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2019 Ford Ranger Raptor Review
Steane Klose
If this isn't the best value 4X4 ute in Australia, then I'll stand rooted.
For those of you that like your performance cars and are old enough to remember, this is a take on a famous line penned by Bob Murray in the 80s when he described the Brock VH Group 3 SS Commodore as "the best sports sedan for the money in the world…".
That was back in the days when a 15 second quarter was considered bloody decent, and motoring journalists knew how to get an enthusiast's heart racing with words, rather than farting out, boring, spec-sheet-based, cookie-cutter blurbs as is the norm today. It's not all doom and gloom though. While the golden age of motoring journalism in Australia may be well behind us, we remain blessed by the existence of driving machines that make you feel glad to be alive, and the Raptor is one of them.
And don't worry, I'll explain why I'm paraphrasing Bob and making such a bold statement about a 4X4 ute that costs $74,990 before on-roads in a tick. It's also the best 4X4 ute in Australia, but I doubt that'll surprise any of you.
We were late getting our hands on a Raptor, partly because we are based in Adelaide, which could for all the world be a million miles away from the East Coast when it comes to press fleet access, and partly because the Raptor fleet had been decimated by accidents. Not bad accidents, thankfully, but accidents bad enough to sideline a brace of Raptors and when every reviewer in the country is trying to get the keys, that makes it, well, difficult.
To get our hands on this particular car I had to travel to Melbourne, drive it back to Adelaide and then return it to Melbourne, so it's fair to say that I put some serious wheel time in with the Raptor and it, in turn, made a profound impression on me. TREV our Project Triton is my litmus test when reviewing 4X4 utes. If I can jump back into TREV after a week in the latest and greatest 4X4 DC from another manufacturer, and not feel pangs of longing for the one that just got away, then I know the bar hasn't been raised too far above what a mildly modified MQ Triton has to offer. And that's pretty much been the case until the bloody Raptor came into my care. In the post Raptor world, TREV will only ever be, just another ute and that pisses me off just a little. I'd happily swap TREV for one of the crashed Raptors and take my chances with a couple of rolls of race tape and a packet of cable ties. It's just that bloody good.
The first thing you notice about the Raptor is its size, or more accurately, its width. Ford use the Ranger as the starting point for the Raptor, but enough has been changed to make them two quite different vehicles. The Raptor's wheelbase is a massive 150mm wider than the Rangers, and its unique to Raptor bodywork has been pumped to house the factory fitted BFG LT 285/70/17 KO-2 All-Terrain tyres. Those shapely front guards are made from a 'durable composite material' and designed to accommodate the Raptor's wide stance and increased suspension travel. From the driver's seat, this is one wide Martha Focker, and there's an adjustment period when you first hit the road, as the Raptor lays claim to some serious lane real estate. That wide stance is just one key part of the Raptor handling recipe.
Another is the strengthened frame and Ford's claim that the Raptor 'can handle punishing drop-offs most other trucks wouldn't survive'. Now we didn't spend hours jumping our test vehicle over every mogul we could find, cos that would be stupid wouldn't it, but we did push it harder over one particular sand berm than we'd ever consider doing with any other vehicle, and the Raptor shrugged it off. That strengthened frame is seriously tough, and it would appear, a very solid platform from which to mount a weapons-grade suspension setup and coiler rear end.
Yep, that's right, coils. Have we ever mentioned we hate leaf springs? The Raptor's rear suspension is a Watts Link rear axle with coil-over 2.5-inch Fox Racing Twin-Tube shock absorbers with remote canisters. The front independent McPherson strut arrangement also uses 2.5-inch Fox Racing Twin Tube shocks. All up, there's a claimed 30 per cent increase in suspension travel and a massive 283mm of ground clearance. Stick your head under the Raptor, and the Fox Racing shocks dominate the scenery. It's gotta be what, $10k+ worth of hardware, by the time it's dialled in to work as well as it does in the Raptor?
And let's not forget the brakes, because there's none of that rear drum brake nonsense going on here HSV. Ford has equipped the Raptor with 332 x 32mm discs upfront and, 332mm x 24mm discs in the rear and they work a treat, offering a noticeably better braking experience than the Ranger and any other 4X4 ute I've driven. You might think your 4X4 ute with its crappy drum brakes does okay, but okay isn't good enough in the year of our Lord 2019.
Out on the road or track, the Raptor is a revelation. Forget the Ranger, forget all the other utes, nothing rides or handles better than the Raptor. That wide stance, strengthened frame, coil rear-end and Fox Racing shock combination is killer. If you still think the Ranger and the Raptor are similar, you haven't driven them both. The Raptor's Fox suspension is telepathic in the way it deals with road irregularities, to the extent that you forget how bad your local area roads are until you step back into any other ute. As David commented during our Raptor v Ranger towing contest, the Raptor rides and handles so well, it makes the Ranger feel like a 'cock in a sock', and he's spot on. You might be wondering how either of us knows what a 'cock in a sock' feels like, and, well, we don't blame you.
The Raptor has been built to soak up the undulations of an Outback track at high speed, which is mostly a pointless goal – nearly wrote gaol which may be more appropriate – in this country, and that just serves to sharpen its on-road ability. Particularly rough sections of broken bitumen will still be felt, but for the most part, the Raptor smooths out what it's rolling over, with a softly sprung ride and extraordinary shock dampening and wheel control. It's reminiscent, albeit on another level – you'll have to work with me here – of how the old Land Rover 110 County used to ride, with their light coil springs and Bose rear load leveller arrangement. Their springs were just heavy enough to hold the body at the right height, and good quality shocks were used to control the springs. The result was a smooth ride over rough roads or even gutters, and a well set up 110 or Defender – one that isn't over-sprung – still provides one of the best off-road rides you can experience.
I clocked up more than 1,500km on the highway with the Raptor, and it offers a highway touring experience that no other ute that I've driven can match. Sure, there are a handful of utes with bigger engines and more grunt, and we'll get to that later, but from a holistic perspective, the Raptor out drives them all. David subjected the Raptor to his 'Wombat Test' and found that you could swerve at speed around the average-sized Hairy Nose and only cop one wriggle out of the Raptor's rear end before the electronics kicked in to keep you on the straight and narrow. That's par for the course with most of the other utes, HiLux being the famous slacker in this department.
Off-road the Raptor has everything going for it, except its wide stance. If you frequent tight High-Country fire trails, then you'll find the Raptor more than a handful. Width aside, it's easily the most capable new 4X4 we've put around our Adventure Playground in the Barossa. There's oodles of wheel travel, and plenty of clearance, that combined with a fast-acting and progressive traction control system, saw the Raptor clear our usual cross-axle tracks with consummate ease. A big bonus is the abundant front-end clearance afforded by the Raptor's factory front bar arrangement – it's steel, mounted to the chassis and features recovery points – and I'm guessing it offers similar clearance advantages to some aftermarket tube bars.
On the subject of barwork, the steel rear bar is also chassis mounted and equipped with recovery points and the wide – possibly too wide as they are easy to run a leg into – sidesteps have enough clearance to avoid touch-downs around our test track. There's adequate underbody protection, particularly up front, where the radiator, intercooler and sump are vulnerable.
Now, how many times have you read "two litres only comes in milk cartons" when following some commentary about the Raptor's 2.0-litre bi-turbo diesel engine on social media? Lot's I'm guessing, and we were there poking a bit of fun at the little four-pot just before the Raptor's launch in issue 003 of this magazine. Like everyone else, we were secretly hoping for a tuned version of the 3.2-litre five-cylinder that powers the Ranger, or better still, the 3.5-litre V6 turbo Ecoboost engine that powers the F150 Raptor in the States. Yeah, that'd be just the ticket.
But we were wrong. As I alluded to earlier, the Raptor is a holistic approach to a performance 4X4 ute. The spotlight isn't on any one aspect of the Raptor; each piece has its job. The track width increase, coil-sprung rear end, Fox shocks, and disc brakes all come together to make the Raptor the most planted feeling and best handling production vehicle of its type on the Australian market.
It's the same with the drivetrain. The 2.0-litre bi-turbo diesel produces 157kW and an even 500Nm, which is a smidge higher on both counts compared to the Ranger's 3.2-litre turbo-diesel. Interestingly, the Raptor's engine produces its peak torque figure in a narrow band between 1750 and 2000rpm, and that's often where you see the tacho needle hovering.
Hook this engine up to the six-speed from the Ranger – it's really a four-speed with two over-driven ratios – and yes, I'm guessing the 2.0-litre will be an uninspiring performer. Plonk it in front of the Raptor's ten-speed auto – seven gears up to direct drive and three overdriven gears – and the game changes, a lot.
The ten-speed auto works almost seamlessly to keep the Raptor's engine on the boil, to the point where it feels almost CVT-like in the way it works. There's none of that sense that the engine needs to work its way up through the rev range to find its sweet spot in each gear, it's just there, in the right rev band, tensed and ready to push on, or a split-second gear change away at worst. It's like comparing a semi-automatic and bolt action rifle. Both get the first shot off the same, but the semi-auto has the next bullet in the breach in the blink of an eye, ready to fire and that's how the Raptor's drivetrain feels.
The ten-speed auto is a very smart box, and to be honest, the only time the paddle shifters have any advantage is when you're punting the Raptor hard on a winding road and want direct control over the gear choice, even then, the electronics won't always grant you your wish. With a handful of exceptions, I left the auto to its own devices and found little wanting. I'll go so far as to say; it's my favourite 'piece' of the Raptor. I honestly don't understand why every other review I've read about the Raptor pays lip service to this gearbox and fails to mention the crucial role it plays in the Raptor's drivetrain. Maybe it's considered more appropriate to pander to the overwhelming feedback from the various peanut galleries claiming that the 2.0-litre engine just doesn't cut the mustard?
If you're a traffic light bandit, then the Raptor probably isn't for you. Full throttle take-offs from a standing start are brisk but not mind-blowing, with Ford claiming a 10.5 second time for the 0-100km/h sprint. You're going to lose at that childish game, to other lighter and one or two more powerful utes. The thing is, when you've eventually grown up, you will no longer care, as you'll come to realise that in the real-world, standing-start performance is an illogical yardstick. The Raptor's speciality is piling on the pace once its mass – it weighs in at a portly 2,404kgs or 115kgs more than a Wildtrack – is on the move and the ten-speed auto gets its groove on. In real-world situations, there's more than enough performance, with plenty in reserve for highway overtaking events. And it sounds sexy doing it! Ford has managed to extract a pleasing exhaust note from the 2.0-litre bi-turbo, a rarity in the diesel ute world.
Sure, Ford could bung a bigger engine in, but in my opinion, that's not what is missing. The only item possibly missing from the Raptor recipe is AWD. In the wet, it's very easy to spin up a rear wheel and the traction control can take its sweet time coming to grips with the situation. AWD just improves the wet weather driving experience in general. The F150 Raptor has it and adding a centre differential to our Raptor would, in my opinion, be a smart move, given the price point.
At this point, you'll be thinking that I've gone all gushy over the Raptor, and you'll be right, but that doesn't mean there isn't a let-down or two. The interior, for a ute with a big price tag, doesn't feel special enough. The Raptor's front seats are excellent, but from there it's a sea of 'taxi plastic'. Sorry…in my opinion the worst thing Ford ever did was sell Falcons into the taxi industry. Every Aussie Ford since has somehow managed to retain that taxi DNA in its interior design and surface treatments. In the Raptor/Ranger it's combined with some dubious, chunky, Fisher Price styling and cheap-looking lower centre dashboard section where the difficult to see and read HVAC controls are located. Oh, and the matt finish on the dash trim above the glovebox is dreadful. My style might not be your style, but the interior of the Raptor left me feeling underwhelmed for about as long as it took for the driving experience to overwhelm, which wasn't long.
The sound system is average at best. The infotainment screen in the centre dash lacks the bright colours and crystal-clear resolution that can be found in other vehicles, the MQ Triton for example. The Raptor's Ford Sync3 infotainment system, on the other hand, works well and features both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.
I'm not a huge fan of the main instrument panel, in fact, I don't really like the one in the Ranger either. I find the instruments difficult to read, with my less than perfect eyes, and the whole shebang just feels a bit too busy. Simple, clean and straightforward is the way to go here, and that's not the Raptor or Ranger.
A speedo that pretends to be close to accurate would be nice. Yeah, I know they all err on the side of caution, but the Raptors is more cautious with its under-reading than most. The inaccurate speedo is joined by what I'm confident is an out of whack fuel economy read-out, that was showing 8.9 L/100km on the trip from Melbourne to Tailem Bend, but the Raptor swallowed a fuel load that had it using around 10 L/100km according to my bush (in the head) calculations. You know, 600kms driven and 60 litres used, doesn't equal 8.9 L/100km.
As much as others bang on about the safety tech, I struggle to find some of it, lane keep assist, for example, anything more than just an annoyance. I've spent decades driving cars and somehow keeping them in the correct lane; it's not the bloody difficult, is it? I switched the wobbly steering wheel off pretty quickly.
I won't argue with the obvious benefits of real life-saving tech, like autonomous emergency braking…if only the Raptor had it. These days it's required if you want a 5-Star ANCAP rating, and I read somewhere it will be making an appearance, at some stage, in future Raptors.
Speaking of turning things off, there is no way to turn off the Raptor's engine stop-start annoyance. I'm guessing it's there to help meet Euro 5 requirements, but what an arse of a technology that one is.
While the interior ambience didn't take my fancy, the Raptor's robustness did. Our car had clocked over 10,000 km, and if the red dirt stains on the front lower control arms and the fine layer of red dust across the interior plastics was any guide, this was one of the original launch cars that saw plenty of hard Outback miles with ham-fisted scribes at the wheel. We've recently seen photos that suggest it's been given a right royal spanking at the hands of the press since the launch, so factor in numerous high-speed drives over rough terrain and of course the requisite jumping they all feel they have to do with a Raptor. It'd required a wheel alignment before our loan, and we know this because it tracked perfectly, but the steering wheel was cocked clockwise a couple of hours. The fact that this car felt tight as a drum and there wasn't a single – not one – vibration or rattle inside or outside over the course of our loan and 2,500kms of driving speaks volumes.
Oh, and the Raptor tows a load noticeably better than the 3.2 equipped Ranger, and a two tonne plus trailer doesn't, in our experience, see it dragging its arse along the ground like Grannie's worm-ridden poodle or a Series 1 NP300 Navara.
Here's how I see it. Wheels, tyres, suspension, bar work, underbody protection, clearance, capability, disc brakes and coils, the Raptor's got it all straight off the showroom floor, and it's all covered by a factory warranty. If you want a ute for off-roading, you can buy a Raptor and not need to spend another cent. Having been engineered to run as it is from the factory, there are no 'modification compromises' to live with, it just works, and works better on and off-road than any other new 4X4 ute ever has, by a country mile.
Sure, the Raptor 'only' has a 2,500kg braked towing capacity and a 758kg payload, but that's plenty for a whole lot of people. In fact, by the time you've finished adding all of the fruit to any of the other utes, that's around the payload you'll end up with, maybe less. You could spend $20,000, or considerably more, modifying the crap out of any of the other utes and still not end up with a ute that is as capable and well-rounded as the Raptor and that, as far as I'm concerned, makes the Raptor the best value 4X4 ute currently on the market. If you want to tour, then pack light, leave the coffee machine and the kids' bikes at home and enjoy the driving experience. You won't regret it.
What we haven't done is properly test the Raptor in low-range in steep country and our limited time with the Raptor off-road didn't allow us to fully explore its terrain management system, which is a great excuse to borrow one again! A Raptor v High Country review? Fatboy on a fire-trail? It needs to be done.
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Christine O'Donnell: Government is 'championing Marxism,' says she didn't steal Tea Party/Occupy debate idea
This morning, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will be together again after a week apart on the campaign trail. They're going to be hosting a town hall in New Hampshire at the campus of St. Anselm College, after spending the week trying to sell their Medicare plan. That included Paul Ryan bringing his 78- year-old mom to a campaign stop in Florida on Saturday.
President Obama is leaving New Hampshire before Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan arrive. His campaign is still facing some attacks over the comments Vice President Joe Biden made last Wednesday, which suggested that Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan would put audience members "back in chains."
Christine O'Donnell, former Republican Senate candidate from Delaware, is organizing a 'Troublemaker Fest' for young voters during the Republican National Convention. On "Starting Point" this morning, she explains to Soledad that she thinks the government is '"championing Marxism."
"A lot of people would disagree with me to say when they hear these I believe Marxist sound bites coming from our own president," O'Donnell says. "I would say they're Marxist because of the things that you hear coming from him about share the wealth, economic equality - and these sound bites might sound good and noble on the surface, but the problem is there's quantifiable data that prove that they simply don't work and we're a free market economy that's supposed to empower the individual, let each person use their gifts, use the rewards to create a better life for themselves instead of what Barack Obama is posing, a tax code that punishes hard work, a tax code that reduces everybody to exactly the same."
See more from the interview below. Transcript available after the jump.
RUSH TRANSCRIPT
O'BRIEN: Why do you call it a troublemaker fest?
CHRISTINE O'DONNELL (R), FORMER SENATE CANDIDATE: Why, did you say?
O'BRIEN: I mean, why -
O'BRIEN: Yes, I mean, I can kind of guess but would love to hear why you call it a troublemaker fest.
O'DONNELL: Well, here's the thing - that's a great question. In the '60s young people, young radicals were called the troublemakers and they were challenging the policies of the establishment. And that's exactly what we see happening here.
Throughout, you know, my campaign and the years following, I've been around so many young people who are genuine troublemakers who are challenging the establishment. However, the ironic thing is the roles have reversed. These young people are the ones who are actively championing the principles of a free market and it's the government who's championing Marxism.
So in that same spirit of troublemaking, we're leading and mobilizing young people who have the most at stake in this e election to stand up and let their voices be heard and to educate their peers.
O'BRIEN: As you well know, there are lots of people who are going to disagree with you on the Marxism comment. But let's talk more about the young people that you are talking about.
You have to worry when you look at some of the polling that they're not inspired. For example -
O'DONNELL: Right.
O'BRIEN: - if you look at the definitely likely to vote in the age group that you're interested in, 18 to 29 years old, 78 percent back in - sorry, 81 percent back in 2004, 78 percent by 2008, down to 58 percent now in 2012. That number has to concern you.
Or even if you look at your own Tea Party, pretty small percentage is in this demo that you're looking for, 7 percent in that 18 to 29 year range. 75 percent are 45 and older.
And, finally, if you look at the numbers when they are interested in voting, who lean for President Obama, or voting for President Obama or leaning for President Obama, 73 percent and look at Mitt Romney or lean Romney that's 25 percent. I have to imagine all those statistics -
O'BRIEN: - are going to be concerning for you.
O'DONNELL: They are alarming. You are right, Soledad, to bring that up and that's why we're doing this, because in this election cycle you hear all these stats and figures that policy wonks like me love, you know, when you hear I don't love the stats, I don't like the news that's coming from them. But we feed on this stuff.
You know, the debt to GDP ratio hit 100 percent. But the young people, they hear that and they say, you know, what does that mean? What's in it for me?
And we need to translate that for them. What that means when your debt to GDP ratio hits 100 percent is that the economy could completely collapses and while that may not mean anything to you right now, when you start buy a home, when you start to plan for your own child's college, these opportunities aren't going to be there for you.
And the other thing, you're right, a lot of people would disagree with me to say when they hear these I believe Marxist sound bites coming from our own president.
O'BRIEN: Why do you think they're Marxist? Why do you say that? You just kind of throw the word socialist and Marxist around that are not necessarily, I think, anchored in definitions of socialism and Marxism. So give me the definition.
O'DONNELL: Well, they absolutely are. But let me - I'll get to that but let me say what we're trying to do at this troublemaker fest is kicking off the whole week with the first ever Tea Party versus Occupy Wall Street debate where people from that side of the movement get to pick their own panelists, pick their own questions, and we are jointly working together to present both sides of the movement to address things like that.
And I would say they're Marxist because of the things that you hear coming from him about share the wealth, economic equality - and these sound bites might sound good and noble on the surface, but the problem is there's quantifiable data that prove that they simply don't work and we're a free market economy that's supposed to empower the individual, let each person use their gifts, use the rewards to create a better life for themselves instead of what Barack Obama is posing, a tax code that punishes hard work, a tax code that reduces everybody to exactly the same.
O'BRIEN: There's so much to hop in on here so I'll do that. So you're a policy wonk now? When did that happen?
O'DONNELL: Well, I've been involved in politics for 20 years. That's what got me involved in this -
O'BRIEN: Policy wonk. O'DONNELL: That's what got me - policy junkie, political junkie, we read these reports. We read, you know, when people say which person is going to destroy Medicare worse than the other, but most people don't, especially the young people, and that is why they're so apathetic. That's why those statistics are so alarming.
And what I want to do, my vision, especially for the Tea Party versus Occupy debate, is for each side to present their message to the young people and then say you pick, because what voters are going to face this e election cycle is a stark contrast, depending on the outcome.
O'BRIEN: So let me ask you about the Tea Party versus Occupy thing. There's some controversy with it? Someone who is now saying it was an idea that was stolen, you took his idea and you kind of ran with the ball. Will Cain, am I right about that?
CAIN: There's a story up today on the Web site that I work for, it's coming out today, on TheBlaze.com that suggests this idea, this concept, Occupy versus Tea Party was one that wasn't Christine O'Donnell's and she has turned -
O'DONNELL: That's not true.
CAIN: - sold that to Al Gore's Current TV. It's a story that's out there, Ms. O'Donnell.
O'DONNELL: And it's a shame. It's a shame because this gentleman is putting out there is flat out lying and "The Young Turks" that I'm working with will tell you we've been working together for months and it was actually Lauren Windsor with the "Young Turks" idea. She bumped into a friend of mine back in February, and they were talking at a bar after a rally. You know, wouldn't it be great?
O'BRIEN: Do you think it will go to lawsuit? As you describe, it sounds messy.
O'DONNELL: It shouldn't. The guy has no weight. Here is the bottom line. You can't trademark a movement. And I think this it guy is a publicity hound.
O'BRIEN: You can trademark a TV show idea, though, right?
O'DONNELL: This isn't a TV show. It's a debate. It's a debate.
It's a shame. It's a shame and, again, this is one time when the "Young Turks" and I will stand in agreement that we've been working on this together for months. I've had the venue reserved for months. It's been on the convention calendar for months.
I mean, since we planned it. It was one of the first things we put on the calendar and we've been organizing behind the scenes before we release d it. I sent out a press release to my supporters probably about two months ago. I don't know the exact date but it's absolutely absurd.
And the same man who put this out is the man who when I tried to reach out to him and have a discussion about how we might be able to work together because the idea of getting both sides of our message - you know, the Occupy and Tea Party out there to voters is important, he swore at me, he used the "F" word, he raised his voice. This is not a rational human being.
O'BRIEN: When was that?
O'DONNELL: This was a couple nights ago. We had our team and the Young Turks both on this conference call, and he jumped in uninvited. He heard about the conference call, jumped in uninvited, started swearing is at all of us. It's a shame. It's a publicity stunt.
It's a shame we're talking about that -
O'BRIEN: Covering a lot of ground. I think we covered a lot of ground. Christine O'Donnell, nice to talk to you. We will see you when we are in Tampa -
O'DONNELL: Likewise.
O'BRIEN: - because we will be at the RNC. We look forward to it. Thanks for being with us.
CAIN: The aptly named troublemakers.
O'BRIEN: Yes.
Filed under: 2012 Race • Politics
John Irvine
How can she compare her group to ones from the 60's? They were Liberals combating Conservatives. This woman is just insane.
Didn't you hear that she said, "the role is now reversed"? I'm sorry that you Americans have become so partisan that you pulled the trigger to attack someone on the other side before you even hear the whole sentence. Shame on you, war mongers!
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A lot of times, we don't know. And that's okay.
No, the answer's not "God."
The bible was written by prophets, people who heard from God and shared what they heard. Out of humility, some of 'em didn't necessarily describe themselves as prophets, but all the same, that's what they are: Their God-experiences inspired them to write about him, and thus we have the books and letters which make up our bible.
"God wrote it" is the short answer people give when we've no clue how God works. We assume God did with his prophets the same as he did with Moses: He stated a bunch of things, and the prophets took dictation like a secretary. Or they assume how the Holy Spirit "inspired" the authors was to work the prophets' hands like a puppeteer with a marionette, and made them write the bible.
Generally they've got micromanagerial ideas about how God works, and figure had to take absolute physical control of the circumstances to guarantee we have the bible he wanted… 'cause he didn't trust his followers enough to describe him accurately. Really they don't trust God's followers enough. Which I get; we suck. But there are such creatures as trustworthy believers, and the Spirit did trust 'em enough to get him right.
So yeah, whenever some skeptic states, "The bible was written by men"—okay it was. And so what? The dictionary was likewise written by women and men, and I don't see 'em dismissing the dictionary as unauthoritative. Those who wrote the dictionary, know what they're talking about. Same deal with the prophets who wrote the bible: They knew God. They wrote what they knew. Their testimonies are trustworthy, solid stuff. We should be able to easily defer to their knowledge: The God they describe is the very same God we know.
God didn't have to write the bible in order for it to accurately, infallibly describe him.
Okay. As for which prophets wrote the bible: We know the names of a number of its authors. The New Testament letters have their authors' names on 'em. The prophetic books likewise. But a lot of the books actually have no name on them at all… so we don't know.
Moses wrote some. But not all of "his" books.
Who wrote Genesis? Again, the answer's not "God." And it regularly surprises various Christians to discover it's not Moses. After all, their King James Version titles it "The first book of Moses, called Genesis." So they leap to the conclusion Moses wrote it. Right?
Well, that's been the tradition. Even Jesus refers to the first five books of the bible as "the book of Moses." Mk 12.26 Thing is, did Jesus call them that because he knew Moses wrote those books, or because everybody called 'em that? Was he declaring something from his stash of divine knowledge, or was he simply meeting people at their cultural level?
Now yes, Moses was the guy who wrote down what the LORD dictated. Ex 34.27 But what about the stories in the "books of Moses" which he wasn't directed to write down? Who wrote 'em? Moses? His assistant Joshua? His head priest Aaron? His prophet Miriam? (Who did compose a really brief psalm in one of those books. Ex 15.21)
There's some evidence other hands than Moses wrote the narratives in "his" books. Fr'instance the story of his death Dt 34.5 clearly had to have been written by someone else. Plus there are a number of anachronisms, details which were written by someone who couldn't have been from Moses's time. Fr'instance a list of Edomite kings begins with this statement:
Genesis 36.31 KWL
These are kings who reigned in Edom's land before a king reigned over Israel's sons.
Obviously the person who wrote this line, knew Israel would have a king; it wasn't purely hypothetical. So it wasn't Moses, who died four centuries before Saul ben Kish became Israel's first king. Obviously whoever wrote this verse did know of Saul. Maybe even the kings after him.
Or when Abraham and his troops went to the city of Dan. Ge 14.14 Thing is, "Dan" wasn't yet that city's name. It was only named that after the Danites conquered it some 400-plus years later, Jg 18.27-29 and named it for their forefather Dan… Abraham's great-grandson. In Abraham's day it was still called Laish. In Moses's day too. Somebody other than Moses clearly updated the name.
Or when the Hebrews built the city of Rameses, Ex 1.11 or as the ancient Egyptians called it, Per-Ramessu. Its name came from Pharaoh Ramessú Usermaátre Setépenre, whom we call Ramesses 2, who renovated the town of Hutwarét and made it his capital in the early 1200s BC. Problem is, the Exodus took place two centuries before, in the 1400s (about 480 years before Solomon began building the temple 1Ki 6.1 in the mid-900s). So the Hebrews must've built Hutwarét… and when Ramesses changed its name, the story got updated with the new name. But the story got updated long after Moses.
So Moses might've written big parts of the first five books, but he's clearly not the final author who put the books together. Someone else did. (Scholars have a theory as to how, which I'll discuss another time.) Tradition may say it was Moses, but tradition isn't infallible. The bible is, and the bible indicates it can't be Moses.
So who was it? We don't know. The author didn't include it in the books. Didn't think it mattered: Only God mattered.
And you'll find this mindset is precisely why authors left their names out of a lot of parts of the bible. We don't know who wrote the Deuteronomistic history; it's clearly not Samuel, who died near the end of its first book. 1Sa 25.1 We don't know who wrote Ruth, or Esther, or Job, or Chronicles. Most of the psalms have the author's names attached, but some of 'em don't. We think Solomon wrote Ecclesiastes, but the author gave his name as קֹהֶ֣לֶת/Qohélet, "gatherer [of wisdom]," Ec 1.1 which sounds like a pen name, meaning he wanted to be anonymous. As many of the bible's authors did. God, not they, is more important.
Yep, even in the New Testament.
We don't know whether Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John wrote the gospels. I know; their titles have their names on 'em! But these names are nowhere in the gospels' texts. The authors deliberately left their names off. Jesus is more important.
Christians deduced who their authors are: The author of John is "the student Jesus loved," Jn 21.24 and by process of elimination he's John bar Zebedee. The author of Luke also wrote Acts, and when Luke shows up in the Acts narrative suddenly the text starts referring to "we" instead of "they"—so he's likely the author. As for Matthew and Mark, Christians didn't get their names from the text, but tradition. Which might be correct… but it wasn't about Moses, y'know.
The letters have their authors' names on them… well, all but John's letters and Hebrews. We deduced the letters are John's because they were written in the very same style as John's gospel. As for Hebrews, a number of Christians presume Paul wrote it, but it's not his style. It seems to have had its introduction trimmed off, possibly because its author scandalized people—but they wanted to keep the letter because it's good stuff. My guess is a woman wrote it; many scholars guess Priscilla, but that's no more than a guess. Like Origen of Alexandria said, only God knows who wrote it.
Although y'might notice the apostles who wrote the New Testament didn't use their full names. Those with Roman citizenship had at least three names—a nomen (family name, like westerners' last names), prænomen (given name, like our first names), and a cognomen (nicknames, 'cause Roman custom was to give everybody in the family the same names); and often multiple cognomens. But y'notice Paul only ever used his cognomen, Παῦλος/Pávlos. We know his praenomen, "Saul." But we never get his nomen. Possibly because it wasn't safe to give it; his family might get persecuted. And you'll notice the other folks in the New Testament never provide more than given names and nicknames.
But again: Anonymity, or semi-anonymity, was about keeping the attention away from them, and pointing it towards Jesus. They didn't feel they mattered as much as he. Only his name is worthy of glory.
Their culture and ours.
Skeptics make a big deal of the semi-anonymous nature of the bible. Mostly because they assume the reason the bible's authors were anonymous because they were hiding. Because they were up to no good.
Fr'instance Benjamin Franklin, in his teenage years, went under the pen name of Silence Dogood. Partly because he knew no one would take a smart-alecky 16-year-old seriously, but they might read what appeared to be a witty older widow. Partly because he was trying to get published in his brother James's newspaper, and knew James didn't take him seriously. And partly because everybody back then used pen names: There was no such thing as freedom of speech, so if they wrote anything which offended an official, they and the publisher could be jailed. As James Franklin later was.
So skeptics distrust anonymity. As everyone kinda should.
The bible's authors had very different motives for their anonymity. Like I said, they wanted the attention on God, not themselves. But our culture can't help but read our motives for anonymity onto them.
And certain Christians overcompensate for this. They insist they do know the authors of the bible: Moses musta written "the books of Moses," Joshua musta written Joshua (except the bit at the end where he died), Samuel musta written Judges and Ruth (even though they were written centuries apart), Ezra or somebody else wrote the other history books (except the first-person Nehemiah, obviously written by Nehemiah), Job wrote Job (except for his death scene), David wrote all the anonymous psalms, Solomon all the anonymous proverbs, and Paul wrote Hebrews. There; all accounted for.
This overcompensation shows they don't understand history… and don't really trust the scriptures. 'Cause it's not enough to trust the Holy Spirit inspired the bible's authors; they have to know who each specific author was, and these authors all have to be famous bible figures.
Problem is, their estimations are easily exploded. Which doesn't help 'em convince skeptics at all. We must be careful to not make outrageous claims about the bible based on what we wish it was: We gotta look at what it legitimately is. Anything else is wishful thinking. Not faith.
So what the scriptures are, for the most part, is anonymous. That's okay. Truth is truth, even if we don't know who tells it.
What's the difference between a seer and a prophet...
The street-corner show-off.
When the unclean spirit leaves a person…
"What's God's secret, evil plan for my life?"
The storehouse of merit?
Demanding a sign from Jesus, and getting the Jonah...
The Orthodox/Catholic schism.
Did Paul write all his letters in the bible?
Who wrote "the books of Moses"?
The Deuteronomistic history.
Pilgrimage: Off to meditate.
Affection—versus love.


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Q: How many asm-instructions per C-instruction? I realize that this question is impossible to answer absolutely, but I'm only after ballpark figures:
Given a reasonably sized C-program (thousands of lines of code), on average, how many ASM-instructions would be generated. In other words, what's a realistic C-to-ASM instruction ratio? Feel free to make assumptions, such as 'with current x86 architectures'.
I tried to Google about this, but I couldn't find anything.
Addendum: noticing how much confusion this question brought, I feel some need for an explanation: What I wanted to know by this answer, is to know, in practical terms, what "3GHz" means. I am fully aware of that the throughput per Herz varies tremendously depending on the architecture, your hardware, caches, bus speeds, and the position of the moon.
I am not after a precise and scientific answer, but rather an empirical answer that could be put into fathomable scales.
This isn't a trivial answer to place (as I became to notice), and this was my best effort at it. I know that the amount of resulting lines of ASM per lines of C varies depending on what you are doing. i++ is not in the same neighborhood as sqrt(23.1) - I know this. Additionally, no matter what ASM I get out of the C, the ASM is interpreted into various sets of microcode within the processor, which, again, depends on whether you are running AMD, Intel or something else, and their respective generations. I'm aware of this aswell.
The ballpark answers I've got so far are what I have been after: A project large enough averages at about 2 lines of x86 ASM per 1 line of ANSI-C. Today's processors probably would average at about one ASM command per clock cycle, once the pipelines are filled, and given a sample big enough.

A: That varies tremendously! I woudn't believe anyone if they tried to offer a rough conversion.
Statements like i++; can translate to a single INC AX.
Statements for function calls containing many parameters can be dozens of instructions as the stack is setup for the call.
Then add in there the compiler optimization that will assemble your code in a manner different than you wrote it thus eliminating instructions.
Also some instructions run better on machine word boundaries so NOPs will be peppered throughout your code.

A: I don't think you can conclude anything useful whatsoever about performance of real applications from what you're trying to do here.  Unless 'not precise' means 'within several orders of magnitude'.
You're just way overgeneralised, and you're dismissing caching, etc, as though it's secondary, whereas it may well be totally dominant.
If your application is large enough to have trended to some average instructions-per-loc, then it will also be large enough to have I/O or at the very least significant RAM access issues to factor in.

A: There is no answer possible. statements like int a; might require zero asm lines. while statements like a = call_is_inlined(); might require 20+ asm lines.
You can see yourself by compiling a c program, and then starting objdump -Sd ./a.out . It will display asm and C code intermixed, so you can see how many asm lines are generated for one C line. Example:
test.c
int get_int(int c);
int main(void) {
    int a = 1, b = 2;
    return getCode(a) + b;
}

$ gcc -c -g test.c
$ objdump -Sd ./test.o
00000000 <main>:
int get_int(int c);
int main(void) { /* here, the prologue creates the frame for main */
   0:   8d 4c 24 04             lea    0x4(%esp),%ecx
   4:   83 e4 f0                and    $0xfffffff0,%esp
   7:   ff 71 fc                pushl  -0x4(%ecx)
   a:   55                      push   %ebp
   b:   89 e5                   mov    %esp,%ebp
   d:   51                      push   %ecx
   e:   83 ec 14                sub    $0x14,%esp
    int a = 1, b = 2; /* setting up space for locals */
  11:   c7 45 f4 01 00 00 00    movl   $0x1,-0xc(%ebp)
  18:   c7 45 f8 02 00 00 00    movl   $0x2,-0x8(%ebp)
    return getCode(a) + b;
  1f:   8b 45 f4                mov    -0xc(%ebp),%eax
  22:   89 04 24                mov    %eax,(%esp)
  25:   e8 fc ff ff ff          call   26 <main+0x26>
  2a:   03 45 f8                add    -0x8(%ebp),%eax
} /* the epilogue runs, returning to the previous frame */
  2d:   83 c4 14                add    $0x14,%esp
  30:   59                      pop    %ecx
  31:   5d                      pop    %ebp
  32:   8d 61 fc                lea    -0x4(%ecx),%esp
  35:   c3                      ret

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A: I'm not sure what you mean by "C-instruction", maybe statement or line?  Of course this will vary greatly due to a number of factors but after looking at a few sample programs of my own, many of them are close to the 2-1 mark (2 assembly instructions per LOC), I don't know what this means or how it might be useful.
You can figure this out yourself for any particular program and implementation combination by asking the compiler to generate only the assembly (gcc -S for example) or by using a disassembler on an already compiled executable (but you would need the source code to compare it to anyway).
Edit
Just to expand on this based on your clarification of what you are trying to accomplish (understanding how many lines of code a modern processor can execute in a second):
While a modern processor may run at 3 billion cycles per second that doesn't mean that it can execute 3 billion instructions per second.  Here are some things to consider:

*

*Many instructions take multiple cycles to execute (division or floating point operations can take dozens of cycles to execute).

*Most programs spend the vast majority of their time waiting for things like memory accesses, disk accesses, etc.

*Many other factors including OS overhead (scheduling, system calls, etc.) are also limiting factors.

But in general yes, processors are incredibly fast and can accomplish amazing things in a short period of time.

A: I am not sure there is really a useful answer to this. For sure you will have to pick the architecture (as you suggested).
What I would do: Take a reasonable sized C program. Give gcc the "-S" option and check yourself. It will generate the assembler source code and you can calculate the ratio for that program yourself.

A: RISC or CISC? What's an instruction in C, anyway?
Which is to repeat the above points that you really have no idea until you get very specific about the type of code you're working with.
You might try reviewing the academic literature regarding assembly optimization and the hardware/software interference cross-talk that has happened over the last 30-40 years. That's where you're going to find some kind of real data about what you're interested in. (Although I warn you, you might wind up seeing C->PDP data instead of C->IA-32 data).

A: You wrote in one of the comments that you want to know what 3GHz means.
Even the frequency of the CPU does not matter. Modern PC-CPUs interleave and schedule instructions heavily, they fetch and prefetch, cache memory and instructions and often that cache is invalidated and thrown to the bin. The best interpretation of processing power can be gained by running real world performance benchmarks.

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"These awards will help bridge the funding gap for us to continue the important work of building sustainable, quality affordable housing," said Laura Hall, president and chief executive officer. "This is a time of unprecedented growth for us in our 50 + year history and it reaffirms our commitment to expanding our services to those in the Central Valley, Monterey County and Southern California."
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Bilibinsky District (; , Bilibinkèn rajon) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the six in Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia. It is located in the west of the autonomous okrug and borders with Chaunsky District in the northeast, Anadyrsky District in the east, Koryak Okrug of Kamchatka Krai in the southeast, Magadan Oblast in the southwest, and the Sakha Republic in the west. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the town of Bilibino. Population:  The population of Bilibino accounts for 74.8% of the district's total population.

Archeological finds indicate that the territory of what is now Bilibinsky District was first inhabited in the early Neolithic. Following the establishment of Anadyrsk by Semyon Dezhnyov in the 17th century, the Bolshoy Anyuy River, which flows through the modern district, was an important link between the Cossack explorers and their base in Nizhnekolymsk and facilitated interactions between the Cossacks and the indigenous people. Gold and other minerals were discovered in the 20th century, and in the 1970s the world's smallest and most northerly nuclear power station was built in Bilibino.

Geography
Bilibinsky and Anadyrsky Districts cover most of the interior of the autonomous okrug, with Bilibinsky District forming its western quarter. Bilibinsky District is the only district in Chukotka not to have a port, even though it has a coastline on the East Siberian Sea.

The size of the district means that there is a range of different landscapes as the territory lies in the Anadyr Highlands, a transition zone between the Chukotka Mountains and the Kolyma Highlands. The district is mountainous with mountain ranges such as the Pyrkanay Range, Rauchuan Range, Kyrganay Range, Chuvan Mountains, Ilirney Range and Anyuy Range, covering substantial parts of it. It is also home to the Anyuyskiy crater, an indication of recent volcanic activity in Chukotka. The main rivers are the Bolshoy Anyuy River and the Maly Anyuy River.

History

Prehistory
As with Anadyrsky District, the earliest human remains found have been dated to the early Neolithic, with camp sites having been excavated at Orlovka 2—ya site on the banks of the Orlovka River—as well as at Lake Tytyl and Lake Ilirney.

17th–18th centuries
Cossacks first became aware of an indigenous people living on the territory of present-day Bilibinsky District after encountering trouble with a group of Chukchi from the area when on the Alazeya River near the modern border with the Sakha Republic in the 1640s.

Following the establishment of Anadyrsk by Semyon Dezhnyov, the Bolshoy Anyuy River became the main thoroughfare linking the new ostrog (fortress) with the fort at Nizhnekolymsk, with the region being the first place in Chukotka where native people met with Russians. In 1788, the first trade fair was held on the banks of the Bolshoy Anyuy between Russians and Chukchi, a vital step in encouraging trade and peaceful relations between the two peoples. Once this route became regularly used, further discoveries were made of additional indigenous peoples inhabiting the area, including the Yukaghirs living along the banks of the Bolshoy Anyuy and Maly Anyuy Rivers, as well as Chuvans, who lived further upstream. Throughout the remainder of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th, Yukaghirs served as guides to the Cossacks exploring this new land.

By the mid-18th century, there was considerable trade between the local Chukchi people and the Russians, and by 1788 it reached such a high level that the first official trade fair between the two peoples and the Chuvans was held on the banks of the Bolshoy Anyuy. This became an annual fair with the Russians trading tobacco and metal items with the indigenous peoples for skins and furs.

20th century
In December 1930, the Chukotka National Okrug was established, consisting of Anadyrsky, Chukotsky, Markovsky, Chaunsky, Vostochnoy Tundry (later renamed Bilibinsky) and Zapadnoy Tundry Districts. Ostrovnoye became the first administrative center of the Vostochnoy Tundry District, with authority over six separate selsoviets (Bolshe-Enyuysky, Malo-Enyuysky, Oloysky, Oloychansky, Ostrovnovsky, and Pogyndinsky. Ostrovnoye remained the administrative center of the district for the next twenty years until March 15, 1950, when the administrative center was transferred to Anyuysk.

It was not until the 20th century that with the discovery of gold in the area mineral exploration began to take place, and it was during this time that the district began to resemble its current state. Although substantial deposits of gold had been found, the outbreak of World War II prevented any follow-up until the mid-1950s. In March 1955, the first gold deposits were found and construction of a village in the vicinity named Karalvaam began. In 1956, Karalvaam was renamed Bilibino after the discoverer of these deposits, Yury Bilibin.

Further deposits of gold were found along the Maly Anyuy and other minerals were found throughout the district as well, accelerating the development of the regional economy. This resulted in the construction of a diesel power station in Bilibino in 1959, which was converted to nuclear power in 1973.

In September 1968, a decision was made in Magadan (for at that time Chukotka was part of a large Magadan Oblast) to grant Bilibino town status and in August 1961, the administrative center of the district was moved once more; this time to Bilibino, where it remains to this day.

Despite the mineral riches present in Bilibinsky District, sufficient quantities are not being generated to make for meaningful export along the Northern Sea Route.

Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Bilibinsky District is one of the six in the autonomous okrug. The town of Bilibino serves as its administrative center. The district does not have any lower-level administrative divisions and has administrative jurisdiction over one town, four urban-type settlements, and five rural localities.

As a municipal division, the district is incorporated as Bilibinsky Municipal District and is divided into one urban settlement and four rural settlements.

Inhabited localities

*Administrative centers are shown in bold

Demographics
Apart from ethnic Russians, a number of different indigenous peoples live in the district. The most represented indigenous people are the Chukchi, who are present in the northern parts of the district, and the Evens, who are the majority indigenous group in the south. There are also small populations of Yukaghirs and Yakuts, given the district's proximity to the Sakha Republic.

As with most of the districts in Chukotka, indigenous peoples are more often found in the scattered rural localities, while ethnic Russians are more often found in the urban areas. These people either migrated to the Far East, or are the descendants of those who did, enticed by the higher pay, large pensions, and more generous allowances permitted to those prepared to endure the cold and the isolation, as well as those who were exiled here as a result of Stalin's purges or after having been released from the Gulag. The existence of the nuclear power plant in the district is a major reason for the presence of ethnic Russians, and they make up almost the entirety of the approximate 6,000 people who live in Bilibino, with only around 280 residents being of indigenous origin in 2006, down from 337 in 2004. According to an environmental impact report produced by Bema Gold for the Kupol gold project in 2005, there were 2,242 indigenous people living in the district at the start of 2004. Of these people, 920 were Even, 897 were Chukchi, with the remainder comprising Yukaghir, Nenets, Koryak, Evenk, and Yupik peoples. There were approximately the following numbers of indigenous people at the start of 2004 in Bilibinsky Municipal District:
Ostrovnoye: 331 (93%)
Ilirney: 233 (77%)
Anyuysk: 334 (62%)
Keperveyem: 219 (48%)
Bilibino: 337 (5%)

Economy

Industrial and administrative
The economy of Bilibinsky District has suffered considerably since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with the population of the district more than halving in the years between 1996 and 2005. In 2005, there were approximately 1,500 people officially employed in the district and less than 200 people officially unemployed. The average wage in 2002 across all sectors was nearly 11,500 rubles per month, approximately 10% higher than those employed in the transportation and fuel sectors in Anadyrsky District, the best paid sectors in that district, mainly due to those employed in the nuclear power station.

The administrative center of the district is the town Bilibino, which is home to the world's most northerly nuclear power station, which contains four reactors and is the only nuclear power plant in the Russian Far East. It is also the world's smallest nuclear power plant.

Traditional and cultural
Despite its size, in terms of the percentage of the population the district has only around half the number of indigenous peoples than much smaller districts, such as Beringovsky District, with only around 20% of the total population coming from indigenous peoples, mainly Evenks and Yukaghir. These people are engaged like many across the autonomous okrug in traditional reindeer herding, with a deliberate focus being placed by the district administration on creating outlets, through which the products of this herding may be sold.

By 2005, there had been a significant reduction in the agricultural output of the district, with milk and egg production ceasing entirely and meat production reduced by two-thirds.

Transportation

Transportation within the district is an issue, with there being very little in the way of all-weather paved surfaces. Instead most of the roads are winter-only ice roads, so the district is heavily reliant on air travel to move goods and people. Aside from an undeveloped road network, Bilibinsky District is the only district in the autonomous okrug that does not have a significant port. Instead it must rely on other ports, with Pevek being the closest sizable harbor, as a delivery point for all imports that arrive by sea. The only year-round road is the one that links Bilibino with Keperveyem. Road access to all other settlements in the district is only possible along winter roads.

References

Notes

Sources

Petit Fute, Chukotka

External links

Official website of Bilibinsky District
Brief description of a visit to the power plant from BBC website

Districts of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

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Melancholy Creatives
Bandcamp is about touching on real life band habits, struggles and practices while attempting to connect the dots to our own experience. The questions and suggestions stirred up are intended to help us evaluate our own situations and take steps toward creating a better rhythm of band life.
What better place to start than in your own mind.
Melancholy isn't a form, mode or scale of depression. Throughout history many creatives have either possessed the personality of the melancholy OR pressed into a depressed mindset. And yes, one has a tendency to feed into the other.
But it doesn't have to.
If you're melancholic, sure, you may be more inclined to be somber, to be reserved. If this is you then research it, grab some insight on it, pray about it, meditate on the tendencies and traits that shape who you are and how you're wired. Not only will you grow in depth and insight, but you're creative work will too.
On the other hand, depression robs. It may foster some great art in a season, but ultimately it robs us from deeper truths about our mission, worthwhile observations about our craft, the joy of the journey and deeper relationships with those in the band and on the team.
Q. How do you navigate your melancholy? Are you pressing into your faith, hope and love? What are you doing for personal growth and health?
Q. How do you allow your personality and all its traits to impact your band, team or tribe? Are you building them up or tearing them down? What are you doing to be self-controlled and clear-minded in the creation process together?
Q. What habits have you put into place for a healthy daily journey? Internal reminders, prayers and recitations? External cues, triggers and actions?
Q. What one thing will you act on today to create with greater clarity and health?
Depression, funk, unrelenting angst and fog, suicidal thoughts... if you're living this internal wrestling match, no matter how creatively fruitful it might seem, don't stay there. Reach out for some accountability, professional help, spiritual guidance etc.
On the other hand, if you're simply prone toward melancholy and the infinite stream of sadness... take time to understand it, put it in it's place, clarify your strengths and weaknesses, invite others in to who you are and how you process, and then go create with greater ownership of who you're designed to be.
Maybe these Q's aren't for you, but you can see it in your band. How can you honor their wiring? Help them understand themselves and what they offer? Offer them some breathing room or help?
Sign up to this blog for the next Bandcamp. Let's keep building together.
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SBI's Favorite Restaurants in Indian shores
By cea | December 1, 2022 | 0
Looking for something delicious to eat on your vacation in Indian Shores, Florida? We have got a list of our favorites below for you to enjoy (and make sure to stay with us at Sunburst Inn, while you visit, too!)
Savory Restaurant
Savory Restaurant is owned and operated by the Lagoudakis family who have been working in the restaurant industry since 1974. Savory opened its doors in March 2006.
They have a delicious, versatile menu using fresh ingredients and feature many custom house-made items. They take great pride in serving the highest quality products to their customers.
They are extremely grateful for the opportunity to be of service to their customers and the community. They strive to provide unsurpassed exceptional service, with a joyful heart. The restaurant is casual and comfortable, warm and family-
friendly. So come in and savor the experience for yourself.
Aloha To Go
As a native of Hawaii, Jen sailed into Tampa Bay with her husband via US Coast Guard orders. Although Jen's background is in education, her entrepreneurial spirit led her to the food industry. Jen started Aloha To Go out of a food truck, and to this day, is one of only a few women in the area that owns and operates her own truck! Go Jen!
Due to the overwhelming response to Jen's onolicious Hawaiian BBQ, she decided to take the next step and opened up a restaurant in Indian Shores, FL. In 2019 Jen opened a new location in Seminole, Florida.
Broke N Bored Grill, Redington Shores
Honest food from scratch! You'll see recycled silverware, local ingredients & environmentally conscious packaging, as well as culinary students learning their way in the kitchen. A 10+ year local with roots in the Midwest and experienced in the hospitality business for over 20 years. They look forward to having you in and thank you for supporting local!
Coco Wood Grill
Just minutes from the beach in Redington Shores, Coco Wood Grill has brought a vision unlike any other to the area, transforming a former restaurant and renovated with unexpected, sophisticated nautical touches and a renowned dining destination.
With husband and wife at the helm, Coco Wood Grill embraces the idea of gastro-classic dining, elevated to new heights via modern techniques and a heartfelt commitment to quality. Locals and tourists alike make their way to the waterfront oasis to indulge in signature-inspired dishes in a fun, family-oriented, casual atmosphere.
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11 Beauty Tricks to Steal From Grandma
Seriously, she knows best.
By Mona Gohara and M.D Published: Apr 23, 2015
Remember when Grandma told you to put lotion on your elbows and knees? Or warned you not to make faces or it will get stuck? Turns out, there's some truth to the little pearls of beauty wisdom she so lovingly shared. Not only have they withstood the test of time, but they're actually pretty simple to follow.
1. Moisturizing is essential.
Why She's Right:
Dehydrated skin can lead to eczema, wrinkles, itchiness, and infection. "My grandmother and mother (and all women in my family) had the same piece of advice — moisturize your skin after baths and showers starting from birth!" says Dr. Amy McMichael, professor and chair of Wake Forest Baptist Health's department of dermatology in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. "I think this is an overlooked pearl for a lot of women, but it is a common cultural practice among African Americans and it makes a difference. Skin is a lot more supple and attractive with consistent moisturization."
2. To keep your skin young, sleep on your back.
Stomach sleeping may be comfy, but making a habit of it will give you lines. Having trouble switching positions? Dr. Adrienne Stewart, a dermatologist in Denver, recommends snoozing on silk or sateen pillowcases because they are softer and more forgiving should your face hit the pillow.
3. For heaven's sake, never drink from a straw.
Yes, sucking down that soda or iced coffee can etch creases around your mouth, confirms Dr. Mary Lupo, a dermatologist in New Orleans.
4. Vaseline is a beauty must-have.
Dr. Susan Taylor, dermatologist and founder of Rx for Brown Skin, says that her grandma suggested this medicine cabinet mainstay for dry skin, chapped lips, and cracked heels. Considered one of the ultimate multi-tasking moisturizers, we agree it's a keeper.
5. Be gentle to your skin.
Aggressive rubbing can lead to broken blood vessels on the skin or under the eyes, warns Valerie Callender, MD, Associate Professor of Dermatology at Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, D.C. Her grammy's sound advice: "Apply moisturizer to your face twice daily with upward strokes — this technique prevents facial skin from sagging."
6. Coconut oil conditions best.
You can't open a magazine or read a beauty blog without seeing news about this It beauty product, but it's actually been used in India for years, says Dr. Kavita Mariwalla, a dermatologist in Long Island, New York. Mariwalla massages coconut oil into her and her children's scalps and hair for a healthy, soft look.
7. Exfoliate, exfoliate, exfoliate.
Before fancy, pricey creams, or devices were even a thought, our grandmothers were experts at refreshing their skin with simple tools. "Using a nice soft textured washcloth to wash the face is a gentle method of removing scales from the skin — a light exfoliation. After cleansing, apply a light moisturizer to improve skin texture over time," says Dr. Wilma Bergfeld, dermatologist at the Cleveland Clinic, and founding member of the Women's Dermatologic Society.
8. Pond's Cold Cream and Dove Beauty Bar are the bomb.
Okay, maybe she didn't exactly say "the bomb," but there's a reason these cult classics have been staples in drugstore beauty aisles for so many years. The reason is, of course, that they work! Dr. Lynne Drake, a dermatologist at Harvard's Massachusetts General Hospital, says that her 96-year-old nana had the skin of a 60-year-old because she washed off her makeup every night and used Pond's during the day. And who doesn't remember a crisp Dove Beauty Bar sitting perfectly on their grandma's porcelain soap dish? In 2015, this product continues to provide real beauty benefits.
9. Get no fewer than 8 hours of beauty sleep.
This study from the University Hospitals Case Medical Center found that sleep quality affected the quality of skin, increasing signs of aging. Since skin regenerates itself at night, lack of sleep can lead to dry, sullen, and eventually saggy skin.
10. You are what you eat.
Eating your veggies is good for your heart and skin. Green leafy vegetables are full of antioxidants that fight off free radicals from sunlight. Grandma may not have known all of those details, but she never doubted the many benefits of broccoli and beets.
11. There is nothing more beautiful than self-love.
Can't argue with that. Instead of constantly trying to change, there is a lot to be said for not merely accepting, but truly loving our bodies and natural beauty. Dr. Amy Paller, professor and chair of Northwestern University's department of dermatology shares, "I always had curly hair and just hated it growing up — straightened it all the time, always wanted it long and straight — but eventually learned that it was okay to go natural." Sound good to us!
More Beauty Tips:
• The Vintage Beauty Secrets Hiding Right Under Your Chin
• 15 Fuss-Free Beauty Tricks Every Woman Should Know
• Beauty Advice Your Mom Got Right


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from django.db import migrations
from django.db.models import Count

def deduplicate_attempts(apps, schema_editor):
    AccessAttempt = apps.get_model("axes", "AccessAttempt")
    db_alias = schema_editor.connection.alias
    duplicated_attempts = (
        AccessAttempt.objects.using(db_alias)
        .values("username", "user_agent", "ip_address")
        .annotate(Count("id"))
        .order_by()
        .filter(id__count__gt=1)
    )

    for attempt in duplicated_attempts:
        redundant_attempts = AccessAttempt.objects.using(db_alias).filter(
            username=attempt["username"],
            user_agent=attempt["user_agent"],
            ip_address=attempt["ip_address"],
        )[1:]
        for redundant_attempt in redundant_attempts:
            redundant_attempt.delete(using=db_alias)

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
        ("axes", "0006_remove_accesslog_trusted"),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.RunPython(deduplicate_attempts),
        migrations.AlterUniqueTogether(
            name="accessattempt",
            unique_together={("username", "ip_address", "user_agent")},
        ),
    ]


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The Beautiful Ones (Hardcover)
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time, in his own words—featuring never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric sheets, and the exquisite memoir he began writing before his tragic death
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST MUSIC BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE GUARDIAN • NOMINATED FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD
Prince was a musical genius, one of the most beloved, accomplished, and acclaimed musicians of our time. He was a startlingly original visionary with an imagination deep enough to whip up whole worlds, from the sexy, gritty funk paradise of "Uptown" to the mythical landscape of Purple Rain to the psychedelia of "Paisley Park." But his most ambitious creative act was turning Prince Rogers Nelson, born in Minnesota, into Prince, one of the greatest pop stars of any era.
The Beautiful Ones is the story of how Prince became Prince—a first-person account of a kid absorbing the world around him and then creating a persona, an artistic vision, and a life, before the hits and fame that would come to define him. The book is told in four parts. The first is the memoir Prince was writing before his tragic death, pages that bring us into his childhood world through his own lyrical prose. The second part takes us through Prince's early years as a musician, before his first album was released, via an evocative scrapbook of writing and photos. The third section shows us Prince's evolution through candid images that go up to the cusp of his greatest achievement, which we see in the book's fourth section: his original handwritten treatment for Purple Rain—the final stage in Prince's self-creation, where he retells the autobiography of the first three parts as a heroic journey.
The book is framed by editor Dan Piepenbring's riveting and moving introduction about his profound collaboration with Prince in his final months—a time when Prince was thinking deeply about how to reveal more of himself and his ideas to the world, while retaining the mystery and mystique he'd so carefully cultivated—and annotations that provide context to the book's images.
This work is not just a tribute to an icon, but an original and energizing literary work in its own right, full of Prince's ideas and vision, his voice and image—his undying gift to the world.
Prince Rogers Nelson remains one of the most popular and influential musical acts of all time. Known for his style and range, Prince's prolific music career included an ever-evolving sound that blended pop, R&B, hip-hop, jazz, and soul. Prince sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, making him one of the bestselling artists of all time. He won seven GRAMMY® Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and an Academy Award® for the film Purple Rain. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, the first year of his eligibility. Prince tragically passed away at his Paisley Park home on April 21, 2016. His legacy lives on through the timeless messages of love in his music and the countless ways his work has touched lives.
Dan Piepenbring is an advisory editor at The Paris Review and the coauthor, with Tom O'Neill, of Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties.
"It doesn't matter whether you're a Prince fanatic or if your interest is simply piqued by all things music or pop culture: The book is worth picking up. . . . The Beautiful Ones is not a read, but an experience, an immersion inside the mind of a musical genius. You are steeped in Prince's images, his words, his essence. . . . The way the book is structured simply makes one want to read it again, to leaf through the pages and be immersed in Prince's world. . . . The book can be a starting point for a Prince fascination, or a continuation of long-standing admiration. Either way, it will deepen the connection of any reader with the musical icon."—USA Today (★★★★ out of four stars)
"Everything Piepenbring shares about being a fan chosen to work with one of his idols resonates. . . . [He] doesn't just want to write this memoir with Prince, he wants to do it right. . . . This means we get a memoir that is written by Prince, literally. Handwritten pages he had shared with Piepenbring make up Part 1, taking us from his first memory—his mother's eyes—through the early days of his career. . . . We also get a memoir that is carefully curated by Piepenbring, who writes that he was able to go through Paisley Park, room-by-room, sorting through Prince's life. . . . The Beautiful Ones doesn't paint a perfect picture. . . . It's not definitive. It can't be. It shouldn't be and, thankfully, it doesn't try to be. . . . It's up to us to take what's there and make something out of it for ourselves, creating, just as Prince wanted."—NPR
"[The Beautiful Ones] delivers much, much more than we had any reason to expect. . . . Prince took the project very seriously, and it shows in the work he delivered. . . . It shines an intimate and revealing light on the least-known period of his life—his childhood—which is embellished with family photos, notes and other ephemera. The book does not scrimp on detail: Prince's handwritten manuscript, rendered in his famously precise cursive script . . . is reproduced in full. . . . The initial segment of that closing section is one of the most fascinating parts of the book: a reproduction of a photo album, with captions by a presumably young Prince, containing a couple dozen pictures from his trip to California to record his debut album, ranging from shots of him in the studio to candids of him and his friends. . . . The Beautiful Ones brings so much new information to light that it's hard to imagine anyone being disappointed."—Variety
"[The Beautiful Ones] is an affirmation of Prince's Blackness and humanity. . . . The memoir is a 'handbook for the brilliant community, wrapped in autobiography, wrapped in biography'—and thus, it's an inspiration. . . . Prince writes about his childhood with clarity and poetic flair, effortlessly combining humorous anecdotes with deep self-reflection and musical analysis. . . . Prince is one of us—he just worked to manifest dreams that took him from the North Side of Minneapolis to the Super Bowl. [The book] encourages us to tap into our power to design the lives we envision for ourselves and set a precedent for future generations to do the same."—HuffPost
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Publication Date: October 29th, 2019
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"Now every day is the best day of our lives!"
Victoria was 18 months old when she began her battle against cancer. She was victorious in that battle because she received the very best care -- and because of the support of friends like you.
Victoria, the second daughter of physicians Maria and Fernando Padilla, was born full term and healthy. She was an easy baby -- happy and always smiling.
One day, when Victoria was about 18 months old, Maria was giving her belly an affectionate tickle when she felt a mass in her abdomen. Her mind raced. She prayed it was something benign, but as a doctor, her training said otherwise.
Maria and Fernando rushed Victoria to Texas Children's Hospital to be evaluated. That's when their worst fears became a reality. Victoria had stage III hepatoblastoma, a rare liver cancer affecting only one in a million children.
"As physicians, we were very concerned," Maria said. "As her parents, we were devastated." Stage III meant Victoria's tumor could not be surgically removed. She'd need to undergo chemotherapy, and she might need a liver transplant. The thought was almost too much for Maria and Fernando. "We started to imagine a very different life for her..."
One thing gave Victoria's frightened parents comfort: they had complete trust and faith in the doctors at Texas Children's and knew without a doubt that their little girl was getting the very best care possible.
Maria and Fernando are immensely grateful for the special dedication and cohesive team approach Victoria's caregivers demonstrated. They marveled at the level of communication, collaboration, and continuity of care. For these two physicians, the excellence they found at Texas Children's meant they didn't have to "wear our doctors' coats," Maria said. They were able to put their faith in Victoria's team and focus on being her mom and dad.
Victoria's treatment wasn't easy. Just a toddler, she was often frightened and sick. Maria remembers the long, horrible weeks of severe vomiting and nausea that made her little girl weak and listless. "We were afraid for a long time," Maria said. "We didn't know where our happy baby girl had gone."
But there were beautiful memories too. Maria woke up in the hospital on Christmas morning with Victoria in her arms -- not feeling sad or homesick, but blessed and cared for. There were also the many small kindnesses from nurses and doctors -- and from people like you. Maria said Victoria was put on the liver transplant list for 24 "scary" hours but was quickly taken off when her medical team determined that her tumor could be surgically removed after all.
What a gift Victoria received on the day of her surgery! Surgeons carefully removed the whole tumor. The operation went perfectly, and this child with a rare and potentially deadly cancer made a speedy recovery.
Maria believes with all her heart that Victoria was blessed to be at Texas Children's. Today, her cancer is in remission. Her hair is growing back -- a sure sign, according to her big sister Olivia, that she's better. Victoria's smiles have returned, along with her joy. "Gradually, our little girl is coming back to us." said Maria.


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Q: Which data structure best represents this data?

Is this a list of lists or just a bunch of trees(forest)?

A: Depends on what you want to do with it. List<LinkedListTree> might work in general case. If you need to represent disjoint sets (like Kruskal's MST algorithm) you might want to look at another data structure.

A: Best data Structure is a tree (as you mentioned, a forest since there are 2 here) However, S-expressions can easily represent trees - and S-expressions can represent lists of lists, which are equivalent to trees.
You can just adopt conventions for trees in list form, such as the first element is the current node, and the following elements are the children. Using this convention the first tree would be represented as:
(a1 (a1 (a11 (a111 a112 a113) a112) a12 a13))
The second by
(a2 (a21 a211)(a22 a221)(a23 (a231 a2311)(a232 a2321)))
And you could also adopt the convention that the top level is a forst, so you would just represent the forest consisting of the 2 lists above as a list of the 2 trees.
In case you didn't guess, a former Lisp programmer here :)


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basic_socket_streambuf::cancel
          (1 of 2 overloads)

            Inherited from basic_socket.

            Cancel all asynchronous operations associated with the socket.

void cancel();

            This function causes all outstanding asynchronous connect, send and receive
            operations to finish immediately, and the handlers for cancelled operations
            will be passed the boost::asio::error::operation_aborted
            error.

            Exceptions

boost::system::system_error

                  Thrown on failure.

            Remarks

            Calls to cancel()
            will always fail with boost::asio::error::operation_not_supported
            when run on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and earlier versions of
            Windows, unless BOOST_ASIO_ENABLE_CANCELIO is defined. However, the CancelIo
            function has two issues that should be considered before enabling its
            use:

                It will only cancel asynchronous operations that were initiated in
                the current thread.

                It can appear to complete without error, but the request to cancel
                the unfinished operations may be silently ignored by the operating
                system. Whether it works or not seems to depend on the drivers that
                are installed.

            For portable cancellation, consider using one of the following alternatives:

                Disable asio's I/O completion port backend by defining BOOST_ASIO_DISABLE_IOCP.

                Use the close()
                function to simultaneously cancel the outstanding operations and
                close the socket.

            When running on Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and later, the CancelIoEx
            function is always used. This function does not have the problems described
            above.

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Whether Al Gore ends up running in 2008 or not, he is modeling the way our public figures, and especially our would-be presidents, should be operating — from the heart and true to themselves. Standing for something more important than just winning, and more powerful than the fear of losing.
Arianna tells us that Gore has learned his lesson and that candidates for public office should break free from the tyranny of the focus groups and be themselves.
Wasn't there a candidate last time out who did what Arianna is asking for? I think the more important question is whether the democratic primary voters have learned ther lesson.


Magical Memory might travel to France in search of an elusive Group One victory following his convincing success at Newbury on Saturday.
The Prix Maurice de Gheest over six and a half furlongs at Deauville on August 6 is a possible target for the Charlie Hills-trained grey, as long as the race does not come too soon after his Group Three win in the Hackwood Stakes.
"Magical Memory was brilliant. I've spoken to Charlie and I think he's probably leaning towards to France, but it's not confirmed," said Sam Hoskins, racing manager for owners Kennet Valley Thoroughbreds.
"As long as our horse is all right, I think we'd like to try him over six and a half furlongs.
"We're not worried about the opposition. We're just pleased he's coming back into form, so the Maurice de Gheest would be an interesting option.
"The only slight thing is that it would be just two weeks after Newbury. He had a hard enough race over six furlongs. We'll wait a few more days and see how he is.
"If the timing is right for Deauville then great, if not we'll wait for the Hungerford Stakes at Newbury over seven."
Contango gave Kennet Valley an across-the-card double at the weekend when taking his 100 per cent record to three in trouncing two rivals at Newmarket.
The son of Casamento only made his racecourse debut seven weeks ago but has now completed a hat-trick.
Though there are no firm plans as yet for the Andrew Balding-trained gelding, connections are hoping Contango can continue to give the syndicate plenty of enjoyment.
"The handicapper has raised him 10lb. Although he only beat two horses, he won it well and his work suggested he would go well," said Hoskins.
"Andrew feels he might be suited by a step up in trip to a mile and a half. As of yet there are no targets, but a big handicap could be on the radar.
"He's got a great attitude. Although he's won mostly on slow ground so far, he should go on safe, quick ground.
"He's a very nice horse and he could be a potential replacement for Tullius, who's getting on a bit now."


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#WomenInChoreo Wednesday with Stephanie Martinez
Since Artistic Director Hope Muir took the helm of Charlotte Ballet in 2018 the company has commissioned work into the repertoire from female choreographers each season. Women have long been underrepresented in creative roles with professional dance companies, but thanks to Muir Charlotte Ballet has a renewed commitment to providing opportunities to these intelligent and inspiring choreographers. We are excited about this new social mini-series #WomeninChoreo Wednesday where you will get to hear advice directly from those women, as well as gather insight as to how they are fueling their creative outlets during their time at home.
OUR CHAT WITH STEPHANIE MARTINEZ
1. With theaters closed and schedules disrupted through the crisis of Covid 19, how are you engaging with your art and staying both active and creative?
I've been taking class at home, it's been fun to join classes that I wouldn't normally be able to attend. I've also been reading "True and False" by David Mamet which covers different acting techniques. I'm trying to dig into different art forms and expand my thinking beyond the realm of dance so that I can bring a richer perspective to my work once we're back in the studio.
2. Every creative process is unique in its own way, can you describe your experience working with Charlotte Ballet and how it may have differed from other companies?
When I create a ballet, especially for the work at Charlotte Ballet, it's crucial for me to conceptualize and build an environment first. The reality is that an empty space can be a bit paralyzing, so I like to give very clear, specific tasks to the room so that we're all working collectively towards creating something that feels honest, alive, and satisfying. The dancers at Charlotte Ballet are extremely passionate and have a fascination for exploration that continuously improves their skill level. I'll be honest, Charlotte Ballet is one of my favorite companies that I've had the honor of working with to date. The dancers are open and curious, demanding a lot of themselves and producing an environment that any choreographer would love to work in. I could see the dancers growing day-to-day, trusting their instincts, making new choices, and building characters that were truthful and compelling. It is not a cookie-cutter company, but each individual in the room worked toward a united standard of excellence set by Hope's leadership.
3. There has been a lot of focus on female choreographers recently in the press and how they are underrepresented in programming, can you discuss any challenges you might have faced and offer any advice to aspiring female choreographers?
I think there is some progress being made in gender diversity in dance due to the recent attention, but diverse choreographers still face many challenges. I would love to see more women of color being represented in the dance world, especially in ballet. Art is most impactful when it represents the diverse perspectives of it's audience and we cannot ignore the reality that dance must then include a more diverse array of voices.
For aspiring female choreographers, the best advice I can provide is to focus on what drives your passion for this career. This focus will not only help you find the tenacity to move beyond any rejection you may face, but it will also bring clarity to your work.
Photo 1 by Joshua Komer, Charlotte Observer
Photo 2 by Christopher Record of Drew Grant and Alessandra Ball James
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This project investigates the impact of vegetable production systems on sensitive waterways focusing on the risk of off-site nutrient movement at farm block scale under current management practices. The project establishes a series of case studies in two environmentally important Queensland catchments and conducts a broader survey of partial nutrient budgets across tropical vegetable production. It will deliver tools to growers that can improve fertiliser use efficiency delivering profitability and environmental improvements.