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Overnight Open Thread (3-30-2016)Has modern civilization lost its love for the warrior archetype? The modern heroic ideal replaces the slaying hero with the individual whose higher purpose drives him to serve others - not battle or defeat them. The highest form of this heroism occurs when such service involves risking one's own life. Lindberg points to the New York City firefighters who rushed into the World Trade Center on 9/11 and to humanitarian aid workers who travel to the world's most dangerous places. Analyzing lists of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, Lindberg spots a trend: the percentage of citations that include a life-saving narrative has escalated markedly in the modern era. "The increasing emphasis on life-saving activity over time is so starkly apparent that it is tempting to conclude that no one will get the Congressional Medal of Honor any more simply for exacting a price on the enemy," he writes. "Absent the saving function, the chance of a medal being awarded now seems vanishingly low." When Motivational Speakers Snap Here motivational speaker Eric Thomas who clawed his way up from being a homeless high school dropout in Detroit comes to speak to high school students at Vashon High School, one of the worst schools in St. Louis. But when some students keep talking and texting, Thomas goes off script at the 3:30 mark.
Now that authoritarianism has "gone global," we must confront the disconcerting prospect that the most influential antidemocratic regimes are no longer content simply to contain democracy. Instead, they want to roll it back by reversing the advances dating from the democratic surge of the late 20th century. The challenge presented by regimes in Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran is being taken to an entirely new level by virtue of their projection of illiberal values and standards beyond their own national borders. Just a decade ago, few political observers could even have imagined such a development. Scientist Claims There's Even More Evidence of Planet Nine's Existence Planet Nine! On the night of March 24 1944 RAF Flight Sergeant Nicholas Alkemade was forced to jump from his burning Lancaster bomber 18,000 feet from the ground. Without a parachute. Centring his turret and opening the doors, Alkemade was greeted by a vision of hell. His parachute was already well alight and the fierce flames seared his exposed face and wrists. His rubber oxygen mask, clamped tight over his mouth and nose began to melt. It turns out that Alkemade cheated death again at least three times after the war as well. Recently at work I've been playing with very high speed cameras in order to catch the details of fast-moving objects. But the catch with filming at a high frame rate is that the exposure time gets small and so you tend to be light-starved. Here it looks like Bullet Theory Films either acquire their video in strong daylight or use intense lights when filming inside. RSM: Amy Schumer Will Tell You What to Think (And You Must Comply) And pardon me for disagreeing with Ms. Schumer in her role as Commissar of Feminist Thought Police, but men are entitled to their own opinions about the traits they like or dislike in women. The First Rule of Prison Break Is to Never Leave a Buddy Behind Even when your buddy can't pull himself up a rope and the stolen escape helicopter is waiting. Apparently the guards at the prison in St-Jérôme, Quebec watched the whole thing. What Books Did Ernest Shackleton Take With Him on His Final Antarctic Expedition? London's Royal Geographical Society recently digitized a photograph taken aboard the Endurance in March 1915. The image shows the explorer's collection of reading material, and thanks to digital enhancement, their titles are visible for the first time. We now know that Shackleton brought dictionaries and encyclopedias with him as well as famous works of literature. Some of the notable titles include The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the Poetical Works of Shelley and Almayer's Folly by Joseph Conrad. He also brought with him a number of tomes detailing polar expeditions from the past, like Voyage to the Polar Sea and Journal of HMS Enterprise. A Baseball Mystery: The Home Run Is Back, And No One Knows Why I'd like to believe a MoneyBall effect is at work but I suspect it's more likely to be BALCO II. Man Disguised as Woman Recorded "Hours" of Mall Restroom Video: Investigators The important thing is that he self-identified as a female bathroom perv. Second look at the Boulder Porta-Potty peeper? Chrisco also said his "goddess religion" no longer involved spying on women. The Group knows your sins but doesn't care. Tonight's post brought to you by rejecting the demonstration option: Notice: Posted by implicit permission of AceCorp LLC. If you do not understand, or cannot read, all directions, cautions and warnings, do not use this product. No parking validations after 11pm. | Recent Comments
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