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Nightwood - Djuna Barnes, Thomas Stearns Eliot, Jeanette Winterson. Micronation - Lomwiki, the micronation encyclopaedia. From Lomwiki, the micronation encyclopaedia A micronation is any entity which purports to be, or has the appearance of being a sovereign state, but isn’t.

Micronation - Lomwiki, the micronation encyclopaedia

Micronations are typically created and maintained by one person or family. Many exist solely on the internet, or in the imagination of their creators. Some have a more corporeal existence, making ambit claims over, or occasionally even physically occupying defined geographical locations - albeit often tiny, remote or uninhabitable ones - and producing physical artefacts such as stamps, coins, banknotes, passports, medals and flags. A few of the latter type have effectively managed become commercially successful tourism destinations. Many micronations consciously embrace seemingly absurd, contradictory, nonsensical or humorous elements in a subversive manner somewhat reminiscent of Dada. Etymology Prevalence Historically, micronations have been a relatively uncommon phenomenon – albeit a persistently recurrent one.

Taxonomy tbc. Windows Media® Components for QuickTime - Microsoft Download Center - Confirmation. Before you install Windows Media® Components for QuickTime: Important Make sure that your Mac OS X user account has read and write access.

Windows Media® Components for QuickTime - Microsoft Download Center - Confirmation

If your login account does not allow you to administer the computer you will be asked for an administrator name and password during the installation. To install Windows Media Components for QuickTime 1. Print this page if you want to use it as a reference when you are offline. 2. 3. 4. Staff. Greater Good Science Center. The Greater Good Science Center, located at the University of California, Berkeley is an interdisciplinary research center devoted to the scientific understanding of individual happiness, compassion, strong social bonding, and altruistic behavior.

Greater Good Science Center

The center was started in 2001 and serves to conduct research, and to translate and disseminate research for the general public. The center publishes the online magazine Greater Good. History[edit] The center at the University of California, Berkeley was started in 2001 as an interdisciplinary research center. By studying individuals and their relationships, the center aims to promote well-being in society as a whole. Print magazine[edit] Greater Good magazine (ISSN 1553-3239; 2004-2009) was a quarterly magazine published by the center, edited by Professor Dacher Keltner, of the University of California, Berkeley, and journalist Jason Marsh.

Home. The Elite Brain Network - Alice G. Walton - Life. Using MRI scans, researchers have found 12 hubs of extraordinarily dense connections in the brain that are all tied together.

The Elite Brain Network - Alice G. Walton - Life

Now they want to figure out why this special network exists. That the brain is a powerful and complex organ is no mystery. But what researchers have begun to discover is that there are select areas of the brain that are so dense in their activity and interconnections that researchers have dubbed them the "rich clubs" of the brain. A new study used a special type of MRI scan to map out the connections in the brains of 21 men and women.

There are regions of the brain in which connectivity is extraordinarily dense -- that's been known for some time. They found exactly that: Twelve discrete hubs in the brain were interconnected with one another across hemispheres, forming what the researchers call a "rich club," distinct from the regular or "lower" network of the brain. But what's going on in this special network? Image: Oliver Sved/Shutterstock. Frequent gamers have brain differences, study finds. Fourteen-year-olds who were frequent video gamers had more gray matter in the rewards center of the brain than peers who didn't play video games as much - suggesting that gaming may be correlated to changes in the brain, much as addictions are.

Frequent gamers have brain differences, study finds

European scientists reported the discovery Tuesday in the journal Translational Psychiatry. Psychologist Simone Kuhn of Ghent University in Belgium and colleagues recruited 154 healthy 14-year-olds in Berlin and divided them into two groups. Twenty-four girls and 52 boys were frequent gamers who played at least nine hours of video games each week. Fifty-eight girls and 20 boys were infrequent gamers, who played less than nine hours a week. Structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed differences in the test subjects' brains. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), the team also observed changes in the teens' brains as they participated in a task that simulated anticipating and receiving a reward. Jim Carrey Spiritual Awakening - DMT Experience He is In The Know.

Poverty indicators - The Poverty Site. Kerala. Kerala (/ˈkɛrələ/), often referred to as Keralam,[4] is a state in the south-west region of India on the Malabar coast.

Kerala

It was formed on 1 November 1956 as per the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam-speaking regions. Spread over 38,863 km2 (15,005 sq mi) it is bordered by Karnataka to the north and north east, Tamil Nadu to the east and south, and the Lakshadweep Sea to the west. With 33,387,677 inhabitants as per the 2011 census, Kerala is the twelfth largest state by population and is divided into 14 districts with the state capital being Thiruvananthapuram. Malayalam is the most widely spoken and official language of the state. The region was a prominent spice exporter from 3000 BCE to 3rd century.