Winning Arguments

Some winning comments from /r/CMV:

1. 

CMV:Having a disadvantaged upbringing in terms of abuse or just poverty leads to a severe disadvantage at near all later parts of life.

You're right in some respects but if you manage to overcome then you have a major advantage in some workplace situations: chaos management.
I can't tell you how often my coworkers will have trouble dealing with the changes, unknowns, and chaos that sometimes takes place, stressing out over them and reducing thier effectiveness while I just sit there happy as a clam knowing I'm going to go home and eat a good meal with my wife once I get it all sorted out and leave.

would you say then that if you are able to overcome the obstacles and still get into a strong life position that you are better off if not the same?

I can say for certain I am in a very strong position, but I am behind from playing a bit of catch up to get up to where others that were middle class with a better home life are, but I'm noticed for promotions and raises quicker
And I do want to stress that it's a big if, and I had a very good role model to help me despite everything else

2. 


Gaana

It is characterised as a fastbeat song, with less emphasis on meaning, sung at a celebration. Initially, this was very popular with Indians from Chennai to relax while doing stressful work. It gained further popularity when a few songs were used in Tamil cinema.

Students from most of the colleges in Chennai and surroundings will sing the gaana in the bus and train they use to commute to college from their home. They choose buses or trains because singing attracts the attention of 'the figures', a term used in Chennai for pretty girls, and they need the metal or windows of the vehicle to generate a beat.

Though the song sung does have lighter meaning, there are a few unique signifiers of Gaana which include:

It should not have more than 4–5 words per line.

The words at the end of lines should be rhythmic.

It must be sung at more than normal pace, so that words are not clear. This is mandatory for the lines containing some words.

It should be accompanied by the beats of dappa or the metal sheets of a bus or train.

It should be in 6 8 time signature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rgaP56NV4M

They often use an urumi drum:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iYgrWx-rO8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDVybAETue0


People of Interest





Notes on a house

- Large windows facing the morning sun, otherwise a house becomes too cool and dank. You need the morning sun to dry it out and warm it up. The summer issue can be dealt with by using an exterior wall, with window openings, outside the glass wall, or the glass wall can be a sunroom which can be closed off to the main interior with doors and windows.
- Glass cupboards.
- Walls of windows with trees growing outside them.
- Straight entrance ways with a double-door, so that things can be moved in and out easily.
- shelves built into the walls, like into the office. This is easier than moving wooden shelves, and there is no backside to clean.
- The square/rectangular house, with one side entrance way and bathroom/kitchen/dining room/living room, and one side a hallway with bedrooms. Hall closets on both ends of the hall, maybe.
- Straw bale walls for insulation of sound, thicker the better. The house can simply be rebuilt every 40 or 50 years to keep a fresh house.
- A fireplace with seating around the table.
- Enough wall space in the living room to place a seat by a window, a piano, a bookcase, a long TV bookcase, and a window-wall area (not yet known), as well as the fireplace.
- Living room and dining room could be separated by a wall with a window/bar style window).

Films Worth Seeing

What is a good movie to watch?

FRENCH MOVIES

The Kidnapping Of Michel Houellebecq



Year of the Jellyfish, by Christopher Frank


Besides JLG's early films







 Betty Blue, by Jean-Jacques Beineix. Betty enters the life of a man, and they meet friends and go through various events.


Belle de Jour is an alright movie, but not amazing. Catherine Deneuve enters work in a brothel in France.



The Persians, According to Herodotus

Herodotus (484-425 BCE) the Greek historian who wrote extensively on the Persian Empire, here describes Persian customs as they would have been practiced around the year 430 BCE at Susa and other Persian communities. The passage, from Book I of his Histories, is interesting in the way Herodotus contrasts the behavior and values of the Persians with those of the Greeks, with the Persians seeming to come off more favorably:

I.131. The customs which I know the Persians to observe are the following: they have no images of the gods, no temples nor altars, and consider the use of them a sign of folly. This comes, I think, from their not believing the gods to have the same nature with men, as the Greeks imagine. Their wont, however, is to ascend the summits of the loftiest mountains, and there to offer sacrifice to Zeus, which is the name they give to the whole circuit of the firmament. They likewise offer to the sun and moon, to the earth, to fire, to water, and to the winds. These are the only gods whose worship has come down to them from ancient times. At a later period they began the worship of Urania, which they borrowed from the Arabians and Assyrians. Mylitta is the name by which the Assyrians know this goddess, whom the Arabians call Alitta, and the Persians Mitra.

THERE IS NO NATION WHICH SO READILY ADOPTS FOREIGN CUSTOMS AS THE PERSIANS.

I.132. To these gods the Persians offer sacrifice in the following manner: they raise no altar, light no fire, pour no libations; there is no sound of the flute, no putting on of chaplets, no consecrated barley-cake; but the man who wishes to sacrifice brings his victim to a spot of ground which is pure from pollution, and there calls upon the name of the god to whom he intends to offer. It is usual to have the turban encircled with a wreath, most commonly of myrtle. The sacrificer is not allowed to pray for blessings on himself alone, but he prays for the welfare of the king, and of the whole Persian people, among whom he is of necessity included. He cuts the victim in pieces, and having boiled the flesh, he lays it out upon the tenderest herbage that he can find, trefoil especially. When all is ready, one of the Magi comes forward and chants a hymn, which they say recounts the origin of the gods. It is not lawful to offer sacrifice unless there is a Magus present. After waiting a short time the sacrificer carries the flesh of the victim away with him, and makes whatever use of it he may please.

I.133. Of all the days in the year, the one which they celebrate most is their birthday. It is customary to have the board furnished on that day with an ampler supply than common. The richer Persians cause an ox, a horse, a camel, and an ass to be baked whole and so served up to them: the poorer classes use instead the smaller kinds of cattle. They eat little solid food but abundance of dessert, which is set on table a few dishes at a time; this it is which makes them say that "the Greeks, when they eat, leave off hungry, having nothing worth mention served up to them after the meats; whereas, if they had more put before them, they would not stop eating." They are very fond of wine, and drink it in large quantities. To vomit or obey natural calls in the presence of another is forbidden among them. Such are their customs in these matters.

It is also their general practice to deliberate upon affairs of weight when they are drunk; and then on the morrow, when they are sober, the decision to which they came the night before is put before them by the master of the house in which it was made; and if it is then approved of, they act on it; if not, they set it aside. Sometimes, however, they are sober at their first deliberation, but in this case they always reconsider the matter under the influence of wine.

I.134. When they meet each other in the streets, you may know if the persons meeting are of equal rank by the following token: if they are, instead of speaking, they kiss each other on the lips. In the case where one is a little inferior to the other, the kiss is given on the cheek; where the difference of rank is great, the inferior prostrates himself upon the ground. Of nations, they honor most their nearest neighbors, whom they esteem next to themselves; those who live beyond these they honor in the second degree; and so with the remainder, the further they are removed, the less the esteem in which they hold them. The reason is that they look upon themselves as very greatly superior in all respects to the rest of mankind, regarding others as approaching to excellence in proportion as they dwell nearer to them; whence it comes to pass that those who are the farthest off must be the most degraded of mankind. Under the dominion of the Medes, the several nations of the empire exercised authority over each other in this order. The Medes were lords over all, and governed the nations upon their borders, who in their turn governed the States beyond, who likewise bore rule over the nations which adjoined on them. And this is the order which the Persians also follow in their distribution of honor; for that people, like the Medes, has a progressive scale of administration and government.

I.135. There is no nation which so readily adopts foreign customs as the Persians. Thus, they have taken the dress of the Medes, considering it superior to their own; and in war they wear the Egyptian breastplate. As soon as they hear of any luxury, they instantly make it their own: and hence, among other novelties, they have learnt unnatural lust from the Greeks. Each of them has several wives, and a still larger number of concubines. Next to prowess in arms, it is regarded as the greatest proof of manly excellence to be the father of many sons. Every year the king sends rich gifts to the man who can show the largest number: for they hold that number is strength. Their sons are carefully instructed from their fifth to their twentieth year, in three things alone---to ride, to draw the bow, and to speak the truth. Until their fifth year they are not allowed to come into the sight of their father, but pass their lives with the women. This is done that, if the child die young, the father may not be afflicted by its loss.

I.139. They hold it unlawful to talk of anything which it is unlawful to do. The most disgraceful thing in the world, they think, is to tell a lie; the next worst, to owe a debt: because, among other reasons, the debtor is obliged to tell lies. If a Persian has the leprosy he is not allowed to enter into a city, or to have any dealings with the other Persians; he must, they say, have sinned against the sun. Foreigners attacked by this disorder, are forced to leave the country: even white pigeons are often driven away, as guilty of the same offence. They never defile a river with the secretions of their bodies, nor even wash their hands in one; nor will they allow others to do so, as they have a great reverence for rivers. There is another peculiarity, which the Persians themselves have never noticed, but which has not escaped my observation. Their names, which are expressive of some bodily or mental excellence, all end with the same letter---the letter which is called San by the Dorians, and Sigma by the Ionians. Any one who examines will find that the Persian names, one and all without exception, end with this letter.

I.140. Thus much I can declare of the Persians with entire certainty, from my own actual knowledge. There is another custom which is spoken of with reserve, and not openly, concerning their dead. It is said that the body of a male Persian is never buried, until it has been torn either by a dog or a bird of prey. That the Magi have this custom is beyond a doubt, for they practice it without any concealment. The dead bodies are covered with wax, and then buried in the ground.

The Magi are a very peculiar race, different entirely from the Egyptian priests, and indeed from all other men whatsoever. The Egyptian priests make it a point of religion not to kill any live animals except those which they offer in sacrifice. The Magi, on the contrary, kill animals of all kinds with their own hands, excepting dogs and men. They even seem to take a delight in the employment, and kill, as readily as they do other animals, ants and snakes, and such like flying or creeping things. However, since this has always been their custom, let them keep to it. Buying and selling in a marketplace is a custom unknown to the Persians, who never make purchases in open marts, and indeed have not in their whole country a single market-place.

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Word Clouds of Trump Speeches

Congress speech

Inauguration speech

Rally speech in Florida
Immigration speech

Black History Month comments

What the government gives it can take away

A word could of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights


A word cloud of the Bill of Rights

Tha

http://tha.jp/

Coercive Diplomacy

Definition of coercive diplomacy:

"Diplomacy which threatens actions which are going to hurt an entity."

Re: North Korea ....

In the past two administration, sanctions against North Korea were very ineffective and weak. Now, because of recent changes (China showing great concern over North Korea threatening their core interests and so might hold back food and fuel; and the U.S. threat of military action becoming credible) sanctions could be more effective.

China's considerations: A war in the Korean peninsula would be very detrimental core interests. South Korea or Japan going nuclear is also detrimental to their core interests.

Not China alone, but China and the U.S. working together could put together a powerful set of disincentives that might be effective.

SOURCE: Former Secretary of Defence William Perry, speaking to PBS NewsHour


One Hundred Years


Coachella 2017 music videos

https://www.youtube.com/user/coachella

Vancouver and Toronto house prices

http://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/is-owning-a-home-the-best-job-in-town/

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/economy/canadas-50-most-important-economic-charts-for-2016/

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How much will producers spend on a film?

Is there a ceiling to the budget you can expect a studio / producer will accept when you write a script?

$15m

This is the answer from Lionsgate's Michael Burns. When you go to numbers like $30, $45, these are numbers that can break the producers. At $15, even if the film doesn't do all that well, they can still recover the money.

Why Did Vine Die?

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/10/twitter-is-killing-vine-here-are-the-5-reasons-why.html


Lionsgate


Published on 3 Dec 2012

Gary Lucchesi and Lionsgate Vice Chairman Michael Burns offers some insights and advice about the entertainment industry.

From "Lionsgate Rising" - 2012 Produced By Conference

Michael Burns
Vice Chairman of Lionsgate
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122800/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_...

More from "Lionsgate Rising":
http://youtu.be/brW4hSfavQc
http://youtu.be/XcT2VOUbZGU


Cochella 2017 Acts

Friday, April 14th *all times PDT

3:35pm - Klangstof (Gobi)
4:15pm - Joseph (Mojave)
5:00pm - The Lemon Twigs (Gobi)
5:45pm - Stormzy (Outdoor)
6:30pm - BROODS (Mojave)
7:20pm - Big Gigantic (Sahara)
8:20pm - Crystal Castles (Sahara)
9:10pm - Mac Miller (Sahara)
10:00pm - Steve Angello (Sahara)
11:00pm - Empire of the Sun (Sahara)
11:55pm Dillon Francis (Sahara)

Saturday, April 15th *all times PDT

3:35pm - Blossoms (Outdoor)
4:20pm - Shura (Mojave)
5:00pm - Banks & Steelz (Outdoor)
5:45pm - Autograf (Sahara)
6:35pm - Little Dragon (Gobi/Friday)
7:25pm - Mura Masa (Mojave)
8:15pm - Gryffin (Sahara)
9:10pm - Tory Lanez (Sahara)
10:00pm - Röyksopp (Sahara)
10:55pm -Martin Garrix (Sahara)
12:05am - Classixx (Mojave)

Sunday, April 16th *all times PDT

3:35pm - Majid Jordan (Mojave/Sat)
4:25pm - Anna Lunoe (Sahara)
5:15pm - Nao (Gobi)
6:05pm - Honne (Mojave)
6:55pm - Kaytranada (Sahara)
8:10pm - DJ Khaled (Sahara)
9:00pm - Galantis (Sahara)
9:55pm - Marshmello (Sahara)
10:50pm - Justice (Outdoor)

Friday, April 14th *all times PDT

3:35pm - Preservation Hall Jazz Band (Main)
4:25pm - SOHN (Gobi)
5:10pm - Sampha (Mojave)
6:00pm - Francis & the Lights (Gobi)
6:50pm - Oh Wonder (Outdoor)
7:40pm - BANKS (Gobi)
8:30pm - Richie Hawtin (Mojave)
9:30pm - Jagwar Ma (Gobi)
10:20pm - DJ Shadow (Mojave)
11:20pm - Travis Scott (Outdoor)
12:15am - Capital Cities (Mojave)

Saturday, April 15th *all times PDT

3:35pm - Arkells (Outdoor)
3:55pm - Kaleo (Gobi)
4:45pm - Car Seat Headrest (Mojave)
5:40pm - The Atomics (Gobi)
6:25pm - Róisín Murphy (Gobi)
7:15pm - DREAMCAR (Gobi)
8:05pm - Moderat (Mojave)
9:05pm - Warpaint (Gobi)
10:45pm - DJ Snake (Outdoor)
12:00am - Gucci Mane (Sahara)

Sunday, April 16th *all times PDT

3:35pm - Grace Mitchell (Gobi)
4:25pm - Preoccupations (Mojave)
5:15pm - GoldLink (Mojave)
6:10pm - Jack Garratt (Gobi)
7:00pm - Kiiara (Mojave)
7:50pm - Tycho (Outdoor/Sat.)
8:40pm - Hans Zimmer (Outdoor)
9:45pm - Kehlani (Mojave)
10:30pm - New Order (Mojave)

Friday, April 14th *all times PDT

3:35pm - Tennis (Mojave)
4:10pm - King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard (Outdoor)
5:00pm - Bonobo (Main)
5:50pm - Mac DeMarco (Outdoor)
6:55pm - Glass Animals (Main)
7:45pm - Father John Misty (Main)
8:45pm - Phantogram (Outdoor)
9:35pm - The xx (Main)
10:40pm - Radiohead (Main)

Saturday, April 15th *all times PDT

3:35pm - Local Natives (Main)
4:30pm - Chicano Batman (Outdoor)
5:15pm - The Head and The Heart (Main)
6:10pm - Bastille (Outdoor)
7:15pm - Two Door Cinema Club (Main)
8:20pm - Future (Main)
9:15pm - ScHoolboy Q (Outdoor)
10:15pm - Bon Iver (Main)
11:20pm - Lady Gaga (Main)

Sunday, April 16th *all times PDT

3:35pm - Ezra Fuhrman (Outdoor)
4:25pm - Whitney (Outdoor)
5:15pm -Toots & The Maytals (Main)
6:10pm - Grouplove (Main)
7:15pm - Future Islands (Outdoor)
8:10pm - Tove Lo (Mojave)
8:55pm - Porter Robinson & Madeon (Main)
9:50pm - Lorde (Main) 
10:45pm - Kendrick Lamar (Main) 

Winning Arguments

Some winning comments from /r/CMV: 1.  CMV:Having a disadvantaged upbringing in terms of abuse or just poverty leads to a severe disadva...