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Friday, November 13th, 2009
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1:37p
Facts about dreams
Adults dream off and on, for a total of about an hour and half to three hours every night. The average person has about 1,460 dreams a year.
Scientists suggest that the dreams of fetuses are mostly composed of sound and touch sensations, given the lack of visual stimuli in the womb.
Elias Howe (1819-1867) said one inspiration for his invention of the sewing machine came from a nightmare he had about being attacked by cannibals bearing spears that looked like the needle he then designed.
Falling dreams typically occur at the beginning of the night, in Stage I sleep. These dreams are often accompanied by muscle spasms, called myoclonic jerks, and are common in many mammals.
In general, pregnant women remember dreams more than other populations. This is largely due to the extreme hormonal changes during pregnancy.
The quality of dreams depends, at least in part, on the stage of sleep in which the dreams occur. Dreams during REM tend to be more bizarre and detailed and have story lines. Dreams in stages 1 and 2 of sleep are simpler and shorter. Deep-sleep dreams tend to be diffused and may be about nothing more than a color or emotion.
Source: My Trivia Today newsletter.
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current music: U2, "Red Hill Mining Town"
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(2 comments | comment on this) Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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12:35a
"Lest we forget:"
In Flanders Fields:
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead: Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved: and now we lie
In Flanders fields!
Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you, from failing hands, we throw
The torch: be yours to hold it high
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields
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(2 comments | comment on this) Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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(17 comments | comment on this) Saturday, November 7th, 2009
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2:29p
What Comic Book Sound Are You?
http://feeds.blogthings.com/whatcomicbooksoundareyouquiz/ [ Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('<img [...] "pow"?">') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.] <p class="ljsyndicationlink"><a href="http://feeds.blogthings.com/whatcomicbooksoundareyouquiz/">http://feeds.blogthings.com/whatcomicbooksoundareyouquiz/</a></p><center><a href="http://feeds.blogthings.com/whatcomicbooksoundareyouquiz/"><img src="http://www.blogthingsimages.com/whatcomicbooksoundareyouquiz/button.png" border="0" alt="Are you a "ZAP" or a "POW"?"></a><br />
<a href="http://feeds.blogthings.com/whatcomicbooksoundareyouquiz/">What Comic Book Sound Are You?</a> - Are you a "ZAP" or a "POW"?
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allaya
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3:38p
Глаголом жечь сердца людей
"Сегодня Эл Курултай Республики Алтай принял постановление «О комплексных законодательных мерах по поддержке духа новаторства во всех сферах общественной жизни по реализации основных положений, содержащихся в статье президента Российской Федерации Дмитрия Медведева «Россия, вперед!» и в его выступлении на Международной конференции «Современное государство и глобальная безопасность».
В постановлении отмечается «актуальность, открытость, смелость суждений и степень глубочайшей озабоченности, ответственности и решительности президента Российской Федерации Медведева построить цивилизованное социальное и высокообразованное государство».
«Возникает чувство глубокой благодарности, гордости и надежды быть причастным жизненной позицией, конкретными делами к реализации обозначенных высоких идеалов и планов на будущее», — говорится в постановлении.
Для поддержки «духа новаторства» Курултай предлагает, среди прочего, изучить статью президента в школах и вернуть государству активы олигархов из-за рубежа».
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