Philip Zimbardo: The demise of guys? Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave". "In fact, you get pretty good at understanding how the patterns in the show work, and everyone else chained up is like, 'Holy shit bro, how did you know that that tree was going to fall on that guy? ' and you're like, 'It's because I fucking pay attention and I'm smart as shit.' You're the smartest of the chained, and they all revere you. " Glaucon: "But Socrates, a tree didn't really hit a guy. It's all shadows. " Socrates: "No shit, Glaucon, but you don't know that. "So eventually, someone comes and unchains you and drags you out of the cave. "Slowly, as your eyes got better, you'd see more and more shit. "Finally you'd want to go down and tell everyone about everything you've discovered.
"Philosophy, same thing. 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.
"Okay, is this thing on? Testing, testing ... you better play it back, make sure it's working. . - "Hi, you little assholes out there listening to the radio instead of doing your homework, This is Jim Morrison of the Doors. " The Do It Now representative stopped the recorder. . - "Hey, how you guys out there doin'? The exasperated rep told Jim, "Please, you must understand what we need. . - "Hello, this is Jim Morrison of the Doors, I just want to tell you that shooting speed ain't cool, so snort it. " - "Hello, this is Jim Morrison. Viktor E Frankl | 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.
The three lead actors are all wonderful but especially Brad Hunt delivers what might be the best performance I've seen together with Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York. Plot: Two meth cooks and their accomplice set up their gear in an abandoned house in the middle of nowhere and starts cooking. 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. Winners, 1946 to 2013[edit] 1946: Douglas MacArthur (most admired person) 1947: Douglas MacArthur (most admired person) 1948: Harry Truman and Eleanor Roosevelt. 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. OTRS[edit] External links[edit] List of educational video websites. Cartesian linguistics. The term Cartesian linguistics was coined with the publication of Cartesian Linguistics: A Chapter in the History of Rationalist Thought (1966), a book on linguistics by Noam Chomsky, written with the purpose of deepening "our understanding of the nature of language and the mental processes and structures that underlie its use and acquisition" (ix).
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. Brute[edit] Universality[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). As a result, property X is considered to be a property of universal grammar in the most general sense (here not capitalized). I.e. History[edit] Chomsky's theory[edit] Neurotheology. Cortexit. Leyland. Monks With Guns: Discovering Buddhist Violence. How The Teams Are Shaping Up ... Like, <i>Really</i> Shaping Up. SAN DIEGO, CA : Livan Hernandez #61 of the Washington Nationals is knocked on his back after making the catch on a line-drive hit by Chris Denorfia #13 of the San Diego Padres during the third inning.
(Photo by Denis Poroy/Getty Images) On Monday, the excellent Big League Stew posted a screen capture of Todd Coffey in a Washington Nationals throwback uniform. David Brown took the high road, focusing on the fact that Coffey was wearing floods. It must have taken great restraint -- it was a teasing, funny post, and it confronted the Capri pants head on, but it never mentioned the obvious fact that Todd Coffey is shaped like a half-and-half carton. And so here we are, one day older than we were yesterday, but now armed with the knowledge that Todd Coffey is shaped like a half-and-half carton. This brings a question that has legitimately bothered me for a long time: when is it okay to make fun of a player for his size or shape? The first school of thought: Bingo. Judge drops marijuana charge against Saginaw doctor who still faces 32 other drug charges. Alicia Dale | The Bay City TimesU.S. 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. Ruth A. In June 2010, prosecutors charged Buck with 32 counts of unlawfully distributing controlled substances. The charges stemmed from allegations that, between January 2006 and July 2009, Buck prescribed more than 1.5 million doses of painkillers and anti-anxiety medications from her Thomas Township practice. While free on bond, Buck operated Mid-Michigan Medical Marijuana Clinic in Saginaw.
Gus Burns | The Saginaw NewsCarl Marlinga Friday, Magistrate Judge Charles E. Prosecutors said they needed more time to investigate and decide whether the public interest is served in pursuing the charges when Buck already is facing a 32-count indictment. The judge now is considering a motion filed by her attorney, Carl J. Why did gasoline prices spike in Michigan? Everybody’s got a theory why gasoline prices shot up. “I think gas prices are up because we’re getting our gas from the wrong place. We need to get gas from Alaska.” “I think gas prices are up because it’s summertime and everybody wants to travel and it’s a conspiracy.” “Government regulators are not willing to rein in Wall Street. If you can speculate on a commodity and you have a hedge fund that’s big enough, you can affect prices and earn profits.”
That’s Ken Brown, Sue Conklin and Eric Bradley. You’ll hear talk like that and other theories just about anywhere people start talking about the price we pay at the pump. So… let’s look at it, starting where we get oil. If we tapped all the domestic reserves we have, such as Alaska, it really wouldn’t have much of an impact on gas prices here. We have plenty of oil right now. The global economy is warming up and the demand for oil has increased. And yet, gasoline prices in Michigan went higher than they did in 2008. Why were we short of gasoline? Snyder: Fire ineffective teachers after two years of poor performance. This story has been updated. Gov. Rick Snyder proposed sweeping changes to numerous areas of Michigan’s education system Wednesday, measures he believes will take the state into the 21st century. Calling Michigan’s educational system “broken,” Snyder proposed major reforms to teacher tenure and pay as well as changes to early childhood education, a loosening of some limits on charter schools in the state and expansion of the state's schools of choice program.
Snyder said his plan would help update an education system still set on graduating students from high school to work on an assembly line. Michigan Gov. “The benchmark for success in our educational system is how do you go through K-12 and get that high school diploma,” Snyder said. In his speech, Snyder emphasized a performance- and results-based system for many aspects of the educational system, including funding, teacher compensation and changes to tenure. “I’m always open to working with people. Alex Avila: Is He For Real? | FanGraphs Fantasy Baseball. With the calendar getting ready to flip to June and with updated catcher rankings on their way, there’s been a decent behind-the-scenes debate over the power and performance of 24 year old Detroit Tigers backstop Alex Avila. Currently, Avila is sporting a slash line of .279/.346/.529 with 8 home runs and 28 RBI. He’s tied for second in HR amongst catchers, leads in RBI production and according to most overall rankings based strictly on 2011 performance, he is listed as the second best catcher behind Russell Martin.
There’s no doubting his current performance totals here, but the question remains…can he keep it going? The obvious thing to do is to turn to certain stats in an effort to check and see if there’s anything out of the ordinary; something to suggest that either you’ve got a total stud on your hands or the bottom is about to fall out. But what if they aren’t right. Now I’m not saying that’s all going to happen. 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 | Video. 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.
High school students and members of the military use "legal marijuana" or "herbal incense," marketed as K2, Spice and Potpourri, to get high because the products are legal, easily available and do not show up on drug tests. They can also be inexpensive. The innocuous sounding names belie the ugly and sometimes devastating side effects, according to Missouri Poison Control Center Director Anthony Scalzo.
Scalzo said the side effects include heart rate stimulation to exaggerated levels, extreme blood pressure elevation, agitation, paranoia, and hallucinations. 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. An identification of the chemical being ingested, a dosage, and a descriptive narrative including the ratings themselves used to describe various moments in time.
The chemical itself must be clearly identified, preferably using chemical nomenclature, as opposed to popular or 'street' names. The dosage must be known and communicated, as substances may result in wildly different ratings at different doses. (with 22 mg) A slow onset. References[edit] Shulgin, Alexander (1991), PIHKAL: A Chemical Love Story, Berkeley, CA: Transform Press, ISBN 978-0-9630096-0-9 External links[edit]
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