Misc. Flashcards

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Bichon Frise

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pronounced Be-shawn free-say

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Lak’ech

Ala K’in

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A Mayan greeting and response.

I am another yourself.

And I am you.

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Michael Aventani

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Stromy Daniels lawyer

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Before Konstantin Stanislavsky

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Before Stanislavsky, acting was primarily presentational. Actors relied on broad, mechanical gestures and stiff theatricality. Stanislavsky understood that the theater required technical skills like vocal projection and cheating out toward the audience, but he despised unnatural voices and artificial movements. His most common critique to his acting students was, “I don’t believe you.”

Before the advent of modern techniques, actors often relied on exaggerated expressions to convey emotions, which could detract from the authenticity of performances. Stanislavsky’s approach emphasized the importance of emotional truth and psychological realism in acting.

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Whose common critique of his acting students was “I don’t believe you?”

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Konstantin Stanislavsky

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What is the UTSA?

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The Uniform Trade Secrets Act (UTSA) now forms the basis for forty-eight states’ civil trade secret statutes.* Under the UTSA, victims of trade secret theft may bring an action for misappropriation when their confidential proprietary information has been acquired «hrough improper means, or is used or disclosed without permission.’ The main remedies for misappropriation are monetary damages and injunctive relief.

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UTSA is civil, what is federal trade secret protection?

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EEA - Economic Espionage Act

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Kuchisabishii

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is a uniquely Japanese word that literally means “lonely mouth” or “longing to have or put something in one’s mouth.” It can also be explained as mindless eating or eating when you are not hungry.

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Hedonistic adaptation

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You get something new (car, house) and it makes you happy for a while, but stop growing accustomed to it. Negative visualization can counter this.

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Zoonosis

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The transmission of new animal diseases from animal reservoir hosts to humans

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Phrase for social situations

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Social Geometry

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Our society lacks a soul…

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The modern world is divided between those who numb themselves to its meaninglessness through an assortment of hedonistic pleasures and those who realize it and go crazy.

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Re love or hate of their own group the left and right…

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They belong together not because of the love of their own in group but the hate of an out group keeps them together

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The left uses women—

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They agree to this because the state fills the void that men used to be — keeps you from being attacked, feeds you keeps you healthy with insurance. So they made a bargain with women that we replace men and you give us undying loyalty for total freedom from the patriarchy.

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If you have low agency at work

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You’re highly likely to be a leftist

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