A biographical video documentary giving a balanced look at New York's charismatic, German-born Dr. Max Jacobson (1900-1979), one of my childhood physicians.
Flourishing in the '50s and '60s, he later ran into professional trouble over amphetamines -- "speed" -- he allegedly administered to celebrities including,
President John F. Kennedy, and Jackie Kennedy, Cecil B. De Mille, Alan Jay Lerner, Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams, Anthony Quinn and a host of others.
He played a role at the historic JFK-Khrushchev summit in Vienna in 1961, and has been the controversial subject of 16 books.
Available on DVD through CreateSpace.com, Amazon.com and mkasindorf@gmail.com.
Clearly
the whole thing got out of control, but I have to say Jacobson was on
to something. IF USED CORRECTLY, amphetamines cause an overall
performance enhancing effect in the majority of people, and are rather
benign. Methamphetamine is neurotoxic in high doses but
dextroamphetamine is not. Proper usage of dextroamphetamine (ie, dose,
frequency, roa) very often is an excellent, truly helpful and effective
medication...not only those with "ADD." PROPER usage. 5-120mg a day
depending on several factors. More than 120, even in the most extreme
cases, imo is unwarranted. 20-60mg seems to be the average sweet spot
for the majority. "Drugs" and human beings have always been connected.
Its about using them the correct way...the negative press is due to
PEOPLE and their inability to moderate, not the drugs. The more we as a
society can take off the blinders about substances, the closer we get
to living symbiotically with these performance enhancing, pain
relieving, mind expanding, etc substances. The prohibitionist attitude
of the last hundred years has proven that the human/drug relationship
WILL NEVER GO AWAY, NOR SHOULD IT. We can learn and grow with the use
of drugs. Or we can destroy ourselves with them. This anachronistic,
infantile, unscientific approach to substances is one of the sadder
realities of modern human life. Hopefully its not long for this world.
Truth can't be held down forever, it'll always find a way out.
(I AM TALKING OF THE PROPER, CORRECT USE OF SUBSTANCES)!!!!!!!
THANK
YOU! A voice of reason. Amphetamines can be used safely for many
ailments in low doses. It's not a crime to feel good & function at
your highest capacity. If you're bipolar, schizophrenic or have heart
problems, you should probably steer clear. But many of the "greats"
used amphetamines for decades, including Paul Erdos, Ayn Rand (whom I
hate but she's still considered great by some) and Kerouac.
Half the drugs prescribed for depression & other psych ailments
today simply don't work. The old stuff--MAOI's, amphetamines &
barbiturates--actually worked. Those drugs were innovations; now all we
have is "me too" drugs.
This
was a very well done Mr. Kasindorf. This was a much more balanced, well
documented view of Jacobson than the book "Dr. Feelgood," which lapsed
into wacko conspiracy theories. Nice work sir.
Who
wants to play the doctor, I'll be the movie star OK? What... WAHHABI
anyway, just say you are a doctor, any doctor, of course you want to
respect the law and never, would you put your patients' health at risk
but... Knock knock knock, there's someone at the door: IT'S JFK, and he
is begging you to help him because he has to go very very far to negotiate peace on earth, forever... and only you can help so what do
you do, WHAT DO YOU DO?
Amphetamines
are neither miracle elixirs nor a deadly plague. As with most things,
the truth is somewhere in the middle. While effective for ADHD,
narcolepsy & lethargic depression, amphetamines can be devastating
for people with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia or a history of drug
abuse. And injecting any drug isn't wise. But the way things are
learned in medicine is by trial & error. Even today.
Amphetamines may have been overused, but they're relatively safe even
long-term when used responsibly (i.e. taken in prescribed doses by mouth
in people who need them) in healthy people without major heart
problems.
This
is the most interesting and intriguing documentary. Dr. Max certainly
did effect so many well known lives with his medicine. Interesting,
prior to me ever hearing of this doctor or seeing this documentary, I
always wondered how the famous always appear so upbeat and energetic.
They always look so refreshed. Now I can only imagine how they do it.
Amazing Dr. Max isn't more widely known.
...Oh yeah, the menu... ignore the fancy menu posted on the wall. The one with stuff like boar, deer and duck.
There's none of that, that menu is just for show.
Today's choices were: teppanyaki with chicken and tofu with meat.
Plus the usual sides of kimchi, gyoza and tempura (which consisted mostly of onions).
And thank goodness, because that was enough to creep me out. The monkey did her shtick of delivering hot towels for about 30 minutes and then disappeared behind the bar.
Fukuchan getting friendly with customers.
That was our cue to pay and leave.
Oh yeah, speaking of paying... Our bill should have been 2200 yen (teppanyaki 900yen x2, plus oolong tea 200 yen x2), but we were charged 2600 yen and no explanation was forthcoming as to why.
I was planning to leave a tip for the monkey (the sign on the wall asks you to do just that), but after being overcharged 400 yen,
I changed my mind.
Fukuchan sans the creepy mask
Conclusion: it was interesting for one night, but we won't be back.
I can ignore nasty attitude (god knows, I have plenty of that myself) but I won't put up with being ripped off.
Here's a short film, sorry about the cellphone camera quality.
Still, it's a creepy place, definitely not my favorite.
Do you want a hot towel?
We were being purposely ignored for about 30 minutes.
So much effort went into that ignoring that I was beginning to worry that mamma-San and her helper might sprain their necks from turning their heads to avoid looking at us.
But when we finally managed to place our order (teppanyaki x2 and oolong tea x2), the food arrived relatively quickly.
Mamma-San's helper for some very strange reason insisted on explaining the menu to us in English.
Even though Dr. Trouble was answering her in perfect Japanese.
We were bored today and thought that seeing a couple of monkeys in goofy costumes would be a swell idea.
No, we didn't go to a cosplay event, we went to Kayabuki.
Kayabuki is a restaurant (actually, an izakaya, to be precise) in the Miyukihoncho part of Utsunomiya
oh god, this is terrible and grotesque. i was searching for human mask by Pierre huyghe ....but this somehow explains where the story started initially. alas.....very weird, creepy and perverted... mockery to mankind and animals
i installed spybot s&D after avg because i had a virus
thing...well, anyway, things are looking much slower around here. and
i'm wondering if avg does realtime scans like spybot's teatime, and
which one should i keep in that mode if yes.
and in the forums' collective experience: is there any advantage or
disadvantage to having both installed on an old dELL computer with not
much memory anyway [RUNNING WINDOWS xp + sp2] which probably also has
security running?
what i'm asking is, if you haVE a recommendation to EITHER reset
SETTINGS for Type or Frequency or Realtime [TEATIME?] so that my PC
performance is Affected as little as possible.
Also, i'm wondering what the common thought is about needing both spybot and avg?
Do they do the same thing? DEPENDING ON THE ANSWER: which one would you
recommend, regarding my slowed-down system, EITHER UNINSTALLING OR
ADJUSTING FOR MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY.
EVEN TYPING THIS EMAIL, I HAVE TO WAIT FIVE SECONDS FOR THE LETTERS TO
APPEAR. I'M ALSO GETTING VIRTUAL MEMORY LOW POPUPS, AND I SWEAR I'VE
GONE IN AND SWITCHED EVERYTHING FROM VISUAL TO CACHE TO DELETING TEMPS
THAT IS RECOMMENDED.
I RUN ON FLOCK BETA, WHICH I KNOW IS A CHUNK, BUT WHEN I READ THAT
SPYBOT WOULD IMPROVE PERFORMANCE I GUESS I SET MY HOPES TO HIGH;
HOWEVER, I DO FEEL THAT IT'S A GREAT ADVANTAGE AND WOULD HATE TO HAVE TO
UNINSTALL, SO I'M LOOKING FOR SUGGESTIONS.
and in the forums' collective experience: is
there any advantage or disadvantage to having both installed on an old
dELL computer with not much memory anyway [RUNNING WINDOWS xp + sp2]
which probably also has security running?
Waiting for five seconds for a letter to appear sounds pretty bad.
Make sure you are running the latest version of AVG (8.x). You said you
have a 'virus'? Have you run a scan with AVG and did it detect
anything?
Re (quote): There shouldn't be any disadvantages of running Spybot and
AVG alongside one another. Problem is, do you have the resources (more
interested in your processor and RAM)? The "security" in Windows XP SP2
is more like the patches that Microsoft provides you that plugs in
exploits and vulnerability holes. Besides the default firewall they
provide you with, there's no much security unless you install
anti-virus.
Originally Posted by mrjyn
Also, i'm wondering what the common thought is about needing both spybot and avg?
True, that both software include Resident Shields but they do not
work the same way. AVG will prompt you of opening a malicious file and
offer to block it, delete it, or quarantine it. Spybot, however, works a
different way. Briefly describing it, Spybot's Resident Shield
(TeaTimer) will prompt you of critical registry changes with includes
Browser BHOs, Startup entries, toolbars, ActiveX, etc. It's pretty
useful. http://www.safer-networking.org/en/faq/33.html
-
I run AVG & SpyBot on all my machines without any
difficulty...except for really old, slow machines. I just installed Win
XP SP3 on a 500MHz Celeron with only 192MB of RAM, and in order for
this to run acceptably I had to disable AVG's scheduled scans, and most
importantly, disable TeaTimer. TeaTimer is a resident process which
monitors in real time all other processes for potential registry access -
this can really bog down an old machine. I had exactly the same
symptoms you're having.
To disable TeaTimer, first uncheck all the TeaTimer options in the
SpyBot icon on the system bar. Next, you can either run msconfig and
uncheck TeaTimer on the Startup tab, or better yet, use an applet like
"Startup Control Panel" from www.mlin.net,
which is far better than modifying the load sequence from msconfig.
Also, don't stop TeaTimer from TaskManager - that can result in an
unstable system. Just disable it in the startup sequence, then reboot.
I think you can also just disable TeaTimer directly in SpyBot from
Mode->Advanced mode->Tools->Resident.
Also, be aware of what you're losing: TeaTimer is a significant aspect
of SpyBot...but if it makes the machine unusable it's better to disable
it.
Disabling the AVG scheduled scan is, in my view, the best option anyway.
Just manually start a scan when you're not going to be using the
machine for a bit. You can tell when it's scanning because the AVG icon
will have a white triangle in it.
Last edited by skrekk; 2009-03-18 at 22:32.
Reason: more info
thank you very much for the detailed, comprehensive advice.
i have not explored or initiated any of the suggested changes yet,
because i wanted to write first and personally thank someone so helpful.
let me give you a few particulars, which i was reprimanded for omitting
on my first post here, and before i do something which may not be
necessary.
i have my avg set to run at a particular time. i definitely notice
significant slowing, which i accept as normal if during its run i happen
to be on computer.
Being ignorant to most inner workings of my PC [except what i learned by fire, recently, when completely wiping the old xp because of a dll virus, which gave me the screen of death]]
i learned quite a few basics from the cleaning windows xp for dummies book.
Wiping the xp and reinstalling was the best thing that I've ever done
and one of the most frustrating. But, that said, it's not that it runs
faster, plus it still freezes every once in a while, but not in a force
mode, which was its main problem before: it would freeze every hour or
so, or rather force me to shut down, which thankfully has not occurred
as of the wipe.
i use an intel (R) pentium (R): 4CPU 2.66 GHz: [level 2 cache: 512 KB] with 256 MB of Ram. version 2000 with SP2
and although, i'm sure that means something to most people, to me, it just means that it's got shit for memory.
i installed avg first, and thought everything would be hunky
dory, but a month or so after the wipe and installation, i was hit by a
new virus or hijack, which while not disabling, would not let me
download or do anything else for that matter, besides connecting to the
net--but only after popping up a window saying something about 'this is
a binary file do you want to save?' which i'd cancel and could surf,
but do nothing else.
so i stuck the disc back in and this time did just a repair, which
initially didn't seem to work, until i deleted my user account and
created another.
Problem solved! Although, i know, probably not technically orthodox, it seems to work so far.
i also, at this point installed spybot's search and destroy.
the only other thing i can tell you, is that, i am a video blogger, and
use FLOCK as my browser, which uses mozilla, and which provides a
wonderful tool--photo uploader and photobar, used for dropping videos
into blogposts; but i'm sure i'm losing a lot of performance speed and
virtual memory from flock's size, with all its bells and whistles, but
i'd hate to give it up.
after going to the dummy book and reconfiguring things for memory, etc.
i do get notifications pretty regularly, usually two tabs up and video
related, that notify about low virtual memory and that windows is doing something to correct or expand, but it doesn't seem to affect enough to do any major overhaul.
*i just checked the spybot schedule and this one: "C:\Program
Files\Spybot - Search & Destroy\SDUpdate.exe" /autoupdate
/autoclose
runs weekly at 9AM, but there was another one above it i'd not noticed before:
which i copied and pasted here, after setting it to run unsuccesfully, which is listed as disabled.
I checked after trying to enable it to autorun at a certain time, but it
wouldn't change its status. After clicking properties, it brought me to
a folder that said 'start menu': so i'm wondering what it is, and if
it is just a shortcut that i don't have to worry about.
your advice seems clear and painless, though, i would like to know the
ramifications, security-wise to the option you gave for disabling teatime?
As i do venture widely on the net, and would not like to get stuck with
another virus; i'm wondering if it might not be a better idea for me to
just live with the slower performance.
thanks for your help and if i can ever assist you with anything
"outsider folk-art" related or any jerry lee lewis memorabilia, let me
know.
sincerely,
mrjyn
Originally Posted by skrekk
I run AVG & SpyBot on all my machines
without any difficulty...except for really old, slow machines. I just
installed Win XP SP3 on a 500MHz Celeron with only 192MB of RAM, and in
order for this to run acceptably I had to disable AVG's scheduled scans,
and most importantly, disable TeaTimer. TeaTimer is a resident process
which monitors in real time all other processes for potential registry
access - this can really bog down an old machine. I had exactly the
same symptoms you're having.
To disable TeaTimer, first uncheck all the TeaTimer options in the
SpyBot icon on the system bar. Next, you can either run msconfig and
uncheck TeaTimer on the Startup tab, or better yet, use an applet like
"Startup Control Panel" from www.mlin.net,
which is far better than modifying the load sequence from msconfig.
Also, don't stop TeaTimer from TaskManager - that can result in an
unstable system. Just disable it in the startup sequence, then reboot.
I think you can also just disable TeaTimer directly in SpyBot from
Mode->Advanced mode->Tools->Resident.
Also, be aware of what you're losing: TeaTimer is a significant aspect
of SpyBot...but if it makes the machine unusable it's better to disable
it.
Disabling the AVG scheduled scan is, in my view, the best option anyway.
Just manually start a scan when you're not going to be using the
machine for a bit. You can tell when it's scanning because the AVG icon
will have a white triangle in it.
Robert Steven Moore Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
R. Stevie Moore - I Like To Stay Home (1986)
Robert
Steven Moore, also known as R. Stevie Moore and RSM (born January 18,
1952), is an American singer, songwriter, and musician.
In addition to
having numerous albums released on labels around the world, Moore has
self-released over 400 cassette, CD-R and digitally online albums since
1968, as well as dozens of home videos, mostly through the R. Stevie
Moore Cassette Club, his home-based label.
His eclectic work
incorporates a variety of musical styles, both popular and experimental.
From 1978 to November 2010, Moore lived and recorded in his apartment
studios in Montclair, New Jersey, and then Bloomfield, New Jersey,
before relocating to his native Nashville in December 2010.
He is the
oldest son of Bob Moore, veteran Nashville A-Team bassist, producer, and
orchestra leader, as well as a longtime sideman for Elvis Presley, Roy
Orbison and many others.
In February 2005, newspaper writer Tammy LaGorce
praised Moore, dubbing him a "lo-fi legend" in the New York Times.
Robert Schneider (Apples in Stereo):
"Everybody should check out his
very interesting/awesome/strange videos on youtube, not to mention his
many, varied records--R. Stevie was making home recorded experimental
pop records before "lo-fi" was even a word, and he produces songs the
way Steve Keene produces paintings: constantly, in great numbers, with
something interesting about each one-- Fans of ELO, XTC, and LSD check
out "I Like to Stay Home" which is one of my favorite songs ever.
The
guy is God (he even has a white beard and big psychedelic glasses just
like God)."
"GLAD MUSIC has convinced me that R. Stevie
Moore is a genius of a rare order, with the ability to marshal a
bewildering diversity of styles and influences and mold them into
something quite peculiarly his own.
He's one of the few practitioners of
post-modernist cross-pollination with the wit and sheer taste to
produce a worthy hybrid. Buy this record and make him a tax exile."
- Andy Gill (Issue dated 17 May 1986)
$upport the Artist!
Save R. Stevie
UFS, local New Jersey TV show, December 1986. Featuring Jim Price
(drums). Re-edited by Nuno Monteiro. Video originally posted on Youtube
in August 17 2006.
The most viewed RSM video on the web (46,602 views).
I LIKE TO STAY HOME
i like to stay home
you go on out just close the door
i like to stay home
where it's safe and sound
and nobody has a rifle
i don't care about going anywhere
i don't think about appearing anywhere
i got enough to do right here
i like to stay home
relax and read the facts of life
i like to stay home
where it's safe and sound
and nobody asks me what's wrong
i don't care about movies or hockey games
i just need about
why is it jabberwocky blames me?
i got enough to do right here
i like to stay home
and play guitar and play it back
i like to stay home
where it's safe and quiet
in private inside me
i think i'll stay home
i don't care about making any plans
i don't think about showing up at the dance
go without me got enough to right here
i like to stay home
you go on out and have a ball
i like to stay home
where it's safe and quiet
in private inside me
inside me
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