One of the most stunning of the wonders in the insect world is on the Emperor Speckled Moth (Gynanisa maja) from southern Africa, a member of the silkmoth group. To scare predators away, its wings display this strikingly accurate rendition of a mammal’s face—even the sparkle in the pupils!
Many other day-flying silk moths have eye spots decorating their wings, but only the Emperor Speckled Moth has such an elaborate design.
Secular scientists do not even try to explain the details of how such a masterful living painting could have occurred, but they believe….
Copyblogger has a great post on How to Be Interesting with some (21 so far) great, so-so and not so great ways to be interesting. Warning: Don’t try them all at once or you come off looking psycotic(er).
ZDNet.com has news about Ubuntu available at BestBuy for 20 bucks, writing:
So what do you get for your twenty bucks? The retail box contains ”Ubuntu 8.04 CD, a Quick Start Guide and 60 days of support from the ValuSoft team, trained and backed by the Canonical support guys. The support covers installation and getting started using Ubuntu and is priced at $19.99.”
This is good news from a marketing standpoint; pushing Linux even more main stream. Will they sell a lot of boxes? Probably not. But this is still a good move. Or at least it can be. I’d like to see what they wrote on the box. There is still a lot of misunderstanding about Linux and how something free can be as good (or arguably better) than a 200-300 dollar operating system. There’s also a great deal of misconception about what software will work and won’t work on it.
Back to the article: I agree 2 month’s of support is not worth the 20 bucks. Download the ISO and burn a disk. Don’t know how or what I even just said? Click here.
By constantly meditating on the goodness of God and on our great deliverance from that punishment which our sins have deserved, we are brought to feel our vileness and utter unworthiness; and while we continue in this spirit of self-degradation, everything else will go on easily. We shall find ourselves advancing in our course; we shall feel the presence of God; we shall experience His love; we shall live in the enjoyment of His favour and in the hope of His glory. . . . You often feel that your prayers scarcely reach the ceiling; but, oh, get into this humble spirit by considering how good the Lord is, and how evil you all are, and then prayer will mount on wings of faith to heaven. The sigh, the groan of a broken heart, will soon go through the ceiling up to heaven, aye, into the very bosom of God. ~ Charles Simeon
One of the most stunning of the wonders in the insect world is on the Emperor Speckled Moth (Gynanisa maja) from southern Africa, a member of the silkmoth group. To scare predators away, its wings display this strikingly accurate rendition of a mammal’s face—even the sparkle in the pupils!