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Known for his role in psychology, Sigmund Freud’s word paved the way for much of today’s research in psychoanalysis. Take a moment to read and learn about Freud!

From: http://www.freudfile.org/

“My life is interesting only if is related to psychoanalysis”, Freud said, giving thus us to understand that the events of his biography are not interesting in a biographer’s view, but just his activity on the realm of psychoanalysis. But a different reading of this assertion suggests us something else: the fact that applying Freud’s method to the study of the biographical events could bring forward another biography, which less cares about the biographical “truth”, but particularly cares about the meaning and significance of the biographical events in the light of Freud’s discoveries, among which we should first of all mention Oedipus complex . With Octave Mannoni’s words: “The confessions Freud made about his youth are like a derived product of his discovery.” (O. Mannoni, “Freud”, Du Seuil, 1968)

Sigmund Freud was born in Freiberg, in Moravia, on 6th of May 1856. People from here were Czechs, but Jewish people were talking German and were mostly assimilated to the Austro-Hungarian ruling class. His father, Jacob Freud, was a textile dealer. He married for the first time when he was seventeen and had two children: Emmanuel and Philipp. After he became a widower, he remarried in 1851 or 1852 with a certain Rebecca, about whom we don’t know if she died young or she was repudiated, and for the third time with a young woman of twenty, Amalia Nathansohn (1835 – 1930), whose first child will be Sigmund. He will be succeeded by Julius, who died at eighteen months, Anna, Rosa, Mitzi, Dolfi, Paula and Alexander.

Sigmund Freud inherited from his father the sense of humor, the skepticism before life incertitude, the habit of exemplifying by a Jewish anecdote when he wanted to bring out some moral feature, his liberalism and free thought. From his mother he would have taken “the sentimentalism”, an ambiguous word in German, which would mean that Freud was capable of intense emotional feelings.

Freud enjoyed the unrestrained love of his mother, Amalia, who called him “my golden Sigi”. This unconditional love will make Freud notice: “When you were incontestably the favorite child of your mother,  you keep during your lifetime this victor feeling, you keep feeling sure of success, which in reality seldom doesn’t fulfill”.

Read more: http://www.freudfile.org/childhood.html

Chronology

1856 – 6 May: Sigismund Freud is born (to change his name to Sigmund at 22). According to custom, he is also given a Jewish name: Schlomo. His birthplace is Freiberg (nowadays Pribor) in Moravia (the Czech Republic). His father Jacob is 41 and has two children from a previous marriage: Emmanuel and Philippe. Sigismund’s mother is 21 and this is her first born.

1859 – The economic crisis ruins Jacob’s business. The family settles in Vienna, in Leopoldstadt, the Jewish neighborhood (February 1860).

1865 – Sigmund is admitted to the Gymnasium (secondary school) a year ahead his time.

1870 – He receives Ludwig Borne complete works; reading these books will influence him greatly.

1872 – He returns to Freiberg to spend his holidays.

1873 – He receives a summa cum laudae award on graduation from secondary school. He is congratulated on his style in German. He is already able to read in several languages. Under his colleague’s Heinrich Braun influence, he plans to study law but finally decides in favor of medical school, after having attended a lecture on Goethe’s essay On Nature. Start his studies at Vienna University.

1874 – While at university, he discovers anti-Jewish prejudices and declares his place is “with the opposition”. Attends Brentano’s lectures.

1875 – Travels to Manchester, Britain, to see Philippe and his niece Pauline.

1876 – His first personal research in Trieste, on sexual glands of anguilas. Joins Brucke’s laboratory.

1877 – Publishes the result of his anatomical research on the central nervous system of a specific larva.

1878 – His research in Brucke’s laboratory bring him to a step’s distance from the discovery of the neuron (called as such by Waldeyer in 1891). Becomes a friend of Breuer, his 14 years senior, who provides him moral and material support.

1879 – Attends Meynert’s courses in psychiatry. His sole interest is the neurological aspect of issues under debate.

1880 – A year of military service. Breuer provides treatment to Bertha Pappenheim (Anna O.). Freud translates 4 essays by Stuart Mills. He is not willing to dedicate himself to medical practice but rather to research or teaching. .

1881 – A delayed award of a doctor’s degree in medicine.

1882 – Given the material difficulties he is undergoing, Freud cannot dedicate himself to a career in research. He meets Martha Bernays (of family of Jewish intellectuals) and intends to get married with her. In November, Breuer talks to him about the Anna O. case, which had been interrupted in June.

1883 – Joins Meynert’s service in the Psychiatric Hospital.

1884 – Discovers the analgesic properties of cocaine. Carl Koller is the one publishing a successful study in that respect. Freud himself uses cocaine as a tonic but prescribes it to his friend Fleischl who was morphine addicted, thereby aggravating his situation. He is criticized in medical circles. He starts treating “nervous” disorders by means of electrotherapy and applies W. Erb’s method. He at the same time devised a method for coloring neurologic preparations (for the microscope) and publishes an article in that respect as well as a monograph on coke.

1885 – Hold a temporary position in a private clinic where hypnosis is used. He destroys all his documents in April. He is appointed Privatdozent, then is awarded a grant for a study tour and chooses to go to Paris, to visit Charcot at the Salpetriere Hospital. He is able to observe the manifestations of hysteria and the effects of hypnosis and suggestion here. Charcot leaves him with special impression. Freud volunteers to translate his lectures.

While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.

The violence at Tuesday’s match between West Ham and Millwall was a “disgrace to football”, the sports minister says. Read the full story

by Hazelnut

Crawling around in the back of my mind is a question I’ve often wondered about. How did the insurance industry begin, when and why. Are we not seeing the impact of an insurance mega-industry which has taken control of our freedom to be self-sustaining in every aspect of our lives? Do we not consciously consider our responsibilities and repercussions thereof in a mature way because we must purchase an insurance “policy” to protect us from poor choices, accidents, and ignorance?

If in the beginning, insurance policies were in fact, to spread the risk, then how did that practice become commonly accepted Law around the globe? These days, it is illegal to perform certain activities without purchasing insurance policies. The concept of “insurance” is to spread the risk.

What if I don’t want to buy insurance, what if I want to maintain my own responsibility in everything I do? Too bad for me. The only choice I have is to buy the insurance or pay the penalty for not having it. Risk is a part of life. Is it not an illusion to believe that purchasing insurance policies keeps risk low for the policy holders? IMO, the law demanding insurance be maintained for certain activities prevents freedom of choice. Or at the very least, inhibits those freedoms.

The History of Insurance

Does anyone remember when apprenticeships were commonplace and why the practice has become a relic of the past?

Insurance replaced apprenticeships. Nowadays, we are expected to go to college to learn our trades. The practice of paying a guild fee has become the practice of paying college fees.

Insurance and the Stock Exchange

Having recognized the extreme profitability and power of issuing maritime insurance, fire and plague became the next lucrative reason for requiring insurance. This practice began here:

America takes a little longer to play the insurance game and with great reluctance. Insurers were not prepared to “protect” against the “risks” inherent in establishing a new world. Until a profit could be realized, insuring against the inherent risks were taken by pioneers and colonists. For over a hundred years, the colonists managed their risk without mandatory (or even optional) insurance coverage

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Insurance should be optional, not mandatory. Insurance companies are the giants of the monetary world. Its no wonder why.

So, now I know when, why and how the insurance industry began.

http://www.investopedia.com/

http://www.abovetopsecret.com/

History of insurance refers to the development of a modern laws and market in insurance against risks. In some sense we can say that insurance appears simultaneously with the appearance of human society. We know of two types of economies in human societies: money economies (with markets, money, financial instruments and so on) and non-money or natural economies (without money, markets, financial instruments and so on). The second type is a more ancient form than the first. In such an economy and community, we can see insurance in the form of people helping each other. For example, if a house burns down, the members of the community help build a new one. Should the same thing happen to one’s neighbor, the other neighbors must help. Otherwise, neighbors will not receive help in the future.

http://en.wikipedia.org/

This ancient Incan city can be found in the Andes Mountains in Peru. Absolutely beautiful and an amazing piece of history, Machu Picchu makes R.T.’s Wonders of the World and is a place I would love to see during my lifetime. Enjoy the reading and pictures…

http://www.sacredsites.com/americas/peru/machu_picchu.html Read the full story

This speech given in 1974 showed Robert Welch’s predictions regarding America. He also offers solutions to the problems our country has got itself in to. Excellent video to watch for educational purposes.

If you have never listened to this speech before, it is one that I highly suggest you take the time to listen to. It is a speech that makes you stop and think about what goes on around you daily, and has made me become more aware of the lack of transparency in government.

It can be used to make clothing. The paper made by it would save trees from being cut down. It can even be used to build houses that have better resistance to fire. All these characteristics, and then you find out this mystery product has nutritional value and can be used for fuel. So in the current global economic crisis we are in, why aren’t we using hemp and why is marijuana still illegal? Throughout this post, I have taken the time to insert numerous videos, articles, and websites that list the benefits of hemp. Commonly mistaken as “weed”, “pot”, or marijuana, hemp actually contains very little THC and does not produce the same intoxicating effects as marijuana. Knowledge is power. Do your own research and see what you can find as well, it’s interesting to learn that a plant that can do so little harm has been lumped in the same category that cocaine, heroin, and other hard drugs have been placed.

I’ve also included historical facts and videos that illustrate how marijuana went from a commonly used plant, to a drug that sparks much debate and controversy today.

Google Search’s time line of hemp from 4000BC through 2009AD:

http://www.google.com/search?q=history+of+hemp&hl=en&rlz=1G1GGLQ_ENUS338&tbo=p&ei=lFaMStuNBYKgsgPSwp3ECQ&sa=X&oi=timeline_other_dates&ct=timeline-other-dates&tbs=tl:1,tlul:4000BC,tluh:2009

Google lists articles and websites found online that reference hemp’s use as far back as 4000BC

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http://www.hemphousemaui.com/resources/history.php

Hemp History

8000 BC – Present

Hemp is the ancient, eco-friendly fiber of the future. For over 5,000 years, hemp has been used for textiles, paper, building materials, fuel, food and personal care products. Hemp can be grown with little or no toxic chemical fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides. Today hemp is grown all over the world. The crop is used to make over 25,000 consumer products. From hemp apparel and accessories to housewares and hempseed oil cosmetics, hemp is an eco-shopper’s dream.

8000BC

Civilization, agriculture and hemp textile industries begin in Europe and Asia.

3727BC

Cannabis called a “superior” herb in the world’s first medical text, Shen Nung’s Pen Ts’ao, in China.

1500BC

Cannabis-using Scythians sweep through Europe and Asia, settle down everywhere, and invent the scythe.

500BC

Gautama Buddah survives by eating hempseed.

450BC

Herodotus records Scythians and Thracians as consuming cannabis and making fine linens of hemp.

300BC

Carthage and Rome struggle for political and commercial power over hemp and spice trade routes in Mediterranean.

100BC

Paper made from hemp and mulberry is invented in China.

100AD

Roman surgeon Dioscorides names the plant cannabis sativa and describes various medicinal uses. Pliny tells of industrial uses and writes a manual on farming hemp.

500AD

First botanical drawing of hemp in Constantinopolitanus

600AD

Germans, Franks, Vikings, etc. all use hemp fibre.

1000AD

The English word ‘hempe’ first listed in a dictionary.

1150AD

Moslems use hemp to start Europe’s first paper mill. Most paper is made from hemp for the next 700 years.

1492AD

Hempen sails, caulking and rigging ignite age of discovery and help Columbus and his ships reach America.

1545

Hemp agriculture crosses the continent overland to Chile.

1564

King Phillip of Spain orders hemp grown throughout his empire, from modern-day Argentina to Oregon.

16th-17th Century

Dutch achieve Golden Age through hemp commerce. Explorers find ‘wilde hempe’ in North America.

1619

Virginia colony makes hemp cultivation mandatory, followed by most other colonies. Europe pays hemp bounties.

1631

Hemp used as money throughout American colonies.

1776

American ‘Declaration of Independence’ drafted on hemp paper.

1791

President Washington sets duties on hemp to encourage domestic industry; Jefferson calls hemp “a necessity”, and urges farmers to grow hemp instead of tobacco.

1801

Certain premiums offered to encourage the cultivation of hemp in Upper and Lower Canada.

1800’s

Australia survives two prolonged famines by eating virtually nothing but hemp seed for protein and hemp leaves for roughage.

1850’s

Petrochemical age begins. Toxic sulfite and chlorine processes make paper from trees, steamships replace sails, tropical fibres introduced.

1930’s

New machines invented to break hemp, process the fibre, and convert pulp or hurds into paper, plastics, etc. – Racist fears of Mexicans, Asians, and African Americans leads to outcry for cannabis to be outlawed.

1935

Compressed agricultural fibreboard invented in Sweden.

1937

Marijuana Tax Act forbids hemp farming in the US. -Dupont files patent for nylon.

1938

Canada prohibits production of hemp under Opium And Narcotics Control Act.

1941

Henry Ford makes car fabricated and fueled by hemp.

1943

Hemp For Victory program urges farmers to grow hemp.

1955

Hemp farming again banned.

1961

The Canadian Narcotics Control Act(CNCA) allowed Cannabis to be grown, at the discretion ofthe Health Minister, for research purposes only.

1992

Australia licences hemp farming.

1993

England eases restriction on hemp farming. News media declare hemp clothes and cannabis leaf logo hottest new fashion.

1994

Under the CNCA, one license was granted to a Canadian company, Hempline Inc., to grow hemp experimentally in Canada under the strict supervision of the authorities.

1996

The Canadian federal government passed Bill C8 stating that mature hemp stalks are exemptfrom the list of controlled substances.

1998

The Canadian government legalizes the commercial growth of industrial hemp.

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Magic Weed – History Of Marijuana

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SHOWTIME aired two short videos that illustrated the history of weed recently. SHOWTIME is home to the show Weeds, which is a comedy about selling marijuana illegally in America.

PART 1

PART 2

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Schaffer Library of Drug Policy

Like the name says, it truely is a library of knowledge regarding drug policy. Even if you think you know a lot about hemp and marijuana history, I still suggest reading this. You’d be surprised at the new information you find in this massive library.

http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/LIBRARY/studies/vlr/vlrtoc.htm

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If you’re not familiar with NORML, they are one of the most well known pro-marijuana law reform organizations to date.

http://norml.org/

State-by-state laws, historical information, myths, and anything else you need can be found through NORML.

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Stephen Baldwin and Ron Paul debate legalization of marijuana on CNN:

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The Union: The Business Behind Getting High

If you have never heard of, or seen, this video, I recommend watching this before any of the other videos I have posted.

This is just a start to the vault of information I have taken the time to find and save online. If further reading, videos, and information is desired, simply leave feedback and I would be more than happy to continue posting information regarding hemp and marijuana.

Have a great day!

-C. Kent

Russian Expedition of Divers-Explorers, lead by Andrey Makarevich explores 80-100 feet high underwater manmade structure that composes a temple-pyramid YonaGuni. The video is in Russian.

Today’s fact is found on History.com

The three colors of Mexico’s flag hold deep significance for the country and its citizens: green represents hope and victory, white stands for the purity of Mexican ideals and red brings to mind the blood shed by the nation’s heroes.

The flag’s dramatic emblem is based on the legend of how the Mexicas (or Aztecs) traveled from Aztlán to find the place where they could establish their empire. The god Huitzilopochtli advised them that a sign—an eagle devouring a serpent atop a Nopal cactus—would appear to them at the exact spot where they should begin construction. On a small island in the middle of a lake, the Mexicas came upon the scene exactly as Huitzilopochtli had described it. They immediately settled there and founded the city of Tenochtitlán, which is now Mexico City, the country’s capital.

If you are not familiar with the congressman from Texas, this post will offer plenty of information about Ron Paul and his political career.

Click here to visit Dr. Ron Paul’s web site.
Taken from House.gov’s web page for Ron Paul:

Congressman Ron Paul of Texas enjoys a national reputation as the premier advocate for liberty in politics today. Dr. Paul is the leading spokesman in Washington for limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, and a return to sound monetary policies based on commodity-backed currency. He is known among both his colleagues in Congress and his constituents for his consistent voting record in the House of Representatives: Dr. Paul never votes for legislation unless the proposed measure is expressly authorized by the Constitution. In the words of former Treasury Secretary William Simon, Dr. Paul is the “one exception to the Gang of 535″ on Capitol Hill.

Ron Paul was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Gettysburg College and the Duke University School of Medicine, before proudly serving as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force during the 1960s. He and his wife Carol moved to Texas in 1968, where he began his medical practice in Brazoria County. As a specialist in obstetrics/gynecology, Dr. Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies! He and Carol, who reside in Lake Jackson, Texas, are the proud parents of five children and have seventeen grandchildren.

While serving in Congress during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Dr. Paul’s limited-government ideals were not popular in Washington. He served on the House Banking committee, where he was a strong advocate for sound monetary policy and an outspoken critic of the Federal Reserve’s inflationary measures. He also was a key member of the Gold Commission, advocating a return to a gold standard for our currency. He was an unwavering advocate of pro-life and pro-family values. Dr. Paul consistently voted to lower or abolish federal taxes, spending, and regulation, and used his House seat to actively promote the return of government to its proper constitutional levels. In 1984, he voluntarily relinquished his House seat and returned to his medical practice.

Dr. Paul returned to Congress in 1997 to represent the 14th Congressional district of Texas. He serves on the House Financial Services Committee, the International Relations committee, and the Joint Economic Committee. On the Financial Services Committee, Rep. Paul serves as the vice-chairman of the Oversight and Investigations subcommittee. He continues to advocate a dramatic reduction in the size of the federal government and a return to constitutional principles.

Dr. Paul is the author of several books, including Challenge to Liberty; The Case for Gold; and A Republic, If You Can Keep It. He has been a distinguished counselor to the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and is widely quoted by scholars and writers in the fields of monetary policy, banking, and political economy. He has received many awards and honors during his career in Congress, from organizations such as the National Taxpayers Union, Citizens Against Government Waste, the Council for a Competitive Economy, Young Americans for Freedom, and countless others.

Dr. Paul’s consistent voting record prompted one Congressman to comment that “Ron Paul personifies the Founding Fathers’ ideal of the citizen-statesman. He makes it clear that his principles will never be compromised, and they never are.” Another Congresswoman added that “There are few people in public life who, through thick and thin, rain or shine, stick to their principles. Ron Paul is one of those few.”

Biography.com also has a good biographical page for Congressman Paul.  (click here to visit biography.com’s Ron Paul page)

QUICK FACTS
Born: August 20, 1935 (Pittsburgh, PA)
Lives in: Lake Jackson, Texas
Zodiac Sign: Leo
Family: Married wife Carol in 1957, 3 sons Ronald Jr., Randal, and Robert, 2 daughters Lori and Joy, 17 grandchildren
Parents: Howard and Margaret Paul
Religion: Baptist
Education:
Graduated from Gettysburg College (1957)
Earned a medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine (1961)
Career: U.S. Representative from Texas, 1976-1977, 1979-1985, 1997-present
Government Committees:
House Banking Committee
House Committee on Financial Services
House Committee on Foreign Affairs
Books:
-Gold, Peace and Prosperity: The Birth of a New Currency (1981)
-The Case for Gold: A Minority Report of the U.S. Gold Commission (1982)
-Abortion and Liberty (1983)
-Freedom Under Siege: The U.S. Constitution after 200 Years (1987)
-Challenge to Liberty: Coming to Grips with the Abortion Issue (1990)
-The Party System (2007)
-A Foreign Policy of Freedom (2007)

His full name is Ronald Ernest Paul, and he has become one of the surprising candidates in the Republican race for the presidential nomination. This is his second run for president. In 1988, he made his first bid as the Libertarian candidate.

Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ron Paul was the third out of five sons. As a child, he helped out in the family’s dairy business. He continued working as a paper boy and later at a local drug store. In high school, Paul was a member of the track and wrestling teams and served as the president of the student council. Discovering love at an early age, He met his future wife Carol while in high school.

In his last year of college, Ron Paul married Carol. After he graduated in 1957, the couple moved to Durham, North Carolina, where Ron attended the Duke University School of Medicine. Finishing his degree in 1961, he and his young family then moved to Detroit, Michigan. There Paul did his internship and residency at Henry Ford Hospital. Serving his country, he was as a doctor in the United States Air Force from 1963 to 1965 and then with the United States Air National Guard from 1965 to 1968.

Specializing in obstetrics and gynecology, Paul opened his own practice in Texas. During the course of his career, he is said to have delivered more than 4,000 babies. In the 1970s, Paul became active in politics, making a failed Congressional bid in 1974. But he was victorious two years later in a special election to replace Representative Robert R. Casey who had resigned. That same year, he established the Foundation for Rational Economics and Education (FREE).

His first stint in the House of Representatives was only a matter of months. He did not retain his post in the general election later that year. On his next try in 1978, however, Paul was elected and even re-elected twice. Emerging as a strong critic of the country’s banking and financial systems, he began writing about his economic theories. In 1981, his book Gold, Peace and Prosperity: The Birth of a New Currency was published and was quickly followed by The Case for Gold: A Minority Report of the U.S. Gold Commission (1982). He expressed his pro-life and anti-federal government views in 1983’s Abortion and Liberty.

At Empire High School in Vail, Ariz., students use computers provided by the school to get their lessons, do their homework and hear podcasts of their teachers’ science lectures.

Down the road, at Cienega High School, students who own laptops can register for “digital sections” of several English, history and science classes.

And throughout the district, a Beyond Textbooks initiative encourages teachers to create — and share — lessons that incorporate their own PowerPoint presentations, along with videos and research materials they find by sifting through reliable Internet sites. Read the full story

Egyptian workers organized the first known labor strike.

source: Interesting Facts about Ancient Egypt

A Study in Contrast

Given the debate over the legitimacy of protests against the Democratic agenda on health care, cap-and-trade, and the economy generally, I thought it might be instructive to look at how the last administration addressed protests against its policies.

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-Map of all Hurricanes/Tropical Storms/Tropical Depression from 2000-2008 provided by National Hurricane Center

The Gulf Coast is no stranger to hurricanes. Make sure you take the necessary steps to prepare for the possibility of a hurricane making landfall near you this year. Read the full story