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    The Lotus Eaters: Transforming Source Materials Transforming “The Lotus Eaters” allows the reader to analyze varying aspects of transforming source materials, and the contrasting emotional effects each medium has. Even though the stories are different, the theme remains unchanged. The messages about distractions and the importance of staying the course are shown in all three. In Homer’s episode the reader sees the story through the eyes of Odysseus and can feel his desire to return home. Odysseus

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    If I could have a conversation with anyone in human history for 30 minutes it would be Pasquale Rotella. Pasquale Rotella is the CEO and founder of Insomniac events, which host some of the largest electronic music festivals all around the world. I would first begin by asking Mr. Rotella what inspired him to get involved with the electronic music scene and the events that led up to him starting the company Insomniac back in 1993. While we are on the subject I would also ask him how the electronic

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    made, targeted towards the hippies, stating “I will shoot the first long hair to show up.” The use of drugs was very popular during Woodstock. Many different substances were abused. Anti- war activists would join together and form a ‘love-in.’ Psychedelic drugs were taken,such as LSD. Once the drugs set in, large masses of people would begin protesting. Drugs helped fuel their anger, causing the protesters to protest longer. Woodstock had such a major impact on the 70’s that recreations of the

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    became enormously popular due to its use and immortalization by pop culture icons like Elvis and Marilyn Monroe. This second wave of popularity receded in the 1970s due to the unintimidating instrument’s inability to compete with the guitar as psychedelic rock, heavy metal, and punk gained popularity. [Relevant Image] The contemporary resurgence of the ukulele began in the 80s. In Canada the ukulele became a part of the elementary school music curriculum. Enthusiasts from Japan, the United Kingdom

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    Somewhere between rock and roll and the psychedelic seventies is a time of protests, riots, and war. From this turbulent time in history, Stephen Stills’ penned a rhythmic tune that would become an anthem for protests, “For What It’s Worth.” However, contrary to popular thought, the author did not write the song to protest the Viet Nam war or the deaths on the Kent State campus, he wrote and recorded it to shed light on the Sunset Strip riots in Los Angeles. When Pandora’s Box, a club on the strip

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    of from choking on his vomit after a night of partying and an excessive amount of sleeping pills; also that year, Janis Joplin was found dead of a heroin overdose. Jim Morrison was found dead in a Paris apartment bathtub in 1971. Whereas the psychedelic movement embraced freedom, creativity, and love, the Seventies culture was darker, and in some ways more

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    data-based processing as our motivation and relative importance is increased. Otherwise we stand in an almost superficial stereotypical assumption of human perception. Keywords: Continuum model, social cognition, perception, attitudes, behavior, psychedelics, entheogens. The Mysteries of Perception A review of the different aspects of how personality, traits and attitude can

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    Walker & the All-Stars, the duo of Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell plus the youthful, Jackson 5 kept Motown were high on the charts. Proving it could change as musical fashion did, Motown racked up more hits imbued with psychedelic soul and funk overtones and socially conscious themes, led by producer Norman Whitfield. By the mid-1980s Motown had started losing money, and Berry Gordy sold his ownership in Motown to MCA Records and Boston Ventures in June 1988 for $61 million

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    The six psychological approaches are biological, learning or behavioral, cognitive, sociocultural, psychodynamic, and humanistic. Each approach is unique in its own way and used by psychiatrists to diagnose the problem. A biological approach is applied when the there is a known medical condition. The medical condition normally connects to mental health, and the solution comes from therapy. This particular approach looks at the whole body. The learning or behavioral approach is all about analyzing

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    “MDMA is an illegal drug that acts as both a stimulant and psychedelic, producing an energizing effect, as well as distortions in time and perception and enhanced enjoyment .” It is a synthetic, psychoactive drug that has similarities to both the stimulant amphetamine and the hallucinogen mescaline . It produces feelings

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