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by Robert Hedges ©

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world The unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man- George Bernard Shaw
Millionaries are:
Trump - " The Art of the Deal "

Druids - Honor the Gods - Do no injustice - maintain manly behavior.
Truth in heart - Strength in Arm - Honesty in Speech - Celts to St Patrick
Robin D. Givhan - The Washington Post - Courier Journal Sunday 31 December 1995 -H3 - edited by R Hedges - FETISH -
A man who wears nothing but nondescript dark suits is trying to hide his sexuality. A woman who constantly changes her hair-style is subconsciously flaunting her sexuality.

Men do not wear body-revealing clothes because they associate them with submissiveness and powerlessness. Women who love shoes have a closet full of phallic symbols.

"When you are talking about people's bodies and clothes related to the body, you're talking about sexuality, " says Valarie Steele.
In her fashion book, "Fetish: Fashion, Sex & Power" Steele studies such items as vinyl catsuits, high heels black leather jackets and women's lingerie to try to understand how sexual power is conveyed through clothing.
"In a sense everybody has their own kind of fetish. Everyone has certain body parts and certain kinds of clothes that they find attractive, " Steele says. "That is perfectly normal."
"Any article of clothing can be fetishized, " says Steele, a cultural historian and professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology. The feeling can generally range from a minor fixation to intense need. But the line between a fetishist and a normalist is really quite permeable.
Everyone doesn't necessarily get a little sexual rush from a push-up bra or a pair of jodhpurs. Fetishism, Steele writes, " needs to be conceptualized along a continuum of intensities. "
Some men are attracted to women who wear high heels. Some men are attracted only to women who wear high heels. Some men need women to wear high heels during intercourse. And some men just need the high heels.
Ultimately, one of the main reasons we look at fetishism, Steele says, is because it's an extreme form of power clothing. Fetishism, she says, simply highlights things that are ubiquitous in ordinary clothes.

Leather . . . is associated with hyper-masculinity and power. It's like a kind of armor. Your Armani suit is definitely a power uniform. Your Chanel suit is a power uniform. It doesn't have to be a latex or leather. It just has to make you feel more in control.

And there are those who are trying desperately to dress as if their clothing has no significance. " I think many politicians are wearing this kind of camouflage, Steele says. Their clothes say " I am Mr. Normal. I am Mr. Average" . . . More and more they're dressing like spies. . .

PSYCHICS -
The eyes process an energy source called photons. The human primate cannot realize the existence of photons except by the eyes. (organs which process an energy source called photons). There are fish which do not process photons. Most animals only process black and white shades. Color is not processed without processors. A blind person does not recognize photons at all.
The brain operates by two different energy sources. The brain utilizes both electrical and magnetic energy types, separately.
Suppose the psychic individual has a processor which recognizes some energy source which the less gifted does not recognize. ?
The future areas of study which are important are :
Rates of professional individuals. What is a professional farm/land developer manager worth in comparison ?
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not;
nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education alone will not;
the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
Calvin Coolidge
. . . level of motivation, perseverence and ability . . . .more promise for law study than the son of a rich alumnus . . .who has taken less advantage of the vastly superior opportunities offered him.
DeFunis v Odegaard, US ( )

Nagel = Equal Treatment and Compensatory Discriminations = Phil & Pub Affs 348, 362 (1973) fbb at 357.

The greatest injustice in this society is neither racial nor sexual, but intellectual. I do not mean that some people are more intelligent than others. Nor do I mean that society rewards people differently simply on the basis of their intelligence. Usually it does not. Nevertheless, it provides on the average much larger rewards for tasks that require superior intelligence thah for those that do not. This is simply the way things work out in a technologically advanced society with a market economy. It does not reflect a social judgment that smart people deserve the opportunity to make more money than the dumb people. They may deserve richer educational opportunities, but they do not therefore deserve the material wealth that goes with it. Similar things could be said about society's differential reward for achievements facilitated by other talents or gifts, like beauty, athletic ability, musicality, etc. 

Psysiological Reactions:
    headaches
    perspiring hands
    sexual difficulties
    increased heart rate
    fluttery feeling in the stomach
    weight loss or gain
    constipation or diarrhea
    shaking hands
    excessive perspiration
    rapid breathing

Behavior Signals:
    aggression
    difficulty in making up one's mind
    restlessness
    inability to relax
    sleep problems
    interpesonal problems
    hyperactivity
    nail-biting

Psychological Responses:
    depression
    anxiety
    loss of confidence
    feeling of strain
    feelings of helplessness
    excessive concer about the future
    hopelessenss
    anger
    frustration
    boredom
    disorganization
    apathy
    indecisiveness
    irritability
  • eyes top right = creativity - create future
  • eyes bottom right = emotional reaction
  • eyes bottom left = recall & think through
  • eyes top left = memory replay
Laughter - that which does not match established ways of thinking makes us laugh - a surprise connection of two illogical thoughts causes neural misfiring in the higher (frontal lobes) cortex - creating a unique reaction in the limbic system resulting in an intense feeling of enjoyment - pleasure - 180 degree turns in thoughts make the neuron explosions in the frontal lobe much crisper - neurons pop crisply, or they have built-up an immunity and do not pop.
using a stick to get a banana is not intelligence
using a stick to get a longer stick to get a banana is intelligence.

[there are] . . qualities which are incapable of objective measurement, but which make for a greatness in law school. Such qualities, to name but a few, include reputation of the faculty, experience of the administration, position and influence of the alumni, standing in the community, traditions and prestige. DeFunis v Odegaard, US ( )

KY crop land averages $1250.00 per acre. It averaged $1136.00 last year. The National average is $832 "up" from $823 in 1982 which is really 33% less when adjusted for inflation.

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