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In the series, Curtis argues that computers have failed to liberate humanity, and instead have "distorted and simplified our view of the world around us." [2] The title is taken from a 1967 poem of the same name by Richard Brautigan. [3] The first episode was originally broadcast at 9 pm on 23 May 2011. [2]
Ken Burns has said that he chose the topic of the Shakers in large part because his first project, the Oscar-nominated Brooklyn Bridge, was devoted to urban American history; Shakerism offered him an opportunity to explore rural American history.
The realisation of this True Will is itself the Great Work, as expressed in the Benediction at the end of Crowley's Gnostic Mass, where the Priest blesses the congregation with the words: The LORD bring you to the accomplishment of your true Wills, the Great Work, the Summum Bonum, True Wisdom and Perfect Happiness. [5]
Now a couple, they have devoted the last few years to exposing what they say is a complicated web of environmental and worker safety violations that they worry could make the landfill hazardous.
By Max Nisen It's easy to look at successful people and explain their achievements as the product of luck - being in the right place at the right time or being born with extraordinary talent.
One woman who was said to have been cured of spinal cancer threw away her brace and ran across the stage at Kuhlman's command; her spine collapsed the next day and she died four months later. [11] [17] Nolen's analysis of Kulhman came in for criticism from believers.
Great Work (Latin: magnum opus) is a term used in Hermeticism and occult traditions descended from it, such as Thelema. [1] Accomplishing the Great Work, symbolized as the creation of the philosopher's stone, represents the culmination of the spiritual path, the attainment of enlightenment, or the rescue of the human soul from the unconscious forces which bind it.
Copycat investing sounds good in theory. Buffett even admitted in a 2009 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting, “I did the same thing when I was young.” However, the Wizard of Omaha offered a word ...