http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ottoman_empire.svg
1453- Ottomans conquer Constantinople
1516-1517 Conquer Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor and Greece.
1525- Conquer of Algeria
1526- Pushed beyond the Danube River and deteated Hungary
1571- Battle of Lepanto, a defeat from The Holy League
1683- Failure to take Vienna, for a second time, mainly driven away by Polish reinforcements
Side note: During the 17th Century
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Monday, November 26, 2012
Lucid All Night A source for Lucid Dreaming
http://lucidallnight.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/how-to-make-a-dream-more-vivid-the-true-b6-story/
Lucid All Night
A source for Lucid Dreaming
Posted by: b12dreamer | January 4, 2008
How to make a Dream more Vivid: The true B6 story
This is not an article on how to increase vividness in a
lucid dream. That’ll come later. This is an article on how to generally
have more vivid dreams, lucid or not. You haven’t experienced anything
until you’ve experienced a truly vivid dream. You remember that dream
you had last night? It probably looked like this:
That’s not cool. Look at how much fun those ladies are having, and
you can’t see anything! Well, follow my advice and your next dream will
look like this:
Now that’s more like it, right? The answer is really simple, and it’s been stated many times before: Vitamin B6, AKA Pyridoxine. But that’s not the full answer.
For a great vivid dream, you should take about 250mg of Vitamin B6.
You can find a bunch of B6 and B complex suppliments at pharmacies,
nutrition stores, any place you can get vitamins.
I don’t want suppliments, what foods have B6? Bananas, oranges, fish, liver, beans, nuts, eggs, chicken, carrots, spinach, and other healthy foods like that.
Any bad news? Yes. At a repeated dose of 200mg, you start not to feel so good — tingling in the hands and feet, loss of sensation in the legs, some other bad stuff…
What? You said i need 250mg? Yes, you do. Or you could skip that advice, and i’ll tell you the REAL reason Vitamin B6 works.
Tryptophan.
Tryptophan is an amino acid taken by Vitamin B6 and converted into Serotonin. Serotonin can cause extremely vivid dreams at higher levels. So the reason such a high dose of B6 is recommended for vivid dreams is that it’ll convert more tryptophan into more serotonin. But why don’t we help the process and just add in the middle man?
Why not just cut out the middle man and take Serotonin suppliments? Three words: Blood Brain Barrier. It’s a pesky thing that won’t just let things into the brain directly. Instead, Vitamin B6 and Tryptophan can be metabolized in the body and sent to the brain no problemo.
Tryptophan is found in such foods as cheddar cheese, chicken, salmon, lamb, egg, flour, white rice, and milk. Cheddar cheese has the most amount of tryptophan, and is recommended highly.
So what do I do?
You have two options: foods or suppliments. For Vitamin B6, you should get some suppliments that will provide you with about 100mg of B6 (much less than 250mg, and not dangerous!). You’re going to have a hard time eating enough oranges to get that much. Take it about an hour or two before bed. For tryptophan, you should eat some cheddar cheese (or the other foods listed) a few hours before bed, around when you’re about to take the B6.
If you’re not willing to just go out and buy suppliments, then i have advice for you. Eat a banana or two, and then sprinkle a good amount of cheddar cheese on something. Not on the banana, unless that’s your thing, it’s not really mine. Do this about an hour before bed. The next day, i’ll be surprised if I don’t see you running to your car still pulling your shirt over your head in such a hurry to get to the store.
That’ll provide you with some intense dreams! Good luck, and enjoy. Remember, work on your dream recall so you can remember these vivid dreams. Also remember to do your reality checks! Did you do one? Are you dreaming?
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| Vitamin B6 is part of the Vitamin B complex. It’s important for brain and nerve function. It also helps the body break down proteins and sugars (namely glucose) and promotes red blood cell production. For normal function, you need about 1.3mg of Vitamin B6 every day, and you usually get that much through the foods that you eat. |  |
I don’t want suppliments, what foods have B6? Bananas, oranges, fish, liver, beans, nuts, eggs, chicken, carrots, spinach, and other healthy foods like that.
Any bad news? Yes. At a repeated dose of 200mg, you start not to feel so good — tingling in the hands and feet, loss of sensation in the legs, some other bad stuff…
What? You said i need 250mg? Yes, you do. Or you could skip that advice, and i’ll tell you the REAL reason Vitamin B6 works.
Tryptophan.
Tryptophan is an amino acid taken by Vitamin B6 and converted into Serotonin. Serotonin can cause extremely vivid dreams at higher levels. So the reason such a high dose of B6 is recommended for vivid dreams is that it’ll convert more tryptophan into more serotonin. But why don’t we help the process and just add in the middle man?
Why not just cut out the middle man and take Serotonin suppliments? Three words: Blood Brain Barrier. It’s a pesky thing that won’t just let things into the brain directly. Instead, Vitamin B6 and Tryptophan can be metabolized in the body and sent to the brain no problemo.
Tryptophan is found in such foods as cheddar cheese, chicken, salmon, lamb, egg, flour, white rice, and milk. Cheddar cheese has the most amount of tryptophan, and is recommended highly.
So what do I do?
You have two options: foods or suppliments. For Vitamin B6, you should get some suppliments that will provide you with about 100mg of B6 (much less than 250mg, and not dangerous!). You’re going to have a hard time eating enough oranges to get that much. Take it about an hour or two before bed. For tryptophan, you should eat some cheddar cheese (or the other foods listed) a few hours before bed, around when you’re about to take the B6.
If you’re not willing to just go out and buy suppliments, then i have advice for you. Eat a banana or two, and then sprinkle a good amount of cheddar cheese on something. Not on the banana, unless that’s your thing, it’s not really mine. Do this about an hour before bed. The next day, i’ll be surprised if I don’t see you running to your car still pulling your shirt over your head in such a hurry to get to the store.
That’ll provide you with some intense dreams! Good luck, and enjoy. Remember, work on your dream recall so you can remember these vivid dreams. Also remember to do your reality checks! Did you do one? Are you dreaming?
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Sunday, November 25, 2012
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Current DIY Occulture
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- De Kronieken van Gontia (C90)
- Above The Surface Below (C60), out 2011
- Nwyvre rehearsal tape (bootleg), out 2011
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- Above The Surface Below (C60), out 2011
- Nwyvre rehearsal tape (bootleg), out 2011
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Periodic Table Quiz
Test your knowledge of the periodic table and compare your answers with your Facebook friends.
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Gustave Le Bon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guX5EOZEgOI&feature=colike
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Le_Bon
Gustave Le Bon (7 May 1841 – 13 December 1931) was a French social psychologist, sociologist, and amateur physicist. He was the author of several works in which he expounded theories of national traits, racial superiority, herd behavior and crowd psychology.
His work on crowd psychology became important during the first half of the twentieth century when it was used by media researchers such as Hadley Cantril and Herbert Blumer to describe the reactions of subordinate groups to media.
He also contributed to controversy about the nature of matter and energy. His book The Evolution of Matter was very popular in France (having twelve editions), and though some of its ideas—notably that all matter was inherently unstable and was constantly and slowly transforming into luminiferous ether—were used by some physicists of the time (including Henri Poincaré), his specific formulations were not given much consideration. In 1896 he reported observing a new kind of radiation, which he termed "black light" (not the same as what modern people call black light today), though it was later discovered not to exist.[1]
In 1902, he began a series of weekly luncheons (les déjeuners du mercredi) to which prominent people of many professions were invited to discuss topical issues. The strength of Le Bon's personal networks is apparent from the guest list: participants included Henri and Raymond Poincaré (cousins, physicist and President of France respectively), Paul Valéry and Henri Bergson.
Wilfred Trotter, a famous surgeon of University College Hospital, London, wrote similarly in his famous book Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War, just before the beginning of World War I; he has been referred to as 'Le Bon's popularizer in English.' Trotter also introduced Wilfred Bion, who worked for him at the hospital, to Sigmund Freud's work Massenpsychologie und Ich-Analyse (1921; English translation Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego, 1922), which was based quite explicitly on a critique of Le Bon's work. Ultimately both Bion and Ernest Jones became interested in what would later be called group psychology. Both of these men became associated with Freud when he fled Austria soon after the Anschluss. Both men were closely associated with the Tavistock Institute as important researchers in the field of group dynamics.
It is arguable that the fascist theories of leadership that emerged during the 1920s owed much to Le Bon's theories of crowd psychology. At the same time, Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf drew largely on the propaganda techniques proposed in Le Bon's 1895 book.[2][3][4][5] In addition, Benito Mussolini made a careful study of Le Bon's crowd psychology book, apparently keeping the book by his bedside.[6] Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, was influenced by Le Bon and Trotter. In his famous book Propaganda, he declared that a major feature of democracy was the manipulation of the mass mind by media and advertising. Theodore Roosevelt, as well as many other American progressives in the early 20th century, were also deeply affected by Le Bon's writings.[7]
Conservative American pundit Ann Coulter has noted that her 2011 book Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America is largely based on Le Bon's work.[8]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Le_Bon
Gustave Le Bon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Gustave Le Bon | |
|---|---|
 Gustave Le Bon |
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| Born | 7 May 1841 Nogent-le-Rotrou |
| Died | 13 December 1931 (aged 90) Marnes-la-Coquette |
| Nationality | French |
| Fields | Social psychology |
| Known for | Crowd psychology |
His work on crowd psychology became important during the first half of the twentieth century when it was used by media researchers such as Hadley Cantril and Herbert Blumer to describe the reactions of subordinate groups to media.
He also contributed to controversy about the nature of matter and energy. His book The Evolution of Matter was very popular in France (having twelve editions), and though some of its ideas—notably that all matter was inherently unstable and was constantly and slowly transforming into luminiferous ether—were used by some physicists of the time (including Henri Poincaré), his specific formulations were not given much consideration. In 1896 he reported observing a new kind of radiation, which he termed "black light" (not the same as what modern people call black light today), though it was later discovered not to exist.[1]
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Life
Le Bon was born in Nogent-le-Rotrou, France (near Chartres), and died in Marnes-la-Coquette. He studied medicine and toured Europe, Asia, and North Africa during the 1860s to 1880s while writing about archeology and anthropology, making some money from the design of scientific apparatus. His first great success however was the publication of Les Lois psychologiques de l'évolution des peuples (1894; The Psychology of Peoples), the first work in which he used a popularizing style that was to make his reputation secure. His best selling work, La psychologie des foules (1895; English translation The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind, 1896), was published soon afterward.In 1902, he began a series of weekly luncheons (les déjeuners du mercredi) to which prominent people of many professions were invited to discuss topical issues. The strength of Le Bon's personal networks is apparent from the guest list: participants included Henri and Raymond Poincaré (cousins, physicist and President of France respectively), Paul Valéry and Henri Bergson.
Influence
Le Bon was one of the great popularizers of theories of the unconscious at a critical time during the formation of new theories of social action.Wilfred Trotter, a famous surgeon of University College Hospital, London, wrote similarly in his famous book Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War, just before the beginning of World War I; he has been referred to as 'Le Bon's popularizer in English.' Trotter also introduced Wilfred Bion, who worked for him at the hospital, to Sigmund Freud's work Massenpsychologie und Ich-Analyse (1921; English translation Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego, 1922), which was based quite explicitly on a critique of Le Bon's work. Ultimately both Bion and Ernest Jones became interested in what would later be called group psychology. Both of these men became associated with Freud when he fled Austria soon after the Anschluss. Both men were closely associated with the Tavistock Institute as important researchers in the field of group dynamics.
It is arguable that the fascist theories of leadership that emerged during the 1920s owed much to Le Bon's theories of crowd psychology. At the same time, Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf drew largely on the propaganda techniques proposed in Le Bon's 1895 book.[2][3][4][5] In addition, Benito Mussolini made a careful study of Le Bon's crowd psychology book, apparently keeping the book by his bedside.[6] Edward Bernays, a nephew of Sigmund Freud, was influenced by Le Bon and Trotter. In his famous book Propaganda, he declared that a major feature of democracy was the manipulation of the mass mind by media and advertising. Theodore Roosevelt, as well as many other American progressives in the early 20th century, were also deeply affected by Le Bon's writings.[7]
Conservative American pundit Ann Coulter has noted that her 2011 book Demonic: How the Liberal Mob Is Endangering America is largely based on Le Bon's work.[8]
Selected works
- La Civilisation des Arabes (1884; The Civilisation of the Arabs)
- Les Lois psychologiques de l'évolution des peuples (1894; The Psychology of Peoples)
- La psychologie des foules (1895; English translation The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind 1896)
- L'homme et les sociétés (1881; Man and Society),
- Psychologie du socialisme (1896; The Psychology of Socialism)
Bibliography
- Barrows, Susanna, Distorting mirrors – Visions of the crowd in late 19th century France, New Haven, Conn.: Yale Univ. Press, 1981.
- Nye, Robert, The origins of crowd psychology – Gustave Le Bon and the crisis of mass democracy in the Third Republic, London: Sage, 1975.
- Jaap van Ginneken, 'The era of the crowd – Le Bon, psychopathology and suggestion'. Ch. 4 in JvG, Crowds, psychology and politics 1871–1899, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
- Jaap van Ginneken, 'The lonely hero in French historiography'. Appendix in JvG, Mass movements, Apeldoorn (Neth.): Spinhuis, 2007.
See also
- Crowd manipulation
- Crowd psychology
- Wilfred Trotter
- Wilfred Bion
- Sigmund Freud
- Edward Bernays
- Max Nordau
References
- ^ Helge Kragh, Quantum Generations: A History of Physics in the Twentieth Century (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1999): 11–12.
- ^ Brilliant at Breakfast at blogspot.com
- ^ Twelve hours of Anna Freud under a Nazi interrogation lamp at www.thevillager.com
- ^ Wagner & Hitler at solomonsmusic.net
- ^ Men Behind Hitler – The Führer Appears at www.toolan.com
- ^ Alex Steiner, "Marxism Without Its Head or Heart", 2007
- ^ p. 63 ff., Stuart Ewen, PR!: A Social History of Spin, New York: Basic Books, 1996.
- ^ "Why liberals behave the way they do" by Ann Coulter, The Dailer Caller, August 15, 2012, Retrieved 2012-08-16
External links
- Works by Gustave Le Bon at Project Gutenberg
- Gustave Le Bon's works: Page on Gustave Le Bon with his works available in French and in English
- the complete English text to The Crowd (PDF)
- English translation of 'The Psychology of Socialism' (PDF)
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Ways for Me to Cut My Costs
Instead of 1 Lt. bottles of Coke, purchase 6 packs.
Instead of a frozen pizza every other night, only twice a week.
Instead of paying for books, volunteer at the Friends of the Library for free ones and also borrow books from the library.
Instead of spending 1.50 to ride the bus, ride a bike for free.
Instead of a frozen pizza every other night, only twice a week.
Instead of paying for books, volunteer at the Friends of the Library for free ones and also borrow books from the library.
Instead of spending 1.50 to ride the bus, ride a bike for free.
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