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The Silver Lining: Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema

By: Sam Vaknin, Ph. D.

...s Errors XIV. Aliens „R Us: The Ten Errors of Science Fiction XV. The Author XVI. About "After the Rain" The Talented Mr. Ripley "The Talente... ...ation one moment - and the distilled essence of boredom the next. And he is not shy about expressing his distaste and disenchantment. He is savagely... ...t. But Ripley is a different -and more ominous - beast altogether. He rambles on about the metaphorical dark chamber of his secrets, the key to w... ...and are available to anyone with a computer. The last decade witnessed a spate of films, all concerned with the confusion between life and the imi... ...enious "Capitan Fracasse", "Capricorn One", "Sliver", "Wag the Dog" and many lesser films have all tried to tackle this (un)fortunate state of thing... ...or concocted) of the studio stars were brutally exploited and incorporated in their films. Jean Harlow, Barbara Stanwyck, James Cagney all were for... ... some people may commit suicide, go bankrupt, endure major depressive episodes, do drugs. But this massive landscape of resulting devastation does ... ...right to sell our kidneys, for instance. Or to destroy our body through the use of drugs. Or to commit an abortion at will. Yet, the law does recog...

Moral deliberations and philosophical dimensions in thirteen modern films.

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The Path of Kabbalah

By: Rav Michael Laitman

............................................................................. 377 About Bnei Baruch ........................................................ ... attain. But it is not enough to merely study the text because we are reading about the unknown. We must also direct ourselves to the right vision a... ...ks on our sensory organs. Only through these sensations can we guess anything about the Creator. Hence, the study of Kabbalah must be correctly dire... ...ee will change, as well. It is not like a movie theatre playing 125 different films, one for each degree, because there is only the Simple Upper Lig... ...ple, but the entire world seems to be against them. Why? A: The reason is that drugs cut a person completely off from the purpose of life. They preve... ...pose of life. They prevent us from reaching our destination. When people take drugs, they completely deny their existence in this world, are cut off... ... by the Creator. The Cre- ator wants to lead every person in a unique way, and drugs detach them from it. There are many questions involved in this i... ...and inter- est in certain mystical sciences. Bookstores are loaded with books, films and magazines about extraterrestrials and other such phenomena. ...

...f this book. But the story of humanity, or more accurately, of the human soul, is the undercurrent that drives the reader forward in this book. It is about you, about me, about all of us. This book is about the way we were, the way we are, the way we will be, and most importantly, it is about the best way to get there. In this neatly structured composition, every part spea...

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Kabbalah Revealed

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...are- fully through this book, as it provides much more than general knowledge about an ancient wisdom. It also provides a key to ensure the well-bei... ... and nurtured its intimacy with it. In addition, humankind did not know enough about Nature to feel secure; instead, we were afraid of natural force... ... hand, and afraid of it, on the other hand, people aspired not only to learn about their surrounding world, but even more important, to determine w... ...tings of pleasure legitimate, such as love of children, while others, such as drugs, are considered un- acceptable. When we feel an unacceptable coat... ...blem in modern society is the alarming abundance of drug abuse. It’s not that drugs haven’t always been in use, but in the past they were used prim... ...o many young people feel. And because depression is soaring, so is the use of drugs and drug-related crimes. Another facet of the crisis is the fami... ... environ- ment; I can reinforce the influence of that environment with books, films, and magazine articles. Any means that increases and supports my... ... to increase my desire for it, I need only have the right friends, books, and films around me. Human nature will do the rest. If a group of people d...

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The Myth of Ulysses and Secondary Beauty

By: Antonio Mercurio

...field it is made up of and that keeps it alive. This contact does not come about through the senses, but rather through the vibrations that this bea... ...ur life? Create beauty, or create ugliness? 8 The beauty we are talking about is one that is a synthesis of many pairs of opposites: the I and th... ... same type of situation happen to me in the past? The past we are talking about almost always has to do with our intrauterine life, which we can un... ...gata in 41 film” {Life as a Work of Art and Life as a Gift explained in 41 films}, and see A.M., “The prayer of the Ulysseans”, in chapter 23 of “Hy... ...and who in ever-greater numbers are using alcohol or pills or all kinds of drugs that soon they can no longer live without. The way Sophia-Analysi... ...gata in 41 film” {Life as a work of art and life as a gift explained in 41 films} Italian edition 1995. I also described it in my paper entitled “Il... ... this in the book “Life as work of art and life as a gift, explained in 41 films”. What about you? What kind of wisdom and what kind of art do ...

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Veritas Neo: The New Vision for a New Reality

By: Kee

...person and shove them away than have them anywhere near me. He's got a way about him that even just hearing to him speak, you find yourself feeling m... ...as coming to them', but he would shake his head and tell us no. He cared about them so much that he didn't want to see anything bad happen to them,... ... any less powerful nor his actions any less awesome. I wrote my feelings about Neo in a poem, some time ago: Neo He's a dreamer And he'll make sure ... ... the Source, whatever you choose to call it – quenched with sale beer and drugs cut with baby laxative, because there is no place for it in society’... ...so desperately, before they go forward and judge my words based on the PC[films]... even Morpheus was wrong... God forgive me for saying so again. "... ...s the Matrix[something most people, familiar only with the popular culture films, miss entirely] - but to the fact that they themselves can CHOOSE th...

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Kabbalah for Beginners

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...se of Conscious Evolution ............................ 87 PART THREE: TALK ABoUT REALITY ...................................................... 91 c... ...ides us, and in doing so, receive infinite joy and pleasure. We will talk about Abraham’s discovery in greater detail later in the book, but we shou... ... was of one lan- - guage and of one speech” (genesis 11:1). Everyone knew about the Creator, the force of love and giving, and all were united with ... ...s of pleasure legitimate, such as love of children, while others, such as drugs, are considered unacceptable. When we feel an unaccept- - able coati... ... major problem in modern society is the alarming abundance of drug abuse. Drugs have always been in use, but in the past they were used primarily fo... ...ny young people feel. And because depression is soaring, so is the use of drugs and drug-related crimes. Another facet of the crisis is the state of ... ...nvironment; I can reinforce the influence of that environment with books, films, and magazine articles. Any means that increases and supports my des... ...increase my desire for it, I need only have the right friends, books, and films around me. Human nature will do the rest. If a group of people de- -... ...ad. Kabbalah Television Bnei Baruch established a production company, ARI Films (www.arifilms.tv) specializing in the production of educational TV p...

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Class Heroes: A Class Apart

By: Stephen Henning

...2 June Samantha Blake sat up in her hospital bed. She tried to read the article about her on the 24/7 Interactive News website, but her eyes kept f... ...icle had been updated only five minutes ago. It was chilling and surreal to read about the events that she was experiencing – as they were actually ... ...Philip was intense. You never quite knew what he was thinking, or what he was on about, or indeed what planet he was on half the time. He was nice e... ...ease stop,” said Sam, trying not to cry. James had made her watch several horror films with him, and each time it had given her nightmares. Now it f... ...at could happen to harm her if she approached Emma, 98 but a million horror films were conjured up in her head which told her to wait for Harde... ... Also, we need to get some white coats or something.” “What?” “Don’t you watch films? Put on a white coat in a hospital and you can go anywhere, d... ...sn’t,” she added. “Oh and get this. Harden is basically saying that mind-bending drugs were released into the air supply of the hospital during the ...

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The Power in You

By: Wally Amos

...tegory. I give thanks to my guru/daughter, Sarah, who has taught me more about life in four years than I learned in forty,seven. I thank Gregory f... ...eling you have for someone you're involved with? Is it a feeling you have about a material object? I saw a card that had a character on the outside ... ...also centers around sensual desire and that's not at all what I'm talking about. The love I mean is more than anything you've ever dreamed or thoug... ...themselves from the realm of positive social activity. They drink or take drugs in an attempt to block out the outside world, which they see as a da... ... and even then never completely. He used laughter instead of painkilling drugs to relax his body, permit him to sleep and begin the healing process... ...it him to sleep and begin the healing process, which had been stopped by drugs. Laughter was a major part of his self, made healing regimen, which ... ...e was involved in. He also made it a point of taking me to screenings of films, plays, and other activities. Howard's nourishment went a long way i...

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The Ulysseans

By: Antonio Mercurio

... you discuss it in groups, together with other people who are enthusiastic about the ideas it proposes. Even though there may be times you do not i... ...ou are not aware of it. It is not by chance that I have been able to think about what no other philosopher up until now has been able to imagine. T... ... within a human group, through years of work, the same processes that come about when a star is born: condensation, collapse, thermonuclear reaction... ...egata in 41 film” {Life as a work of art and life as a gift explained in 41 films}. 14 Human beings, with their sharpness and their intelligence, ... ...ate in 41 film”, {Life as a work of art and life as a gift explained in 41 films} Sophia University of Rome, 1995, and here slightly modified. 60 ... ...c for anyone, and today the tendency to look for refuge through the use of drugs and alcohol is ever more common. The SELF pushes us in many ways to... ...passage, often in ways that are obscure and painful. For some, the path of drugs and alcohol, paradoxically, has become a way to mature, through the... ...gata in 41 film” {Life as a Work of Art and Life as a Gift Explained in 41 Films}. I will be describing Cosmo-Art in Chapter XI of this book: “The ...

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Secret of the Sands

By: Aren, Rai and E., Tavius

...I will ever get used to working in the heat of the Egyptian desert. I honestly think I am about to pass out,” Alex moaned. Her full name was Alexandr... ...I know you’re right, Mitch. I shouldn’t com- plain so much. This is what we always dreamed about. It’s just so hard sometimes. I wish someone out the... ... stretch a little. “This has been one crappy day.” “Didn’t you mention something earlier about not complaining so much?” Mitch grinned at her. “Yo... ... Together, they refer to themselves as ‘Rogue Squadron’, in reference to their favor- ite films. “So, to what do we owe the honor of this visit?” Bo... ...behind her. She shrieked, panic propelling her forward. Weak with pain and dazed from the drugs, she made her way down the smoky hallways as quickly...

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Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America

By: Steven David Justin Sills

...p too much sun. After the revelation he had listened to him repeatedly talk about wishing that he had been born a woman; and except for once of sayin... ...as he was in Asia. They were indeed alone in the world. Even though he cared about family (what was left of it with both his father and sister now dea... ...he was playing with a man's reality concerning his son. He did not feel good about himself. "Well, he isn't here. He's never here!" The telephone clic... ...ary 12th, every small movement was exacting and she was forced to go to the drugstore instead of a pot dealer's home since this inward insurrection w... ... who she was and where she was at were unfathomable at certain moments. The drugs she was now beginning to believe Candyman had slipped into her drin... ...he way to Ithaca for some weed if you are living in Albany like there ainチOt drugs in other cities." "DonチOt know anybody else," she said. "Just the... ...rds, no hurt would ensue. The dirty movie theatre showed only normal R-rated films and sexual activity was restricted to bathroom stalls. Had it been...

...This work is about a Korean American teaching in his homeland, feeling lost in Korean culture and that his own life is an outlier to this conservative society. As he lives there, making his living as an English teacher, he writes of Gabr...

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Laws of Destiny Never Disappear : Culture of Thailand in the Postlocal World

By: Matti Sarmela

...VILLAGE IN NORTHERN THAILAND Environment of my life (interviews) 20 About experiences in my life * Young people don't want to farm * Life i... ...ife 182 Attraction of sex tourism 182 * Fated to contract Aids 183 * Drugs and the village community 185 Pictures 188-216 References 217 ... ...lems, they are exhausted by their work and using more and more psychiatric drugs and alcohol. Human environment contains ever more risks, security sys... ...ayside in the competition for higher education and start drinking or using drugs ever younger. In many countries, including Finland, young girls of th... ...ation on Thailand churned out by modern information industry tells us only about sex tourism, drugs, Aids, child labour... as if the Western reader on... ... drugs, Aids, child labour... as if the Western reader only wants to know about the downside of other nations, as if the evil was spreading there fro... ...e-Kamolmatayakul Annira Silver local culture. The collection contains few films and videos, although in 1999 I recorded 12 hours of video in all, usi... ...used to walk. Today, everything must be so easy. Today, people go to watch films in the evenings. People are working all the time, they have no time f... ...of our village haven't yet started imitating them and wearing such things. Films shown on TV also have many bad behaviour models, but luckily the youn...

...and village monks. They describe the everyday lives of local people, and how they cope under conditions of a constant flux of change, what they think about life, the future, and the fate of human beings after death....

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Bail Yourself Out

By: Rav Michael Laitman

............. 59 Chapter 10: How the Arts Can Model New Attitudes ... 61 films of Hope ....................................................... 64 Ch... ...6 Chapter 17: Epilogue ............................................... 100 About the Author .................................................... 105 ... ...th each other. 9 1 With a Map and CoMpass , and s till l ost I t was about 9 a.m. when I parked my beat-up Toyota pickup at a parking lot on on... ... accordingly minimal. But once up in the moun- tains, you can never know. About an hour into the trail, the weather suddenly changed. Clouds came o... ...s whether the tumor will die because it was killed by the body or by the drugs, or because it killed its host body, thus killing itself. whether we... ...es are made in India and China. Also, almost everyone watches Hol- lywood films, and by the end of this year (2009), China will have more English sp... ...it out of touch with the “real life.” quite soon, viewers will watch the films made today and see them as out of touch, too. To succeed, art must r... ...rld peace. 90 15 Being Well and s ta Ying Well “H alf of the modern drugs could well be thrown out of the window, except that the birds might...

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And Gulliver Returns Book III : A Visit to Kino

By: Bob Oconnor

............................................................. 21 PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ....................................................................... ................................. 21 DEMOCRACY AND----WESTERN STYLE TEENAGERS-DRUGS, CLOTHES, SEX ........ 22 OUR ONE CHILD POLICY ....................... ...g, as the Minister of the People, was the perfect person of whom to inquire about the control of population. Luckily she was eager to answer my queri... ... While the control of population was fascinating, I wanted to know a bit about the global policies of Kino and China during the last 30 years. I r... ...erable--but then the speeches started. Five hours of speeches droned on about the glory of my return. By the time they asked me to relate some of... ...e late 90s in China the entrepreneurial types often pirated clothes, music, films. They had decided to beat free enterprise at its own game. The gove... ...hinese society, and even people higher up the money mountain often turn to drugs for solace. Many youth have become heroine addicts. Heroin addictio... ...her cut or re-do the scenes with tobacco in them. We are a large market for films so we command respect and compliance by the film producers. ... ...ng for more enjoyable ways for our children and adults to learn. Cartoons, films, video productions, books discussion groups, lectures, and many more...

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And Gulliver Returns Book V : My Visit to Singaling

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...us time to meet our scraggly clan. We are so excited to be here and learn about your country.” —“Commander, we are honored that you have inclu... ...k the same wage drop as immigrants. This prompted the government to think about reducing the rich-poor gap. But such communistic ideas have as yet h... ...ave an audience with the Minister of Population of Singaling. She told me about how they had extended their earlier efforts of population control. To... ...lly irresponsible people to include the license to do anything—use harmful drugs, enjoy promiscuous sex, steal, or break the Golden Rule. This social... ...hat you will be paying it off for years in other taxes. Take your illicit drugs, and don‟t worry that they may ruin your life later. Study less math ... ...ying to fill 200 television channels with 24/7 programs, open several new films a week, and sell as many recordings as you can-- you have to rely on ... ...me. “We wonder why your film producers insist on producing violent films when the research indicates that violence is not necessarily more po... ...ight be learned, we want to foster ethical behavior so we have no violent films. “We agree with your psychologist Bandura that much of childr... ...nt do not give status in themselves. The athlete who rapes or uses illegal drugs; the actor who expresses political or religious ideas based on opini...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VI : Our Psychological Motivations

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...are more likely to do something from a psychological need for power, then rationalize their actions based on the assumptions that Wanda talks about.... ...t ourselves to avoid crying for ourselves. 6 ―Wanda told me about ... ... 6 ―Wanda told me about your diverse group of lifelong friends. She said you had some very interesting discussions about ... ...c system in the brain often takes priority over the logical section of the brain. This has an effect on our buying habits, our preferences for films ... ... by the people of Singaling when they are not allowed 16 teenage sex or drugs?... ...ence, at least from mice, that aggression gives a ‗high‘ caused by the release of dopamine. This is similar to the highs experienced from some drugs,... ... And in spite of the strength with which they are held, both are rooted in non-provable assumptions!‖ -- ―And violence sure sells in films,... ...ke other harassing behavior, is one of the common behaviors of people with inferiority feelings.‖ —―You have to admit that violence in films,... ...e pleasure centers. They show that cocaine addicts get the craving when shown a pile of white powder. Showing photos of naked men or women, of drugs,...

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And Gulliver Returns Book I : Touchdown

By: Bob Oconnor

........................................................................... 17 ABOUT SPACE ................................................................ ...ve strides in solving our universal problems. I have only been able to hear about the movements, both forward and backward, that nations have taken ... ...“The world has been following your communiqués and there are many questions about your strong advocacy for licensing parents to have children as the ... ...hose we have now. 13 “Treating AIDS victims with anti-retroviral drugs has reduced the number of expected deaths by over 30 million. This... ...he West as it ushered in the self-centered times of the hippies—and sex and drugs became major avenues towards reducing the psychic pain of the earl... ...untain. They haven’t used that figure for years but you still see it in old films. Just beyond it is a western town that has been used for years. ‘D... ...town that has been used for years. ‘Dr. Quinn’ was shot there. Hundreds of films, television shows and commercials have been made in the area, on K... ...he violence born of frustration and anger, in part to fund the appetite for drugs whetted by the overwhelming need for emotional escape. Crimes agai... ...e a man of the cloth. It wouldn’t have surprised me to find him starring in films, coaching football, or becoming a gigolo for some rich European pr...

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Children of Tomorrow: Guidelines for Raising Happy Children in the 21st Century

By: Rav Michael Laitman

...neration. they have everything! but they are dissatisfied. Why do they turn to drugs? because they don’t enjoy a life such as ours. 18 c hildren of t... ...r individuals, and how they evolve. We don’t know anything a bout ourselves Or about the environment. this is what our lives look like: Living in the ... ...ning, but ascending. Otherwise, the next generation Will sink into despair and drugs. What a pity for our children. 30 c hildren of t omorrow Simply ... ...they will be tomorrow. this is why we must give them positive examples, make films, write stories, and so forth. this is the only way children will ... ... us. 44 c hildren of t omorrow Our Lives Have a Purpose t he more we discover about n ature—the laws and connections within it—the more we see that ... ...the essence of education. 49 balance with n ature The Most Natural Is to Talk about It although it seems to us that loving and giving are not in our ... ...Formative Learning W e must expose children to various forms of conduct using films and plays. however, they can also decide for themselves to what ...

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And Gulliver Returns Book IV : A Look at Our Human Values

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

... you‘re weightless in space you sleep anywhere and you don‘t have to worry about the weight of your body on a mattress. I had trouble sleeping on my ... ...e.‖ ---―I‘m sure that can be arranged. I‘ll talk to the president about it. Did you enjoy the breakfast buffet?‖ --―Thanks, but I‘... ...rt disease and cancer rates‖ 12 --―I‘ve sure learned something about living more healthily these last few days. But let‘s get on with why... ...s, such as depression that affects people in most populations, in the West drugs and therapy are usually the preferred treatment, in the underdevelop... ... business are the rule rather than the exception. Prostitution, gambling, drugs and political payoffs are only a small part of their overall busines... ...e or riches. Pornography treats children and women as things, not humans. Films and television champion murder and revenge. Video games commonly teac... ...re or riches. Pornography treats children and women as things, not humans. Films and television champion murder and revenge. Video games commonly tea... ... what God has joined 71 together. The get caught with prostitutes and drugs. But luckily their God is merciful and forgiving to them, and to the... ...mise of getting your ‗pie in the sky-- bye and bye.‘ Singing and dancing, films and TV, public friendships, sports and recreational pastimes all crea...

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The Cosmo-Art Theorems and Axioms

By: Antonio Mercurio

...other" and "La nascita della Cosmo-Art" {The Birth of Cosmo-Art}. I wrote about the close connection between my anthropological and cosmological ide... ...meaning? Will it refuse to make silk threads? The silk worm knows nothing about the human being who will come and transform its silk into a garment... ...mething else, nor do we know what the end result will be. But we can think about it, we can imagine it, and we can hope as we entrust ourselves to L... ...es, the life breaks down or dissolves. 20 If a virus now resists certain drugs whereas before it was overcome by them, it means that it is endowed... ... and Jamal in "Finding Forrester", and the Cosmo-Artistic lectures on these films published in the book “I Laboratori Corali della Cosmo-Art” {The Co... ... accommodating uterus in the artificial paradise of thousands of different drugs. There are no valid principles to help us face these types of catas... ...EGATA IN 41 FILM {Life as a Work of Art and Life as a Gift Explained in 41 films} Ed. Sophia University of Rome (S.U.R.), Rome 1995 TEOREMI E ASS...

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Encyclopedia of Home Remedies for Better Life

By: Dr Izharul Hasan

...ls! "Don't go anywhere, because this could be the most important information about your health you'll ever read!" Home remedies for over 300 disea... ...formulas borrowed from the Indians. Since then, even more has been discovered about physiology and nutrition. You will find a lot in this disease en... ...ong with your recipes to make an Itching and blister remedy. If you are worry about antibiotics you’re not alone but you can give your child a to a ... ...s Possible To Treat And Cure Yourself Effectively Without The Use Of Harmful Drugs" Learn The Secrets To Using All Natural And Proven Herbal Re... ..., you probably are not even aware of that they result from consuming too much drugs. In fact, if you don't already know this.... Drug medications ar... ...t the tip of the iceberg. If you don't believe me about what I'm saying about drugs, recall this.... How many drug related lawsuits do you read of... ...ncontinence is a factor, skin barriers like the new, polymer-based protective films should be used in addition to absorbent padding to protect the sk... ...dressings that you can opt for, like gauzes, gels foams, treated bandages and films. At times, you may be advised to use a combination of dressings ...

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Hypotheses on Ulysses

By: Antonio Mercurio

..................................................... 157 CHAPTER XXIX: MORE ABOUT ENVY .................................................................. ... and humanity. m. This wisdom is available to all, even to those who are about to commit a crime (Aegisthus, for example). Each person is free to ... ...is life, if necessary. The Bible is another book of wisdom, and it tells about a man named Job who underwent the most horrible suffering possible ... ...egata in 41 film” {Life as a Work of Art and Life as a Gift Explored in 41 Films}, Published by the Sophia University of Rome, (S.U.R.) Rome, 1995).... ...ters (Od. IX, 85-104), and Ulysses’ companions who fill themselves up with drugs, he is referring to Ulysses’ refusal to be born and to grow up. Dru... ...ng people who are sad and anxious and who turn to alcohol and all kinds of drugs in ever-increasing numbers. Eventually they cannot live without the... ...iegata in 41 film”{Life as a Work of Art and Life as a Gift explained in 41 films} , Published by Sophia University of Rome, (S.U.R.) Rome, 1995). W... ...gata in 41 film”, {Life as a Work of Art and Life as a Gift Explored in 41 Films} , (Published by the Sophia University of Rome (S.U.R.), Rome, 1995)... ...e domination of the stronger over the weaker, and, worst of all, greed for drugs of all types and greed for medications and tranquilizers for every ...

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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

...ght and corrected (some of) my many errors, while Pam encouraged me to think about the definition of the public domain in ways that have been vital to ... ...-1 ___0 ___ 1 37278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page ix development I write about here, and novelist Cory Doctorow has either blogged it or influenced... ...es the privilege of fair use. Each day brings some new Internet horror story about the excesses of intel- lectual property. Some of them are even true... ...d not just in literature or film. You want innovation and invention. You want drugs that cure terrible diseases, 1 37278_u01.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Pa... ...nopoly over the resulting invention. The market hints at some unmet need—for drugs that might reduce obesity or cure multiple sclerosis, or for Post-i... ...ind of investment of time, in- genuity, and capital necessary to produce new drugs and gene therapies. 11 To the question, “Should there be patents ov... ...x the law in this area. When the case of Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films came up, they thought they had what they wanted. The band NWA had u... ... at http:// www.law.duke.edu/cspd/pdf/cspdproposal.pdf, and Access to Orphan Films: Submission to the Copyright Office—March 2005, available at http://... ...k: New York University Press, 2001). 22. Bridgeport Music, Inc. v. Dimension Films, 410 F .3d 792, 804n16 (6th Cir. 2005). 23. Walter Benjamin, “The W...

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Cyclopedia of Economics

By: Sam Vaknin

...gs: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download free anthol... ...ne qua non trait? In the absence of consciousness, there is little point in talking about free will (or rights which depend on sentience). So, is th... ...holder. All born humans are and, more so, all adults above a certain age. But what about the unborn fetus? One approach is that the embryo has no r... ...oach says that a person has the right to life because it desires it. But then what about chronic depressives who wish to die – do we have the right... ...ling. Alternatively, they sulk, feel anhedonic or pathologically bored, drink or do drugs – all forms of self-directed aggression. From time to time... ... anger episode. The angry person may be reacting to stress, agitation, disturbance, drugs, violence or aggression witnessed by him, to social or to ... ...ved the inedible parts as trophies. These lurid deeds inspired a slew of books and films, most notably The Silence of the Lambs with Hannibal (Lect... ... oneself, or "victimless crimes" (such as suicide, abortion, and the consumption of drugs), crimes against others (such as murder or mugging), crime... ...estructible entity. The artifacts of popular culture - thrillers, action and sci-fi films, video games, computer viruses - assume that all organisms...

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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...gs: http://philosophos.tripod.com The Silver Lining – Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Films http://samvak.tripod.com/film.html Download free anthol... ...ne qua non trait? In the absence of consciousness, there is little point in talking about free will (or rights which depend on sentience). So, is th... ...holder. All born humans are and, more so, all adults above a certain age. But what about the unborn fetus? One approach is that the embryo has no r... ...oach says that a person has the right to life because it desires it. But then what about chronic depressives who wish to die – do we have the right... ...ling. Alternatively, they sulk, feel anhedonic or pathologically bored, drink or do drugs – all forms of self-directed aggression. From time to time... ... anger episode. The angry person may be reacting to stress, agitation, disturbance, drugs, violence or aggression witnessed by him, to social or to ... ...ved the inedible parts as trophies. These lurid deeds inspired a slew of books and films, most notably The Silence of the Lambs with Hannibal (Lect... ... oneself, or "victimless crimes" (such as suicide, abortion, and the consumption of drugs), crimes against others (such as murder or mugging), crime... ...estructible entity. The artifacts of popular culture - thrillers, action and sci-fi films, video games, computer viruses - assume that all organisms...

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And Gulliver Returns Book VII : Book 7 Visit to Indus

By: Bob Oconnor

...assure you. I will take you to your hotel now, then we can have dinner in about an hour and you can fire away your questions.‖ Our drive, main... ...otal number earning under a dollar a day in 1981 was the same as in 2001, about 800 million, but their purchasing power had been reduced. When resea... ...g those 20 years. But like I said, the inflation rate went up 100%. That‘s about 1 1/2% per year, actually it is quite a bit less when you think of c... ...cities where prostitution can thrive, or because we are too poor to inject drugs. ―As you know, sex and intravenous drug use are the main vect... ...U.S. can carry guns (14), and under the guise of religion, can use illegal drugs (15) But in China people are not given constitutional rights that in... ..., full employment, and Norman Rockwell—a world without terrorism, X-rated films and lying politicians. ―In Afghanistan allied soldiers gave fo...

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Analysis of Social Aspects of Migrant Labourers Living with Hiv/Aids Using Fuzzy Theory and Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps

By: W. B. Vasantha Kandasamy and Florentin Smarandache

...croft, an Australian Aboorgine artist illustrating the need for education about AIDS. The picture at the top left on the back cover is the red ribbo... ...seven chapters. The first chapter is introductory in nature and it speaks about the migrant labourers. In chapter two we use Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to... ... awareness and unstable life-style. Sometimes, wrong and mythical notions about sex might lead to their high-risk behaviour. The main reason for tak... ... as to why they pick up habits like alcoholism, addiction to tobacco and drugs. Doctors associated with our study also linked this prevalence of hi... ... be easy money, or leisure, or bad company, or bad habits like alcohol or drugs, family dispute, luring by the CSWs when the migrants are in a drunk... ...se of educated criminals E 4 – Under employment E 5 – Taking up drugs etc. The directed graph where E 1 , …, E 5 are taken as the nodes... ...emendous and immediate impact among the youth. 394 7. Sometimes the films end up giving a very wrong view of life. Not only are some of the so... ...133. What do you think about yellow journalism and pornographic/blue films? : 134. Different views prevail in different countries on the ...

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Capitalistic Musings

By: Sam Vaknin

...hen applied beyond the investor's useful economic life expectancy. People care less about their grandchildren's future than about their own. This is... ...s are simply not sure what precisely constitutes their subject matter. Is economics about the construction and testing of models in accordance with ... ...ess (anamnetic) – It must encompass, integrate, and incorporate all the facts known about economic behaviour. b. Coherence – It must be chronologi... ...ot always foster competition. And many products have umpteen substitutes. Consider films - cable TV, satellite, the Internet, cinemas, video rental... ...al Health Council held a 3-days workshop about "Pricing and Financing of Essential Drugs" in poor countries. Not surprisingly, the conclusion was: ... ...t differential pricing could play an important role in ensuring access to existing drugs at affordable prices, particularly in the poorest countrie... ...inue to play its role in providing incentives for research and development into new drugs." The 80 experts, who attended the workshop, proposed t... ... to scholarly publishing and other form of intellectual property such as software, films, music, and e-books. Consumers are divided on the issue o... ...h of equipment - can publish a Webzine, author software, write music, shoot digital films, design products, or communicate with millions and his wor...

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The Path of Splitness

By: Indrek Pringi

... result in a better understanding. For instance: what can you understand about an orange by looking at it through a microscope? The answer is;... ...ope? The answer is; very little. But if you plant an orange seed and wonder about it. If you care for the seedling, and study its growth closely a... ...ut it. If you care for the seedling, and study its growth closely and wonder about it. If you watch it grow into a tree and wonder about it. If yo... ...ticles: a living organic cell. This is why galaxies exist as faint, cellular films of energy on the outer perimeters of huge, empty inter-galactic ... ...h. Science supports this unspoken assumption. It portrays animals in Nature films as savage-violent killing-murdering things… acting in insane fren... ...aten alive. Therefore they prey on the deep human fear of dying to sell their films by focusing upon violent gruesome aberrations. The one-side... ...en over consciously by any number of pain-numbing habits: from overeating, to drugs, to acting out, to masturbation, to self-suppression: as instinct... ...own experiences we do not have to feel them: if the act of birth is numbed by drugs: then both the mother and the infant will not fully feel and expe... ... numbed and distracted by the media, by busyness, work, chatter, socializing, drugs, etc. Whether all of this exists on a conscious level, a subcons...

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Empire and Wars

By: Sam Vaknin

...y: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. The Author II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United States I. The ... ...he Economies of the Middle East II. The Costs of Coalition Building III. Is It All about Oil? IV. The Axis of Oil V. Saddam’s One Thousand Nights ... ...n their societies. Similarly, pluralities in most of the nations surveyed complain about American unilateralism."- expounded the year 2002 Pew repo... ...enturies-old social fabric, woven diligently by generations. It brought crime and drugs and mayhem but gave very little in return, only a horizon ... ...ressures and neglected to remove from the market malfunctioning medical devices and drugs with lethal side effects. The EPA (Environmental Protect... ...ck market facilitates the smuggling of cigarettes, software, home appliances, video films, weaponry, food, carpets - and virtually every other nece... ...king, cigarette and oil derivatives smuggling, car theft and, to a lesser, extent, drugs and weapons trading networks. Revenues in service business...

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The Marketing of Ideas and Social Issues

By: Seymour Fine

...MATE MARKETING 117 APPENDIX A 118 APPENDIX B 119 APPENDIX C 122 REFERENCES 126 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 134 6 FOREWORD Philip Kotler We are co... ... recognition as a major and enduring contribution. Some readers may be squeamish about "idea marketing," as if it can only be used to persuade peo... ...ion sent the writer scurrying back to the drawing board wondering whether what was about to be written had already been well covered under the propa... ... The Third Nail, a drug rehabilitation center, expects its clients to abstain from drugs and to contribute time and effort toward the maintenance of... ...ed, namely, the study of pharmacy records that revealed which doctors ordered what drugs for their patients. Thus an objective source of data rather... ... crime and violence. There is 80 some evidence negating the effectiveness of films as idea channels (Brembeck and Howell 1976, p. 39). On the...

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Applications of Bimatrices to Some Fuzzy and Neutrosophic Models

By: Florentin Smarandache

...imaps and their Applications 227 BIBLIOGRAPHY 241 INDEX 263 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 272 5 Preface Graphs and matr... ...⎣ ⎦⎣⎦ I I . A FN is a column semi fuzzy neutrosophic bimatrix. For more about bimatrices and its properties please refer [154, 155]. 23 ... ...e model which gives the hidden pattern. Bart Kosko had given FCM’s and talked about combined FCMs; several other researchers have worked on several... ...Increase of educated criminals E 4 – Under employment E 5 – Taking up drugs etc. The directed graph where E 1 , …, E 5 are taken as the n... ...cated criminals. Frustration increases the graduates to take up to evils like drugs etc. Unemployment also leads to the increase in number of person... .... Unemployment also leads to the increase in number of persons who take up to drugs, drinks etc. to forget their worries and unoccupied time. Under... ...unaways and parents are beggars or father in prison C 7 – Habits like blue films, drink or smoke etc. P – Attributes associated with public a...

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A Tramp Abroad

By: Mark Twain

...Af- ter much thought, I decided that I was a person fitted to furnish to mankind this spectacle. So I determined to do it. This was in March, 1878. I ... ...o little lunches from the same larder. I shall not mar Garnharn’s translation by meddling with its English; for the most tooth- 5 A Tramp Abroad some... ...ights. All seemed pleasure, joy, and roguish gaiety, only one of the numerous guests had a gloomy exte- rior; but exactly the black armor in which he ... ...Her gown was of a soft white silky stuff that clung to her round young figure like a fish’s skin, and it was rippled over with the gracefulest little ... ...hsbad is a very large and beautiful building, and in it one may have any sort of bath that has ever been in- vented, and with all the additions of her... ...eeping, insectlike, up its surface, with their heels projecting over the thinnest kind of nothingness, thickened up a little with a few wandering shre... ... terracelike projections— a stairway for the gods; at its head spring several lofty storm- 205 A Tramp Abroad scarred towers, one after another, with...

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Agamemnon

By: Aeschylus

... that roam adown the ways of sleep. Such are the sights, the sorrows fell, About our hearth and worse, whereof I may not tell. But, all the wide town ... ..., blow on blow! LEADER Riddles bcyond my rede—I peer in vain Thro’ the dim films that screen the prophecy CASSANDRA chanting God! a new sight! a net,... ...e double snake— Or Scylla, where she dwells, the seaman s bane, Girt round about with rocks? some hag of hell, Raving a truceless curse upon her kin? ... ...er noble mate afar— Will slay me, slave forlorn! Yea, like some witch, She drugs the cup of wrath, that slays her lord, With double death—his recompen...

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Actions and Reactions

By: Rudyard Kipling

...e pressed against his palate. An hour later he said: “Sophie, I feel sorry about taking you away from everything like this. I—I suppose we’re the two ... ...d him: “Isn’t it something to you that we’re going together?” They drifted about Europe for months—sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies ... ... many from a road. Trees, kine, and the out- lines of barns showed shadowy about them when they alighted, and Mr. and Mrs. Cloke, at the open door of ... ...inary Deputy Inspector-General went over it afterwards to be sure that the drugs were in the proper dog-proportions; and that was the first time in hi... ...eling. The pits of gloom about us begin to fill with very faintly luminous films—wreathing and uneasy shapes. One forms itself into a globe of pale fl...

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One of Our Conquerors

By: George Meredith

...inctive article of his attire. At the same time, for these friendly people about him to share the fun of the annoyance, he looked hastily brightly bac... ... in literary sepia by Colney: with our poor hang neck population uncertain about making a bell-rope of the forelock to the Satyr-snouty mas- ter; and ... ...ht: philosophers partaking of it are drawn by the arms of garlanded nymphs about their necks into the fathomless of inquiries. It pre- sents us with a... ... forehead. Sits hours long, and cocks her ears at orders of applicants for drugs across the counter, and sometimes catches wind of a prescription, and... ...its there?’ ‘Mrs. Burman. We pass by the shop.’ ‘She had always a turn for drugs.—Not far from here, did you say? And every day! under a green shade?’... ...er for her to be living in a recess of the country! He muttered: ‘Diseases—drugs!’ Those were the corresponding two strokes of the pendu- lum which ke... ...e to work in the direction of the casuistries and the sensational webs and films. Facing Victor, it was a block. But the thought came: how could she m...

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The Second Jungle Book

By: Rudyard Kipling

...he other, for a boy who spends his life eating and sleeping does not worry about anything till it actually stares him in the face. But, one year, Balo... ...e ra- 6 The Second Jungle Book vines burned up to broken wires and curled films of dead stuff; the hidden pools sank down and caked over, keeping the... ... He shall make the ground to open under thy feet, and the creeper to twist about thy neck, and the tree-trunks to grow together about thee higher than... ...ne could strike from far off, and they feared more than before. So it came about that the First of the Tigers taught the Hairless One to kill—and ye k... ... all his think- ing through his nose, smells are as maddening as music and drugs are to human beings. Mowgli gentled the panther for a few minutes lon...

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Laurel Canyon : The 1960s Counter Culture: The 1960s Counter Culture

By: David McGowan; Jeffrey J. Prager, Co-Author

...ill be used to massively accelerate an illegal war, the son is positioning himself to become an icon of the ‘hippie’/ anti-war crowd. Nothing unusual about that, I suppose. It is, you know, a small world and all that. And it is not as if Jim Morrison’s story is in any way unique. During the early years of its heyday, Laurel Canyon’s father figure is the rather eccentric...

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Best of Freshman Writing

By: Suzanne Harper

...om students in English 004 and 015 classes. Many of our readers have asked about our editorial guidelines, which we publish on our web site (www.hn.ps... ...uction in the future by sub- mitting essays to us. We are all very curious about how students are writing throughout the system. Best provides a meani... ...en faculty and students through- out the state. Let us know what you think about it. We want your suggestions and help. Best of Freshman Writing 4 Ap... ... advanced and cost-effective. For the next sixteen years, even without new films, the Star W ars universe continued to expand, gaining more fans every... ...hose made for the first Star Wars trilogy so popular in a time when sci-fi films aren’t widely liked? The answer could be as simple as the flashy comp... ... or ever was, just a movie with a cult following. Unlike many other sci-fi films and series, it isn’t restricted to a small select group of fans. It i... ...y the fans are will to spend. Players are failing classes, stealing, doing drugs, breaking almost every law imaginable, and they are still suiting up ...

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Master Francis Rabelais Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel

By: Thomas Urquhart

...rge sheet divided by lines and cross lines into little squares, containing about a hundred heads of illustrious Frenchmen. This sheet was stuck on pas... ... verify. Now Rabelais has here nothing of the Roger Bontemps of low degree about him. His features are strong, vigorously cut, and furrowed with deep ... ...placed as far back as 1483: now scholars are disposed to put it forward to about 1495. The reason, a good one, is that all those whom he has mentioned... ...ious caskets were carefully pre- served and kept many rich jewels and fine drugs, such as balm, ambergris, amomon, musk, civet, with several kinds of ... ... forehead bone, by which terrible blow likewise he cut the two meninges or films which enwrap the brain, and made a deep wound in the brain’s two post... ...ryone in heaps did cast into the ship gold, silver, rings, jewels, spices, drugs, and aromatical perfumes, parrots, pelicans, monkeys, civet-cats, bla... ...gs that were in the church came running to this lady with the smell of the drugs that he had strewed upon her, both small and great, big and little, a... ...irable industry, with husks, cases, scurfs and swads, hulls, cods, stones, films, cartels, shells, ears, rinds, barks, skins, ridges, and prickles, wh...

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The Magic Skin

By: Honoré de Balzac

...ne to compel you to preserve a re- spectful demeanor towards those who are about to gain money of you? Or must the detective, who squats in our social... ...e sees only his last shilling between him and death.” There is an illusion about a gambling saloon at night as vulgar as that of a bloodthirsty drama,... ... tablecloth is worn by the friction of gold, but the straw-bottomed chairs about it indicate an odd indifference to luxury in the men who will lose th... ...Skin niture; were expressed by the surrounding disorder, and brought light films over the vision of those assembled, so that the air seemed full of in... ... entered into all this German sensibility, and to know a pack of bal- lads—drugs, all of them, that my doctor absolutely prohib- 107 Balzac its. As y... ...e provincial intellect? Opium and tea, with all their delights, are merely drugs to folk of that calibre. “Is not the imperfect sybarite to be met wit... ...le phenomenon which mocks at the scalpel, deceives the surgeon, eludes the drugs of the pharmacopoeia, the formulae of algebra, the demonstrations of ...

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The 9/11 Commission Report Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

By: Thomas H. Kean

...of the events surrounding 9/11 and to identify lessons learned. We learned about an enemy who is sophisticated, patient, disciplined, and lethal.The e... ...protecting our country against future attacks.We have been forced to think about the way our government is organized.The massive departments and agenc... ...ake the greatest difference.We came into this process with strong opinions about what would work.All of us have had to pause, reflect, and sometimes c... ...n traditional crimes such as white-collar offenses and those pertaining to drugs and gangs. Individual field offices made choices to serve local prior... ... dealt with crime, nar- cotics, and terrorism (a portfolio often known as “drugs and thugs”), the vet- eran civil servant Richard Clarke. President Cl... ...Depart- ment wanted the FBI to get back to the investigative basics: guns, drugs, and civil rights.The new administration did seek an 8 percent increa... ...ad,Apr. 5, 2004. KSM says that he permitted the trainees to view Hollywood films about hijackings only after he edited the films to cover the female c...

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The Georgics

By: Virgil

...e Upturned to heaven, the heifer snuffs the gale Through gaping nostrils, or about the meres Shrill twittering flits the swallow, and the frogs Crouch... ...ry Round Asian meads within thy fresher pools, Cayster, as in eager rivalry, About their shoulders dash the plenteous spray, Now duck their head benea... ... edges, nor the moon As borrowing of her brother’s beams to rise, Nor fleecy films to float along the sky. Not to the sun’s warmth then upon the shore... ...elds with drought. The slips once planted, yet remains to cleave The earth about their roots persistently, And toss the cumbrous hoes, or task the s... ...s, and bronze from Ephyre; Nor is the whiteness of their wool distained With drugs Assyrian, nor clear olive’s use With cassia tainted; yet untroubled...

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The Aeneid of Virgil

By: Virgil

...umultuous joy, Beholds the presents, and admires the boy. The guileful god about the hero long, With children’s play, and false embraces, hung; The Ae... ...ix’d on his aim, and obstinately bent T o die undaunted, or to circumvent. About the captive, tides of Trojans flow; All press to see, and some insult... ...ext invade; T wice round his waist their winding volumes roll’d; And twice about his gasping throat they fold. The priest thus doubly chok’d, their cr... ...ruction brought. Now cast your eyes around, while I dissolve The mists and films that mortal eyes involve, Purge from your sight the dross, and make y... ...’d A sop, in honey steep’d, to charm the guard; Which, mix’d with pow’rful drugs, she cast before His greedy grinning jaws, just op’d to roar. With th...

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