#jim andron

[7grandmel]

Todays rip: 06/03/2024

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and the days of high quality rips?

Season 7 Featured on: Rips of Christmas Present

Ripped by berg8793

Requested by itsyeeted! (Discord)

Funny thing - I was supposed to have posted this far closer to new years, but then somehow convinced myself that I'd...already posted it? Just marked it as done in the spreadsheet and everything. Bizarre. Well, its never too late to celebrate the new year, is it? Especially not with a rip as sincere, wholesome, downright pleasant as Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and the days of high quality rips? - This is the kind of rip to remain on the laid-back playlist all year long.

I'm sure a lot of people were a bit puzzled to see a game like Tetris on CDi even *get* rips, let alone any form of non-ironic memes. I mean, its the Philips CDi, it's the meme console with Hotel Mario and the bad Zelda games! But this is another case of what I brought up back in Viva La Robocop, another case of one of SiIva's most fascinating phenomena: when otherwise wholly obscure games are kept in discussion through the surprising quality of their music. With only some exceptions (such as the games composed by the Follin brothers) that discussion seldom becomes widespread, usually staying contained to enthusiasts of VGM: such as the very people behind the SiIvaGunner channel itself! And while many of these soundtracks are kept relevant by chiptune artists, with examples like the aforementioned one, Never Gonna Give Up Mahjong and Beautiful! ~ Curveball of Sean Kingston - Tetris on CDi is, as the name of the console suggests, full-on CD quality, with a sound so stunning beautiful and atmospheric for a game series otherwise so content in reusing and remixing the typical Tetris theme. In the words of Jack Yarwood - "Before 'Tetris Effect,' There Was the Vaporwave Bliss of Tetris on the CD-i".

The wonderous atmosphere of this otherwise entirely obscure release of Tetris has kept its heart beating ever so faintly in the 32 years since its release, and Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and the days of high quality rips? feels just as much like a love letter to this game's vibes as it does a soothing celebration of the new year's beginning. Level 6's soothing tune is used as the backing instrumental to an original cover of the Scottish folk song Auld Lang Syne, one typically sung to inaugurate the beginning of the new year. And it's one that I, despite being from all the way over in Sweden, swear I must've heard in a film or show at some point - its lyrics and melody felt immediately comforting and familiar as soon as I started listening to the rip. Part of that comfort is of course the vocals, berg8793's vocal performance is positively soothing, but it may also be from how the vocal performance is implemented into the rip. It's given a layer of compression to it that matches the quality of early CD games, and indeed the quality of the CDi games' soundtracks themselves, a comfy faint noise and static stitching the two pieces of the rip together as a seamless whole. berg8793 has previously mostly been featured on here in rips that appeared as if they were borderline painful to make, such as Banjostruck and Kirby Joins the Circus!, so it was a delightful surprise to see him having made a rip like this. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and the days of high quality rips? not only feels like a welcome break in energy from the guy's typical output, but also shows me that he's got a genuine talent for singing - one I hope he finds use of in rips to come!

There's little else to say - Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and the days of high quality rips?, much like Wham! Into Dreams, feels like a cover from the heart, a cover made with the intent of pure celebration, to band us faithful viewers together for the new year in the comments section. Amidst all the shitposts and insane-scale collaborations, it's...nice, to have rips like these to return to for the quieter moments in life.

[moltengarnet]

Album of the Week #14

Jim Andron - Tetris CD-i OST (1992)

Click the link above to support Jim directly by listening to the higher quality version on his SoundCloud. I am only posting the YouTube version first because it has a few more tracks, and a lot of people like listening to music on YouTube.

[fundieshaderoom]

Duggarverse Spottings: Jana's Wedding Part 2

Duggars:

Jim Bob, Michelle, James, Jackson, Johannah, Jennifer, Jordyn, Josie, Tyler

Anna, Michael, Marcus, Meredith, Mason

Jana and Stephen

Abbie, John, Gracie, Charlie

Jill, Derick

Jessa, Ben, Spurgeon, Henry, Ivy, Fern, George

Jinger, Jeremy, Felicity, Evangeline

Joe, Kendra, Addison, Brooklyn, Justus

Josiah, Lauren, Bella, Daisy, Ezra

Joy, Austin, Gideon, Evelyn, Gunner

Jed, Katey, Truett, Nora

Jer, Hannah, Brynley, Brielle

Justin, Claire

Jason

In-Laws:

Wissmann-

Loren, Gloria, Alaythia, Charissa Wissmann

Rachel, Alan, Kendrick, Autumn, Justice, Audrey Busenitz

Ruth, Chloe Bourlier

Josiah, Abi, Joanna, Asher, Jenifer, Andron, Wissmann

Bethany, Daniel, Arianna, Caden, Everett, Gemma, Felicity Beasley

Andrew, Kori, Wyatt, Jaxon Wissmann

Elizabeth Wissmann and Zane Buhr

Matthias, Michelle, Adalynn, Titus, Owen Wissmann

Susanna, Drew, Lila Jerred

Nathanael, Katrina, Theodore Wissmann

Keller-

Maria Reber

Burnett-

John, Cheryl Burnett

Forsyth-

Meagan, Bobby Ballinger

Caldwell-

Micah, Nathan, Timmy, Jesiah, Isaiah Caldwell

Swanson-

Dwain, David, Lydia, Daniel Swanson

Lily, Cole Cwenar

Nakatsu-

Lauren Nakatsu

Spivey-

Hilary, Paige, Carson Spivey

Gari-Anne, Brandon Smith

Extended Fam:

Will, Angela, Evan, Emily Peters

Luke, Taylor, Shiloh, Benjamin, Baby Girl Peters

The guy who plays Santa

Adjacents:

Carlin, Evan Stewart

Katie, Travis, Hailey Clark

Josie, Kelton, Willow, Hazel, Miles Balka

Gil, Kelly, Addallee, Callie Bates

Brandon Keilen

Nathan, Esther, Kenna Bates

Jackson, Emerson Bates

Laura DeMasie (Jana's bestie)

Jim Goodwin (TLC)

Noel Cwenar (family pastor)

Claire, Emma, Ella Langdon

Miss Cindy (Michelle's childhood friend)

Darian Kaia (photographer)

Logan Smith

Joseph, Susanna Shoemaker (older boy's friend, MedicCorp)

Noah Robinson (lost boy friend)

Raphael and Jackie Perez (family friends)

Gabrielle, Andrew, Riley, Colton, Denver Patton (MedicCorp, ladies of MedicCorp)

Peter, Colleen Query (family friends)

Levi, Amber Schadt (family friends)

[insanitize]

game: tetris year: 1992 platform: cdi

(the composer does not have a high quality archive of this track as he does with many others from the game. this is a gamerip instead)

[alexlacquemanne]

Janvier MMXXV

Films

747 en péril (Airport 1975) (1974) de Jack Smight avec Charlton Heston, Karen Black, George Kennedy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Susan Clark, Roy Thinnes, Sid Caesar, Helen Reddy, Linda Blair, Dana Andrews et Gloria Swanson

Les Trois Mousquetaires (The Three Musketeers) (1948) de George Sidney avec Gene Kelly, Lana Turner, June Allyson, Vincent Price, Van Heflin, Keenan Wynn, John Sutton, Gig Young, Robert Coote, Angela Lansbury et Frank Morgan

Le Dernier Empereur (L'ultimo imperatore, The Last Emperor) (1987) de Bernardo Bertolucci avec John Lone, Richard Vuu, Tijger Tsou, Wu Tao, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Henry O, Wu Jun Mei, Victor Wong et Ric Young

Zorro (1975) de Duccio Tessari avec Alain Delon, Stanley Baker, Ottavia Piccolo, Moustache, Enzo Cerusico, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Giampiero Albertini et Adriana Asti

Jules et Jim (1962) de François Truffaut avec Jeanne Moreau, Oskar Werner, Henri Serre, Marie Dubois, Cyrus Bassiak, Sabine Haudepin, Annie Nelsen, Vanna Urbino et Bernard Largemains

Le Bal des cinglés (Operation Mad Ball) (1957) de Richard Quine avec Jack Lemmon, Kathryn Grant, Ernie Kovacs, Dick York, Arthur O'Connell, Mickey Rooney et Jeanne Manet

Witness (1985) de Peter Weir avec Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes, Alexander Godunov, Danny Glover, Brent Jennings, Patti LuPone et Viggo Mortensen

Mes chers amis (Amici miei) (1975) de Mario Monicelli avec Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi, Gastone Moschin, Duilio Del Prete, Adolfo Celi, Bernard Blier, Olga Karlatos, Franca Tamantini et Milena Vukotic

La Diablesse en collant rose (Heller in Pink Tights) (1960) de George Cukor avec Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Steve Forrest, Margaret O'Brien, Eileen Heckart, Ramon Novarro, Edmund Lowe et George Mathews

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (1965) de Russ Meyer avec Tura Satana, Haji, Lori Williams, Susan Bernard, Stuart Lancaster, Paul Trinka, Dennis Busch et Ray Barlow

Sept Ans au Tibet (Seven Years in Tibet) (1997) de Jean-Jacques Annaud avec Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, B. D. Wong, Mako, Danny Denzongpa, Victor Wong, Ingeborga Dapkunaite, Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk et Lhakpa Tsamchoe

Buffet froid (1979) de Bertrand Blier avec Gérard Depardieu, Bernard Blier, Jean Carmet, Michel Serrault, Jean Rougerie, Geneviève Page, Carole Bouquet, Jean Benguigui, Bernard Crombey et Liliane Rovère

Le Sang des Atrides (1981) de Samuel Itzkovitch avec Julien Guiomar, Jacques Spiesser, Eva Swann, Renée Faure, Joëlle Larivière, Yves Coudray, Edith Scob, Philippe Villiers, Isa Mercure, Gisèle Grimm et Danielle Durou

La Carapate (1978) de Gérard Oury avec Pierre Richard, Victor Lanoux, Raymond Bussières, Jean-Pierre Darras, Yvonne Gaudeau, Jacques Frantz, Claire Richard, Blanche Ravalec, Claude Brosset, Bernard Granger, Éric Desmaretz et Katia Tchenko

Le Secret des andrones (1982) de Samuel Itzkovitch avec Julien Guiomar, Françoise Christophe, Catherine Rouvel, Serge Sauvion, Dora Doll, Hélène Vallier, Louise Conte, Gabriel Cattand, André Falcon, André Rouyer et Gabriel Gobin

Séries

Le Flic de Shanghaï Saison 1

Un chinois à Los Angeles - Tout doit disparaître - Ultimes Combats - Monnaie de singe - Les Justiciers - Mesures d'urgence - La République de la liberté - Cuisine à haut risque - La Dette - Les Ninjas - Derrière les barreaux - Le Maître du déguisement - Un prof pas comme les autres - Espèces en danger - L'Évasion - Trafic - Tiercé perdant - Méthodes musclées - La Grosse Artillerie - Tempête rouge - Requiem - Fin de partie

Kaamelott Livre I

Le Duel - L'Invasion viking - La Bataille rangée - La Romance de Perceval - Les Funérailles d'Ulfin - Le Chevalier femme - La Carte - Le Repas de famille - Le Répurgateur - Le Labyrinthe - Heat - Les Tartes aux myrtilles - La Table de Breccan - Le Chevalier mystère - Le Fléau de Dieu - Le Garde du corps - Des nouvelles du monde - Codes et Stratégies - Le Maître d’armes - Le Négociateur - Dîner dansant - Le Sixième Sens - Arthur et la Question - Monogame - Les Défis de Merlin - Le Banquet des chefs - Le Signe - En forme de Graal - Le Repos du guerrier - La Dent de requin - La Taxe militaire - La Queue du scorpion - La Potion de fécondité - L’Interprète - Le Sacrifice - À la volette - De retour de Judée - La Botte secrète - L’Assassin de Kaamelott - Le Trois de cœur - Basidiomycètes - L’Imposteur - Compagnons de chambrée - La Grotte de Padraig - Ambidextrie - Raison d’argent - La Romance de Lancelot - Merlin et les Loups - Le Cas Yvain - L’Adoubement - Arthur et les Ténèbres - Le Zoomorphe - La Coccinelle de Madenn - Patience dans la plaine - Le Oud - Le Code de chevalerie - Létal - Azénor - Le Sort de rage - Les Nouveaux Frères - Enluminures - Haunted - Le Secret de Lancelot - Le Serpent géant - Guenièvre et les Oiseaux - Le Dernier Empereur - Perceval relance de quinze - Le Coup d’épée - La Jupe de Calogrenant - Le Prodige du fakir - Un bruit dans la nuit - Feu l’âne de Guethenoc - Goustan le Cruel - Le Chaudron rutilant - La Visite d’Ygerne - Les Clandestins - La Kleptomane - Le Pain - La Mort le Roy Artu - Le Problème du chou - Un roi à la taverne - Les Fesses de Guenièvre - Le Billet doux - Guenièvre et l’Orage - Eunuques et Chauds Lapins - Choc frontal - Le Forage - Le Discobole - L’Expurgation de Merlin - Les Volontaires - Polymorphie

Psych Saison 7, 8

Virée mexicaine - Une soirée mystérieuse - Quel cirque ! - Mariage mouvementé - Vies parallèles - Jeune femme partagerait appartement - Impair et Maire - Meurtre au bureau - Radio meurtre - Une affaire qui déride ! - La Truite sur le dos - Tous en scène ! Acte 1 - Tous en scène ! Acte 2 - Braquage à l'anglaise - S. A. I. S. I. R. sa chance - Sale temps à Santa Barbara - Le Bon Méchant - Sherlock Gus - Retour vers le passé - Meurtre à emporter - Un groupe d'élites - La Nuit des Shawn vivants - Partir un jour ou pour toujours

Friends Saison 7, 8

Celui qui retrouvait son rôle - Celui qui avait toujours l'air bizarre - Celui qui aimait les petites siestes - Celui qui avait un livre à la bibliothèque - Celui qui n'aimait pas les chiens - Celui qui offrait un vélo - Celui qui se déguisait - Celui qui aimait les cheesecakes - Celui qui a passé la nuit debout - Celui qui a vu mourir Rosita - Ceux qui avaient trente ans - Celui qui avait un cerveau neuf - Celui qui savait la vérité sur Londres - Celui qui voyait la robe de mariée - Celui qui récupérait le prix - Celui qui avait une jolie cousine - Celui qui fantasmait sur le baiser - Celui qui écrivait ses vœux - Celui qui rencontrait l'auteur de ses jours - Celui qui a épousé Monica : première partie - Celui qui a épousé Monica : deuxième partie - Celui qui venait de dire oui - Celui qui avait un sweat rouge - Celui qui découvrait sa paternité - Celui qui avait une vidéo - Celui qui draguait Rachel - Celui qui perturbait Halloween - Celui qui voulait garder Rachel - Celui qui engageait une strip-teaseuse - Celui qui avait fait courir la rumeur - Celui qui défendait sa sœur - Celui qui ne voulait pas aller plus loin - Celui qui passait une soirée avec Rachel

Astrid et Raphaëlle Saison 3

Plan global - Memento Mori - Natifs - La Chambre ouverte - Témoin - Sang d'or - Les Fleurs du mal - En souterrain

Affaires sensibles

L'affaire Maureen Kearney, la véritable histoire de "La syndicaliste" - Violette Morris, championne déchue devenue collabo - Covid 19 : Décembre 2019, Mars 2020 : le basculement du monde (épisode 1) - Covid 19 : France, 55 jours en temps de pandémie (épisode 2) - Le gang des Impressionnistes - L'affaire Magali Blandin, en direct et en public du studio 104 de la Maison de la Radio et de la Musique - Suffragistes et suffragettes : au Royaume-Uni, la lutte des femmes pour le droit de vote - Opération Merlin - Les Disparues de Pontcharra - 1906, la catastrophe minière de Courrières - Liévin, 27 décembre 1974 : quand la mine assassine - Michel Blanc l’insaisissable - L'assassinat du ministre Joseph Fontanet - L’affaire des caricatures de Mahomet : l’avant-Charlie

The Rookie Saison 6

Contre-attaque - Un mariage plein de surprises - Panique sous les tropiques - Le tueur au pentagramme - Le serment - Mensonges et secrets - Cherche nounou désespérément - Guerre ouverte - L’Étau se resserre - L’Évasion

Commissaire Moulin Saison 2

Le Transfuge - La Bavure - L'amie d'enfance - Le Patron - Une promenade en forêt

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes Saison 1

45 tours et puis s'en vont - Un mort sur le carreau

K2000 Saison 1

La revanche : première partie - La revanche : deuxième partie - Manœuvres mortelles - L'équipée sauvage - Les cascadeurs - Motion de censure - Jusqu'à la dernière goutte - Témoin gênant - Le prototype - La taupe - Verdict final - Les professionnels

Inspecteur Barnaby Saison 24

L'œuvre du démon

Peacemaker Season 1

A Whole New Whirled - Best Friends, For Never - Better Goff Dead - The Choad Less Traveled

Spectacles

Concert du Nouvel An en direct du Musikverein, à Vienne (2025)

Henri Salvador : Bonsoir Amis Live Au Palais Des Congrès (2004)

La Cage aux folles (1973) de et avec Jean Poiret et aussi Michel Serrault, Philippe Lavot, Jacqueline Mille, Danièle Luger, Marcelle Ranson-Hervé, Marco Perrin, Paul Demange et Benny Luke

All Star Jazz Show: Live From the Ed Sullivan Theater (1977) avec Lionel Hampton, Herbie Hancock, Gerry Mulligan, Count Basie, Gary Keys, Dizzy Gillespie, Max Roach, Stan Getz et Joe Williams

Alex Vizorek est une dernière fois une œuvre d'art (2020)

The Cure: Anniversary 1978-2018 : Live in Hyde Park (2018)

Livres

Superman Bimestriel Tome 4 : Maitre des roches lunaires

La Belle Maison de Franz Bartelt

Astérix, tome 7 : Le combat des Chefs de René Goscinny et Albert Uderzo

Une enquête du commissaire Dupin : Crime gourmand à Saint-Malo de Jean-Luc Bannalec

Azincourt par temps de pluie de Jean Teulé

[igorcbarros]

Músicas esquisitas que eu ouço no YT: a trilha sonora de 2024

Cosmic Love, de Omega Tribe (1986) ou 1986 Omega Tribe, sei lá. Playback, portanto sem a maior curiosidade: o vocalista da banda, Carlos Toshiki, seria BR. O lado B desse disco, I'll Never Forget You, é ainda melhor. Maldita onda unplugged dos anos 90. Ainda quero ressuscitar esse estilo deles e do Jim Andron.

[andrasandreas]

The composer of the game's soundtrack, Jim Andron, shared the entire thing on Soundcloud

You can also download the soundtrack free from Archive.org

tetris for the philips cd-i break

[harpoonn]

Tetris CD-i (1992)

[pixelcoast]

Nature by Jim Andron (for the CD-I version of Tetris)

[smokyproggrock]

the tetris cdi soundtrack is on spotify

[the-bad-taste-aquarium]

Level 0  |  Tetris (CDi)  |  Jim Andron

[pandor-pandorkful]

It’s a Tetris CD-i soundtrack day.

“ Tetris was released for the Philips CD-i in 1992. The game itself is nothing special and has very little bells and whistles, but the real gem is its soundtrack, made by Jim Andron. It's very soothing (some would call it "vaporwave", especially after seeing the game's title screen) and almost straight out of 80s corporate training videos. It's really good New Age music. “

[enthusiasticsobrietyabuse]

”Adolescent Attraction to Cults”  Originally posted on OnTheEmmis.com circa 2005.

I'm writing term paper on Cult Deprogramming for my Psych class. I saw this (with several others), and thought it made for a good read here... (maybe @ the end of the semester I will submit my findings as well).

Warning: this is pretty long.

Title: ADOLESCENT ATTRACTION TO CULTS , By: Hunter, Eagan, Adolescence, 0001-8449, September 1, 1998, Vol. 33, Issue 131

Database: Academic Search Premier

ADOLESCENT ATTRACTION TO CULTS

Contents

REFERENCES

ABSTRACT

This article details the reasons behind adolescents' attraction to cults. It is recommended that parents, teachers, and counselors familiarize themselves with the warning signs. Suggestions are offered on how to make adolescents less vulnerable to cult overtures.

Adolescence is the transitional period between the dependence of childhood and the assumption of the rights and responsibilities of adulthood. It is a time when young people attempt to understand who they are, what they can do, and why they are here. Their freedom to make decisions greatly increases, but, at the same time, certain adult privileges remain inaccessible. Their lives seem to be filled with possibilities, restrictions, and uncertainties.

New and unfamiliar situations quickly generate unrest and crisis, arising during an important period of identity development. To establish a coherent identity, adolescents draw from models and ideals found within their environment. They may seek out reliable standards to achieve a sense of security, only to find confusing, paradoxical social rules. They therefore may have difficulty distinguishing between heroes and anti-heroes, and may end up seeing themselves only in negative terms, producing a severe identity crisis. Having sought independence, they find that they fear standing alone.

Thus, it is not surprising that adolescents, having encountered conflict, confusion, and frustration, often feel disoriented and anxious. Fearing rejection by a society that they do not understand, they may retreat into isolation, or demonstrate inappropriate emotional outbursts, aggression, and rebellion, and embrace radical causes. All of these are youthful cries of pain, cries for help and understanding.

Traditionally, young people have been critical of, and impatient with, the established values and behavior patterns of society. They desire change, and experience frustration when it does not occur. Their ideal ism leads them to believe that those in power, as well as established institutions, have failed to meet the legitimate needs of various groups. To them, social problems and their solutions stand out in stark clarity.

In addition, during adolescence higher-order thinking skills become engaged; it is a time of intellectual curiosity, of seeking truth. Youths are intellectually and spiritually open to new ideas. Unfortunately, they have not achieved the balance of experience and maturity that would enable them to sort truth from illusion and reality from fantasy in all situations. They have not gained sufficient sophistication to evaluate --critically and methodically--complex philosophies.

Many youth movements play upon this naive idealism and intellectual curiosity. The young person may be challenged to answer the clarion call to join a group that professes to offer a vision of a perfect society, one in which all injustices are rectified. After all, how could any self-respecting person, caring for the world and its people, not be willing to give this "new way" a try?

Group membership can lead to either positive or negative outcomes. For example, the Peace Corps and various forms of community service and mentor programs are excellent ways for youth to achieve self-actualization. On the other hand, gangs and cults suppress individuality and foster estrangement from society.

The personality profile of an adolescent susceptible to cult overtures might include identity confusion or crisis; alienation from family; weak cultural, religious, and community ties; and feelings of powerlessness in a seemingly out-of-control world. Studies have indicated that a surprising number of cult members come from democratic and egalitarian homes and upper socioeconomic levels, rather than over-permissive, overindulgent, dysfunctional, and poor families. In fact, Andron (1983) reports that many cults focus on the recruitment of gifted and creative adolescents. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to delineate a precise portrait of potential adolescent cult members.

In a review of the literature, Wright and Piper (1986) reported that alienation from family relationships precedes cult membership. Youths are compensating for unfulfilled needs (e.g., love, sense of belonging), the lack of which hinders the development of self-esteem, social competence, and mastery of life tasks. In turn, this generates attempts to gain approval and recognition. Wright and Piper indicated that the attraction to cults is strengthened by the fact that a cult's rules often are better defined than those of the family. Adherence to the cult lifestyle often results in radical behavior changes, along with "a loss of identity" compensated by an "enslavement to cult leaders" and further estrangement from family.

Parents, teachers, and coaches sometimes place excessive demands on youth. Such pressures frequently lead to undesirable outcomes, such as physical or intellectual burnout, drug use, or escape to what appears to be the safety of a cult. Adults must remember that there is a time for everything--a time simply to enjoy being young, and later, after normal adolescent development has progressed, a time increasingly for admission into the competitive, success-oriented adult world.

There has been a marked decline in the influence of the family and traditional religious beliefs, with a concomitant liberalization of personal values. The social climate has nourished rejection of cultural and moral standards. This has left adults and especially adolescents with the dilemma of finding values with which to fill this vacuum, so as to be able to resolve old problems and discover new solutions. Mike Warnke (1972), a former drug addict and satanic high priest who became involved in the anti-occult counseling program Alpha Omega Outreach, explains that a person "is constructed like a triangle, with one side representing his physical needs, the second his mental needs, and the third his spiritual needs. A person fulfilling only his physical and mental needs is not complete... [and] is consciously or subconsciously undergoing a search for spiritual fulfillment, wherever he can find it--in drugs, the occult." The loss of society's religious and social moorings leaves many youths adrift. The desire to become a complete person--to complete the triangle of their being--leads many, Warnke warns, into dangerous ways.

In the absence of authentic, stabilizing standards upon which youth can depend and trust, self-destructive tendencies quickly emerge. Adolescents become vulnerable to academic failure, suicide, drug and alcohol abuse, pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, risk-taking behavior, violence, and gang and cult membership.

Zimbardo and Hartley (1985) reported that approximately 50% of the high school students included in their survey had been approached to join a cult. Wright and Piper (1986) have indicated that cults are most successful in recruiting individuals between 18 and 23 years of age, when persons are most likely to be seeking "perfect" answers to life's questions and problems. Because of their immaturity, they fail to take into account the long-term consequences of cult membership.

Rudin (1990) defines cults as "groups or movements exhibiting an excessive devotion or dedication to some person, idea, or thing. Such cults employ unethically manipulative techniques of persuasion and control designed to advance the goals of the group's leaders to the determent of members, their families, or the community." Cults attract youths experiencing psychological stress, rootlessness, feelings of emptiness and of being disenfranchised, and identity diffusion and confusion. Such youths come from all walks of life and from all classes of society. Cults seem to offer confused and isolated adolescents a moratorium--a period of dropping-out, or a "time-out"-- as well as a highly structured sense of belonging and a means of escape from being "normless."

The terms "church," "sect," and "cult" should be distinguished. Church usually is applied to specific religious organizations. A sect is an offshoot of a particular religious body, whose members prefer to follow doctrines or teachings that differ from the parent group. A cult exhibits many of the characteristics of a sect. However, it represents a major and abrupt break with the past. A cult is viewed by its members as the climax of history, and often emphasizes devotion to a single person. Legitimate movements withstand the test of time to prove their authenticity.

A distinguishing characteristic of cults is that they prey upon a person's fears through a systematic process of "brainwashing" and "programming." They recruit aggressively. Strong efforts are made to separate members from family and former associates--to cut them off from their past--in order to establish new values and standards requiring total dependence on, and devotion to, the cult itself. There is usually an all-powerful authoritarian leader. Members may be psychologically, physically, or sexually abused, with discipline maintained through fear. Rudin (1990) states that "what makes a group a cult is the deception and manipulation of its members and the harm done to them and to society, not its ideals or theology." Notable examples have been the mass suicide of the followers of Jim Jones in Guyana (1978), the holocaustic climax of the disciples of David Koresh in Waco, Texas (1993), and most recently the group suicide of the Heaven's Gate believers in San Diego (1997).

Davidowitz (1989) has stated that an increasing number of adolescents are falling under the influence of Satanism. Evidence includes the desecration of cemeteries and the theft of bodies; the appearance of satanic symbols and themes in contemporary literature, art, and music; and in an extreme case, the satanic, ritualistic murders in Matamoros, Mexico. Belitz and Schacht (1992) have indicated that male youths from abusive families are especially vulnerable to satanic cult recruitment. Adolescents seeking a sense of power over their own lives as well as over others are susceptible.

According to Rudin (1990), this process has several stages. Initially it begins as a fun experience, with adolescents involved in fantasy and role-playing games based on occult ideology and incorporating an obsession with violence. These adolescents are usually deeply involved in heavy metal rock music and, frequently, brag about their activities to boost their self-image. This type of involvement tends to make the individual receptive to satanic activities. A "dabbler" stage follows, in which satanic literature and paraphernalia are acquired. The transition from fun-and-games to serious interest opens the door to satanic recruitment through clubs, hangouts, and private parties. As involvement deepens, cruelty to animals, rape and molestation, drug use, and even murder may follow.

It is the responsibility of society in general and the family in particular to be alert to the danger signs, especially during the early stages of youth involvement. However, with society fractured and unable to fulfill this role, educators, social workers, and psychologists must rise to the occasion. In addition, the cooperation and support of religious institutions, civic organizations, and government agencies must be enlisted.

School and youth organizations can be particularly helpful. The sensitive teacher or counselor can be watchful for the warning signs--confusion, alienation, sudden changes in personality or behavior, withdrawal from home and social activities, the development of antisocial attitudes, a decline in academic achievement, the assumption of an unusual style of dress, and preference for music with satanic themes--and intervene in a timely fashion.

However, caring adults must be proactive rather than merely reactive. They can help adolescents to develop a strong self-concept, one that is not vulnerable to the harmful attractions of a cult. They can assist youths to formulate positive, realistic life goals, and ease the emotional impact of inevitable frustrations. Adults must be willing to discuss--knowledgeably, frankly, and honestly--the various personal and social issues confronting adolescents, such as substance abuse, AIDS, teenage pregnancy, as well as the insidiousness of cults.

Adolescents seek self-identity and acceptance as unique individuals. They search for standards and values upon which to model their behavior. Educational and social institutions must be made welcoming places in which young people feel a sense of belonging, places of understanding and trust, places of stability in a rapidly changing world. Adolescents should be shown ways to achieve a richer and more meaningful life, to attain their natural potential, and to become contributing members of society. The meeting of these challenges and opportunities is what education for life--not for death--is all about.

[insanitize]

game: tetris year: 1992 platform: cdi

(note that the sputtering static you may faintly hear is likely due to the disc degrading. this is the highest known quality this song exists in, as it was posted by its composer)

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Fantastic Four Vol 1 #161

Mon Aug 12 2019 [05:18 PM] Wack'd: FANTASTIC FOUR VOL 1 NO 161 [05:21 PM] Wack'd: Last time on Fantastic Four: Reed sold the Fantastic Four's branding and general corporate stuff to an evil corporation while, on Earth-A, the Reed who ended up with Ben's powers (Reed-A) has found that sale had catastrophic consequences [05:22 PM] Wack'd: And yes, it's Earth-A. Numbers weren't a thing yet I guess? Later it got retconned to Earth-721, but I'm sticking with A because it's easier [05:23 PM] Wack'd: So this issue opens with Reed testing his own version of the Danger Room? I guess? [05:24 PM] Wack'd: The perils of not having a sliding timescale

[05:30 PM] Wack'd: Reed lies to Sue and says he's worried about how Johnny took the sale, and Sue pretends to believe him but decides she's going to get to the bottom of what's really going on [05:30 PM] Wack'd: Meanwhile, Johnny is upset about the sale--and Crystal, still--and decides to go visit Valeria in the 5th Dimension to take his mind off things [05:31 PM] maxwellelvis: So, you're telling me, Reed is feeling his age and it starts with a lessened ability to firm up? [05:31 PM] Wack'd: Look, one in five superheroes-- [05:31 PM] maxwellelvis: PFFFT [05:31 PM] Aleph Null: reed's unable to remove the stick from his ass in his old age [05:31 PM] maxwellelvis: 🤣 [05:31 PM] Wack'd: Alright, get it out of your system [05:31 PM] Wack'd: I'll wait [05:32 PM] maxwellelvis: I guess now he'll have to get a new Fantasticar, a red one shaped like a Flash Gordon rocket [05:32 PM] maxwellelvis: Okay, I'm done now. [05:32 PM] Wack'd: Okay [05:32 PM] Wack'd: So, the 5-D natives think Johnny's "one of the cursed Andrones", whatever that means, and attack on sight [05:33 PM] Wack'd: Oh, Johnny, one of these days you'll date a girl whose entire civilization doesn't fly into chaos the moment you show up [05:33 PM] Bocaj: Are you sure? [05:33 PM] maxwellelvis: His next long-term love interest is Lyja Lazerfist, so that day is not any time soon. [05:33 PM] Bocaj: Lazerfist is a great name [05:34 PM] Wack'd: Lyja Lazerfist, of the New Hampshire Lazerfists [05:34 PM] Aleph Null: was johnny storm marvel's first disaster bi [05:35 PM] Wack'd: You're not gonna convince me Namor is straight [05:35 PM] maxwellelvis: Him or Iceman, funnily enough. [05:35 PM] Wack'd: Yeah Iceman is just a palette-swapped Johnny [05:35 PM] Aleph Null: @Wack'd namor is extremely straight [05:35 PM] Aleph Null: also isn't iceman monosexual gay [05:36 PM] Wack'd: Name one straight man with the confidence to walk around in nothing but bright green briefs [05:36 PM] maxwellelvis: I'd say Namor probably goes around with "I'm Too Sexy" in his head all day, but that really doesn't argue in favor of him being straight. [05:36 PM] Wack'd: ANYWAY [05:37 PM] Wack'd: Phineas, ruler of 5-D, convinces the natives Johnny isn't one of the robots they've been fighting [05:37 PM] Wack'd: (Deeply suspect Jim Hammond is in this one) [05:37 PM] maxwellelvis: Grand Vizier Ferb remains suspicious. [05:38 PM] maxwellelvis: But he won't let anyone know until he acts on those suspicions enough to confirm or deny them; [05:38 PM] maxwellelvis: he's more a man of action. [05:38 PM] Wack'd: Chancellor Perry meanwhile doesn't do much [05:39 PM] Wack'd: Anyway it turns out, remember those Universal Horror robots Ben-A was building last ish? Turns out he sent a buncha them to attack 5-D for some reason [05:39 PM] Wack'd: Oh hey a Doctor Who reference

[05:40 PM] maxwellelvis: I think they had the license at this time, at least in the US. [05:40 PM] maxwellelvis: Or the UK, but the Doctor did have a brief run in Marvel Premier in the 70's [05:40 PM] Wack'd: They definitely did in the UK [05:41 PM] Wack'd: Doctor Who Magazine started out as a Marvel UK publication [05:41 PM] Wack'd: That's not for another year or so though [05:42 PM] Bocaj: The daleks show up in an issue of iron fist and power man [05:43 PM] Wack'd: Sick burn on the Distinguished Competition outta nowhere

[05:44 PM] Wack'd: Turns out there's one respect in which NYC-A isn't like NYC-616 [05:44 PM] maxwellelvis: It's more like a Poking To The Head if you ask me. [05:45 PM] Wack'd: Ben: I'll say this for you people: you've got rats like they wouldn't believe!

[05:45 PM] Bocaj: Maybe we’re the bad earth? [05:45 PM] Bocaj: No dinosaurs at all except in Antarctica [05:46 PM] maxwellelvis: Ehh, this still feels pretty normal for Marvel New York [05:46 PM] maxwellelvis: Time-displaced dinosaurs and Vikings running amok, sure, must be Thursday. [05:47 PM] Wack'd: So on this Earth Nelson Rockefeller, not Gerald Ford, is president [05:48 PM] Wack'd: ("I didn't vote for 'im," quips Ben, "or Ford either, far as that goes.") [05:48 PM] Bocaj: Hah [05:49 PM] Wack'd: Anyway Pres Stallone says over the TV in a nearby TV shop that he thinks all of these anachronisms are being caused by Earth-616 and plans to declare war [05:49 PM] Wack'd: (He doesn't say 616 because Alan Moore hasn't shown up yet but for the sake of simplicity) [05:54 PM] Wack'd: The military puts NYC-A under martial law and Ben-A knocks out Ben-616 to keep the military from firing on him [05:56 PM] Bocaj: What a nice fella [05:56 PM] Wack'd: ⭐ You Tried ⭐

[05:56 PM] Umbramatic: oof [05:58 PM] Wack'd: Man can you imagine if this arc had been popular or influential [05:58 PM] Wack'd: We might be living in a world where Marvel universes have letters instead of numbers [05:59 PM] Bocaj: Only 26 universes, imagine [05:59 PM] Bocaj: The New 26 [05:59 PM] Wack'd: Might've been like on Excel spreadsheets where the letters double and triple up after a while [05:59 PM] Wack'd: Earth-Z, Earth-AA, Earth-AB, etc [06:00 PM] maxwellelvis: And On Beyond Zebra [06:00 PM] Wack'd: The 5th Dimension later got retconned to Earth-6212, ftr [06:01 PM] Wack'd: Anyway, Earth-616 is entering another ice age, and the news is blaming Earth-5D [06:01 PM] Bocaj: Of course [06:02 PM] Bocaj: Climate change is caused by alternate realities [06:02 PM] Aleph Null: ... [06:02 PM] Aleph Null: Earth-PEE [06:02 PM] Wack'd: Sure [06:03 PM] Wack'd: So anyway turns out Earth-5D's weapon supplier is the same corporation as the one Reed-A and Reed-616 sold their assets to [06:03 PM] Wack'd: Quel shock [06:03 PM] Umbramatic: oh no