Philip Zimbardo: The demise of guys? Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave". Viktor Frankl: Why to believe in others. Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex. Jim Morrison records an anti-drug statement. When the Do It Now representative finally arrived with his tape recorder to produce the 60-second spot, Jim found himself a great seat and graciously offered the rep the one on the other side of his corner desk.
He appeared eager to please. "Okay, now, what we want you to say," the rep nervously started, "is 'This is Jim Morrison from the Doors,' and then just, ummm, in your own words, tell them speed kills. " Jim thought for a moment and then conceded. Profile on TED.com. Drug Cartoons and Comics. Amphetamine movies. This is the best anti speed movie I've seen.
Intense, exciting and nail biting. It is not an annoying "Drugs are bad, okay? " film but rather something you can enjoy, and learn from, even if you like meth. The directing is wonderful, the editing fantastic, the use of colors, sound, lightning ... everything works perfectly well together and left me with a smile on my face. The most impressive thing about cookers though is the acting. Gallup's List of Most Widely Admired People of the 20th Century.
Gallup’s most admired man and woman poll is an annual poll that Gallup has conducted at the end of virtually every single year since 1948.
Americans are asked, without prompting, to say what man and woman "living today in any part of the world, do [they] admire most? "[1] The result is published as a top ten list. Most years the most admired man is the sitting President of the United States and the most admired woman is or has been the First Lady of the United States. Trends and top finishers[edit] Through 2013, sitting U.S. presidents have captured the top spot for men in 57 out of 67 years.[2] Through 2013, evangelist Billy Graham has had 57 appearances in the top 10, the most of anyone,[2] with 8 second place finishes.
Among women, the poll has shown Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Hillary Rodham Clinton as U.S. AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs. Part of the AFI 100 Years… series, AFI's 100 Years…100 Laughs is a list of the top 100 funniest movies in American cinema.
A wide variety of comedies were nominated for the distinction that included slapstick comedy, action comedy, screwball comedy, romantic comedy, satire, black comedy, musical comedy, comedy of manners and comedy of errors. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 13, 2000. The list[edit] Criteria[edit] Feature-Length Fiction Film: The film must be in narrative format typically over 60 minutes long.American Film: The film must be in the English language with significant creative and/or financial production elements from the United States.Funny: Regardless of genre, the total comedic impact of a film’s elements that creates an experience greater than the sum of the smiles.Legacy: Laughs that echo across time, enriching America’s film heritage and inspiring artists and audiences today.
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Chomsky wished to shed light on these underlying structures of the human language, and subsequently whether one can infer the nature of an organism from its language (x). Cartesian linguistics refers to a form of linguistics developed during the time of René Descartes, a prominent 17th century philosopher whose ideas continue to influence modern philosophy.
In Cartesian Linguistics, Chomsky traces the development of linguistic theory from Descartes to Wilhelm von Humboldt, that is, from the period of the Enlightenment directly up to Romanticism (59). Chomsky's book received mostly unfavorable reviews. Man vs. Freedom from instinct[edit] Human Universals. Universal grammar. Universal grammar (UG) is a theory in linguistics, usually credited to Noam Chomsky, proposing that the ability to learn grammar is hard-wired into the brain.[1] The theory suggests that linguistic ability manifests itself without being taught (see the poverty of the stimulus argument), and that there are properties that all natural human languages share.
It is a matter of observation and experimentation to determine precisely what abilities are innate and what properties are shared by all languages. Argument[edit] The theory of Universal Grammar proposes that if human beings are brought up under normal conditions (not conditions of extreme sensory deprivation), then they will always develop language with a certain property X (e.g., distinguishing nouns from verbs, or distinguishing function words from lexical words). Neurotheology. Cortexit. Leyland. Monks With Guns: Discovering Buddhist Violence. How The Teams Are Shaping Up ... Like, <i>Really</i> Shaping Up. Judge drops marijuana charge against Saginaw doctor who still faces 32 other drug charges.
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Marshalls escort Ruth A. Buck out of the Federal Court Building, 1000 Washington Ave, after a bond hearing in April. BAY CITY — The attorney for a Saginaw doctor facing federal drug charges has asked a judge to release his client pending trial. Why did gasoline prices spike in Michigan? Everybody’s got a theory why gasoline prices shot up.
Snyder: Fire ineffective teachers after two years of poor performance. This story has been updated.
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Cannabis On Craigslist: A Prosecutors Dream. By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director June 10, 2011 Michigan Medical Marijuana Act: Keep Your Business and Medicine LegalBy Matthew Donigian, NORML Legal Intern, University of Illinois — College of LawOn November 4, 2008 63 percent of Michigan voters enacted the Michigan Medical Marihuana Program (MMMP). Since then the state of Michigan has registered over 75,000 patients, who are now eligible to receive medical marijuana for serious illnesses, including: Cancer, HIV, glaucoma, severe/chronic pain, severe nausea, etc.
Like other states that have passed medical marijuana legislation, Michigan has made it safer for patients to receive the medicine they need. However, marijuana is still far from legal and both patients and caregivers should be sure they understand the limitations of the law.Under Michigan law, medical marijuana patients who have been issued a registry identification card are allowed to possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana.
Inventor of synthetic pot / K2 / Spice says legalize the natural marijuana. Legalize Real Pot, Says Fake Pot Inventor. Amazon.com Sells 'Legal Pot' <br/><a href=" US News</a> | <a href=" Business News</a> Copy Products that mimic the effects of marijuana and have potentially dangerous side effects are being sold via popular online shopping web sites like Amazon.com, and at suburban malls, convenience stores and gas stations. Shulgin Rating Scale. The Shulgin Rating Scale is a simple scale for reporting the subjective effect of psychoactive substances at a given dosage, and at a given time.
The system was developed for research purposes by the American biochemist Alexander Shulgin and detailed in his book PiHKAL (Phenethylamines I Have Known And Loved: A Chemical Love Story). PiHKAL Excerpt[edit] Usage[edit] Shulgin Ratings typically include four components. Eastern Europe key battleground over Mideast - World news - Mideast/N. Africa - Israel-Palestinians. WARSAW, Poland — Warsaw and Prague might seem like unlikely battlegrounds in the Middle East conflict. Yet it suddenly matters — a lot — whether Poles, Czechs and others in the region align themselves with the Israelis or Palestinians. Palestinian statehood and bypassing Israel. Israel, backed by the US, has started a campaign to preempt a Palestinian drive to win United Nations recognition of an independent Palestinian state on the territories occupied by Israeli in the 1967 war. If such a recognition is secured, it will neither lead to an establishment of a Palestinian state nor would it stop the continued Israeli colonisation of Palestinian lands.
Nevertheless, Israel is mainly concerned that the Palestinian move would restore the United Nations resolution - and international resolutions - as the main reference for solving the conflict. Looking beyond Obama to 'The Golden Age' Report: Typical City Bus Contains No Fewer Than Four Erections At Any Given Time. Thing That Got Area Man A Laugh To Be Done Repeatedly For Next 12 Years. John Lennon On Copying Others' Music: It's Not A Rip Off, It's A Love In. Planking In The '50s [PIC] Jeff Bezos On Innovation: Stubborn On Vision; Flexible On Details.
How To Fix A Missing Doorbell [PIC] When Fans (and Players) Get Violent: 10 Shocking Sports Riots. C.S. Lewis Quote Page. White flight. White flight is a term that originated in the United States, starting in the mid-20th century, and applied to the large-scale migration of whites of various European ancestries from racially mixed urban regions to more racially homogeneous suburban or exurban regions. The term has more recently been applied to other migrations by whites, from older, inner suburbs to rural areas, as well as from the US Northeast and Midwest to the milder climate in Southeast and Southwest[1][2][3] The term has also been used for large-scale post-colonial emigration of whites from Africa, or parts of that continent,[4][5][6][7][8] driven by levels of violent crime and anti-colonial state policies.[9]
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