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Saturday, 29 August 2009
Thursday, 27 August 2009
CDS 280809
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//////////////////////THE BIG SLEEPOVR-DTH
///////////////////////Cancer and death
The poster for Pausch's "The Last Lecture"
Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer[10][11] and underwent a Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy) on September 19, 2006 in an unsuccessful attempt to halt his pancreatic cancer.[12] He was told in August 2007 to expect a remaining three to six months of good health. He soon moved his family to Chesapeake, Virginia, a suburb near Norfolk, to be close to his wife's family. On March 13, 2008, Pausch advocated for greater federal funding for pancreatic cancer before the United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.[13] In the week prior to this, he had been hospitalized in order to have needle aspiration of pleural effusion in his right lung.[14]
On May 2, 2008, a positron emission tomography (PET) scan showed that he had very tiny (5 millimetres (0.20 in) or less) metastases in his lungs and some lymph nodes in his chest. He also had some metastases in his peritoneal and retroperitoneal cavities. On June 26, 2008, Pausch indicated that he was considering stopping further chemotherapy because of the potential adverse side effects. He was, however, considering some immuno-therapy-based approaches.[15] On July 24, on behalf of Pausch, a friend anonymously posted a message on Pausch's webpage stating that a biopsy had indicated that the cancer had progressed further than what was expected from recent PET scans and that Pausch had "taken a step down" and was "much sicker than he had been". The friend also stated that Pausch had then enrolled in a hospice program designed to provide palliative care to those at the end of life.[15]
Wikinews has related news: "Last Lecture" Professor Randy Pausch dies at age 47
Pausch died from pancreatic cancer at his family's home in Chesapeake, Virginia on July 25, 2008. He is survived by his wife Jai, and their three children, Dylan, Logan, and Chloe.[16]
[edit] Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Main article: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Pausch delivered his "Last Lecture", titled Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, at CMU on September 18, 2007.[17] Randy Pausch gave an abridged version of his speech on the Oprah show in October 2007.[18][19] The talk was modeled after an ongoing series of lectures where top academics are asked to think deeply about what matters to them, and then give a hypothetical "final talk", with a topic such as "what wisdom would you try to impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance?" Before speaking, Pausch received a long standing ovation from a large crowd of over 400 colleagues and students. When he motioned them to sit down, saying, "Make me earn it," someone in the audience shouted back, "You did!"[20][10]
During the lecture, Pausch was upbeat and humorous, alternating between wisecracks, insights on computer science and engineering education, advice on building multi-disciplinary collaborations, working in groups and interacting with other people, offering inspirational life lessons, and performing push-ups on stage. He also commented on the irony that the "Last Lecture" series had recently been renamed as "Journeys", saying, "I thought, damn, I finally nailed the venue and they renamed it."[16] After Pausch finished his lecture, Steve Seabolt, on behalf of Electronic Arts—which is now collaborating with CMU in the development of Alice 3.0[21]—pledged to honor Pausch by creating a memorial scholarship for women in computer science, in recognition of Pausch's support and mentoring of women in CS and engineering.[10]
CMU president Jared Cohon spoke emotionally of Pausch's humanity and called his contributions to the university and to education "remarkable and stunning".[22] He then announced that CMU will celebrate Pausch's impact on the world by building and naming after Pausch a raised pedestrian bridge[23] to connect CMU's new Computer Science building and the Center for the Arts, symbolizing the way Pausch linked those two disciplines. Brown University professor Andries van Dam followed Pausch's last lecture with a tearful and impassioned speech praising him for his courage and leadership, calling him a role model.[22][24][25]
[edit] The Last Lecture
The Disney-owned publisher Hyperion paid $6.7 million for the rights to publish a book about Pausch called The Last Lecture, co-authored by Pausch and Wall Street Journal reporter Jeffrey Zaslow.[26] The book became a New York Times best-seller on June 22, 2008.[27] The Last Lecture expands on Pausch's speech. The book's first printing had 400,000 copies, and it has been translated into 17 languages. Despite speculation that the book would be made into a movie, Pausch had denied these rumors, stating that "there's a reason to do the book, but if it's telling the story of the lecture in the medium of film, we already have that."[28]
[edit] Media coverage
Pausch was named "Person of the Week" on ABC's World News with Charles Gibson on September 21, 2007.[29] His "Last Lecture" attracted wide attention from the international media,[30] became an Internet hit, and was viewed over a million times in the first month after its delivery.[31] On October 22, 2007, Pausch appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show where he discussed his situation and summarized his "Last Lecture".[19] On October 6, 2007, Pausch joined the Pittsburgh Steelers for the day during their regular practice, after the organization learned that one of his childhood dreams mentioned in his "Last Lecture" was to play in the NFL.[32] On April 9, 2008, the ABC network aired an hour long Diane Sawyer feature on Pausch titled "The Last Lecture: A Love Story For Your Life".[33] [34] On July 29, 2008, ABC aired a follow up to the Last Lecture special, remembering Pausch and his famous lecture.[35]
[edit] Other lectures and appearances
Pausch gave a lecture about time management[36] on November 27, 2007 at the University of Virginia, to an audience of over 850 people.[37] In March 2008, Pausch appeared in a public service announcement video[38] and testified before Congress in support of cancer research.[39] On May 18, 2008, Pausch made a surprise return appearance at Carnegie Mellon, giving a speech at the commencement ceremony,[40] as well as attending the School of Computer Science's diploma ceremony,[41] and on May 19 Pausch appeared on the Good Morning America show.[42] His lecture, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", was nominated at the 2007 YouTube Video Awards.[43][44]
A devoted Star Trek fan, Pausch was invited by film director J. J. Abrams to film a role in the latest Star Trek movie. Abrams heard of Pausch's condition and sent a personal e-mail inviting Pausch to the set. Pausch accepted and traveled to Los Angeles, California to shoot his scene. In addition to appearing in the film, he also has a line of dialogue at the beginning of the film ("Captain, we have visual.") and donated the $217.06 paycheck to charity.[45][46][47]
//////////////////////////////////Even at the present level of immigration, we are still on target for the UK's population to exceed 70 million within 25 years," they said.
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/////////////////////BEARER CHEQUE VS A/ C PAYEE CHEQUE
//////////////////////WCS-RNY PNCH A/W DTH-RPAD LINE
//////////////////////THE BIG SLEEPOVR-DTH
///////////////////////Cancer and death
The poster for Pausch's "The Last Lecture"
Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer[10][11] and underwent a Whipple procedure (pancreaticoduodenectomy) on September 19, 2006 in an unsuccessful attempt to halt his pancreatic cancer.[12] He was told in August 2007 to expect a remaining three to six months of good health. He soon moved his family to Chesapeake, Virginia, a suburb near Norfolk, to be close to his wife's family. On March 13, 2008, Pausch advocated for greater federal funding for pancreatic cancer before the United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies.[13] In the week prior to this, he had been hospitalized in order to have needle aspiration of pleural effusion in his right lung.[14]
On May 2, 2008, a positron emission tomography (PET) scan showed that he had very tiny (5 millimetres (0.20 in) or less) metastases in his lungs and some lymph nodes in his chest. He also had some metastases in his peritoneal and retroperitoneal cavities. On June 26, 2008, Pausch indicated that he was considering stopping further chemotherapy because of the potential adverse side effects. He was, however, considering some immuno-therapy-based approaches.[15] On July 24, on behalf of Pausch, a friend anonymously posted a message on Pausch's webpage stating that a biopsy had indicated that the cancer had progressed further than what was expected from recent PET scans and that Pausch had "taken a step down" and was "much sicker than he had been". The friend also stated that Pausch had then enrolled in a hospice program designed to provide palliative care to those at the end of life.[15]
Wikinews has related news: "Last Lecture" Professor Randy Pausch dies at age 47
Pausch died from pancreatic cancer at his family's home in Chesapeake, Virginia on July 25, 2008. He is survived by his wife Jai, and their three children, Dylan, Logan, and Chloe.[16]
[edit] Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Main article: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams
Pausch delivered his "Last Lecture", titled Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, at CMU on September 18, 2007.[17] Randy Pausch gave an abridged version of his speech on the Oprah show in October 2007.[18][19] The talk was modeled after an ongoing series of lectures where top academics are asked to think deeply about what matters to them, and then give a hypothetical "final talk", with a topic such as "what wisdom would you try to impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance?" Before speaking, Pausch received a long standing ovation from a large crowd of over 400 colleagues and students. When he motioned them to sit down, saying, "Make me earn it," someone in the audience shouted back, "You did!"[20][10]
During the lecture, Pausch was upbeat and humorous, alternating between wisecracks, insights on computer science and engineering education, advice on building multi-disciplinary collaborations, working in groups and interacting with other people, offering inspirational life lessons, and performing push-ups on stage. He also commented on the irony that the "Last Lecture" series had recently been renamed as "Journeys", saying, "I thought, damn, I finally nailed the venue and they renamed it."[16] After Pausch finished his lecture, Steve Seabolt, on behalf of Electronic Arts—which is now collaborating with CMU in the development of Alice 3.0[21]—pledged to honor Pausch by creating a memorial scholarship for women in computer science, in recognition of Pausch's support and mentoring of women in CS and engineering.[10]
CMU president Jared Cohon spoke emotionally of Pausch's humanity and called his contributions to the university and to education "remarkable and stunning".[22] He then announced that CMU will celebrate Pausch's impact on the world by building and naming after Pausch a raised pedestrian bridge[23] to connect CMU's new Computer Science building and the Center for the Arts, symbolizing the way Pausch linked those two disciplines. Brown University professor Andries van Dam followed Pausch's last lecture with a tearful and impassioned speech praising him for his courage and leadership, calling him a role model.[22][24][25]
[edit] The Last Lecture
The Disney-owned publisher Hyperion paid $6.7 million for the rights to publish a book about Pausch called The Last Lecture, co-authored by Pausch and Wall Street Journal reporter Jeffrey Zaslow.[26] The book became a New York Times best-seller on June 22, 2008.[27] The Last Lecture expands on Pausch's speech. The book's first printing had 400,000 copies, and it has been translated into 17 languages. Despite speculation that the book would be made into a movie, Pausch had denied these rumors, stating that "there's a reason to do the book, but if it's telling the story of the lecture in the medium of film, we already have that."[28]
[edit] Media coverage
Pausch was named "Person of the Week" on ABC's World News with Charles Gibson on September 21, 2007.[29] His "Last Lecture" attracted wide attention from the international media,[30] became an Internet hit, and was viewed over a million times in the first month after its delivery.[31] On October 22, 2007, Pausch appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show where he discussed his situation and summarized his "Last Lecture".[19] On October 6, 2007, Pausch joined the Pittsburgh Steelers for the day during their regular practice, after the organization learned that one of his childhood dreams mentioned in his "Last Lecture" was to play in the NFL.[32] On April 9, 2008, the ABC network aired an hour long Diane Sawyer feature on Pausch titled "The Last Lecture: A Love Story For Your Life".[33] [34] On July 29, 2008, ABC aired a follow up to the Last Lecture special, remembering Pausch and his famous lecture.[35]
[edit] Other lectures and appearances
Pausch gave a lecture about time management[36] on November 27, 2007 at the University of Virginia, to an audience of over 850 people.[37] In March 2008, Pausch appeared in a public service announcement video[38] and testified before Congress in support of cancer research.[39] On May 18, 2008, Pausch made a surprise return appearance at Carnegie Mellon, giving a speech at the commencement ceremony,[40] as well as attending the School of Computer Science's diploma ceremony,[41] and on May 19 Pausch appeared on the Good Morning America show.[42] His lecture, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams", was nominated at the 2007 YouTube Video Awards.[43][44]
A devoted Star Trek fan, Pausch was invited by film director J. J. Abrams to film a role in the latest Star Trek movie. Abrams heard of Pausch's condition and sent a personal e-mail inviting Pausch to the set. Pausch accepted and traveled to Los Angeles, California to shoot his scene. In addition to appearing in the film, he also has a line of dialogue at the beginning of the film ("Captain, we have visual.") and donated the $217.06 paycheck to charity.[45][46][47]
//////////////////////////////////Even at the present level of immigration, we are still on target for the UK's population to exceed 70 million within 25 years," they said.
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Tuesday, 25 August 2009
CDS 260809-KOL HOL D10/14-AGTWBO
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////////////////Chapter II: Sankhya Yoga
(Krishna speaking to Arjuna)
II.39. This, which has been taught to thee, is wisdom concerning
Sankhya. Now listen to wisdom concerning Yoga(Karma Yoga), endowed
with which, O Arjuna, thou shalt cast off the bonds of action.
COMMENTARY: Lord krishna taught Jnana(knowledge) to Arjuna till
now. (Sankhya Yoga is the path of Vedanta or Jnana Yoga, which
treats of the nature of the Atman or the Self and the methods to
attain Self-realisation. It is not the Sankhya philosophy of the
sage Kapila.) He is not going to teach Arjuna the technique or
secret of Karma Yoga endowed with which he (or anybody else) can
break through the bonds of Karma. The Karma Yogi should perform
work without expectation of fruits of his actions, without
attachment, after annihilating or going beyond all pairs of
opposites such as heat and cold, gain and loss, victory and
defeat, etc. Dharma and Adharma, or merit and demerit will not
touch that Karma Yoga who works without attachment and egoism.
The Karma Yogi consecrates all his works and their fruit as
offerings unto the Lord ('Isvararpanam') and thus obtains the
grace of the Lord ('Isvaraprasada').
////////////////////KHARDAH RADHA KRISN MANDIR VISIT RECENTLY
//////////////////
////////////////Chapter II: Sankhya Yoga
(Krishna speaking to Arjuna)
II.39. This, which has been taught to thee, is wisdom concerning
Sankhya. Now listen to wisdom concerning Yoga(Karma Yoga), endowed
with which, O Arjuna, thou shalt cast off the bonds of action.
COMMENTARY: Lord krishna taught Jnana(knowledge) to Arjuna till
now. (Sankhya Yoga is the path of Vedanta or Jnana Yoga, which
treats of the nature of the Atman or the Self and the methods to
attain Self-realisation. It is not the Sankhya philosophy of the
sage Kapila.) He is not going to teach Arjuna the technique or
secret of Karma Yoga endowed with which he (or anybody else) can
break through the bonds of Karma. The Karma Yogi should perform
work without expectation of fruits of his actions, without
attachment, after annihilating or going beyond all pairs of
opposites such as heat and cold, gain and loss, victory and
defeat, etc. Dharma and Adharma, or merit and demerit will not
touch that Karma Yoga who works without attachment and egoism.
The Karma Yogi consecrates all his works and their fruit as
offerings unto the Lord ('Isvararpanam') and thus obtains the
grace of the Lord ('Isvaraprasada').
////////////////////KHARDAH RADHA KRISN MANDIR VISIT RECENTLY
//////////////////
Monday, 24 August 2009
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Thursday, 13 August 2009
RD BK-CONSOLATIONS OF PHLSPHY-BOTTON
Consolation of Philosophy (Latin: Consolatio Philosophiae) is a philosophical work by Boethius, written in about the year AD 524. It has been described as the single most important and influential work in the West on Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity, and is also the last great Western work that can be called Classical.[1][2]
///////////////DTH OF SOCRATES-FOR PHILO-LOVE OF SOPHIA-WISDOM
////////////////How climate affects mountain height
by mpeplow
A study in this week’s Natureshows that mountain height is limited by climate, rather than just by plate tectonics and the strength of the underlying crust. The study shows that when mountains reach heights where it is cold enough for the snow to form permanently, further growth is capped by the moving glaciers.
//////////////////Planet orbits star in the ‘wrong’ direction
by mpeplow
Researchers have discovered the first planet that orbits its star in the direction opposite to the star’s own spin. The planet, dubbed WASP-17b, is also the lowest density exoplanet known so far: it is only 6-14% as dense as the gas giant Jupiter, and with twice the volume of Jupiter it might also be the largest planet found to day.(ArXiv
/////////////////The Drunkard’s Walk – How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow
Much of what happens in life is a result of random factors. Talent and persistence may be factors in success, but many more ingredients are involved. So begins Leonard Mlodinow’s exhilarating ramble through probability, randomness and uncertainty.
////////////////THE HEMLOCK DTH OF SOCRATES
/////////////////to highlight just how relevant philosophy is to EVERYBODY and not just the high minded and somewhat elitist academics
////////////SOCRATES DEALING WITH UNPOPULARITY
////////////////THEN EPICUREUS DEALING WITH FRUGALITY
/////////////HAPPINESS,AN ACQUISITION LIST
/////////////////LEAVING ALL DECISIONS TO UR PNIS
//////////////unpopularity (Socrates); not having enough money (Epicurus); frustration (Seneca); inadequacy (Montaigne); broken heart (Schopenhauer); and difficulties (Nietzsche).
/////////////////////PROSPERITY FOSTERS BAD TEMPERS
////////////////////NOTHING TO BE UNEXPECTED-ANYTHING CAN OCCUR-NUE-ACO
////////////////////Socrates advises us on thriving despite unpopularity; Epicurus reassures us that it is all right to not have enough money; Seneca enlightens us on the cure for frustration; Montaigne consoles us for feeling inadequate; Schopenhauer heals our broken hearts; and Nietzsche helps us overcome our difficulties.
//////////////////BENEVOLENT FORTUNE TAKES US TO SOMNOLENCE
///////////////////////Socrates tells us to question popular opinion as there is often no truth in it. Truth is in logic.
/////////////////MAN BOSOMS
//////////////////NUE-ACO
/////////////////ANYONE AT 40 WILL HAVE A TOUCH OF MISANTHROPY-PP SCHOPENHAUER
/////////////////Epicurus tells us friends are more important than money
////////////////Seneca, who lived through the disasters such as earthquakes shattering Pompeii and the people of Rome been subjected to Nero, thought that having unrealistic world views can only cause unrealistic hopes. This results in inevitable frustations when these hopes are not met. By employing rational enquiry and philosophy to achieve a more balanced and releastic world view one can avoid these unrealistic hopes which can only cause pain.
///////////////SENECA-NUE-ACO
/////////////////MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH- NW TSTMNT
////////////////Montaigne thought we have to accept our body with all its flaws: it smells, aches, ages, etc.
KN-TCG-TALU
////////////////Schopnehauer thought our will to life (wille zum leben) forces us to choose partners whom we can have happy, healthy, intelligent offspring. Controversially, he thought that the person who made be ideal to produce the best offspring may not be ideal for us. But we must enter love with reasonable expectations so as to avoid bitterness if it fails us. If the individual remembers that he is only one of a species he may become more of a "knower" than a "sufferer".
///////////////////KNOWER OR SUFFERER-ATTITUDE-KOSA
/////////////////Nietzsche thought the more difficult the task or challenges we face, the greater our sense of achievement will be.
We should not give up if we fail but consider failure as an essential ingredient and experience to enjoying eventual success.
FLR-TATA-BONK
//////////////////////Socrates with convictions in which he was able to have rational confidence when faced with adversity. In Socrates' time, the opinion of the majority was equated with truth. He thus suffered the sad fate to be good and yet judged evil. We should therefore strive to listen to the dictates of the reason and not the dictates of public opinion.
The philosophy of Epicures places an emphasis on the importance of sexual pleasure and he promises that philosophy will guide us to superior cures and true happiness. Friendship and freedom are the two most important items on the Epicurean acquisition list.
Seneca conceived of philosophy as a discipline to assist human beings in overcoming conflicts between their wishes and reality. He saw that we must reconcile ourselves to the necessary imperfectability of existence. We will cease to be angry once we cease to be too hopeful.
Cicero claims that scholarship furnishes us with true means of living well and happily, to spend our lives without discontent and without vexation.
Montaigne saw that we have to accept our body with all its flaws: it smells, aches, ages, throbs and pulses.
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the number of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to. Actually every difficult work presents us with the choice whether to judge the author inept for not being clear, or ourselves stupid for not understanding the ideas.
For Schopenhauer, a man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues? For him, art and philosophy help us to turn pain into knowledge. "The prudent man strives for freedom from pain, not pleasure."
////////////////////////////Life? Don't talk to me about life!,
////////////////////MONO-TASKING
/////////////////.....Socrates was married to a harridan. Epicurus lived in a commune. Schopenhauer couldn't pull. Nietzsche looked like freak
//////////////har⋅ri⋅dan [hahr-i-dn] Show IPA
Use harridan in a Sentence
–noun
a scolding, vicious woman; hag; shrew.
///////////////lower, or at least, re-tune, your expectations of life.
///////////////Stroke doubles risk of some fractures: study
People who have suffered a stroke have double the risk of hip and thigh fractures compared to people who have not had a stroke, Dutch researchers report.
/////////////////
Felicity (noun)
Pronunciation: [fə lis′i tē]
Definition: (1) Happiness; bliss; anything producing happiness; good fortune; (2) A quality or knack of appropriate and pleasing expression in writing, speaking, painting, etc.; an apt expression or thought.
////////////////feist⋅y [fahy-stee] Show IPA
Use feisty in a Sentence
–adjective, feist⋅i⋅er, feist⋅i⋅est.
1. full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky: The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
2. ill-tempered; pugnacious.
3. troublesome; difficult: feisty legal problems.
///////////////DAMAGED AND ANGRY WMN
//////////////////////////At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance..... We end today a period of ill fortune, and India discovers herself again.
//////////////////////
///////////////DTH OF SOCRATES-FOR PHILO-LOVE OF SOPHIA-WISDOM
////////////////How climate affects mountain height
by mpeplow
A study in this week’s Natureshows that mountain height is limited by climate, rather than just by plate tectonics and the strength of the underlying crust. The study shows that when mountains reach heights where it is cold enough for the snow to form permanently, further growth is capped by the moving glaciers.
//////////////////Planet orbits star in the ‘wrong’ direction
by mpeplow
Researchers have discovered the first planet that orbits its star in the direction opposite to the star’s own spin. The planet, dubbed WASP-17b, is also the lowest density exoplanet known so far: it is only 6-14% as dense as the gas giant Jupiter, and with twice the volume of Jupiter it might also be the largest planet found to day.(ArXiv
/////////////////The Drunkard’s Walk – How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow
Much of what happens in life is a result of random factors. Talent and persistence may be factors in success, but many more ingredients are involved. So begins Leonard Mlodinow’s exhilarating ramble through probability, randomness and uncertainty.
////////////////THE HEMLOCK DTH OF SOCRATES
/////////////////to highlight just how relevant philosophy is to EVERYBODY and not just the high minded and somewhat elitist academics
////////////SOCRATES DEALING WITH UNPOPULARITY
////////////////THEN EPICUREUS DEALING WITH FRUGALITY
/////////////HAPPINESS,AN ACQUISITION LIST
/////////////////LEAVING ALL DECISIONS TO UR PNIS
//////////////unpopularity (Socrates); not having enough money (Epicurus); frustration (Seneca); inadequacy (Montaigne); broken heart (Schopenhauer); and difficulties (Nietzsche).
/////////////////////PROSPERITY FOSTERS BAD TEMPERS
////////////////////NOTHING TO BE UNEXPECTED-ANYTHING CAN OCCUR-NUE-ACO
////////////////////Socrates advises us on thriving despite unpopularity; Epicurus reassures us that it is all right to not have enough money; Seneca enlightens us on the cure for frustration; Montaigne consoles us for feeling inadequate; Schopenhauer heals our broken hearts; and Nietzsche helps us overcome our difficulties.
//////////////////BENEVOLENT FORTUNE TAKES US TO SOMNOLENCE
///////////////////////Socrates tells us to question popular opinion as there is often no truth in it. Truth is in logic.
/////////////////MAN BOSOMS
//////////////////NUE-ACO
/////////////////ANYONE AT 40 WILL HAVE A TOUCH OF MISANTHROPY-PP SCHOPENHAUER
/////////////////Epicurus tells us friends are more important than money
////////////////Seneca, who lived through the disasters such as earthquakes shattering Pompeii and the people of Rome been subjected to Nero, thought that having unrealistic world views can only cause unrealistic hopes. This results in inevitable frustations when these hopes are not met. By employing rational enquiry and philosophy to achieve a more balanced and releastic world view one can avoid these unrealistic hopes which can only cause pain.
///////////////SENECA-NUE-ACO
/////////////////MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH- NW TSTMNT
////////////////Montaigne thought we have to accept our body with all its flaws: it smells, aches, ages, etc.
KN-TCG-TALU
////////////////Schopnehauer thought our will to life (wille zum leben) forces us to choose partners whom we can have happy, healthy, intelligent offspring. Controversially, he thought that the person who made be ideal to produce the best offspring may not be ideal for us. But we must enter love with reasonable expectations so as to avoid bitterness if it fails us. If the individual remembers that he is only one of a species he may become more of a "knower" than a "sufferer".
///////////////////KNOWER OR SUFFERER-ATTITUDE-KOSA
/////////////////Nietzsche thought the more difficult the task or challenges we face, the greater our sense of achievement will be.
We should not give up if we fail but consider failure as an essential ingredient and experience to enjoying eventual success.
FLR-TATA-BONK
//////////////////////Socrates with convictions in which he was able to have rational confidence when faced with adversity. In Socrates' time, the opinion of the majority was equated with truth. He thus suffered the sad fate to be good and yet judged evil. We should therefore strive to listen to the dictates of the reason and not the dictates of public opinion.
The philosophy of Epicures places an emphasis on the importance of sexual pleasure and he promises that philosophy will guide us to superior cures and true happiness. Friendship and freedom are the two most important items on the Epicurean acquisition list.
Seneca conceived of philosophy as a discipline to assist human beings in overcoming conflicts between their wishes and reality. He saw that we must reconcile ourselves to the necessary imperfectability of existence. We will cease to be angry once we cease to be too hopeful.
Cicero claims that scholarship furnishes us with true means of living well and happily, to spend our lives without discontent and without vexation.
Montaigne saw that we have to accept our body with all its flaws: it smells, aches, ages, throbs and pulses.
Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the number of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to. Actually every difficult work presents us with the choice whether to judge the author inept for not being clear, or ourselves stupid for not understanding the ideas.
For Schopenhauer, a man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entertaining as his own monologues? For him, art and philosophy help us to turn pain into knowledge. "The prudent man strives for freedom from pain, not pleasure."
////////////////////////////Life? Don't talk to me about life!,
////////////////////MONO-TASKING
/////////////////.....Socrates was married to a harridan. Epicurus lived in a commune. Schopenhauer couldn't pull. Nietzsche looked like freak
//////////////har⋅ri⋅dan [hahr-i-dn] Show IPA
Use harridan in a Sentence
–noun
a scolding, vicious woman; hag; shrew.
///////////////lower, or at least, re-tune, your expectations of life.
///////////////Stroke doubles risk of some fractures: study
People who have suffered a stroke have double the risk of hip and thigh fractures compared to people who have not had a stroke, Dutch researchers report.
/////////////////
Felicity (noun)
Pronunciation: [fə lis′i tē]
Definition: (1) Happiness; bliss; anything producing happiness; good fortune; (2) A quality or knack of appropriate and pleasing expression in writing, speaking, painting, etc.; an apt expression or thought.
////////////////feist⋅y [fahy-stee] Show IPA
Use feisty in a Sentence
–adjective, feist⋅i⋅er, feist⋅i⋅est.
1. full of animation, energy, or courage; spirited; spunky; plucky: The champion is faced with a feisty challenger.
2. ill-tempered; pugnacious.
3. troublesome; difficult: feisty legal problems.
///////////////DAMAGED AND ANGRY WMN
//////////////////////////At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance..... We end today a period of ill fortune, and India discovers herself again.
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KML HSSN 50
////////////////KML HSSN ,MCHL JCKSN-BOTH 50
/////////////////////UNBEARABLE AGONY OF BEING-VES
/////////////////////MCLWP
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/////////////////////UNBEARABLE AGONY OF BEING-VES
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Monday, 10 August 2009
ADAM-TWN FLOODS
//////////MUSIC AND THE MIND
/////ANIRUDDHA PATEL TALK
//////////BRAIN SC-MUSIC
/////////CHILLS TO MUSIC-INSTRUMENTAL-ACTIVATE REWARD CRCTRY-VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA/NUCLS AMBIENS-BY DA
ALSO ACTIVATED BY FOOD
//////////we are the only musical species
//////////////CF BIRD SONG AND HUMAN MUSIC
//////////////SOUR NOTE
////////////////AMUSIA
///////////////NO ANIMAL MODELS
//////////////////GRAMMAR OF LANGUAGE VS GRAMMAR OF MUSIC-OVERLAP IN PROCESSING
//////////////////APHASIA WITHOUT AMUSIA-ALL CASES MUSICIANS
////////////////////MUSIC TRAINING CHANGES BRAIN-INCR GREY MATTER IN AUDITORY PROCESSING AREA AND FRONTAL CORTEX
//////////////////PERIODIC TEMPORAL RHYTHM SAME IN DIFFERENT PPL MUSIC
////////////////MVT WITH BEAT-ANTICIPATORY,FLEXIBLE,ROBUST,
///////////////STG-SUPR TMPRL GYRUS,PUTAMEN,LT INFR FRONTAL-INVOLVED WITH BEAT
BASAL GANGLIA ALSO INVOLVED WITH MOVEMENT
///////////////PARKINSON PT CAN WALK BETTER WITH BEATS
//////////////////WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL
///////////////BASAL GANGLIA-EVOLN CHANGE WITH VOCAL LEARNING
/////////////BG-CONTROLS AUDITORY AND MOTOR OUTPUT
/////////////MUSIC COMPLEX BUT REDUCIBLE,HAS GRAMMAR,
/////////////////////PADDY,MAIZE,WHEAT,BARLEY,MILLET-5 C CEREALS GROWN
/////////////KATHMANDU TO KOL FLIGHT 1999
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/////ANIRUDDHA PATEL TALK
//////////BRAIN SC-MUSIC
/////////CHILLS TO MUSIC-INSTRUMENTAL-ACTIVATE REWARD CRCTRY-VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA/NUCLS AMBIENS-BY DA
ALSO ACTIVATED BY FOOD
//////////we are the only musical species
//////////////CF BIRD SONG AND HUMAN MUSIC
//////////////SOUR NOTE
////////////////AMUSIA
///////////////NO ANIMAL MODELS
//////////////////GRAMMAR OF LANGUAGE VS GRAMMAR OF MUSIC-OVERLAP IN PROCESSING
//////////////////APHASIA WITHOUT AMUSIA-ALL CASES MUSICIANS
////////////////////MUSIC TRAINING CHANGES BRAIN-INCR GREY MATTER IN AUDITORY PROCESSING AREA AND FRONTAL CORTEX
//////////////////PERIODIC TEMPORAL RHYTHM SAME IN DIFFERENT PPL MUSIC
////////////////MVT WITH BEAT-ANTICIPATORY,FLEXIBLE,ROBUST,
///////////////STG-SUPR TMPRL GYRUS,PUTAMEN,LT INFR FRONTAL-INVOLVED WITH BEAT
BASAL GANGLIA ALSO INVOLVED WITH MOVEMENT
///////////////PARKINSON PT CAN WALK BETTER WITH BEATS
//////////////////WILD PARROTS OF TELEGRAPH HILL
///////////////BASAL GANGLIA-EVOLN CHANGE WITH VOCAL LEARNING
/////////////BG-CONTROLS AUDITORY AND MOTOR OUTPUT
/////////////MUSIC COMPLEX BUT REDUCIBLE,HAS GRAMMAR,
/////////////////////PADDY,MAIZE,WHEAT,BARLEY,MILLET-5 C CEREALS GROWN
/////////////KATHMANDU TO KOL FLIGHT 1999
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