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Whenever I find myself looking at the treasured imagery of the American Frontier, there’s always a bittersweetness that washes over. Perhaps it is the grandeur of the mountains looming against the most idyllic of cottages, but there’s this sense of melancholy that’s fascinating to explore. One such example comes in the form of Mona Fastvold’s The World to Come, a romantic tale of loneliness and beauty, starring Katherine Waterston, Vanessa Kirby, Casey Affleck, and Christopher Abbott.
Based on co-screenwriter Jim Shepard’s short story of the same name, The World to Come follows Abigail (Waterston, “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald”), a quiet farmer’s wife suffering a great loss. Her husband, Dyer (Affleck, “The Old Man & the Gun”) is equally overcome with similar grief, leaving the two’s emotional chemistry colder than the weather outside their door. But when a young couple moves into a neighboring farmland, Abigail finds herself inspired. For the beautiful redhead wife within the pair, Tally (Kirby, “Mr. Jones”) is the connection Abigail has been craving for. But what starts off as a friendly bond becomes something much more significant between the two, causing both women to question their place in their own marriages. And when Tally’s controlling husband Finney (Abbott, “First Man”) begins to notice the women’s admiration for each other, the metaphorical path that Tally and Abigail begin to travel becomes even more bumpy.
Though it is easy to see the similarities between this film and other lesbian-focused romantic tales, The World to Come stands among the competition simply due to the talent it has in front of and behind the camera. In lesser hands, this period drama could have come across as generic as the forgettable ones that have came before it. But with Fastvold’s calculated direction, this is a film that can easily sit on the shelf with the greater examples of this evolving subgenre. From the delicious moments of poignant tranquility to the harsh realities of the world outside the character’s doors, Fastvold takes audiences by the hand into a cinematic landscape that is as lush as it is painful to explore. And Ron Hansen and Shepard’s beautifully written screenplay adds to that effect greatly.
However, there is one element to the duo’s script that could leave most audiences at a fork in the road. Some will argue that Abigail’s narration is frustrating, childish, and perhaps a bit too on the nose. But when it comes to the taste of this writer, there’s something about Waterston’s voice that comes across as the Sundance equivalent to an ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) loop. It’s haunting, comforting, and though at times a tad bit simplistic in description, works as a final seasoning on the film’s narrative flow. But who knows — maybe if it had been another actor’s vocals taking us on this journey instead of Waterston’s, I might have a much drastically different take.
But when it comes to the cast’s portrayals of their respective characters on screen, every one of them delivers the kind of performances that perfectly compliments Fastvold’s unique filmmaking sensibilities. To start, Waterston shapes Abigail into a reserved individual that you want to see succeed but deep down know what’s ahead of her. She is a woman ahead of her time, and Waterston is a master at shaping that element within her performance — making Abigail as unforgettable as the stunning landscapes that surround her. The same can be said for Kirby’s take on Tally — for she is the perfect blend of fairytale enchantment and melancholy without even a word of line being spoken. And though Kirby nor Waterston get to explore the physical aspects of their romance like the similarly memorable ladies of “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” do, their chemistry is hard to deny.
On the opposite side of the coin, we have Affleck and Abbott in their respective roles. Thanks to both a unique angle within the story itself and Affleck’s acting chops, Dyer comes across as something more than the forgotten spouse. The actor (who also serves as producer on the film) brings a subtle yet heartbreaking spirit to his character, making Dyer a standout among the ensemble. Unfortunately, that same believability can be said of Abbott’s Finney in all of the wrong ways. From the juxtaposition of his soft voice with his goosebump inducing delivery, to the equally mind-twirling mannerisms in every frame, Abbott is becoming a master of his craft. And though exploring all of the layers of Finney’s arc (along with Abbott’s performance) could tread on spoiler territory, the simplest thing to say is that as cartoony is it may seem, men like Finney did exist.
Yet there is one truly jaw-dropping surprise within The World to Come and that would be Daniel Blumberg’s fascinating score. Though many have heard their fair share of period drama-friendly compositions in the past, Blumberg offers a uniquely jazz infused creation that is the perfect seasoning over Fastvold (and cinematographer Andre Chemetoff’s) cinematic dish. Every cue conjures a new element to the simplest of scenes, coming across as the true star of a movie that has so much to offer in every frame. It might not be the most accessible or classic of melodies on display, but Blumberg’s work breaks new ground within a genre that seemed too old hat.
And that is the ultimate take away from The World to Come — it may at first seem a lot of the same, but by the end, its a new step in the right direction for a genre that’s grown accustomed to tradition. Perhaps it doesn’t have the brutal flair of such films as “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” but Fastvold’s efforts are something to be cherished, even amongst its similar romantic competition. It takes a simple lugubrious tale and breathes a beautiful aesthetic life into it — an accomplishment that should give Fastvold, along with the entire cast and crew, the respect they so rightful deserve.


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KILLED ON CHRISTMAS DAY: Murder probe after man stabbed to death in Islington
A MAN was stabbed to death on Christmas Day, prompting another murder investigation for the Met Police.
Police attended a residential address in Holloway Road, Islington, at 4:55pm on Sunday, December 25, following concerns for the welfare of a resident.
They found a man with a stab injury and immediately provided first aid. The London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance also attended. Despite their efforts, the man – who is believed to be aged in his mid-50s – was pronounced dead at the scene.
His next of kin have been informed. A post-mortem examination will be arranged in due course.
A 55-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and taken to a north London police station. He remains in custody.
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The Postal Service has announced two new stamp offerings.
Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) will be honored with a pane of 20 stamps that showcase 10 of her wire sculptures, using photographs by Dan Bradica and Laurence Cuneo.
The selvage features a photograph of Asawa taken by Nat Farbman in 1954 for Life magazine. Ethel Kessler served as art director and designer.
A U.S. Flag stamped envelope featuring a graphic design of the flag will also be released. Kit Hinrichs created the artwork and Kessler served as art director.
USPS will announce the release dates and other details later.

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Update: SM’s New Girl Group aespa Drops MV Teaser For Debut Single “Black Mamba”
Updated November 16 KST:
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SM Entertainment’s upcoming girl group aespa has unveiled a striking new set of teasers for their upcoming debut with “Black Mamba”!
In contrast to the bright, colorful debut teasers that aespa has shared up until now, the stunning new “‘Black Mamba’: Intro” teaser video and photos—which put the spotlight on member Karina—hint at a darker concept for the group’s debut single.
aespa, SM Entertainment’s first new girl group since Red Velvet debuted in 2014, will be making their debut with four members—each of whom has a virtual “avatar” counterpart—with their first single “Black Mamba” on November 17. The song will introduce people to the unique world of aespa by telling a story in which “Black Mamba” is the villain threatening the world and blocking the connection between the real-life aespa members and their “æ” avatars.
aespa’s first single “Black Mamba” will be released on November 17 at 6 p.m. KST. In the meantime, check out all of aespa’s previous debut teasers here!

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The rotalas did well, and I had L Aromatica going for a while. But I've reverted totally to low-tech, low-light, no-ferts, infrequent water changes so I need something pretty hearty.
I like the sunset hygro. I wonder how it would do with my tank lighting.
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Shaped by childhood hardships of war, severe hunger, and the early loss of a parent, George Dragas developed a deep sense of empathy for others in need and instilled his spirit of philanthropy into the values of the company he founded and the children he raised.
The Dragas Companies’ 50 years of growth and success has since afforded it the ability to support charitable initiatives from its business earnings and through its complementary family foundation.
As its second-generation leader, Helen E. Dragas has advanced George’s original intentions for the Dragas Companies’ philanthropy by volunteering her time, donating resources, and initiating charitable programs that impact humanity in a sustained and multi-generational manner.
Areas of Focus
Simply put, education has the power to change lives and level society’s playing fields. By supporting education from many angles, Dragas philanthropy demonstrates the firm conviction that education is the primary equalizer of opportunity and has proven to be the most effective means of achieving a multi-generational impact on society.
Whether through support of local public-school requests, funding exceptional K-12 programming and financial aid, initiating and supporting a variety of higher education initiatives and institutions, or campaigning actively to make public higher education institutions more accessible and affordable, education has always been the centerpiece of Dragas philanthropy.
Family Crisis Solutions
Sometimes as basic as providing a meal or as complex as healing a trauma, Dragas philanthropy all comes back to supporting the things which give children the basic stability necessary for them to achieve a quality education.
• Housing [For Kids, Samaritan House, $1.5 million gift to Hampton Roads municipalities]
• Justice system navigation
• Crisis counseling and general child and family well-being
• Hunger alleviation
Society’s educational and charitable organizations depend on responsive, transparent governance to ensure their longevity and create open, equitable pathways for all, regardless of income or background. Contributing thousands of volunteer hours to numerous local, regional, and statewide governing boards has been a hallmark of Dragas leadership. At Old Dominion University, the Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy at Old Dominion University conducts a wide range of objective economic, demographic, educational, social, transportation and military studies and is actively involved in widely cited economic forecasting activities for the region and the Commonwealth.
See how community service is a deeply ingrained aspect of working here.

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No one said it would be easy, they only said it would be worth it.
Meet Ella! Ella is an adorable 6 months old Jindo mix! She was picked up as a stray and brought to a high kill shelter. A rescuer was able to get her out before her time ran out. She is now living in a foster home with other dogs and learning what it’s like to live in a home. Ella is a very lovely and sweet girl. She is a little shy when meeting new people, but will quickly warm up overtime. She loves other dogs and loves to play. We are looking for a home who understands the responsibilities of owning and raising a dog as a member of their family. Ella is patiently waiting!
"Hi! Ella is doing great. She's like the baby of the family where everyone will drop whatever they're doing to pet her. She really loves napping on the hardwood and on groundcover, even though she has a nice comfy bed. Oh well. New tricks are easy for her, and she loves attention. She has so much energy and loves to run, so the entire family gets a workout. Thank you so much Melody and Love & Second for this opportunity, we're so grateful for the chance to complete our family :)"
If you have extra time on your hand and would like to help please consider volunteering! Rescue groups need dedicated volunteers to help with events, fundraisers, home checks, transports, etc. All of these things help enable the rescue to expand their network and help more dogs in need.

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There are a number of new technologies bursting on the scene with promises to change the way data centers operate.
Apstra chief technology officer Sasha Ratkovic says intent-based networking is one of them as it works to allow companies to run their networks reliably and cost-effectively while offering more agility and control.
The hard problem to achieving that is determining how to compose the complex infrastructure capabilities in order to serve business needs in the presence of constant change in device capabilities and business rules.
“Dreaded ‘brown-field' environments are a testament to the fact that in complex environments dealing with changes gets progressively more and more difficult until the ability to evolve finally stalls. With Intent-Based Networking, the premise is that knowing the intent and understanding how it is implemented makes dealing with change safer and predictable,” says Ratkovic.
“One set of changes comes from the operator in the form of a business rule change or policy change. Even more challenging ones (as you don't control them) are changes coming from the infrastructure in terms of operational status changes or failures. So by definition, Intent-Based Networking deals with all phases of network service lifecycle: design, build, deploy and validate, as each of them involve some specification of user's intent or validation that the intent has been met.
Ratkovic believes intent-based networking is a foundational technology being used to enable intent-based data center automation to address business transformations like digital overhauls, cloud adoption, mobility proliferation, advanced applications, pervasive IoT, and end-user demands.
“The composition problem mentioned earlier is a consequence of the fact that today's data centers act as scale-out computers and there is a need to compose this infrastructure consisting of compute, network, and storage. But this is only one dimension of this composition problem,” says Ratkovic.
“Another dimension is how do you incorporate complex business rules and policies? Infrastructure capabilities, as well as mechanisms to consume them, are subject to constant change. And the situation with business rules is even worse, both in terms of the frequency and the complexity of the changes.
Ratkovic says every time that a change occurs, operators are forced to perform some composition.
“If you take something out, is what remains still acting as a coherent whole? If you add or modify something, is the new composite valid? With a single compute virtualisation node, the problem the operating system must deal with involves partitioning resources as well as dealing with isolation,” says Ratkovic.
“Hypervisor was a vehicle for compute virtualisation. But with the data center acting as a scale-out computer, the distributed operating system first has to perform composition and only then again resource partitioning and isolation. But if you fail at composition due to changes in infrastructure and business rules, you will never even get to consuming your precious and expensive scale-out compute resources. So in some sense Intent-Based Networking is your data center hypervisor.
Software-defined networking (SDN) is rife around the world among data centers and IT departments, and Ratkovic is confident the same will be true of intent-based networking.
“The earliest incarnations of Intent-Based Networking started 4-5 years ago and the technology advances since then are impressive. Aside from technology it takes our collective response to embrace opportunities presented by technology to make it mainstream,” says Ratkovic.
“We are seeing intent-based data center automation which is built on intent-based networking, distributed system architecture, and vendor-agnostic overlay being deployed by several marquee customers which is an indication that the shift is happening. The feedback from the early adopters is phenomenal.
Ratkovic says customers are reveling in the freedom of choice because to stay competitive they need to enable advanced services by composing and leveraging best of breed capabilities across vendors.
“Choice also offers these businesses cost control. Intent-based networking allows them to compose a reliable system out of a disaggregated networking stack. It allows them to deal with their infrastructure by managing it as a fleet (“cattle”) of disaggregated, replaceable commodity components,” says Ratkovic.
“They also have the option to build their masterpiece snowflake out of more expensive, brand name components (“pets”). Once they make a choice, they may want to preserve that capability in the future. You don't want to be free to make a choice and then be locked in by it. To stay competitive you need to be nimble in the presence of change and evolve with your digital transformation.
Ratkovic says there are a number of other positive aspects brought in by intent-based networking, which include:
- Reduces the kind of work tied to running a production services that tends to manual, repetitive, automatable, and devoid of enduring value.
- By enabling a declarative specification of a desired outcome, it greatly simplifies all phases of a service lifecycle and reduces the chance of human error.
- Reduces the time to debug and fix problems as it delivers a context rich operational state which allows extraction of knowledge from the raw telemetry, providing actionable context rich anomalies to identify root causes and identify gray failures.
“Given the above excitement that Intent-Based Networking solutions provide and the traction they are getting I am very optimistic about intent-based networking becoming widespread,” says Ratkovic.
And finally, when it comes to how Apstra is looking to blaze a trail in this market, Ratkovic says the company's solutions are empowering intent-based data centers with intent-based networking, a distributed system architecture, and a vendor-agnostic overlay.
“Our strategy is rooted in building the solid foundation and not cutting corners. The composition problem described earlier is a hard problem to solve and chasing opportunities at the cost of quality is short-sighted strategy, embraced by many and doomed to fail. Our unique funding structure allows us to spend time solving the problems in a manner that produces reliable, testable and maintainable software,” says Ratkovic.
“Our co-founder David Cheriton used to say that when you build a bamboo hut, it happens fast, you get instant gratification but then after the first storm it is gone. On the other hand when you build a skyscraper you first go down for few years with everyone around you wondering what is going on, but once you emerge above the ground level adding floors becomes fast. This is where we are now and it is without a doubt the most exciting and creative time you can imagine!


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'It is a strange experience. I don't know that I envy you your curious faculty.' This statement is addressed to Fr Philip Rivers Pater, the squire-priest who is at the heart of the stories in Mystic Voices. The 'strange faculty' is what Fr Philip refers to as 'clair-audience': he can hear voices from the unconscious or subconscious, and occasionally from the deadvoices which can warn of events which have, or are about to happen. Sometimes the voice announces a recent or forthcoming death; in other cases, it seeks to rectify, or explain, actions which took place yearsor even centuriesbefore. In all the cases which come before him, the wise and humane priest strives to do his best to comfort the livingand the dead.
In creating Fr Philip, Roger Paterthe pen name of Dom Roger Hudleston, a member of the Order of St Benedictundoubtedly drew on himself, investing his character with the religious convictions and questions which formed a part of his own life and experiences. In a companion work, My Cousin Philip, Pater created a complete 'biography' of his fictional creation, and a chapter of that work, which presents the author's theories on clair-audience and also expands on the stories contained in Mystic Voices, has been included in this volume. Editor David Rowlands discusses the collection and its place in the ghost story world, and also provides a valuable synopsis of My Cousin Philip, while a contemporary obituary of Dom Roger paints a fond portrait of a man who was as esteemed in reality as his creation was in fiction.
CONTENTS: Introduction by David G. Rowlands; Preface to Mystic Voices; 'The Warnings'; 'The Persecution Chalice'; 'In Articulo Mortis'; 'The Priest's Hiding Place'; 'De Profundis'; '"Of Such is the Kingdom of Heaven"'; 'The Astrologer's Legacy'; 'A Porta Inferi'; 'The Treasure of the Blue Nuns'; 'The Watchman'; 'The Footstep of the Aventine'; 'The Scapegoat'; 'Our Lady of the Rock'; 'The Communion of Saints'; Synopsis of My Cousin Philip; 'A Sixth Sense' (from My Cousin Philip); Obituary of Dom Roger Hudleston.
Jacket art by Paul Lowe; Limited to 500 copies.
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In Development: Adventures in Film, Volume Five
After sending my first four rolls of film to 120 Processing for developing and scanning, I loaded an old roll of Kodak Portra 160 NC that had expired in 2005. The film belonged to my camera’s previous owner, but he had assured me that the film had been refrigerated/frozen for the majority of its life to preserve it as much as possible. As I mentioned in my first post, I was experimenting with how shooting expired film affects results. Because I had not yet received my expired film back from the lab, I had not yet seen the encouraging results and had no idea whether this roll would turn out at all.
In my first post, I mentioned that a lesson learned was that it was ok to shoot expired film. This roll is making me re-think that lesson a bit… As you’ll see in the shots below, the colors are pretty far off and the film seems to have behaved strangely in a few cases. I’m not sure I can totally blame this on the fact that this film was expired, though. I was also experimenting with deliberately over-exposing the film by 2/3–2 stops, which may have also contributed to the poor results. Given that Portra is pretty well known for having tremendous exposure latitude and handles over-exposure up to 4 stops quite well, though, I think it’s unlikely that this is the sole cause of the issues. It’s also possible that something went wrong in the development process (though this is highly unlikely, given that this film was developed by a professional lab).
Daniel Schneider compares shooting expired film to “jumping from an airplane with a parachute you just bought at an army surplus store.” This is a bit hyperbolic, but it’s a useful way of thinking to help manage expectations. Shooting film is always going to be more of a guessing game than digital, as you’re operating with less transparency. Shooting expired film just magnifies this uncertainty.
And that’s ok. As long as you have the right expectations when you click the shutter…
All photos were shot on a Mamiya 7 II. For the first time, I used the 43mm and 150mm lenses in addition to the 80mm (so much experimentation with this roll of film!). They were developed and scanned by Richard Photo Lab and they were processed minimally in Lightroom. I made some more modifications to this roll than prior rolls due to the significant issues with color shifts and fading that were likely due to the film being very old. Enjoy!

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By Alan Kamyau Chan
Adopting discourse research and text-linguistic methods, Chan makes an attempt to take on the Melchizedek texts in Genesis 14, Psalm one hundred ten, and Hebrews 5-7. This research illustrates how the Melchizedek is known and interpreted by means of later biblical writers. utilizing the blessing motif as a framework, Chan additionally argues that Numbers 22-24, 2 Samuel 7 and the Psalter: Books I-V (especially Psalms 1-2) offer a studying paradigm of studying Psalm one hundred ten. "
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Guthrie, ‟Boats in the Bay: Reflections on the Use of Linguistics and Literary Analysis in Biblical Studies,” in Critical Junctures, 23-35. Some German works on the relationship of rhetoric and textlinguistics are pointed out by David Hellholm, ‟Amplifcatio in the Macro-Structure of Romans,” in Rhetoric and the New Testament: Essays, 123, 147, and 149. 32 The Issue of Methodology Regarding Inner-Biblical and Inter-Biblical Interpretation works and now we offer our observation as follows: scholars who scrutinize the combined use of rhetoric and linguistics tend to look for or overly stress the differences exhibited between both methods, and of course, differences abound.
See Palkova and Palek, ‟Functional Sentence,” 216. 65 The theme-rheme structure, for some scholars, is too simplistic. Thus they modify it in various ways. See Firbas, ‟Some Aspects,” 23-26. In addition to theme and rheme, ‟basis” and ‟transition” are suggested to further refine the sentence analysis. In the study of FSP, scholars discern three types of thematic progression (abbreviated as TP). For details about their methodological criteria and how each type looks in diagram format, see Daneš, ‟Text Organization,” 114-23.
In our case, biblical writers pay much attention to the lexical item found in a previous writing by another author (inner- or inter-biblical interpretation 66 Werner G. Jeanrond, Text and Interpretation as Categories of Theological Thinking, trans. Thomas J. Wilson (New York: Crossroad, 1988), 170, note 41; 85-90. Jeanrond also talks about the three types (he calls them ‟models”) of theme-rheme structure in collaboration with Daneš (see above footnote) in pp. 86-88. 67 The early use of textlinguistics applied to Bible studies is in Bible translation, as pointed out by William A.


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This is the Italeri 0299 kit in 1/35 scale, of the ‘German Sturmmörser Tiger mit 38 cm RW 61’.
During World War II the German Army had to combat frequently fortified positions or urban defense centers. Due to tactical reason – the troops were at short distance to the enemy lines – artillery and air support could not be engaged.This led to the development of the “Sturm” version of the “Tiger” heavy tank. Onto the heavy-duty chassis the efficient and unique 38 cm mortar was mounted, which had a short range but enormous fire power.
Only few units of the Sturmtiger were built and were mainly used in 1994 at the Eastern front.
This is the Italeri 6514 kit in 1/35 scale, of the ‘German Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf. F1/F2, early version’.
The Panzer IV was the most extensively used German tank during the Second World War. It represented the “backbone” of the German Panzer Divisions on all operational theaters.The production of Panzer IV Ausf. F, started in 1941, marked a decisive boost in the evolution of the tank. It featured an improved armor on the turret and hull.
The first version of Panzer IV F, featuring the traditional 7.5 cm. KwK 37 short-barreled cannon, were not able to fight successfully against the Soviet T-34 and KV-1 heavy armoured tank.The adoption of the anti-tank design KwK 40 long-barreled cannon, on the Ausf. F2 version, has decisively increased the Panzer IV effectiveness against enemy tanks.
Thanks to its new high velocity and high penetration gun, the Panzer IV became, once again, “lethal” on the battlefields.
This is the Italeri 6487 kit in 1/35 scale, of the ‘German Panzerkampfwagen VI, Tiger I – Hybrid’.
During the last years of the war, the Germans, to make up for their scarce production output, reconditioned vehicles that were worn-out by the war use.
Period photos show that at the moment of Germany’s defeat, many vehicles had been collected in factories, and were ready to be put back in operation by replacing worn-out or combat-damaged parts. Reliable sources confirm that the last Tigers to come out of assembly lines were reconstructed with salvaged materials: 54 hulls and 32 turrets of the first series, possibly from tanks used in training units.Their wheels were replaced by the latest, full-metal ones, and on some tanks the anti-magnetic “Zimmerit” paste was applied directly in the factory. These tanks were assigned to training schools to form new crews.
In the last weeks of war, they took part in the last engagements of the various Kampfgruppe (combat groups formed with units coming from different detachments) that were trying to stop the Allied units swarming over Germany from East and West.


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Over the centuries some of the world’s greatest painters have explored and expressed their faith in God through their art. Here, Richard Harries invites you to reflect with him on thirty such artists, and to see how their paintings illuminate important aspects of Christian faith and teaching.
Encompassing masterpieces by Rembrandt, Leonardo, Titian and Caravaggio as well as modern works by Chagall, Spencer and Rouault, this book presents the essentials of the faith in a way that will move the reader to respond with heart as well as head.


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Industrialist and harness horseman Herbert E. Hatch has been described by some as a man who “has probably done more for harness racing in Ontario or for Canada than any other man.” He served the sport for many years as an owner, breeder and senior official of racetracks and Standardbred organizations. At the same time he enjoyed a highly successful business career, becoming chairman of Gooderham and Worts, a subsidiary of Hiram Walker, one of the world’s largest distilleries. His brother, Harry C. Hatch, is also a member of Canada’s Horse Racing Hall of Fame.
Herb Hatch, who was born in Mountview, Ont., was involved in harness racing for more than 40 years before his death in 1965 at the age of 83. He was owner of the Goodwill Farm Ltd., an Ontario racing and breeding establishment which raised and raced some outstanding horses, including Goodwill Bill. He was president of The Canadian Trotting Association from 1946 to 1954 and president of The Canadian Standardbred Horse Society from 1948 to 1950.
In the early 1950s he worked closely with Hall of Famer Jim Brown in an effort to secure night harness racing at Toronto’s Thorncliffe Raceway, of which he was president. Night racing was a controversial subject in those days, strongly opposed by Premier Leslie Frost and his Conservative Government, but Hatch never gave up the fight. Night racing was finally accepted and has become a way of life for thousands of Canadians. Hatch was an honorary lifetime member of The Ontario Harness Horseman’s Association, and widely acclaimed throughout his career as a man of vision who did much to move harness racing into the major leagues of sport and entertainment.

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For you to effectively tattoo leather, you will definitely need a tattoo gun.This is regardless of whether you are doing it for commercial or personal use at home. You will desperately need a tattooing gun for this task. Simply get a tattooing gun and see things start rolling. A tattoo gun can easily be purchased new or used. You can purchase the item form online shops at reasonable prices. As soon as you get the tattooing gun, you can start designing. You cannot start inking your leather before you first clean it.After the leather is clean; you can comfortably start inking. You will know how to go through the entire process if you continue reading to the end.
It is needed to first do some cleaning and some planning.At this stage, you will need to identify the design that you wish to use. This stage requires much use of your imagination.A simple line drawing may be the best place for you to start if you are new. You can conduct an image search online if you will want to repeat patterns as in the case of polynesian tribal tattoo. You will need to copy an online image that you want to use as your design and then print it to have a print of reference. Copy this by use of the print screen function. On the other hand, if you intend to use your own invention, you will draw the design on a clean piece of paper. This drawing will then act as a template for your tattooing.You will need to consider following other tattooing artists to grow your exposure.
After this, use rubbing alcohol to clean your leather. Your leather will be sterilized by rubbing alcohol, in addition to removing grease and oils from the leather. After dampening a clean lint-free piece of cloth in rubbing alcohol, you can use it to thoroughly wipe the leather clean.As you do all this, remember that raw leather is the best for tattooing.When it comes to the finishing of your tattooing; you can buy a deglazer that will smoothen the finish.
Be sure to make an outline that will be your tracing guideline. Transfer the drawing to the leather using a stencil gel.
If you pad the leather, you will tame staining and damaging the leather. Thin leather cannot do without this type of treatment.
After this, all you need to do is clean your leather gun and get ready to do the work. Ensure that when tattooing human skin, you do not exceed the range between one and two millimetres.


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I am always surprised when I order an inexpensive item and upon receiving it, find it to be of far higher quality than anticipated. In the past, I used sterling parts but due to cost, I have been making more rosaries out of pewter. I am happy to say that Lewis' pewter parts are excellent and make a great looking rosary for gifts.


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Consumers are invited to visit GotCellbow.com, a campaign microsite that features a humorous, tongue-in-cheek video about how cell phone users have been contracting elbow pains and injuries while talking on their phones and cradling the device in awkward positions. The video, which showcases how "two hands are better than one" and the benefits of wearing a Bluetooth headset, has already been translated into 8 languages and shared virally in those respective countries including French, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese and Chinese. Consumers can also enter to win an international sweepstakes by passing the video onto a "friend in need of help" via e-card or mobile greeting.
GotCellbow.com is the first-ever trans-Atlantic mobile video marketing campaign created. Using Mogreet's MMS messaging platform, consumers are able to share the Cellbow video with friends and family in the U.S., Canada and U.K., as well as via Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and other social networks. This is the first instance of a mobile video (MMS) campaign launching simultaneously across multiple countries and over thirty-five wireless carriers including AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, and Sprint.
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For more information on the Got Cellbow Campaign or to watch the video, visit www.GotCellbow.com. Information on where to buy Jabra hands-free devices can be found at www.jabra.com/buy.
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Through its Jabra brand, GN Netcom is a world leader in innovative headset solutions. With around 850 employees and sales offices around the world, GN Netcom develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of wireless headsets and in-car speakerphones for mobile users and both wireless and corded headsets for contact center and office-based users. GN Netcom's business activities also include its original equipment manufacturing (OEM) business. GN Netcom is a subsidiary of GN Store Nord A/S.
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Mogreet is the world's first mobile video marketing platform, enabling marketers to combine the expressiveness of video with the ubiquity of text messaging to create the most effective way to communicate to over 200-million mobile phones across all major carriers in the United States, with additional reach into Canada and the UK. Founded in 2006, the company has raised $7 million USD in venture capital from Ascend Venture Group, Black Diamond Ventures, DFJ Frontier and Spyglass Ventures. Mogreet is headquartered in Venice, California.
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World music ensemble to perform 2 shows
BELLOWS FALLS — Dunham Shoe Factory, a world music collaboration between Anna Patton, Mac Ritchey, Todd Roach and Dave Haughey, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Immanuel Episcopal Church, 20 Church St., Bellows Falls.
Dunham Shoe Factory is a contemporary acoustic ensemble playing original compositions influenced by world traditions. Combining the clarinet, oud, percussion and cello, its music draws from an array of styles including Egyptian, jazz, Brazilian, Turkish, classical and Indian music.
Currently based in New England, individual members have performed in a variety of settings locally, nationally and internationally over the past 25 years. After coming together as Dunham Shoe Factory in 2016, the group has created a unique sound by weaving together the threads of common experience that exist between the players.
The ensemble will also perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday at Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew in Greenfield, Massachusetts.
Tickets for either show are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Seniors receive a $5 discount. Purchase tickets online at stonechurcharts.org, in person at Village Square Booksellers, Bellows Falls or The Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew (9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday) or by calling 802-460-0110.
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Subaru’s Wilderness label is more than just a merit badge for a more outdoorsy Subaru owner. Deployed previously on the 2022 Outback, the orange-black logo signifies the most off-road capable spec from the factory, with enough mechanical and cosmetic upgrades to make a real difference for camping-addicted adventurers who loved dirt trails and think nothing of 10-mile hikes. We all have friends like that, and for them, the 2022 Subaru Forester Wilderness is their ticket to a good time. Here are the most notable features.
1. More Torque Where You Need It
The Forester’s gritty 2.5-liter flat-four remains with a miserly 182 horsepower, but now it’s attached to a transmission with shorter gear ratios. Think of how a bicycle’s gears work in concert between the pedals and the wheel. Put the chain on the small gear in front and the largest gear in the back, and you’ve got some serious torque multiplication. That helps provide quicker acceleration from a standing start and instant throttle response at low speeds when navigating difficult terrain. It’s the same principle in a car, and why serious off-road vehicles often include a low range—to multiply the amount of available torque from the engine.
The Forester Wilderness doesn’t have a low range, but its continuously variable transmission (CVT) does have eight manual ratios or “simulated gears,” one more than the regular Forester. The setup leverages that additional ratio to keep the torque more accessible. It also uses a 4.11:1 ratio in the differentials—think the large rear gear in the bicycle analogy—versus 3.70:1 for the standard Forester. This helps on the trail and is ideal for driving up steep inclines, but it comes at the expense of fuel economy. The Forester Wilderness earns a 28 mpg highway EPA rating versus 33 mpg for the standard Forester.
2. Maximum X-Modes
Subaru’s X-Mode is a one-button driving mode. It adjusts the throttle, transmission, torque split, and traction control for trail driving. The Forester Wilderness gets the deluxe version that includes Snow/Dirt and Deep Snow/Mud settings as standard kit. (It’s also available as an option on Crosstrek Sport, Forester Sport, and Outback Onyx Edition XT models.) X-Mode acts as a virtual low-range gearbox by automatically switching the transmission into its shortest ratio when the vehicle detects an incline at low speed. It also engages hill descent control, which can brake individual wheels and switch on the front camera for a clear view of the road and or obstacle directly in front of the vehicle.
3. More Strokes for Higher-Riding Folk
Longer coil springs and dampers raise the Forester’s ride height from 8.7 inches—already higher than many pickup trucks and full-size crossovers—to 9.2. The extra tenths pay off. They’re paired to new bumpers that allow greater approach and departure angles (the maximum incline and decline a vehicle can take without scraping). Subaru promises a cushier ride than the regular Forester because the dampers have a longer stroke under compression. For reference, the departure angle and breakover angle (the maximum possible angle to avoid high-centering the vehicle between its front and rear axles) are greater than those on a Nissan Frontier Pro-4X. Impressive.
4. Skid Plates
A front metal skid plate protects engine vitals when traversing rocks and has the added visual bonus of glinting in the sunlight. Subaru also offers accessory plates owners can install under the fuel tank and rear differential in either steel or aluminum.
5. More Body Cladding
Plastic cladding is purposeful. Branches, pebbles and anything loose that can brush against paint or ding the body are the enemies of average crossovers. The regular Forester is already well defended on this front. The Wilderness goes hog wild with the cladding, with thicker, taller sections covering more of the lower flanks, fenders, and nearly the entire front. At speed, you won’t be afraid of scuffing anything.
6. All-Terrain Tires
An all-terrain tire has a knobbier tread pattern with more sipes to evacuate water and bite through mud and snow. Like a good cross-country sneaker, they’re more predictable on gravel trails and offer greater control in slippery terrain. The Forester Wilderness comes with the same Yokohama Geolander A/T tires as the Outback Wilderness, with white letter sidewalls mounted over polished black 17-inch wheels. These are more street-friendly than the all-terrains you’ll find on trucks, so no worries about excessive road noise or poor traction on pavement.
7. Double the Towing Capability
A transmission oil cooler and external engine oil cooler reduce operating temperatures under heavy loads. That’s why Subaru can double the Forester’s towing capacity to 3,000 pounds on the Wilderness trim. In addition, an oil temperature sensor on the rear differential offers an extra warning in case things start to get too hot.
8. Heavy Duty Roof Rails
The metal roof rails on the Wilderness can carry more weight—up to 800 pounds when parked (an increase of 100 pounds) or 220 pounds (up 44) on the move. Gold covers indicate tie-down points.
9. Heavy-Duty Floor Mats
Rubber floor mats are custom to the Wilderness. They’re thick and pretty—check out the big badge emblazoned in the center and the deep grooves to trap the muck from your boots.
10. Special Textures and Colors
Finally, some flamboyance. Orange stitching and trim brighten up the Forester’s cabin, which features dimpled textures on the dash and seats (covered in StarTex, Subaru’s soft water-resistant vinyl, and embossed with Wilderness badges). A matte gray hood decal livens the outside, plus there’s the very bright Geyser Blue paint that’s exclusive to the Wilderness and reminds us of Subaru’s 1990s rally cars.


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[Feature] There is an eyelet type hole on the wall of the gusset to improve ventilation. The handle is printed with a thick silicone print logo, and the inside is made of bright lime green polyester fabric.
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Aus_Schwaben,Bexar county used to just be part of the "golden triangle". Now, they are just part of the Rainbow/Leftist triangle.
Next up in San Antonio - micturition and defecation in the streets followed by camping in the parks.
Let's HOPE not. = Personally, I'm working to get our leftist mayor & county judge OUT of office.

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Cheesecake intimidates me. The last time I made a cheesecake it turned out fine. Good, even… but the really tasty part was the freshly peeled mandarin orange haphazardly strewn about the top and the golden graham cookie crust. The cake itself was somewhat unmemorable and certainly not something I’ve been jonesing to try again. Particularly given the finicky nature of baking in a water bath and fiddling around with foil to try to make sure that the springform cake pan wouldn’t leak (which it did anyway). And frankly, cheesecake isn’t something that I would normally even order if someone else were going through all that pain… not if there were pies, cakes or bread puddings on the menu.
But, post holiday I had a drawer full of fresh cheeses that needed to be eaten and cheesecake just seemed to make sense. Then, I stumbled onto the blueberry cheesecake recipe in Alastair Hendy’s Cooking for Friends, and my whole notion of cheesecake changed. This cake requires no water bath. It’s insanely light, not to mention can be made very low in calories, almost more of a sweet cheese souffle. Oh yeah, and it’s one of the freshest tasting cheesecakes I’ve ever eaten. Despite making the cake just last week, and being quite tired of desserts after a bit too much holiday indulgence, this is a cake I am craving.
Excuse me while I gush for a moment about the author, Alastair Hendy. Hendy a cook, photographer, food stylist and travel writer. All self-taught. He’s what I want to be when I’m all grown up. The first time I saw his work in Australian Vogue Entertaining and Travel (vol 31 number 3), I was taken aback. This is a magazine full of luscious photos, but the Wild Blue Yonder picnic scene both styled and shot by Hendy took my breath away. The first shot, a young girl looks up form a field of purple to a light speckled forest canopy. I just couldn’t stop staring at this photo. Rich, deep blues and greens, brilliant without over saturation make up each page of recipes like spit-roast spatchocks with lemon and herbs or just about the freshest looking apple and blueberry tart you can imagine. The food manages to be rustic and elegant all at the same time. The recipes so simple, yet so skillfully executed. I immediately started looking for more work by Hendy… and happily found quite a bit. The books can be a bit hard to track down, but both Cooking for Friends and Mushrooms can be found with just a little bit of looking. Hendy’s Fresh seasonal series can be a bit harder to find. But I think you’ll be pleased if you find them.
OK… now back to the recipe. I mentioned that I had a cheese drawer to clean out… so I ended up using three different cheeses in the filling rather than just one. Hendy doesn’t specify what cheese to use in the recipe, by the way, which I find fantastic because it encourages experimentation. The most basic would be to just go with a nice neufchatel or cream cheese. To that, I added the left over quark I had, as well as some fresh goat cheese (Laura Chanel), all in (almost) equal parts.
One of the other different things about this recipe is the crust… rather than the traditional graham crust, this cake has a micro thin layer of pastry which helps hold the whole thing together but doesn’t overwhelm the flavor of the filling.
Not being blueberry season, I experimented with a few different toppings… pomegranate seeds on some, roasted quince slices on another. But honestly, I wasn’t really happy with any of my attempts, and brushed off the fruit to just indulge in the cake. The pomegranate I had was too watery and flavorless (although I do think a really good pomegranate would be a great topping), and the quince slices were far too thick for the delicate cake. Finally, I peeled a satsuma, which fit the flavors of the filling much better. My next attempt — sometime when I can once again comfortably zip up my pants– will be with a razor thin layer of caramelized blood oranges. I think it will be perfect. Or, maybe it will be blueberry season by then…
Three Cheese Cake
Apapted from Alastair Hendy’s Cooking For Friends (p 166)
This cheesecake can be made as 1 large cake, or as lots of mini cakes. I tried both, but slightly preferred the single large cake which preserves more of the moist cheesecakey texture.
5 T sugar
1/2 c unsalted butter
1 egg yolk
1 t orange or lemon zest
1 1/4 cup flour, sifted
2/3 cup neufchatel
2/3 cup quark, drained
1/3 cup fresh goat cheese
4 eggs, separated
1 t orange or lemon zest
2/3 cup sugar
1 T flour
Butter a spring form pan and line it with a circle of parchment or waxed paper cut to fit just the bottom. It’s a bit easier to cut it a bit larger and then set it in place and use a knife to trim off any excess.
Prepare the crust by mixing together the sugar, butter, egg yolk and zest in a bowl until it is a bit creamy. You can do this is a stand mixer, or by hand. Next add the flour and work until you get a smooth dough, dusting with a bit more flour if it seems too sticky. Roll it into a ball, flatten slightly and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 20 minutes. Preheat your oven to 300F.
Roll out the dough (you have to pre-bake it) to 1/8 inch. Get it close to the size of the bottom of your tin, and then trim it in place. You just want it on the bottom… it shouldn’t come up the sides. Bake for 20 minutes until it is about 1/2 cooked. Remove the crust from the oven and let it cool on a wire rack. Reduce the oven temp to 275F.
Mix the cheese, egg yolk and lemon zest in a bowl until smooth and creamy. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites until they are stiff, then slowly add the sugar and the flour to the egg whites. Fold half of the egg whites into the cheese mixture to lighten it some. Then, fold the cheese mixture into the egg white mixture. Spoon over the crust until the pan is about 3/4 full. You need a little bit of room, because the cake will puff up during baking. Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for about 1 hour, or until it is firm. Allow to cool. It will sink during this time… that’s what the fruit topping is for.
Serve topped with fresh berries, orange slices, etc… anything that is not too heavy as you don’t want the cake to compress even more.

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NORMAN — As lights from the video board flashed and fire shot into the air behind the baskets, the public address announcer's voice filled Lloyd Noble Center as he announced a pair of freshmen.
“At guard, a freshman from Arlington, Texas, Je'lon Hornbeak!
“At guard, a freshman from the Bahamas, Buddy Hield!”
The first freshman walked forward with a stern, businesslike look before cracking a smile. The second walked through his teammates' tunnel with his signature smile — a brace-filled grin.
This year, the Big 12 is a young league. It's one that might be determined by the actions or miscues of its freshmen. Last week, in a conference call, many Big 12 coaches talked about the impact freshmen could have this year on the conference.
Saturday's Bedlam game showcased the impact.
Oklahoma's frosh duo comprised half of the freshman starters in 2013's first Bedlam game, a 77-68 OU victory over Oklahoma State. The other two were OSU forward Marcus Smart and guard Kamari Murphy.
Going into Bedlam, most eyes — coaches, analysts and fans — were on Smart. What would the Cowboys' freshman — known for his smart defensive work that has allowed him to lead the league in steals — do to Oklahoma?
At game's end, it could be argued that the freshmen largely impacted Bedlam's outcome.
Murphy didn't give his team a single basket. He went 0-for-2 from the field and grabbed three rebounds. Smart went 3-of-10 from the field, had three fouls by halftime and gave the Cowboys just 10 points in 27 minutes.
With Smart out, even freshman Phil Forte's attempts from the arch couldn't save the Cowboys. OSU's freshmen impacted the game by struggling.
Then there's OU's freshmen. Hield started Oklahoma's 10-3 run at the beginning of the game with a layup. Hornbeak contributed five points during that run.
Though Hornbeak's court time was limited to 13 minutes, he added one assist and one steal. He also went 3-for-3 from the paint and 2-for-2 from the arch before he tweaked something and sat out most of the game.
As for Hield, he could be seen throwing up an alley-oop, flapping his arms to pump up the crowd and hitting big 3-pointers at crucial times.
Hield went 3-of-5 from beyond the arch and 6-of-11 from the floor overall. But beyond the statistics, he was in the Cowboys' face.
He hustled throughout the game.
He was relentless.
During a stretch of turnovers and fouls, Hield hit the 3-pointer to bring the crowd back to its feet.
As he drained his final trey to put Oklahoma up by seven points with less than eight minutes remaining, Hield fell to the court and into his bench.
Teammates helped him up and sent their freshman back into the Bedlam battle.
He had already left his impact on the game.


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Ukkadai estate is a zamindari estate in the Papanasam taluk of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India. It is administered by a family of the Thevar caste and covered more than 6,000 acres. The administrative headquarters was the village of Ukkadai.
The first known zamindar of Ukkadai was Salya Thevar. However, the most popular among the zamindars was Venkatachala Thevar who was known for his loyalty and support to the East India Company. He assisted the British in capturing an Indian rebel named Ramalinga Padayachi who which he was personally rewarded with a bracelet by Lord Elphinstone, the Governor of Madras, during a visit to Ukkadai in 1840.
Rao Bahadur Annasamy Thevar was known for his social activities. He helped construct a dispensary for outpatients at the Raja Mirasdar Hospital in Thanjavur in 1898. Thevar was awarded a Certificate of Merit during the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.


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A bill allowing drivers to under certain circumstances, use their smartphones while their cars are driving autonomously has been passed in Japan.
The bill also states that the driver must be able to shift to manual driving immediately during an emergency.
The Japan Times reports that the bill to amend the road traffic law, which includes rules on the Level 3 self-driving of vehicles under certain circumstances, recently passed the House of Representatives.
The amended law will come into effect by May next year.
In Level 3 situations, automated driving is permitted under conditions that have to do with the type of road, the vehicle speed and other factors. A Level 3 situation includes a traffic jam on an expressway. Drivers will need to switch to manual driving if the conditions are not met, reports The Japan Times.
Under the current road traffic law, in Japan people are banned from talking on their mobile phones and looking for long periods of time at navigation systems, televisions or other devices.
The amended law will allow such actions if drivers are able to change over from automated to manual driving immediately.
According to The Japan Times the amended law will also require people to equip their vehicles with a device that will record the operating situation of cars and save the data, in order to detect a system malfunction at an early stage and identify the cause of any accidents.


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Newswise — Bronx, NY.—January 8, 2013—U.S. News & World Report released today its Best Diets 2013 rankings, featuring a variety of weight loss programs. Among the experts tapped to evaluate the diets was Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Ph.D., R.D., associate professor of clinical epidemiology & population health at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. The third installment of U.S. News’ diet ranking features expanded coverage, including new plant-based diets rankings. Dr. Mossavar-Rahmani is a member of an invited panel of 20 health experts, each selected by U.S. News to develop its rankings. Best Diets 2013 provides a look at 29 diets, ranging from the Traditional Asian Diet to Weight Watchers. Diets were ranked based on ratings from the independent panel of 20 experts. The experts rated each diet in categories such as ease of compliance, diabetes control and management, heart health, weight loss, safety, and nutritional completeness. Increasingly popular in health and wellness circles, plant-based diets have gained attention as a potential antidote to the obesity epidemic in this country. In addition to weight loss, research suggests these diets help protect against diabetes, heart disease, and other health conditions. U.S. News evaluated 11 plant-based diets, including the Anti-Inflammatory Diet, Engine 2 Diet, and Flexitarian Diet. The Mediterranean Diet took first place in the survey’s newest category. It was followed closely by Dawn Jackson Blatner’s Flexitarian Diet, a flexible approach to vegetarianism, and then Dean Ornish’s Diet, a low-fat, heart-healthy eating regimen bolstered by exercise, social support and stress management techniques. Other diet categories (and the winners in those categories) include: Best Weight-Loss Diets (Weight Watchers ranked first); Best Heart-Healthy Diets (The Ornish Diet); Best Diabetes Diets (DASH Diet tied with the Biggest Loser Diet); Best Diets Overall (DASH Diet); Best Commercial Diet Plans (Weight Watchers); Best Diets for Healthy Eating (DASH diet); and Easiest Diets to Follow (Weight Watchers). Dr. Mossavar-Rahmani notes that motivational components and ease of compliance are key factors for any individual choosing a diet (see related blog post). “Any change in a behavior such as eating requires a major change in habits,” she noted. “You need a road map that can help you navigate the new way and anticipate problems so you can build new healthy habits that work well with your body clock.”
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Nonparametric identification of nonlinearities in block-oriented systems by orthogonal wavelets with compact support
The paper addresses the problem of identification of nonlinear characteristics in a certain class of discrete-time block-oriented systems. The systems are driven by random stationary white processes (independent and identically distributed input sequences) and disturbed by stationary, white, or colored random noise. The prior information about nonlinear characteristics is nonparametric. In order to construct identification algorithms, the orthogonal wavelets of compact support are applied, and a class of wavelet-based models is introduced and examined. It is shown that under moderate assumptions, the proposed models converge almost everywhere (in probability) to the identified nonlinear characteristics, irrespective of the. noise model. The rule for optimum model-size selection is given and the asymptotic rate of convergence of the model error is established. It is demonstrated that, in some circumstances, the wavelet models are, in particular, superior to classical trigonometric and Hermite orthogonal series models worked out earlier.
block-oriented systems, nonlinearity recovering, nonparametric approach, wavelet-based models, HAMMERSTEIN SYSTEMS, PARAMETER-IDENTIFICATION, CONVERGENCE
1057-7122; IEEE TRANS CIRCUIT SYST-I, FEB 2005, vol. 52, no. 2, p.427 to 442.


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In what is becoming a nearly routine event, we learned today of yet another mass killing in the US: A young man bearing multiple firearms entered the campus of a community college in the Pacific Northwest and killed at least 9 people – apparently strangers. The regularity of these tragic events in the US has put the nation into a conflicted fury, with blame being laid in equal proportions on guns, mental illness, and extremist beliefs.
Unfortunately, scientists – including psychologists like myself – have surprisingly little to say about why these events happen. This is in large part because despite seeming to be omnipresent, heinous acts of evil are in fact quite rare overall (leaving aside garden variety human brutishness), and are either stable in their frequency or on the decline. Their rarity means that most measurable factors that we might use to predict major violent acts like a mass shooting are hopelessly coarse. To cite one example, a recent Op-Ed in the LA Times noted that only 12% of individuals who committed mass shootings between 2005 and 2009 had a previous psychiatric diagnosis. Meanwhile, roughly 40 million Americans suffer from anxiety disorders, and nearly 10% of all americans have suffered from some form of mood disturbance in the past 12 months.
Despite this difficult problem of causal attribution, Sam Harris and others have recently made considerable noise by trying to account for one class of violent acts – those associated with religious extremism. And now, as the most recent killing has apparently been perpetrated by an atheist – against those who had religious faith – Harris has fallen under a massive social media attack.
Groups like ISIS have made a very salient link between their Islamic convictions and what can only be described as hideous acts of violence against innocent victims. I’ll spare you the links that provide evidence for this, as it’s not my main objective here to convince you of the evils of ISIS, or the link between their acts and religious belief. Suffice to say that Sam Harris and others have made the argument that certain types of violent acts – if not all – are best predicted by beliefs. Namely the beliefs that reside in the heads of violent perpetrators.
According to a recent blog post by Harris in which he responds to controversy over his position:
“Many peoples have been conquered by foreign powers or otherwise mistreated and show no propensity for the type of violence that is commonplace among Muslims. Where are the Tibetan Buddhist suicide bombers? The Tibetans have suffered an occupation every bit as oppressive as any ever imposed on a Muslim country. At least one million Tibetans have died as a result, and their culture has been systematically eradicated. Even their language has been taken from them. Recently, they have begun to practice self-immolation in protest. The difference between self-immolation and blowing oneself up in a crowd of children, or at the entrance to a hospital, is impossible to overstate, and reveals a great difference in moral attitude between Vajrayana Buddhism and Islam. This is not to say that Tibetan Buddhist suicide bombers couldn’t exist. Tibetans, generally speaking, are not pacifists—nor are most Buddhists elsewhere. In fact, during WWII, the Japanese Kamikaze pilots were influenced by the doctrine of Zen Buddhism. But there are important differences between Zen and Vajrayana that seem relevant here. Vajrayana emphasizes compassion in a way that Zen does not, and Zen generally maintains a more martial and more paradoxical view of ethics…. My point, of course, is that beliefs matter. And it is not an accident that so many Muslims believe that jihad and martyrdom are the highest callings in human life, while many Tibetans believe that compassion and self-transcendence are. This is what Islam and Vajrayana Buddhism, respectively, teach.”
As Daniel Dennett and many others have argued, appealing to beliefs and desires is surely the best tool we have for predicting human behavior in most contexts, and we all do exactly this every day. In fact, there’s increasing evidence that even human infants default to explaining human actions as the product of beliefs and desires (though I remain skeptical about what such studies mean). Dennett calls this mode of behavioral explanation the “Intentional Stance”. Psychologists – and especially developmental psychologists like me – refer to this as “Theory of Mind” or “ToM”. ToM, though present in bits and pieces in infancy, is slow to mature, impaired in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, and is either absent or greatly restricted in other species, perhaps because it depends in part on the ability to learn and use natural language.
Roughly, explaining behaviors via the intentional stance involves something like the following steps:
(1) Decide to treat an entity as a rational agent.
(2) Decide which beliefs and desires the agent should have given their past experiences and current situation.
(3) Predict the entity’s behaviors by assuming that it will attempt to satisfy its desires given its beliefs.
Pulling things apart in this way is important because it allows us to see ways in which explaining behaviors by appeal to beliefs can break down.
First, the intentional stance may not apply if we judge that an individual is not rational. For example, we might judge that an individual cannot fulfill his or her desires given their knowledge state because their knowledge state does not reflect reality, due to some form of psycho-pathology. In other words, the individual may be delusional or otherwise incapable of veridically perceiving reality. Not a rational agent, in short.
Second, perpetrators can act on bad information – and thus on the basis of false beliefs. The otherwise evil-seeming actions of an agent might be discounted as less than evil if it turns out that they have been misled. For example, an act that seems random and evil – like beating a stranger to submission – may seem less evil, though perhaps still brutish, if we learn that the perpetrator has been misled to believe that their victim has assaulted a loved one.
Finally, the intentional stance assumes that beliefs and desires are more or less determinate: That if we have one belief, “I like cake” then we probably don’t also have the opposite belief, “I don’t like cake”. This last assumption also poses interpretative problems to the intentional stance, since often our beliefs don’t seem all that determinate after all. Anyone who has ever wanted cake, but also wanted to maintain a constant waste line, might understand what it means to have more than one attitude towards a proposition. It’s not that weird to want to have one’s cake and eat it too.
So much for belief-desire psychology. Humans interpret the actions of others according to beliefs and desires all the time. And to not do so would be plainly bizarre. At least in Dennett’s framework, we either explain the behaviors of things in our environment by appeal to mental states, or we are left with lower level mechanisms of explanation like the one we use to predict toasters and alarm clocks (Dennett’s design stance), or the one we use to predict ping pong balls and falling apples (the physical stance). These latter two modes of explanation are of course not mutually exclusive with the first (beliefs and desires are surely restricted by the physical systems that they are implemented in). But the way that we routinely explain human action is via intentional ascription, rather than these other two much more indirect channels.
Returning to Harris, does it make sense to conclude that unusual acts of cruelty and violence are sometimes the result of religious beliefs? Many critics of Harris, like Reza Aslan and Ben Affleck, find it offensive to even consider this proposition that religious beliefs play a causal role in acts of violence. This seems like a difficult position to hold, unless we’re willing to give up beliefs and desires altogether. How could religious beliefs not impact behavior – whereas all other beliefs – like the belief that apples are stored in the fridge – do? If we are willing to attribute acts of charity and benevolence to religious belief, we also need to accept that acts of evil could be causally related to such beliefs too. Either beliefs are causally related to behaviors or they aren’t. It’s frankly difficult to imagine a coherent public discourse that didn’t assume a role for beliefs in causing actions. And I honestly don’t know of any other sphere of debate in which this idea is seriously considered.
On the other hand, how useful is it, really, to go from the plainly obvious assertion that beliefs and desires are causally related to actions to the conclusion that we can thereby explain mass shootings, acts of terror, and so on? Harris is on firm ground when he makes the plainly obvious point that beliefs are causally efficacious, but mistakes this single important observation for a theory of human behavior. Here it is instructive to again consider Dennett’s intentional stance. First, notice that the intentional stance does not itself explain why some people but not others come to acquire the beliefs that they do. Second, the theory does not explain why individuals differ with respect to the depth of their convictions. Third, the intentional stance does not explain why two people with the same conflicted desires (e.g., regarding cake) ultimately behave differently – one staying lean and the other putting on pounds – even though both would prefer to have the cake rather than eat it. In order to provide a complete explanation of behavior – such that we can predict when humans will act one way rather than another – we need to know all three pieces: What causes the adoption of beliefs and desires, which actions are consistent with particular beliefs and desires, and finally, what motivates particular humans to actually act on them.
And here, as research on the link between mental illness and mass shootings demonstrates, is where things fall apart for Harris. In broad strokes, beliefs matter, but they are only one small piece of the puzzle.
Let’s make things clear with a familiar example. Personally, I believe the conclusions reached by climate science, and so do most people that I interact with daily – scientists mainly. So, I drive an electric car, avoid almonds, and am astonished by people who don’t believe, and, well… that’s about it. My actions in response to climate change are quite limited. Meanwhile, an increasingly bleak future awaits me and my family if we remain in Southern California long term. It is not the case that climate science deniers are clustered along the coast lines – in fact coastal inhabitants are substantially more likely to endorse climate science than those who live in the middle of the country. And yet the coasts – which soon will be under water, ravaged by super storms, and parched by drought – are densely populated, incredibly expensive, and getting more of each by the day. These coastal dwellers, like me, believe-ish. And together, we scold doubters (formerly skeptics) for not believing-ish. But most of us don’t really double-dog-dare-you believe. Or else we’d be selling our electric cars, riding bicycles, going vegan, and buying real estate in the pacific north west. Like James Cameron.
In many domains, like climate science and religion, human belief is not terribly predictive of behavior. Some go to church on Sundays and commit adultery on Mondays. Or believe in the climate end times on Sundays and fly to scientific conferences in carbon coughing jet planes on Mondays, while snacking on complimentary nuts (ok, well not anymore). But then there are those who really believe. In the case of climate science, believers build bunkers, hoard food and water, learn to operate fire arms, and assume the worst very generally. In the case of religion, they look forward to the afterlife, feel elevated by martyring themselves and innocents around them, and feel no compunction about doing God’s work even if it involves bloodshed, destruction of ancient artifacts, and inspiring fear.
Harris – together with fellow atheist Bill Maher – has noted that a sizable proportion of ordinary Muslims endorse beliefs which, if acted upon, would result in what many consider to be atrocious acts. And yet only a vanishingly small minority of Muslims actually carry out such acts. The problem is that, in this instance, Harris treats the explanation of behavior as a single factor enterprise, while giving very little thought to what causes beliefs to arise, and why some people act on beliefs while others do not. Many factors need to be understood to predict how a particular person will behave, including beliefs and desires, but also including factors like poverty, the availability of weapons, mental illness, and environmental triggers for action like the cruelty and violence of other people.
This type of reduction of moral questions to single-factor forced-choices consistently leads Harris into controversy: Is it religion or poverty that causes terrorism? What’s worse: rape or religion? Harris’ questions – and ultimately the positions he takes – are about as sensible as the game “Would you rather”, in which 6-year-olds entertain absurd thought experiments such as, “Would you rather be born with an elephant trunk or a giraffe neck?” or “Would you rather eat poison ivy or a handful of bumblebees?”(or for popular and equally absurd online versions for adults, see here or here). It’s pretty obvious that not every question that can be asked, however interesting to contemplate, turns out to be all that useful to answer. This seems especially true as we try to make sense of yet another mass killing. No single factor will ultimately tell us what led a young man to kill a group of innocent strangers. Was he unhappy? Disenfranchised? Was it the availability of weapons? Or was it because he hated religion? Quite likely each factor played some role, with none alone either necessary or sufficient. Pinning all of the focus on a beliefs alone – in this particular case, or in any other mass shooting – can only tell us part of the story, and ultimately risks overlooking a true understanding of how we can prevent acts of violence in future.


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