Los Angeles Times - Marijuana's damaging effects
Marijuana's damaging effects
Scientists say pot's health-related risks are real but small in some instances
Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in the country -- an estimated 25 million Americans smoked it within the last year and close to 100 million have smoked it at least once in their life, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Rates and severity of marijuana addiction pale in comparison to that of legal addictive drugs, alcohol and nicotine, according to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, a panel of independent experts advising the British government, in a rare head-to-head, scientific comparison.
Scientists say pot's health-related risks are real but small in some instances
Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug in the country -- an estimated 25 million Americans smoked it within the last year and close to 100 million have smoked it at least once in their life, according to the most recent National Survey on Drug Use and Health by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Rates and severity of marijuana addiction pale in comparison to that of legal addictive drugs, alcohol and nicotine, according to the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, a panel of independent experts advising the British government, in a rare head-to-head, scientific comparison.
Alan Watts & The 4 Kalpas
Alan Watts (1915-1973) who held both a master's degree in theology and a doctorate of divinity, is best known as an interpreter of Zen Buddhism in particular, and Indian and Chinese philosophy in general. He authored more than 20 excellent books on the philosophy and psychology of religion, and lectured extensively, leaving behind a vast audio archive. With characteristic lucidity and humor Watts unravels the most obscure ontological and epistemological knots with the greatest of ease
The New York Times - California Marijuana Issues
Marijuana Hotbed Retreats on Medicinal Use
By JESSE McKINLEY -NYTIMES Published: June 9, 2008
Medical marijuana was legalized under state law by California voters in 1996, and since then 11 other states have followed, even though federal law still bans the sale of any marijuana. But some frustrated residents and law enforcement officials say the California law has increasingly and unintentionally provided legal cover for large-scale marijuana growers — and the problems such big-money operations can attract.
Read full coverage at the link below*eccentric item of note* - The multi-media sidebar items are especially interesting.
NYTIMES Medicial Marijuana Issue Page
NYTIMES Medicial Marijuana Issue Page
Van Gogh Self Portrait Morph
Fantastic morphing montage of the most famous self-portratists of all time (along with Rembrandt)
www.urbandictionary.com define term= avatart
avatart
A graphical representation of a person that is overtly sexual or over revealing.
"Lindsey's avatart generated a great deal of interest in her postings."
his Masters Voice
Fred has the most personality per pound of any dog I know. And he's a husky little dog so that's a lot of personality.
Here's his version of the classic RCA Victrola add
Bunnies, Rabbits & Art from bunnylicious.org
HAPPY EASTER
Blade Runner - The Final Cut
The latest incarnation of Riddley Scott's epic "Blade Runner" has been given another editing treatment, and this is the best version by far. YouTube Trailer
The original Blade Runner (1982) was the most visionary re- imagining of the SF film, a film noir exploration of a dirty, morally ambigious future of human vs replicant, master vs slave. Unlike the utopian clean corridors of Star Wars and Logan's Run, we were presented with a future which seemed possible, if all to near if it was only forty years in the future.
The film itself had a profound impact on the direction, the look, and the vibe of science fiction. Even though 'cyber-punk'-ish stories and visiuals had been in Heavy Metal in the late 70s, the aesthetic was made real in 1980 by Blade Runner. Neuromancer by William Gibson added the element of the cyber-space and we were off to the races.
However the film had a few glaring inconsistencies, due to the sketchy production deal between the creatives and the distributers - a story that is brilliantly laid out in the documentary, Dangerous Days-The Making of Blade Runner. These movie making problems, translated to the equivalent of a splinter in the finger: small but annoying and impossible to get your mind off of once discovered.
So its better now. All the technical and story telling elements are now consistant. You can like any version that you choose * there are four including the original work-print! *. But this one is the undoubtably the best because now we can focus on the more crucial issue:
Rolling Stone's Top 25 South Park Moments
When its funny, nothing is funnier than South Park. The most consistently subversive content on tv.
A glorious Accident Part 2
Part 2 from a set of interviews and philosophical questions with six scientists and thinkers-about-science, this volume culminates in a long round table discussion among the six: Oliver Sacks, Daniel Dennett, Stephen Jay Gould, Freeman Dyson, Rupert Sheldrake and Stephen Toulmin.
Directed by Wim Kayzer, a popular Dutch journalist, specializing in cultural and scientific topics. A Glorious Accident, the series was shown in 1993 on Dutch television and in the United States on WNET TV in 1994.
A glorious Accident Part 1
A set of interviews and philosophical questions with six scientists and thinkers-about-science, this volume culminates in a long round table discussion among the six: Oliver Sacks, Daniel Dennett, Stephen Jay Gould, Freeman Dyson, Rupert Sheldrake and Stephen Toulmin.
Directed by Wim Kayzer, a popular Dutch journalist, specializing in cultural and scientific topics. A Glorious Accident, the series was shown in 1993 on Dutch television and in the United States on WNET TV in 1994.
Directed by Wim Kayzer, a popular Dutch journalist, specializing in cultural and scientific topics. A Glorious Accident, the series was shown in 1993 on Dutch television and in the United States on WNET TV in 1994.
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