Not in His Image (15th Anniversary Edition)


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“Lash is capable of explaining the mind-bending concepts of Gnosticism and pagan mystery cults with bracing clarity and startling insight. . . . [His] arguments are often lively and entertaining.”—Los Angeles Times Fully revised and with a new preface by the author, this timely update is perfect for readers of The Immortality Key. Since its initial release to wide acclaim in 2006, Not in His Image has transformed the lives of readers around the world by presenting the living presence of the Wisdom Goddess as never before revealed, illustrating that the truth of an impactful Gnostic message cannot be hidden or destroyed. With clarity, author John Lamb Lash explains how a little-known messianic sect propelled itself into a dominant world power, systematically wiping out the great Gnostic spiritual teachers, the Druid priests, and the shamanistic healers of Europe and North Africa. Early Christians burned libraries and destroyed temples in an attempt to silence the ancient truth-tellers and keep their own secrets. Not in His Image delves deeply into ancient Gnostic writings to reconstruct the story early Christians tried to scrub from the pages of history, exploring the richness of the ancient European Pagan spirituality—the Pagan Mysteries, the Great Goddess, Gnosis, the myths of Sophia and Gaia. In the 15th Anniversary Edition, Lash doubles down on his original argument against redemptive ideology and authoritarian deceit. He shows how the Gnostics clearly foresaw the current program of salvation by syringe, and places the Sophianic vision of life centrally in the battle to expose and oppose the evil agenda of transhumanism, making this well-timed update more relevant than ever. “Sometimes a book changes the world. Not in His Image is such a book. It is clear, stimulating, well-researched, and sure to outrage the experts. . . . Get it. Improve not just your own life, but civilization’s chances for survival.”—Roger Payne, author of Among Whales








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Intelligent Communication Technologies and Virtual Mobile Networks


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This book presents the outcomes of the Intelligent Communication Technologies and Virtual Mobile Networks Conference (ICICV 2019) held in Tirunelveli, India, on February 14–15, 2019. It presents the state of the art in the field, identifying emerging research topics and communication technologies and defining the future of intelligent communication approaches and virtual computing. In light of the tremendous growth ICT, it examines the rapid developments in virtual reality in communication technology and high-quality services in mobile networks, including the integration of virtual mobile computing and communication technologies, which permits new technologies based on the resources and services of computational intelligence, big data analytics, Internet of Things (IoT), 5G technology, automation systems, sensor networks, augmented reality, data mining, and vehicular ad hoc networks with massive cloud-based backend. These services have a significant impact on all areas of daily life, like transportation, e-commerce, health care, secure communication, location detection, smart home, smart city, social networks and many more.




Collected by Thea Westreich Wagner and Ethan Wagner


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Published on the occasion of an exhibition celebrating the Wagners' promised gift of more than 850 works of art to the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Musaee national d'art moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, November 20, 2015-March 6, 2016, and at the Centre Pompidou, June 16, 2016-January 2017.




USMLE Images for the Boards


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Stay on top of USMLE steps 1,2,3 preparation with USMLE Images for the Boards: A Comprehensive Image-Based Review, the first comprehensive image-based review aid available! This high-yield medical textbook will help you identify and interpret the images you're likely to see on the exam, allowing you to approach the boards with confidence and land the best score. Optimize your visual diagnostic skills with the only review tool that focuses on image interpretation in a standardized-testing environment and provides evidence-based data governing the selection of imaging modalities for a particular disease. Prepare for all steps of the USMLE with 300 full-color medical images, including: EKGs, plain film/CT/MRI radiology, pathology slides, gross tissue specimens, and images depicting commonly tested diseases encountered within the fields of ophthalmology, urology, internal medicine, OB/GYN, pediatrics, orthopedics, and ENT. Retain all the necessary information and evaluate your understanding thanks to an easy-to-follow format and challenging board-style review questions with high-yield explanations. Be prepared with this high-yield, clinically relevant review guide of images for "board" preparation.




Body Positive


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Explains what makes people love and appreciate their bodies, and offers advice on how we can all do the same.




Medical Infrared Imaging


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The evolution of technological advances in infrared sensor technology, image processing, "smart" algorithms, knowledge-based databases, and their overall system integration has resulted in new methods of research and use in medical infrared imaging. The development of infrared cameras with focal plane arrays no longer requiring cooling, added a new dimension to this modality. Medical Infrared Imaging: Principles and Practices covers new ideas, concepts, and technologies along with historical background and clinical applications. The book begins by exploring worldwide advances in the medical applications of thermal imaging systems. It covers technology and hardware including detectors, detector materials, un-cooled focal plane arrays, high performance systems, camera characterization, electronics for on-chip image processing, optics, and cost-reduction designs. It then discusses the physiological basis of the thermal signature and its interpretation in a medical setting. The book also covers novel and emerging techniques, the complexities and importance of protocols for effective and reproducible results, storage and retrieval of thermal images, and ethical obligations. Of interest to both the medical and biomedical engineering communities, the book explores many opportunities for developing and conducting multidisciplinary research in many areas of medical infrared imaging. These range from clinical quantification to intelligent image processing for enhancement of the interpretation of images, and for further development of user-friendly high-resolution thermal cameras. These would enable the wide use of infrared imaging as a viable, noninvasive, low-cost, first-line detection modality.







To Buy or Not to Buy a Home


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Living with a roof over your head is a mark of living in a civilized world. A house isn't a luxury, but as essential a need as food and water. Then, may the need of living in a house be fulfilled through renting a place or through buying a house. All of us, at some or the other points in our lives, when there is enough money available for down-payment, go through the predicament about whether to rent or buy a house. Since ages homeownership has met with societal reputation and thus buying a house feels right due to this long-nurtured belief. But, is it truly the right decision? Being inhabitants of a better informed world warrants the need to augment our hunch with facts and making a calculated decision. While the decision of buying a house on mortgage is a serious and long impacting decision, staying put on rent can lead to the feeling of uncertainty and rootlessness in life. The step-by-step process of reaching a decision amidst buying versus renting has been explored in this book wherein by the end you will be able to tell with crystal clarity that 'I want to buy a house or I would rather stay put on rent than buy a house,' whichever the case may be. The book explores the pros and cons of both the decisions and also how the merits and demerits change with the change of city and other factors. It is one of the most comprehensive books exploring the aspect of buying versus renting from Indian standpoint. Although the emphasis is on exploring the dilemma of buying versus renting, it also gives away the tips useful for successful buying or renting while avoiding any financial disasters on the way. This book is nothing less than a shortest dependable guide to real estate market in India, delving into the strengths and weaknesses of real estates in different cities in India and showing how to make the decision of investing through renting or buying. With an abundance of examples it shows that there is no single correct answer. The book digs deeper into the answer of 'It depends.' The book lays a chart for stakeholders enlightening about the tools which should be used when taking a decision as serious as that of taking the buying road, including investing the savings in down-payment, taking a loan and then repaying it, or going for renting and investing the savings in other financial instruments. It is an essential read for anyone planning on embarking a buying or renting venture. It will guide them through the property maze in India with differential buying and renting structures and save them from making expensive mistakes. Think home ownership is always the most profitable road? Know better. Sachin Mittal