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Piracetam

Piracetam
Piracetam (sold under many brand names) is a medication in the racetams group, with chemical name 2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine acetamide. It is approved in the United Kingdom[2] but is not approved in the United States.[3][4] In the UK, piracetam is prescribed mainly for myoclonus,[5] but is used off-label for other conditions. Evidence to support its use for many conditions is unclear, although it is marketed as a nootropic (cognitive enhancer). Studies of piracetam's cognitive effects have had equivocal results, sometimes showing modest benefits in specific populations and sometimes showing minimal or no benefit.[6] It shares the same 2-oxo-pyrrolidone base structure with pyroglutamic acid. Medical uses[edit] Dementia[edit] Depression and anxiety[edit] Some sources suggest that piracetam's overall effect on lowering depression and anxiety is higher than on improving memory.[12] However, depression is reported to be an occasional adverse effect of piracetam.[13] Other[edit] Anti-vasospasm[edit]

L-tyrosine & Piracetam L-tyrosine and piracetam are both compounds that serve as dietary supplements. While they each play a role in brain function, L-tyrosine is a naturally occurring molecule found in proteins, and piracetam is a synthetic drug belonging to a class called nootropics, or smart drugs. These compounds can help improve certain cognitive functions and appear to have little risk of toxicity. L-tyrosine is an amino acid, or protein building block. L-tyrosine is a safe supplement for most people. Belgian researchers first synthesized piracetam in the 1960s. Although many cognitive function studies with piracetam look promising, several studies show inconclusive data, according to The Cochran Library.

Technology Is Not Driving Us Apart After All In September 2008, two graduate students working for Keith Hampton, a professor at Rutgers, raised a camera atop a 16-foot tripod to film down into Bryant Park, the sprawling green space behind the main branch of the New York Public Library. They hit record, then milled about nearby pretending they had nothing to do with the rig, as it semi-surreptitiously filmed the comings and goings of hundreds of New Yorkers. The charade didn’t last. Across the street and up 11 floors, in the corporation’s Fifth Avenue office near the park, Goulet explained what Hampton had sent her there to do. Continue reading the main story Video In the late 1960s and ‘70s, working with the New York City Planning Commission, the sociologist William H. The Street Life Project, as it was called, was revolutionary in urban planning, changing not only the way we think about public spaces but also what can be learned in this kind of close observational research of human interaction. Photo

Ganzfeld experiment Participant in a ganzfeld telepathy experiment A ganzfeld experiment (from the German for “entire field”) is a technique used in parapsychology which claims to be able to test individuals for extrasensory perception (ESP). The ganzfeld experiments are among the most recent in parapsychology for testing telepathy.[1] Consistent, independent replication of ganzfeld experiments has not been achieved.[2][3][4][5] Historical context[edit] Since the first full experiment was published by Honorton and Sharon Harper in the Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research in 1974, the Ganzfeld has remained a mainstay of parapsychological research. Experimental procedure[edit] In a typical ganzfeld experiment, a "receiver" is placed in a room relaxing in a comfortable chair with halved ping-pong balls over the eyes, having a red light shone on them. Analysis of results[edit] Early experiments[edit] Autoganzfeld[edit] Ray Hyman in 1983 with Lee Ross, Daryl Bem and Victor Benassi. Criticism[edit] C.

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Trip Glasses let you meditate and hallucinate in style by Ally Most people meditate to get away from the fast paced world and even technology. Well for those of you that can’t stand to be without your technology and would like to have a little more fun while you’re meditating, Think Geek has you covered. You just sit with your eyes gently closed and the headset as well as the glasses on. Source: Crunchgear Tour: Video « Ubuntu Studio Openshot is a simple video editor for Linux. Add videos, photos and music to create DVD’s, youtube clips and a range of other formats. Simple and clean UIIntuitive useFormat support based on ffmpeg “FFmpeg is the leading multimedia framework, able to decode, encode, transcode, mux, demux, stream, filter and play pretty much anything that humans and machines have created. It supports the most obscure ancient formats up to the cutting edge. No matter if they were designed by some standards committee, the community or a corporation. Use DVDStyler to create custom, professional looking DVD’s. User-friendly interface with support of drag & dropMultiple subtitles and audio tracksDesign your own DVD menu or select a templateCreate a photo slide showsupport of AVI, MOV, MP4, MPEG, OGG, WMV and other file formatssupport of MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, Xvid, MP2, MP3, AC-3 and other audio and video formats

Sonic Nausea Device makes you want to throw up by Mark R I realize that the title of this particular article is obvious, to say the least. After all, this tiny device is called the Sonic Nausea because it uses “a unique combination of ultra-high frequency soundwaves” to produce nauseous effects for those in its range. The Sonic Nausea is also capable of causing “headaches, intense irritation, sweating, imbalance”, as well as making people puke. It is powered by a 9-volt battery that is actually bigger than the device itself. That won’t get you too much power, but it is possible to increase the runtime with six AA batteries with transistor clips. The device is available at the SHOMER-TEC site for about $29.00, and the description states the possibilities are endless. However, most of these examples are nothing more than petty revenge. I’m surprised that this vomit-inducing technology is readily available on the market. Source

Jonathan Grubbs » How to Get Pro Quicktime Codecs without Final Cut Like a ton of pro editors out there, I’ve pretty much given up on Final Cut for editing. I still use it occasionally when I cut in a post house that still uses it, or if I have to dig out an old project to make updates. I’ve made the switch to Adobe Premiere Pro, and use AVID when I can on longer projects. My muscle memory is still geared to Final Cut, and I’ll admit I’m still way faster at organizing and cutting on Final Cut 7 than I have been yet on Adobe. Rather than learning the new keystrokes I’ve just mapped keys to be as close to my Final Cut editing strokes as I can. I have a MacPro tower and keep Final Cut 7 on that for when I need it, but I’m setting up a new MacBook Pro for my mobile editing work, and I’ve decided just to install the Adobe Suite on it and skip Final Cut altogether. How do you skip the FCP install but get the codecs? Simple!

Nootropic Nootropics (/noʊ.əˈtrɒpɨks/ noh-ə-TROP-iks), also referred to as smart drugs, memory enhancers, neuro enhancers, cognitive enhancers, and intelligence enhancers, are drugs, supplements, nutraceuticals, and functional foods that improve one or more aspects of mental function, such as working memory, motivation, and attention.[1][2] The word nootropic was coined in 1972 by the Romanian Dr. Corneliu E. Giurgea,[3][4] derived from the Greek words νους nous, or "mind", and τρέπειν trepein meaning to bend or turn.[5] Availability and prevalence[edit] At present, there are only a few drugs which have been shown to improve some aspect of cognition in medical reviews.[citation needed] Many more are in different stages of development.[6] The most commonly used class of drug is stimulants, such as caffeine.[7] Academic use[edit] Surveys suggest that 3–11% of American students and 0.7–4.5% of German students have used cognitive enhancers in their lifetime.[11][12][13] Side effects[edit] Drugs[edit]

The Tao of Crowdfunding: Three Ps for a Successful Indie Film Campaign | Hat & Soul UPDATED: 2/18/13 –– Same three Ps. Even more recent examples! Long before I worked at Indiegogo, I was given the opportunity to step in for the company’s co-founder Slava Rubin for a presentation on crowdfunding sponsored by New York Women In Film and Television (NYWIFT). Though the seminar was primarily focused around grant writing and more traditional ways of getting money for films, more of the attendees seemed ready to merge onto the more active freeway of crowdfunding rather than take the passive back roads of grant writing. If a Buddhist, a Confucianist, and a Taoist each tried to crowdfund, which would be successful? Although crowdfunding has been around for years now, it’s still the big buzz word amongst the indie community. That said, there are three aspects of crowdfunding that should be thoroughly sketched out before your campaign goes live: pitch, perks, and promotion, or what I call my Three Ps of Crowdfunding.) A few weeks later I received a Tweet from Jeanie with a link.

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