair, I may bring hope-that where there are shadows, I may bring light-that where there is sadness, I may bring joy. Grant me the strength, as I go out from here, to do your bidding. I pray that you now remove from me every single defect of character which stands in the way of my usefulness to you and my fellows. My Creator, I am now willing that you should have all of me, good and bad. May I do your will always! Seventh Step Prayer Walk me through my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of your power, your love, and your way of life. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do your will. God, I offer myself to you-to build with me and to do with me as you will. May I do Thy will always!Īlcoholics Anonymous, p. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of Life. ![]() God, I offer myself to Thee-to build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. God, grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. These are some prayers we have found helpful. Some of us come to SAA with limited or no experience with prayer. SAA is not affiliated with any religion, creed or dogma. ![]()
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1/7/2024 0 Comments Medis instal![]() ![]() MPEG, WMA, AAC, FLAC, ALAC, AMR, and Dolby Digital audio codecs: Enable the playback of digital audio content, such as MP3, WMA, MPEG-2 audio, AAC audio, FLAC and ALAC audio, and AC-3 audio. Windows Portable Devices (WPD) infrastructure: Communicates with attached media and storage devices that include devices that support the Media Transfer Protocol. Media Foundation: Provides support for content protection, audio and video quality, and interoperability for DRM. Also enables computers to find those kinds of files on the network. Media sharing and Play To: Enables music, pictures, and videos on a networked computer to be shared with other computers and devices on the same network. Windows Media DRM: Enables the secure delivery of protected content for playback on a computer, portable device, or network device. Windows Media Format: Provides support for the Advanced Systems Format (ASF) file container, the Windows Media audio and video codecs, basic network streaming capability, and digital rights management (DRM). Windows Media Player Runtime: Exposes methods and properties to manipulate multimedia playback from a webpage or an application. Windows Media Player application: Enables Windows Media Player features, such as the ability to play media files and audio CDs, manage media in a library, create a playlist, provide metadata (including album art) for media, create an audio CD, transfer music to a portable music player, and play streaming content from a website. These technologies include, but are not limited to, the following features: Customers can restore the functionality of these technologies by installing the Media Feature Pack for N versions of Windows 10/11. Windows 10/11 N includes the same functionality as other Windows 10/11 editions, except for Windows Media Player and related technologies. More information about Windows 10/11 N Excluded features This update doesn’t replace a previously released update. You must restart your computer after you apply this update. To apply this update, you don't have to make any changes to the registry. To install this update, you must have Windows 10 N or Windows 11 N installed. Media codecs for playback of media in apps and in the browser: Such apps include (but are not limited to): Additional stepsĪfter you have installed the Media Feature Pack, there are additional apps that can be installed from the Microsoft Store to regain additional functionality. Note: You will not be prompted to restart your computer, but you must restart in order to successfully complete installation of the Media Feature Pack. Select View features next to Add an optional feature, and then select the Media Feature Pack in the list of available optional features. On Windows 11 N: Select the Start button, then select Settings > Apps > Optional features. Find the Media Feature Pack in the list of available optional features. ![]() ![]() On Windows 10 N: Select the Start button, then select Settings > Apps > Apps and Features > Optional features > Add a feature. Here’s how to install the Media Feature Pack: The Media Feature Pack for Windows 10/11 N is available for download as an Optional Feature. You must install additional software from Microsoft to have this communication functionality and to play or to create audio CDs, media files, and video DVDs, to stream music, or to take and store pictures. These include media-related technologies (Windows Media Player) and certain pre-installed media apps, such as Movies & TV, Voice Recorder, and Skype. This update provides support for media features in Windows 10/11 N. ![]() 1/7/2024 0 Comments Grsync for mac![]() ![]() I understand all of this client server protocol negotiation may sound like “Blah blah blah blah” or one of the adults from a Peanuts comic because it’s definitely geek speak. Assuming that I am listed in the module definition in nf as an auth user and enter the correct password noted in the appropriate “secrets” file then rsyncd will send the appropriate data to rsync on my laptop. After issuing the rsync command it prompts me for my password on the rsync server for that resource, which rsync calls a module. Sent 61 bytes received 300 bytes 144.40 bytes/secĪs you can see I am running rsync on my laptop with the –stats option which yields this handy output of what transpired during the session. The following is an example of what it looks like from the client perspective,which in geek speak is basically a way of saying what happened on my laptop djehuty: mking$ rsync -stats 374 9 11:39:11. You don’t keep your car running just in case you might decide to hop in and run up to 7 Eleven for a burrito and cup of Brazilian Bold do you? No, because that would be a gross waste of resources! On the server side when we make the call it answers with the following isis:~ $ ps ax |grep rsyncĨ5366 ? Ss 0:00.00 /usr/libexec/launchproxy /opt/local/bin/rsync -daemon -config=/usr/local/etc/rsyncd/nfĪs soon as the connection to rsync has completed it’s transaction the daemon will end it’s run allowing those cycles and ram to return to the pool of resources that the server needs to use for doing other things like serving Minecraft or WordPress web sites. Honestly there isn’t much reason to keep rsyncd around running just in case someone makes the call and supplies the correct credentials. It does this on the fly in order to save system resources. rsync -stats above command will connect to the rsync daemon, which is a geeky way of saying service causing launchd on the remote server to instantiate a copy of rsyncd to launch and run answering the request. On my laptop at the command prompt I enter the appropriate command that will make the connection to the rsync service. Once you make a connection attempt on the appropriate TCP port 873 launchd will setup the daemon. If you were to perform a ps ax | grep rsync you would likely not see anything. I find it is easiest to use pushed to temporarily move to /Library/LaunchDaemons and run the command locally as follows sudo launchctl load Īt this point we have told the Mac (in my case a Snow Leopard Server) to make this service available. To do this we need to use launchdctl to load the plist into the lauchd registry. Once I have completed the basic setup it’s time to launch the daemon. Secrets file = /usr/local/etc/rsyncd/crets # so you should not need to HUP the daemon ever. # Remember that rsync will supposedly reread this file before each new client connection ![]() # Set this if you want to stop rsync daemon with rc.d scripts The following is an example of a nf file that I have used in the past: # nf - Example file, see nf(5) Besides, like Mac OS X I am a fan of FreeBSD and it’s just the way I roll. In addition, I have created this plist to look for the nf in /usr/local/etc/rsyncd, because it is a more unified best practice way of doing things. You should also note that although I could have used the default 2.6.9 version of rsync that ships with most Macs, I have actually upgraded mine to 3.0.8 using the system. So, I created the following plist ( property list) file that I installed as root into /Library/LaunchDaemon. On the Mac, unfortunately inetd is no longer a viable option, thus you need to use launchd and launchdctl to load your XML described process file. Personally, I think it is much better to have the system offer some more resiliency by automating this process. The worst thing is to have a system that has been operational for several months suddenly stop because someone rebooted the hardware and no one remembered that the process needed to be relaunched. In addition, if you reboot the ‘server’ the process will not restart automatically. But without the appropriate nf things can get a little messy. On the one hand, you can simply type rsync - daemon and it will start a rsync daemon running on TCP port 873. Unfortunately, to use the built in rsync protocol you need to set up an rsync server, which on a Mac can be quite tricky. It supports transferring files over ssh as well as it’s own protocol. Rsync is useful for conducting backups to remote file servers or even mirroring a local drive to a removable one. One of the most versatile utilities developed is rsync, however learning to effectively use the application can be a daunting task. ![]() ![]() ![]() We’ll work from a photo reference to complete the image but make a few alterations during the process. (The following links are affiliate links which means that I make a small commission if you purchase without an additional cost to you)… Here are the specific materials used to create the art with links to purchase. An orange surface will give the image warmth as small specks of the paper will still show through in areas. A paper with a weaker tooth would hinder us from making so many layers. The extra tooth or texture of the paper will allow us to make multiple layered applications of oil pastels. For this image, I’ve decided to work on Canson Mi-Teintes pastel paper, applying the medium to the heavily textured side of the paper. The surface that we’ll work on is also important. ![]() This characteristic exaggerates the look of brushstrokes and it’s for this reason we’ll work with Sennelier oil pastels to complete the landscape. However, Sennelier oil pastels produce an almost impasto surface texture, with the material raised off of the drawing surface. Some artists will prefer the control they get from Sakura oil pastels while others will prefer the painterly look produced by Sennelier.īoth brands of oil pastel mentioned above are capable of producing a “painterly” look. For example, oil pastels made by Sakura (Cray Pas) behave differently from those made by Sennelier. ![]() Each manufacturer has a different approach which leads to a broad spectrum of characteristics across the same medium. Oil pastels, like all art media, is produced by a variety of manufacturers. 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Early 1990s reviews of Coherent pointed out that the system was much smaller than other contemporary Unix offerings, as well as less expensive at US$99.95, but lacking in functionality and software support. In 1985 it criticized the difficulty of installation, but stated that "as a UNIX clone, Coherent is amazingly complete. īYTE in 1984 called Coherent a "highly compatible UNIX Version 7 lookalike". At this point, Coherent 2.3 offered roughly the functionality of Version 7 Unix on PC hardware, including the nroff formatter but not the BSD extensions offered by competing Unix/clone vendors compared to its competitors, it was a small system distributed on only seven double-sided floppy disks, costing only US$500 for a license. Initially sold to OEMs, starting 1983 it was available on the consumer market from MWC directly. 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The delegation included Dennis Ritchie, who concluded that "it was very hard to believe that Coherent and its basic applications were not created without considerable study of the OS code and details of its applications." However, he also stated that: In the early years of its existence, MWC received a visit from an AT&T delegation looking to determine whether MWC was infringing on AT&T Unix property. Development Ĭoherent was not Unix the Mark Williams Company had no rights to either the Unix trademark or the AT&T/ Bell Labs source code. ![]() Historically, the operating system was a proprietary product, but it became open source in 2015, released under the BSD-3-Clause license. 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