The 5 Most Badass Tales of Wartime Survival. We all know Bear Grylls is fond of looking like a badass on TV, as he "escapes" numerous wilderness areas, sleeps inside a dead camel and drinks his own urine (or at least he did, before he got his ass fired). But we also know that while he's jumping over lava and running through the wilderness, someone else is doing most of the same things while also carrying a camera. That's why every single person on this list puts Bear Grylls' tales of "badassery" to shame ... #5. Colter's Run Photos.com In 1808, a trapper named John Colter and another trapper named John Potts (the two would go on to inspire the name of the '80s hospital drama Trapper John, M.D., according to a lie we just told) set out in canoes on a trapping expedition near what is now Three Forks, Montana. Except the Blackfeet quickly killed him, ripped out his guts and threw them in Colter's face.
Via Legendsofamerica.comThough judging from his outfit, he might have just seen the intestines as an accessory. One problem, though ... Google Begins Testing Its Augmented-Reality Glasses. Photos via GoogleGoogle showed off its first venture into wearable computing, called Project Glass. If you venture into a coffee shop in the coming months and see someone with a pair of futuristic glasses that look like a prop from “Star Trek,” don’t worry. It’s probably just a Google employee testing the company’s new augmented-reality glasses. On Wednesday, Google gave people a clearer picture of its secret initiative called Project Glass. The glasses are the company’s first venture into wearable computing.
The glasses are not yet for sale. Google will, however, be testing them in public. In a post shared on Google Plus, employees in the company laboratory known as Google X, including Babak Parviz, Steve Lee and Sebastian Thrun, asked people for input about the prototype of Project Glass. “We’re sharing this information now because we want to start a conversation and learn from your valuable input,” the three employees wrote. How, and How Not, to Improve the Schools by Diane Ravitch. Finnish Lessons: What Can the World Learn from Educational Change in Finland? By Pasi Sahlberg Teachers College Press, 167 pp., $34.95 (paper) A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Education for All by Wendy Kopp with Steven Farr.
Alien: A Film Franchise Based Entirely on Rape. Horror isn't complicated. You find out what makes your audience uncomfortable and present it to them in the most unsettling way possible. This is why horror movies aimed at young males contain vague allusions to homosexuality -- it's what makes that audience nervous. So, if you have a country scared that communists are secretly infiltrating society, you give them 1956's Invasion of the Body Snatchers. If you have a nation coming off a recession and spiraling violent crime rates in 1980, you give them Friday the 13th.
And if your country is terrified of people with dreadlocks, you make Predator. Which Brings Us to the Rape But Alien? And not just the one Joss Whedon wrote. Oh, we're not joking. "One thing that people are all disturbed about is sex... Hearing this man utter the words "I'm going to attack them sexually" is more terrifying than all the Alien movies combined. That's from the Alien Saga documentary. That's the third worst place to get raped.
Left: Giger's Necronomicon. Subtle. Nope. 6 Things Rich People Need to Stop Saying. All of a sudden, it's like you can't make huge amounts of money without people getting all pissed off about it. And it's only going to get worse -- with the election coming up and the weather getting warmer, this whole "Occupy" movement is probably going to come back strong.
The 1 percent will feel even more besieged than before. "What the hell? " you're probably thinking, if you're somehow both rich and reading an article with this title, "I didn't crash the economy! " You might even be tempted to take to a microphone, to defend yourself and your wealthy friends. But before you do, I want you to stop and ask yourself, "Will this make me sound like an out-of-touch douchebag?
" #6. "The amount that I have to reinvest in my business and feed my family is more like $600,000 ... and so by the time I feed my family, I have maybe $400,000 left over ... " -- Congressman John Fleming Pictured here with his poverty. "It is hard to ask more of households making $250,000 or $300,000 a year. What We Hear: People Aren't Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say. The democratic process relies on the assumption that citizens (the majority of them, at least) can recognize the best political candidate, or best policy idea, when they see it. But a growing body of research has revealed an unfortunate aspect of the human psyche that would seem to disprove this notion, and imply instead that democratic elections produce mediocre leadership and policies.
The research, led by David Dunning, a psychologist at Cornell University, shows that incompetent people are inherently unable to judge the competence of other people, or the quality of those people's ideas. For example, if people lack expertise on tax reform, it is very difficult for them to identify the candidates who are actual experts. They simply lack the mental tools needed to make meaningful judgments. As a result, no amount of information or facts about political candidates can override the inherent inability of many voters to accurately evaluate them. Vēstule Mārai Zālītei - 2012. Tagad svarīgi kas pilnīgi cits: katrs lai būtu cilvēks starp cilvēkiem. Vienīgi. Labdien, Māra! Dienas redakcijai likās, ka tas būtu interesants eksperiments, ja es mēģinātu izdarīt neizdarāmo un pēc 28 gadiem, kas pagājuši kopš manas pirmās atklātās vēstules Tev Teātra dienā 1984. gada Padomju Jaunatnē, to izdarītu vēlreiz - 2012. gadā, sveicot Tevi cienījamā jubilejā.
Viņi nebija iedomājušies, ka otrreiz tai pašā upē iekāpt nevar. Viņi nezināja arī, ka mēs pēdējo reizi esam sarunājušās pirms vairākiem gadiem, kad Tava meita Ilze Spēlmaņu naktī tika godalgota kā labākā jaunā aktrise. Un ka mūsu starpā ir nogūlis daudz rūgtuma - atšķirīga skatījuma dēļ uz vairākiem Tavu lugu iestudējumiem un manas ironiskās recenzijas par Noras Ikstenas ar vieglu roku uzrakstīto Tev veltīto grāmatu Zīdtārpiņu musināšana dēļ. Kaut gan - tas jau attiecas uz Noru, nevis Tevi. Taču tad es noskatījos Arno Jundzes sarunu ar Tevi LTV ciklā Nacionālie dārgumi, kurā Tu nezin kāpēc izskatījies tik skumja. Evidence to Suggest that Copulatory Vocalizations in Women Are Not a Reflexive Consequence of Orgasm (Colin Hendrie)
Etc.]andinstructionalcommands[e.g. ,‘‘more’’])duringvariousstages of a copulatory bout, answered using a 10-point scale. Use of Copulatory Vocalizations Questions to do with how often noises were made during sexeven when they knew they were not going to orgasm wererecorded (percentage frequency), whether copulatory vocal-izations were deliberately used to ‘‘speed things up’’ (i.e.
,encourage their partner’s climax and thus terminate inter-course), answered as a‘‘yes’’or‘‘no’’. Reasons for Tactical Use of Copulatory Vocalizations Questionstodowiththefemale’sperceptionoftheeffectthattheircopulatoryvocalizationshadontheirsexualpartner(e.g. Consequences of Intercourse Results Data were analyzed using analysis of variance (ANOVA)with orthogonal contrasts to perform pairwise comparisons.Further correlational analyses were conducted using Pear-son’s r . P .007.Thesewere selfmasturbation(M 4.86),masturbationbythe partner (M 3.92), oral sex delivered by thepartner (M 4.16), and penetration (M 4.09). .001. My Take on Copulatory Vocalizations | It's Not That Weird. After the recent post on copulatory vocalizations, I started thinking a little bit about noise in the bedroom. It seems to me that, much like fingerprints, everyone has their own unique style and preference for how much noise they make when they’re getting it on. However, and quite possibly problematically, I think people also have their own preferences for how much noise they want to hear in the bedroom.
I have had this happen a few times, and I have no idea what the appropriate protocol is. Is it something you’re allowed to comment upon? I like sex noises as a sort of feedback loop. If something feels good, moan. If something’s funny or awkward, chuckle. That said, no noise is scary in its own way. Are you bored? During the experiences I’ve had in which someone’s vocalizations weren’t enjoyable to me, I didn’t say anything.
I think that dirty talk is better than wordless vocalizations. I’d be interested what other women feel about sex noises. Copulatory Vocalization: Wanderlust at Work. Man Who Hunted Bin Laden With a Sword Now Jailed on a Gun Charge | Danger Room. Gary Brooks Faulkner's booking photo. Courtesy Weld County, Colo. Sherriff's office Gary Brooks Faulkner became internationally famous last year after the Greeley, Colo. native packed up a sword and a pistol and went on a one-man hunt for Osama bin Laden in the mountains of Pakistan. But now Faulkner has a new mission: get out of jail. Since Sept. 1, Faulkner’s home has been the Weld County North Jail Complex in Greeley.
The man the media once dubbed the “Rocky Mountain Rambo,” a former guest on The Late Show With David Letterman and The View, is unable to post a $10,000 bond. And all because Faulkner defended himself. Faulkner made headlines in June of last year when he was arrested by the Pakistani police in Chitral District carrying a pistol, a knife, night-vision goggles, a night-vision camera, religious literature on Christianity and a samurai sword. When he was returned to the States, Faulkner enjoyed brief celebrity. The shot also brought the police to his apartment.
Sickboy's journal. The last channeled show ever? By Tanaath on 04/06/14 Well, I listened to the broadcast linked by Ray. Interesting, to say the least. When you're listening to these things, it's a good idea to centre yourself and keep yourself centred. There's a lot of attempts to pull at your identity and a lot of attempts to hijack your thought. Every now and then something good slips through, but it's a good idea to go into this stuff with your critical thought engaged.
Let's examine some of the highlights, shall we? 1. I would like to remind people that ascension is not just a happy feeling. 2. I would recommend instead that you meditate in your own way or take part of group meditations that don't buy into spiritual hierarchies and mandalas and other forms of enslavement and imprisonment. 3. If anyone does actually show up (as more than just lights in the sky or 'I saw shiiiiiips'), proceed with all caution. 4. 5. 6.
20 smagākās dziesmas pirms Black Sabbath (1. daļa) Smagā Metāla izcelsme ir interesants temats, tomēr lielākā daļa mūzikas vēsturnieku un fanu piekrīt, ka Black Sabbath 1970. gada debija bija pirmais īstais metāla albums. Tā apdullinošais bungu ritms, draudīgie ģitāru rifiņi un šokējošie dziesmu vārdi atstāja spēcīgu iespaidu uz tā laika sabiedrību.
Tomēr, vai tiešām Black Sabbath albums bija tik milzīgs lēciens priekšā jebkuram citam? Kas bija smagākā dziesma pirms Black Sabbath? Jums piedāvātās dziesmas ir vērtētas, balstoties uz vairākiem faktoriem: ātrums, distortion/fuzz līmenis, skaļums un šīs dziesmas vārdu un melodijas draudīgums. Tomēr galvenais – tai jābūt radītai pirms 1970. gada. Jums piedāvātās dziesmas ir vērtētas, balstoties uz vairākiem faktoriem: ātrums, distortion/fuzz līmenis, skaļums un šīs dziesmas vārdu un melodijas draudīgums. Jums piedāvātās dziesmas ir vērtētas, balstoties uz vairākiem faktoriem: ātrums, distortion/fuzz līmenis, skaļums un šīs dziesmas vārdu un melodijas draudīgums. Gaming Made Me: Carmageddon. By Andrew Smee on November 1st, 2011 at 10:17 am. I was nine years old, visiting far-flung relatives in Malaysia.
Back then, piracy was huge over there, with entire shops in respectable shopping malls dedicated purely to the sale of pirated software of all stripes. To a young kid with no real concept of money and ownership, all I saw was shelves of games in poorly-photocopied plastic wallets that my well-meaning relatives happily bought for me, armfuls at a time. Though their behaviour was confusing, I wasn’t about to stop them and I hurried along, pulling game after ill-gotten game into a small pile of treasure. Then, on one rack near the back, a single image stood out: a bald man daubed in blood with eyes like the devil clutching a steering wheel, and stamped with a big, fat, deliciously intoxicating 18 Certificate. I knew it must have been a racing game, that much was obvious. As a child, racing games weren’t just my favourite genre, they were the only type of game I ever played. A-designingthefuturee-book.pdf (application/pdf Object)
Latvian » Designing the Future » LTI Pootle Translation Project » 11_Lifestyles.po. Latgallian. Science and the Chattering Classes. Imagine yourself at one of those fashionable dinner parties you go to now and then—you know, the kind where everybody has retro-chic eyeglasses and au courant haircuts, and the food isn’t just vegetarian but organic. You make the mistake of mentioning your headache and the woman on your left offers you some capsules from the health food store. Here is your side of the ensuing conversation: “Oh, thanks, but you know I only take medications that have been subjected to rigorous double-blind testing...
Really? Well, maybe, but I still kind of prefer science… Yup, I know. But hey, maybe all those chemicals are somehow good for us—maybe that’s why life expectancy goes up every year! Pity the poor rationalist in polite company. Technology and ignorance have succeeded where religion has failed: in draping the world in a cloak of mystery, but one we find more threatening than enchanting. One obvious reason is that, among the chattering classes, hardly anybody knows anything about it.