If you watched the movie Inception, a duo of developers from Brooklyn, New York, have built, in a twist straight out of the film, a sleeping mask which has been designed to allow people to control their so-called lucid dreams.

Though appearing to all intents and purposes to be a standard sleeping mask, Remee – as the device has been dubbed – has been hailed as a unique REM enhancing device – aimed at  helping steer sleepers into lucid dreaming by making the brain aware that it is in that state. In theory, this means that people could choose what to dream about.

Inception, directed by Christoper Nolan featured a team of corporate spies entering dreams to plant ideas into the subconscious, set in a world where technology enters human minds via dream invasion, an idea that was a decade old. That vision is now closer to fruition, thanks to this brainchild of Duncan Frazier and Steve McGuigan – two 30 year-olds, their new company dubbed Bitbanger Labs.

They put up their project ideas on the crowd funding website at this URL – http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1047510073/remee-the-rem-enhancing-lucid-dreaming-mask   -  aiming to raising $35,000 in funding, but in fact finding that over 6,550 people were prepared to pledge an amazing  $572,891. On the inside face of the sleeping mask one finds a series of six red LED lights – blinking too faintly to wake the sleeper, but visible to the alert brain, lights programmable by the person using the mask.  

During sleep, there are two main stages, these being non-REM and REM – Rapid Eye Movement – between which states people invariably swing as the night progresses, REM stages, where most dreaming occurs, lasting the longest towards the morning hours.

This device is designed to kick into action when these longer REM stages begin, entering dreams via the blinking lights, the device waiting four to five hours until the sleeper gets into the heavy REM stages before setting the red lights going. It is a brilliantly simple idea in that, whatever you are doing in the dream, you see a pattern of red lights flashing in the distance, which tell the brain that you are dreaming, not unlike the Inception totem object featured in the film.

Having realized you are dreaming, your brain can then decide what happens next, whatever fantasy it might be. To simplify things the inventors set up the sleepwithremee.com  website – users can adjust setups, like when to start  light sequences and repeat them, as well as varying light intensity. 

Remee displays light patterns for 15 to 20 seconds every 15 minutes, though non-REM sleep is mostly unaffected by the lights, and test subjects using the masks reported no problems with use.  That said, reaching a state of lucidity does not happen every time.

This revolutionary Remee sleeping mask is not only light, but also works for several months on tiny 3V coin cell batteries in use  only when the lights are blinking. People can pre-order masks,available in five colour options and priced at $95 each – advance orders already past the 7,000 mark, from Australia, Italy and Spain among others.  

McGuigan graduated with a degree in computer science from Lock Haven University, and Frazier studied film at Arizona State University, so their technical skills overlapped, making the joint project into an inventive and interesting success story.

India is a developing economy; India boosts a lot being a part of nuclear club, G8 nations club and much more.

In reality the common citizen who pays taxes does not care about all this.

As a common citizen, I look forward for better infrastructure in terms of better roads, 24/7 power supply, efficient inexpensive medical care, proper drainage system, helpful disaster management in terms of crisis, but I guess we all just pay for it and get a very little in return.

Ask a local politician in my country: “the surrounding areas are developed but not mine?”, the best answers are listed below:

1. Required funds are short
2. Approval not received from concerned government authorities
3. My party is not in power, so I will not get the required funds for develpment
4. In the last election your locality voted against me and MANY MORE such eXcuses

In a recent report released by a NGO against the usage of fund by the so called “Public Servant” (politicians) have only spent 9% of their allocated amount … surprised? Not me!

I live in an area for the past 9 years which is developing just like my country … SNAIL pace … development is only at places where there is political gains in terms of power or money.

I hope the coming elections we pick the right candidate to change all this and the person elected does justice to his ROLE J

Defence Minister A K Antony has been saying the FGFA would join the Indian Air Force by 2017. On Monday, his deputy, M M Pallam Raju, told Parliament, “The fifth generation aircraft is scheduled to be certified by 2019, following which the series production will start.”

The FGFA is the flagship of the Indo-Russian partnership. Both countries say it would be the world’s most advanced fighter. But interviews with Indian designers who have overseen the project suggest significant disquiet. There is apprehension the FGFA would significantly exceed its current $6 million budget, because this figure reflects the expenditure on just the basic aircraft. Crucial avionics systems would cost extra.

On the positive side, Indian designers say the FGFA project would provide invaluable experience in testing and certifying a heavy fighter aircraft that is bigger and more complex than the Tejas light combat aircraft (LCA), India’s foundational aerospace achievement.

The Russian and Indian air forces each plan to build about 250 FGFAs, at an estimated cost of $100 million per fighter. That adds up to $25 billion each, in addition to the development cost.

The FGFA’s precursor has already flown. In January 2010, Russian company Sukhoi test-flew a prototype called the PAK-FA, the acronym for Perspektivnyi Aviatsionnyi Kompleks Frontovoi Aviatsy (literally prospective aircraft complex of frontline aviation). Now, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) will partner Sukhoi to transform the bare-bones PAK-FA into an FGFA that meets the Indian Air Force (IAF)’s requirements of stealth (near-invisibility to radar), super-cruise (supersonic cruising speed), networking (real-time digital links with other battlefield systems) and world-beating airborne radar that outranges enemy fighters.

But Sukhoi insists the PAK-FA already meets Russia’s requirements, says N C Agarwal, HAL’s design chief, who spearheaded the FGFA negotiations until his recent retirement. HAL worries Russia might ask India to pay extra for further development, particularly the avionics that transform a mere flying machine into a lethal weapons platform. That would leave the $6-billion budget in tatters.

Due to the shortage of reasonable housing, government has been urged to step in and modify true by easing the look method and giving a lot of land for development. several ‘brown belt’ and ‘green belt’ lands are currently obtaining approved for development functions and there are varied money schemes to assist with the prices.

But do not be fooled if it’s like a straightforward money-making answer. it’s not! it’s risky business and if you do not apprehend specifically what you’re doing, you will find yourself losing over you have got initially invested. fairly often even the foremost experienced developers will loose cash on their comes. If you’re thinking of beginning it yourself, it’s perpetually vital to grasp where to search out all the relevant contacts that you just can want before, throughout and when your project. Things like designing, surveys, finance, solicitors and conveyancers, building contractors and suppliers etc. opt for the incorrect company and your project could also be delayed, price a lot of or maybe fail.

What to do? Where are you able to notice the proper individuals to figure with?

The first that comes in mind for several would be wanting in telephone book or similar directory, however which will slender your search to only your native trades. Next may be a search on net using Google or Yahoo, however this may come back voluminous irrelevant results. All that takes time, that most of the time you do not have, and you will still not be able to notice what you’re yearning for.

The better possibility would be to go to specialist on-line directory for property development. There you’ll be able to notice all the companies associated with property development in one place, organised into totally different classes like solicitors, surveyors, building contractors and thus on. every listing provides you with a lot of info concerning the business, their contact details and there’s usually a review and star rating system in place thus you get a higher plan on who to decide on.

There don’t seem to be that several of such specialist directories on the market and not all of them are up thus far thus you may still got to do some analysis, however once you discover the location that’s appropriate for your desires, remember to bookmark it for later use because it can, for sure, come back handy within the future.

We want to enjoy the progress and brilliant technique. But let’s be fair. Everyone on this earth is to share. We continue to live lavishly. Despite all the warnings, energy, water, raw materials, earth to be wasted, even before we have something like this. But we have to pay the bill anyway. This waste is not only expensive, they are destroying our livelihoods and resource base.

“True, the treasures of the Earth! Mobilise the Earth!” That’s the motto of Earth Day 2012th

In the course of the depletion of natural resources of the earth materials are becoming an increasingly important and increasingly valuable asset. For example, among the “rare earths” the most valuable commodities in the world. They have exceptional properties and are indispensable for the sustainable future of technology. But so far, lead extraction and processing of rare earths to massive environmental damage – a prime example of wasted resources and pollution. That needs to change radically! Clean and friendly mining, efficient and sustainable use, maximum recycling and global fair distribution are the focus.

“The treasures of the earth mean the variety of all life,” said Earth Day President Thomas Dannemann, “which will also include the unique biodiversity, the richness of the natural resources of land and water on all continents of this earth, we must not allow that individual interests dominate! “

High efficiency means profit!

We need not only huge increases in the productivity of energy, raw materials and transport. We need the highest efficiency for energy and raw materials. For saving resources means profit.

Efficiency has explosive power. Metals, water, oil, natural world and local consumption are subject to an arms race. Who tried to innovate ingenious efficiency gains and not only its independence.

We need goals and standards!

Earth Day to call: we need objectives for sustainable living. Rio +20 in 2012 to be the turning point. Really!

The Earth Summit “Environment and Development” in Rio de Janeiro in June 1992 has created a common platform for all countries in the world by the Agenda 21. It commits national governments to the sustainable objectives of the 40 chapters of Agenda 21 locally to implement, in cooperation with local authorities and all citizens, social groups, associations and companies in the industry. Lot has happened since then. But not enough! 20 years after the Earth Summit in Rio, in June 2012 in Rio de Janeiro at the UN conference, “Rio plus 20″ took stock.

Now everyone on Earth Day is called “Committed to you – Mobilise the Earth!”

We need clear goals for maximum resource efficiency and sustainable industrial development at the highest level. Especially the companies in the world economy are the requirements for sustainable goals.

“Pushing the limits! Order to accelerate sustainable industries and sustainable industrial development, it requires effective measures,” Earth Day President Thomas Dannemann emphasizes the occasion of Earth Day 2012th “People should know what an honest, viable, sustainable strategy in the company indicating the tone.”

Consider use of fair trade and the environment should not be the end of the “beautiful” life. What really counts is the reduction of our footprint on this planet. Waiver is for us to recognize the use of new technologies, common sense, continuous learning to the contexts of our life on earth and care for our earth. Better quality of life means buy wisely and strategically, saving bio-products from the region, ecological clothing, travel, protect the climate, the buildings energy and renewable energy sources that make the economy legs. Environmental awareness means profit. These are the positive aspects of a new lifestyle.

Environmental awareness should aim at a progressive, pleasurable, responsible and modern living.

Creates incentives for environmentally friendly living in the greater city. Give the new species of animals and plants survive. Uses the sun in the canyons of skyscrapers. Breaks the seals on the inner cities and to give priority natural areas in the city center. Creates a lot more privileges for pedestrians and bicycles invested and where resources are used sustainably efficient: all of this with minimum negative impact on the environment.

Earth Day is held annually on 22 April is to take place in over 150 countries. The Earth Day slogan, “Think globally, act locally”, should make it clear that this is not just about today’s well-being of people. Healthy soil means healthy environment and livable place for the future. This means a realization of the vision of the UN Earth Summit in Rio in 1992 in the cities and towns, the place of residence.

every Earth Day to find a variety of actions on “climate change” instead. The Earth Day Stuttgart Coordination Unit of the Institute Dr. Flad organizes the events in Stuttgart with the participation of organizations like the Environmental Protection Agency, the Agenda Office, various environmental groups such as the ADFC, Greenpeace, Stuttgart, solar, UNICEF and schools as Hegel-Gymnasium and Merz school.

Stars like Leanordo DiCaprio and Jane Fonda, leading experts from the UN and politicians such as former U.S. Vice President Al Gore are advocates of the global Earth Day activities take place findenen on climate change.

          An offspring from the age of ten and below is where the brain is at its peak. The brain of a child is like a sponge it gathers all the information of their surroundings and is always caution. At this stage a parent or relative would want to do all the best things in order to help their children to evolve in the best and safest environmental and social class. As far as I’m concerned the best gift to present to a child an advanced toy or an electronic, such as a computer. A computer plays a crucial role in our lives and it also provides us with many benefits. Our life is becoming more and more advance each day, and the computer’s usage is increasing. This is where the role of computer comes in, it opens the mind of children and lets them explore and surf all around the internet and fill their minds with precious information and data which can be useful for their future.

            First of all a computer can be useful by using the internet. The internet can teach children and give more information about anything they are not sure of. They could also make new friends from all around the world which could help them by improving their communication skills, gain knowledge, and experience about things they would never learn in their everyday life. A computer also contains games which can be also handy to increase logical thinking. These games could also develop important qualities such as attention, patience, persistent, etc.  The most important benefit that computer skills provide is a career. These days most of paperwork, experiments, information, pictures, etc., are all located and done in a computer. Last of all a computer can also be used to finish school assignments and homework faster and more precise which would lead to higher grades and more credit.

            The year that I received my 10th birthday gift changed me a lot. My birthday was just around the corner and a present was already in mind, a computer. I never left my computer from the first day it was installed. I began to play every day and discover new things on the internet. At the age of 13 I knew how to hack into other computers and even create a game/program. Then I learned how to dismantle a computer and its components and then assemble it back. My mind became very knowledgeable, quick, and full of ideas. I am now able to write one thousand words in fifteen minutes which would help me a lot by finding a fair paying job. Ever since, my grades went a little higher and all my homework became less complicated.

In addition to those handy benefits, computer technology helps children to do their homework faster. They can type their data into the computer, easily check the grammar, correct mistakes and then print it out. Moreover, there are plenty different kinds of educational programs that can help children learn how to read, write, draw and even how to behave and speak a foreign language

            To sum up, I believe that children should learn how to use computer because this knowledge will help them in the future to be more self-confident and enterprising. Furthermore, computers can greatly improve and simplify their lives if children know how to use them.  

I’ll begin by saying that Freud was around in the late 1800s. He was the first person to try a ‘talking cure’ when it came to mental illness, so he is extremely influential and has contributed some very useful ideas to the field of psychology and psychotherapy. He treated female patients with hysteria, an illness which caused a loss of bodily function, for instance limb paralysis. They all claimed they had been molested by male family members, and when they talked through the ordeal, they were cured of their illness. Freud claimed that these women were not molested, they wanted to be, but knew it was bad, and had repressed the desire.

Before you go mental at Freud, you must realise; this is the 1800s! It’s only in the last 20 years that people have accepted that child abuse is a lot higher than was first thought. Over 100 years ago, the idea of it was unthinkable and it was thought to be extremely rare.

This idea of repression is what Freud’s theory is most famous for. He claims that our mind has three levels: the conscious, the pre-conscious, which is accessed via dreams and therapy such as free-association, and the unconscious. It is our unconscious desires which we repress in order to function normally.

Id, Ego and Superego

Our psyche, according to Freud, is split into three. The first construct is the Id. This is where all of our instinctual desires come from. The Id, you might say, is the devil on our shoulder pushing us to do whatever we want to do. This is where our repressed desires come from. The second construct, the Superego, is what you might refer to as the parent, moderating our behaviour to accord with what society expects. It is our conscience, our ability to know that what we want is not always right. 

These two constructs are controlled, to some extent anyway, by the Ego. The ego is the sense of self. It translates what the Id wants into some kind of acceptable behaviour. For an example, Freud might claim that playing a musical instrument is the Ego’s way of controlling the Id’s urge to masturbate!

Psychosexual Stages of Development

The ideas of the id, ego, and the superego slot into Freud’s much more controversial theory that we all go through psychosexual stages of development. He proposed that three aspects of childhood affect whether we become ‘fixated’ at a particular stage; the Oral stage, the Anal stage, or the Genital stage. These aspects are breast feeding, toilet training and genitals.

The Oral Stage

If a child is excessively gratified (in other words, allowed to go on breast-feeding for a long time) they will become fixated in this stage. They will also become fixated if they are frustrated (in other words, not allowed to breast-feed for as long as they want). Freud claims that these fixations cause a person to revert to the behaviour patterns associated with the childhood phase, in subtle and indirect ways. A gratified person will show this through being very optimistic, desiring a regular income, being generous and cheerful, and liking soft foods. They have the attitude that ‘good things last forever’. Conversly, frustrated people become pessimistic, hostile, cruel and clingy. They have the attitude that ‘good things never last’.

The Anal Stage

Freud claims that here, a child gets sexual satisfaction from retaining a full bowel, or from excreting. I think you can all see straight away that this is INSANE! He claims children as young as 18 months have a definite sexuality and are aware of it!

The anal character manifests in adulthood via behaviours such as hoarding, attention to detail,  persistence, and an urge to clean things. The hoarding comes from the desire to hoard excrement, and so on.

The Genital Stage

This is where things start to get really freaky. If you didn’t think it was already bad, just wait! Freud claims that 5 year old children want to have sex with their opposite-gender parent, and see their same-sex parent as a rival for the opposite-sex parent’s attention. This relates back to his hysteria patients mentioned above. Women have an elektra complex, and men have an oedipus complex. Young boys know that their desire is wrong and they fear castration; they view girls as being boys who were castrated! Instead they attempt to appease the father by relating to him. Conversly, the girls do not fear castration, but go through experiences of mourning the loss of their penis and feeling inferior to males – Freud coined the term ‘Penis Envy’ to explain the phenomenon.

If you’re thinking that this is absolute bull, Freud would have a response for you! You only think that because you have repressed your memories from 5 years old and younger, along with your oedipus/elektra complex!

He’s really thought of everything!

What’s great for Freud is that his theory encompasses all human behaviour. He has an explanation for everything. If somebody buys cheap presents, likes to hold on to items and money and are rude, they have an anal personality. If they are really nice and generous, they have simply repressed their anal personality and are overcompensating!

This is great for Freud as he can explain everything, but it also lacks scientific proof. He only studied cases of single patients, and there is a massive overemphasis on the sexual drive. 

My theory is that Freud had these desires, and felt the need to make them okay by creating this whole theory of personality!

Thoughts?

Doing things in the home can include role playing, this is a very valuable learning curve for both your child and yourself. Let the child lead the play and you follow on. Take the role given to you by the child. Let yourself regress back to childhood and let your hair down and you will see a precious imagination coming from your child.

Another activity could be baking, children love to bake and cook, simple things such as buns (cupcakes) where they can decorate the tops once the buns have cooled, also plain non crumbly biscuits are good to decorate with icing and sprinkles or small jelly sweets.

Other simple things to do are:- water play,

                                                  painting,

                                                  colouring

                                                  reading.

All these help with conversation and the use of the child’s imagination.

Ask questions to the child and give them the time to answer.

Find some music and dance around with your child, this will use some of the energy up that he/she isn’t using up while being inside.

All these activities are great to a child’s all round development and they will be learning all the time through the conversation that you both will be having together.

Enjoy your time together, it doesn’t last long.

COLD HEARTS

By: .K.Yasmeen

Email: k.yasmeen@iub.edu.pk

same for facebook

A child was slapping on his own face, mom: what are you doing this? Am in anger and revenge don’t enquire any cause, child said in response. Latter he found, in anger he has defected his eye by himself. Son: Mum I can’t survive with defected eye in this world, do something. Mom: I can’t do for your defected eye but can suggest you never do this again to save your second eye; otherwise for you the colorful world will become dark black with no ways of bright future. It’s time to do something for minorities to boost up economy for that both majority and minorities are equal important like two eyes.    By Yasmeen

Every individual is important for economic growth and development of country, in any revenge or discrimination on the base of status, sect, religion, race, color or any other, become manifest with results in the form of economic distortion of the whole nation. Discrimination brings nothing except hate. When majority of any country degrade its minority in reality it cut its own roots of success with their own hands but in the poisons of hate they don’t understand this. Minorities living in developing countries mostly treated badly. It’s not only in Pakistan such discrimination is observed in other countries also. I read this in various articles on goggle and by other sources. Beggars and Christian minority residing in Pakistan is the most ignored group in the field of research. I studied history of sub-continent and red how the Muslim and Indian killed each other on the time of patrician of both countries. A train came from India to Pakistan near the Eid festival of Muslims. Many human bodies parts were received by train’ and FIND GIFT OF YOUR HAPPY EID DAY was written on the train.

Every action and cruelty become history and bad history has bad impact on new generation’s mind. When they get young and came to know that their elders were killed by this group, will they not hate from that group?

They will do and will not only hate but also take practically step against the group who killed their elders. So this hate will wave red flag.

Nature is very beautiful, is color of land is not beautiful, if it’s beautiful why people paint it with red? Why they don’t understand hate bring nothing except more killing and more distortion?

Christens are not only living on subsistence level with inequality of income but also facing inequalities in the field of education. There are many policies for minorities’ education in Pakistan like “Education for All” if these policies are equal for all in practically, than why Christian students are not getting higher education? This is very important to explore its hidden reasons. What is the utility of that gifted pen that is in the hand of illiterate?

 YES!!!

You can earn familiarity and will count in good book of others. What is the benefit of such polices, that are practically difficult for minorities of world? They can’t full fill criteria for getting benefit by such policies. Illiteracy has become their luck till death and they die with the desire for getting education.

Mostly are working on the job of grantors’, their job description is cleanliness of toilets wings etc some conservative hate them because of their  profession and some call them “CHORHA “mean who  can’t  touch crockery eatable.

I never understand such people who love cleanliness why they don’t practically love cleanliness. If there is dirt on their dress they will become very conscious and if they do dirt of backbiting, telling lie etc they don’t feel that it is also dirty mark on their soul and hearts. THOSE WHO ARE CONCIOUS ABOUT OUTSIDE CLEALINESS WHY THEY DONN’T CARE ABOUT THEIR INNER CLEALINESS?????

People hate with that, who is cleaning their dirt instead of respect them.

Yea if any do social evil it is not bad but if any is cleaning toilets with hard work it is bad thing. If no one do this job of washing cleaning what will about cleanliness? They forget that no one born as per their own wish. If choice would be in hands, everyone would like to get birth in rich home. No one will poor. On this earth everyone has right to live free and should be loved.

 As Muslim having a status of minorities in India in the same way mostly Christians, Hindu and other minorities are residing in Pakistan on subsistence level, they hardly fulfilling their livings. They have desire to educate their offspring but failed because of poverty. once I said to a Christian janitor, why do you people do not focus on hour’s children education, the reply was” when our children cry for milk in the middle of night, shell we give them book instead”? After that I never ask this question to them but decide to work for them though my writing.

I believe that we should protect to right instead of others. No race, color, religion or cast and 100 ways leads you towards God only one way, Blind love with God leads you towards God and no doubt every creation is created by God. God love all human.

If anyone wants to get economic development and peace on this earth, he ought to have to do equity among all peoples. Everyone should treat on the base of right wrong instead of other measures. We all are human and should solve the problem of each other’s but everywhere are problem creator. Every one wants to rule on other.

I will again say, Every individual is important for economic growth and development of country, in any revenge or discrimination on the base of status, sect, religion, race, color or any other, become manifest with results in the form of economic distortion of the whole nation. Discrimination brings nothing except hate people clean discrimination if you want peace and development on earth.

Struggle and clean discrimination and hate instead of human from hearth by introducing new weapons.

To some extent, therefore, maldevelopment is simply a by-product of capitalist development (although it can also occur and indeed has occurred in other forms of societal organisation). The creative destruction of capitalism produces of course winners and losers and those losers vulnerable to the changes involved are liable to be thrown on the metaphorical scrapheap of the economy. Even the winners of capitalist change can find themselves  ultimately worse off if the economic and consumerist choices opened up to them as a result are accompanied by negative health or environmental impacts.

The concept of negative externalities is central to this whole issue. Everything that happens in the world has consequences, some of which may be intended and predictable but most of which are not. The law of unintended consequences stands as eloquent testimony to the complexity inherent in the interactions between people and society and the comparatively limited amount of resources devoted to considering how changes will impact upon them. From a philosophical perspective, this recalls Hegel’s thought on the union of contradictory opposites.

When it comes to economic change, negative externalities relate most clearly to pollution: this is the pollution directly caused by industrial activities and also the noise pollution suffered by people in industrial workplaces and the noise pollution attendant upon commuting to work among heavy traffic. Indeed, building the infrastructure required to supply and support significant industrial developments will itself be likely to lead to changes in the environment that will reduce the stock of human happiness in terms of the relationship between people and nature.

The impact of maldevelopment can also be found in the nature of work that people find as a result of development. The ILO’s concept of ‘decent work’ was introduced in part because of the tendency of capitalism to generate jobs which are indecent (3Ds: dirty, disgusting and demeaning) in areas such as low-cost, low-skilled, long-hours work in the service industry (e.g. cleaning, catering) and in the apparently endless demand for the extensive karaoke industry resulting from increases in tourism. Simply assuming that increases in aggregate employment or wealth is good for all the people involved is an inadequate response.