Importing Contacts into a Lotus Notes Address Book using vCard files

If you have an Address Book which can export Contacts in vCard format:

• Open your Address Book
• Select the relevant Contacts
• Click on Export [select vCard format]
• Give the file a name

In Notes:

• Open the Address Book you want to add the Contacts to
• Click on File
• Click on Import
• Select the relevant vCard file
• Click OK.

That's it.

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Leaders?

The problem with the modern work environment is that it is usually populated by practising politicians, and more often than not ruled by pocket dictators. When it comes to attention-seeking the general rule of thumb is 'whoever shouts the loudest gets the most'. And in the work environment attention is critical to advancement.

Think about this for a minute: If it wasn't for Adam's decision to willingly eat of the Tree we wouldn't have to work in order to eat [see Genesis 3:19] . Imagine what a different place this would be if this was not the case - we could get on with the more important things, like relationships, and really getting to know our Creator.

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Managers

The old saying "If you pay peanuts you get monkeys" is one incredible generalisation. It is much closer to the truth stated this way,"You get what you pay for". To give you an example: We have three subjects, all performing EXACTLY the same function; Employee No. 1 is paid a meagre wage, Employee No. 2 is moderately paid and Employee No. 3 is paid well for extra effort.

Question: When it becomes apparent that someone needs to stay in the office and work at night which one would be the most likely to comply? Easy isn't it. Now the question is; Which would you rather have working for you? The answer may change your future..............

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Moving or migrating emails, To Do's and Calendar entries from one Lotus Notes mail file to another

If your Lotus Notes mail file has become corrupted one solution is to create a new one on the mail-server. This is typically done by your sys-admin and may take some time [and arm-twisting]. Once the file has been created first open the Replication tab and unselect the tick-mark next to the old mail-file then open the new file in the Workspace page and replicate to create a local copy [from which you will work].

You will notice that none of the emails, To Do's or Calendar entries are there, these have to be moved from your old mail file to the new before you can access them. I believe this can be done using Lotus scripts, but there is a more immediately practical method to get them into your new mail file. Proceed as follows:

1. Open both the old and new mail Inboxes
   
2. In the old file select emails you want to show in the new mail file
3. Right-click on one and select 'Copy'
4. Go to the new file
5. Right-click in the empty space in the Inbox
6. Select 'Paste'

All the emails you copied will appear in your new Inbox.

Do the same for your To Do list and Calendar entries, but for the Calendar select the 'All Calendar Entries' tab where you can paste all selected items at once.

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Evolution is a belief system

If you believe anything that cannot be proven you are basing your belief on faith. Both Creationists and Evolutionists find themselves in this predicament because neither 'theory' can be empirically proven nor disproven. The proponents of both theories 'believe' they are right without any real, physical proof - hence both are belief systems in the truest sense of the word.

The Theory of Evolution is based purely on assumptions based on sketchy circumstantial evidence while the Theory of Creation is based on what the Bible says. The two are mutually exclusive. To base your beliefs on evidence which could be shot down by any hick lawyer in a court of law is a big ask.

Given that the Big Bang Theory is correct [it has been disproven], Cosmology has shown that there has not been enough time for evolution to have run it's course ie. the amount of time required for us to have developed to our current level by evolving far exceeds the age of the universe.

The Creation story in the Bible on the other hand fits in with what scientists have discovered about the makeup and workings of the universe as we know it. This cannot be explained away.

The choice is up to you - and you have to choose as choosing neither leaves you somewhere in the middle of..............nowhere?

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What God has put together.......

'What God has put together let not man put asunder.' These words from the marriage vows are quoted at almost every wedding, and the couple to be married are enjoined to love each other 'in sickness and in health etc 'til death us do part'. Looking at the divorce rate I've been wondering what's wrong with this picture, but I think I now have a handle on the cause of the problem: The would be partners might NOT have been brought together by God. If this is the case with most marriages then no wonder the divorce rate is what it is.

Marriage is held by God to be sacred. He has given us comprehensive advice on how to make it work, but the underlying premise in scripture is that He MUST be the one to bring together the relevant parties. Without this happening the marriage is in trouble before it is ever formalised.

The thinking today leans towards the idea that we can't really know what we want, or what type of person would make a good mate without gaining some form of experience through having relationships with a number of people. While this may sound like uncommon good sense to some it is never a good idea as we become emotionally entangled with other people on various levels. These entanglements become baggage that we carry with us into the future - they encumber us and place subtle limitations on our interactions with others, especially our significant others, and who knows what damage they can do.

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Definitions of the word 'science'.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines science as:

1. The state of fact of knowing; knowledge or congnizance of something specified or implied; also, with wider reference, knowledge (more or less extensive) as a personal attribute. (Now only theological and philosophical.)
2. Knowledge acquired by study; acquaintance with or mastery of any department of learning. Also (plural) (a person's) various kinds of knowledge. b) Trained skill
3. A particular branch of knowledge or study; a recognized department of learning. b) Contradistinguished from art....d)A craft, trade or occupation requiring trained skill. (obs.)
4. In a more restricted sense: A branch of study which is concerned either with a connected body of demonstrated truths or with observed facts systematically classified and more or less colligated by being brought under general laws, and which includes trustworthy methods for the discovery of new truth within its own domain.
5. The kind of knowledge or of intellectual activity of which the various sciences are examples....In modern use, chiefly: The sciences (in sense 4) as distinguished from other departments of learning; scientific doctrine or investigation.... b) In modern use, often treated synomymous with 'Natural and Physical Science,' and thus restricted to those branches of study that relate to the phenomena of the material universe and their laws, sometimes with implied exclusion of pure mathematics.

WikiPedia has this to say:

Scientists maintain that scientific investigation must adhere to the scientific method, a process for evaluating empirical knowledge which explains observable events in nature as a result of natural causes, rejecting supernatural notions.

The last three words '[rejecting supernatural notions] are the kicker. Without the involvement of 'the supernatural' we must necessarily exclude any ideas that the universe arrived here through a creative process.

Science: from Middle English, knowledge, learning, from Old French, from Latin scientia, from sciēns, scient-, present participle of scīre, to know.

In other words, that which is known and by extension not that which is hoped, prayed, guessed at or assumed to be true.

Here's what gets my goat: Evolution has never been proved. If you think of it as a settled issue please check back here every now and then, I will be presenting imminently provable scientific facts on this blog that dispute evolution.

Window Managers

The term 'OS' is an acronym for Operating System. This is the software 'layer' that links the computer hardware and the user who accesses the hardware via the screen, keyboard and mouse. OS's most users are familiar with today are Windows 95, 98, 2000 and XP but an increasing number are being exposed to the various flavours of Linux.

In the early days of modern computing the DOS command-line was used to access functionality within the computer - you typed commands and the computer reacted. This is know as the User Interface, or ui. In today's world we use a Graphical User Interface, or gui to access the same functionality. Your screen has icons [represented by pictures] and buttons with text denoting their function - you just double-click [in Linux this is usually a single-click] and your application starts up. Most computer users never use the command-line although it is still there with lessened functionality, but computer administrators often use it to access 'hidden' processes and functions. It has disappeared into the domain of the 'geek'.

The command-line interface used in Linux is a different kettle of fish. While the DOS command line could be use to do 'stuff' the Linux command line can actually be used for heavy-duty programming, which makes it much more powerful - a command line with serious teeth.

The gui used in Linux, called a Window Manager or 'wm' operates in a different way to the common Windows desktop [the subject of a separate discussion] but computer functionality is still accessed via icons and buttons. In Linux you can use any number of different gui's - you are not limited to a single standard. Which one you use depends on you - and, because many Window Managers are undergoing constant development and improvement, also on how willing you are to experience the frustrations of trying to set up a front-end that does exactly what you want. I have used KDE in the past but prefer Fvwm2 and Icewm but there are many other options available. For Windows users switching to Linux, KDE and GDE are probably the best place to start as they are the most user-friendly and contain many elements common to a Windows environment, like a desktop with configurable task-bars [some wm's eg. FluxBox can be a major challenge but ultimately worth the time and effort to set up].

Misunderstanding Revelation

I saw a National Geographic program [part of the 'Hidden Bible' series] recently that really irritated me. A parade of learned scholars were making statements like:

• The writings cannot be taken literally and must be interpreted symbolically. It's fairly obvious which portions are symbolic and which literal - most of the time the confusion lies in the mind of the reader.
  
• John did not really write it. If he didn't then who did?
  
• Anyone who looks for the end of the world [for whatever reason] will find in this book, through personal interpretation, whatever it is they seek because it is so full of symbolism
• It was written towards the end of the 1st century and was meant as a message of hope only for the Christians of that time
• Nero was actually the 'Anti-christ' as his name = 666 [using gematria / numerology]. They neglect to mention that using this method the names of the pope, JFK, Hitler, and a host of other famous figures also add up to 666
• They also forget [or perhaps are ignorant of] the fact that the concept of 'anti-christ' is prevalent throughout scripture, the 'Antichrist' mentioned in Revelation is merely the final personification / actual embodiment of the concept in the form of a human being possessed by satan
• Christian beliefs derived from the book are arrived at by 'convoluted' reasonings, and disjointed reading of Revelation, Daniel and other apocalyptic writings
• For some it is a message of doom, for others a message of hope - for the christian it is both a warning of evil times to come and promise of the final fulfillment of our hope in Christ
• Everyone 'from John to the Y2K'ers' was wrong about the actual timing of the end - this is absolute cr_p! John never made any predictions as to the actual time and in Revelation it states clearly,"no man knows the time, only the Father..." - Is this an example of having to take a literal passage and interpret it symbolically? The Bible gives us clues as to the general time-frame, but it's pointless trying to pin the actual year and date down.
  

It's sad that these eminent scholars can be so deceived / blinded, but this circumstance is predicted in the bible - you can only comprehend so much with your mind, if your spiritual eyes are blind you will always miss the really important stuff

The question we must ask ourselves is,"If Revelation is true will I be ready when that time comes?".

Religion

Many people are not aware of the meaning of the word 'religion'. Here are some quick definitions:

• Re-reading
• Treating carefully
• Re-connection
• To bind or return to bondage
• Concerning a gathering

As you can see, one of it's roots can be traced to the Latin word 'religare', which means 'to bind' - ie. literally to tie up. This is so apt when considering how some people are completely 'tied up' by their belief systems.