What is the illuminati?

Introduction

Many people request us what is the illuminati, their members and what they do, because most teens in this modern times use the word as some sort of magical groups controlling the world which includes all popular people (LOL). That's why we decided to write this article, to end the confusion of the real meaning of the Illuminati.

History

The Illuminati (plural of Latin illuminatus, "enlightened") is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically the name refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, anEnlightenment-era secret society founded on May 1, 1776 to oppose superstition, prejudice, religious influence over public life, abuses of state power, and to support women's education and gender equality.

In subsequent use, "Illuminati" refers to various organizations claiming or purported to have unsubstantiated links to the original Bavarian Illuminati or similar secret societies, and often alleged to conspire to control world affairs by masterminding events and planting agents ingovernment and corporations to establish a New World Order and gain further political power and influence. Central to some of the most widely known and elaborate conspiracy theories, the Illuminati have been depicted as lurking in the shadows and pulling the strings and levers of power in dozens of novels, movies, television shows, comics, video games, and music videos.

Illuminati of Bravia

Adam Weishaupt founded the Illuminati of Bavaria on May 1, 1776 on the principles of his early training as a Jesuit. Originally called the Order of the Perfectibilists, "its professed object was, by the mutual assistance of its members, to attain the highest possible degree of morality and virtue, and to lay the foundation for the reformation of the world by the association of good men to oppose the progress of moral evil."

Illuminati Conspiracy

In the late 18th century, reactionary conspiracy theorists, such as Scottish physicist John Robison and French Jesuit priest Augustin Barruel, began speculating that the Illuminati survived their suppression and became the masterminds behind the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.

During the interwar period of the 20th century, fascist propagandists, such as British revisionist historian Nesta Helen Webster and American socialite Edith Starr Miller, not only popularized the myth of an Illuminati conspiracy but claimed that it was a subversive secret society which serves the Jewish elites that supposedly propped up both finance capitalism and Soviet communism in order to divide and rule the world.

Freemasons

Freemasonry is one of the world's oldest secular fraternal organizations, which arose in late 16th- to early 17th-century Britain. Over the years a number of allegations and conspiracy theories have been directed towards Freemasonry, including the allegation that Freemasons have a hidden political agenda and are conspiring to bring about a New World Order, a world government organized according to Masonic principles and/or governed only by Freemasons

The esoteric nature of Masonic symbolism and rites led to Freemasons being first accused of secretly practicing Satanism in the late 18th century. The original allegation of a conspiracy within Freemasonry to subvert religions and governments in order to take over the world traces back to Scottish author John Robison, whose reactionary conspiracy theories crossed the Atlantic, and during the 19th century influenced outbreaks of Protestant anti-Masonry in the United States. In the 1890s, French writer Léo Taxil wrote a series of pamphlets and books, denouncing Freemasonry, charging their lodges with worshiping Lucifer as the Supreme Being. Despite the fact that Taxil admitted that his claims were all a hoax, they were and are believed and repeated by numerous conspiracy theorists, and had a huge influence on subsequent anti-Masonic claims about Freemasonry.

Real Members of the Illuminati

Adam Weishaupt (Professor)
Adolf Von Knigge (Baron)
Xavier von Zwack (Lawyer, Judge and Electoral Councillor)
Christoph Friedrich Nikolai (Bookseller)
Westenrieder (Professor)
Hertel (Canon)
Thomas Maria de Bassus (Baron)
Johann Simon Mayr (Composer)
Dietrich (Mayor of Strasbourg)
Johann J. C. Bode (Privy Councillor)
William Bon Buche (Baron)
Saint Germain de Constanzo (Compte De Marquis)
Ferdinand of Brunswick (Duke)
Ernst of Gotha (Duke)
Johann W. Goathe (Author)

The list above is just the short list, there are 67 names published 10 of them are professors, 13 nobles, 7 were in Church and 3 lawyers, the rest are government officials, merchants and military officers.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory)#Illuminati
http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/anti-masonry/stauffer.html
http://www.cephasministry.com/history_of_masonry_3.html
http://illuminati-order.com/
http://www.illuminati-order.org/index2.html
New England and Bavarian Illuminati (Author: Vernon Stauffer)
http://www.publiceye.org/apocalyptic/Dances_with_Devils_TOC.html
As it true what they say about freemasonry? (Author: Arturo De Hoyos)
http://www.webcitation.org/5w47O6KyR

Rainbow Rainbow in the sky

A colorful arc of colors in the sky that symbolizes hope and beauty, rainbow, legend says that there is a pot of gold in the end of a rainbow but that's just a myth. Well in reality a rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky, the color is formed because of the moisture in the air where it reflect and refract.

When can you see a rainbow?

Well mostly after a rain, but that's not the deal, a rainbow can occur when there are water drops in the air and sunlight shining from behind. Water drops mostly occur after a rain that's why rainbow usually appear after a rainbow.

Colors of rainbow

In 1672 Newton named five colors of the rainbow (Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Violet), he later included two more colors (Orange and Indigo). But the truth is that a rainbow is composed of the entire spectrum of colors and not only that, it also include impossible colors (colors that we can't see such as red-green).

Other types of rainbow

Multiple Rainbow

Multiple or Double rainbow are caused by double reflection of sunlight inside the raindrops. Most people usually can't see them because they are fainter than the primary bow. The second bow has an inverted color (picture above).

Monochrome Rainbow

Occasionally a shower may happen at sunrise or sunset, where the shorter wavelengths like blue and green have been scattered and essentially removed from the spectrum. Further scattering may occur due to the rain, and the result can be the rare and dramatic monochrome rainbow.

Reflected Rainbow

When a rainbow appears above a body of water, two complementary mirror bows may be seen below and above the horizon, originating from different light paths. Their names are slightly different. A reflected rainbow will appear as a mirror image in the water surface below the horizon, if the surface is quiet (see photo above).

Fire Rainbow

Fire Rainbows are not rainbow or fire, they are "Halo" but mostly known as a rainbow because of its color.

Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow
http://www.eo.ucar.edu/rainbows/
http://www.enotes.com/science/q-and-a/what-order-colors-rainbow-289367/

Easiest way to solve Rubik's cube

Introduction

I think all of us know about the famous puzzle game "Rubik's Cube", many can solve it but not all, they all say that it is hard to memorize tons of algorithms. In this article I will teach the first algorithm that I learned (from my cousin), this algorithm is composed of 5 patterns only, but first you must know on how to solve the first layer all by yourself.

If you don't have a Rubik's cube right now you can use this software: http://bit.ly/MCApIJ

Just simply drag the side you want to rotate then right-click and hold to change view.

You can see the actual solving of the cube in the last part of this article.

Second Layer

To begin this tutorial first you need to solve the first layer, in this case we will use the white side as our base layer.

Note: The side of the first layer must be the same color, some starters do not solve it in that way.

Find a piece:

To begin solving the second layer you must first find a piece that belongs to the second layer. The piece we are talking about here is a piece that MUST be in the second layer but present in the 3rd layer.

In this case we need to move the blue-orange piece to its destination.

Right-Side

Step 1 (Align):

First align the "piece", the color must be the same with the color in the 2nd layer. In the picture above the blue part can be aligned with the blue center of the 2nd layer.

Note: If the piece is flipped, then you must align it in the orange side.

Step 2 (Move away):

Move the top part away from the "destination"

Step 3: Left (Upward)

Step 4: Top (Leftward)

Step 5: Left (Downward)

Step 6: Top (Leftward)

Step 7: Front (Clockwise)

Step 8: Top (Rightward)

Step 9: Front (Counter-Clockwise)

Left Side

Step 1: Find the piece

Step 2: Move it away

Step 3: Front (Clockwise)

Step 4: Top (Rightward)

Step 5: Front (Counter-Clockwise)

Step 6: Top (Rightward)

Step 7: Left (Upward)

Step 8: Top (Leftward)

Step 9: Left (Downward)

Explanation of the Picture (above):

We first aligned the piece where it must be, in this case the blue side is the one that we need to align.

The next step is to move the top part away from it's destination.

We now apply our algorithm (face the blue side) which is:

Right: 

Left (Upward)

Top (Leftward)

Left (Downward)

Top (Leftward)

Front (Clockwise)

Top (Rightward)

Front (Counter-Clockwise)

Left (after moving away):

Right (Upward)

Top (Rightward)

Right (Downward)

Top (Rightward)

Front (Counter-Clockwise)

Top (Leftward)

Front (Clockwise)

If you did it right the piece should be in it's proper position.

Note: Just decide what must be used between those patterns, they are just the same pattern, they're just mirrored.

3rd / Last Layer

The last layer is made up of 3 parts, first is we create a "cross" that match all the colors of its side. Second is we arrange the corners so that they end up in their proper position, then lastly we rotate them in the correct way they must be.

Building the "Cross"

To start building the last layer we must create a cross first (In this algorithm only).

Possible Cases:

When you finished the 2nd layer there are 4 possible outcome.

1: The cross is already there

2: There is a small inverted "L" in the patterns

3: There is a horizontal pattern

4: No pattern at all

Pattern:

Video

Text

Front (Clockwise)

Right (Upward)

Top (Leftward)

Right (Downward)
Top (Rightward)

Front (Counter-Clockwise)

Situation:

The cross

That is how the "cross" should look like, just disregard the other yellow pieces, you must have that pattern in order to move to the next part.

Small inverted "L":

The part highlighted in cyan is the inverted "L", it must consist of 3 piece wherein 1 of them is the center. It must also face in that way.

The red part will be your "Front" part where you will start to apply the given algorithm (above).

Note: If you did it right then you'll now have a cross.

Horizontal Line

The picture above is the "Horizontal Line", as you can see our top pieces form a horizontal line (disregard other piece/s). The red part is where you will face and start the algorithm that I posted above.
Note: If you did it right then you'll now have an "Inverted L.

No pattern at all

This is a formation that do not have any pattern (no cross, inverted L or the horizontal line). In this kind of formation you just apply the algorithm I gave above, and you're free to choose where to start.

Cross Done!

At this time your final layer must have the cross now, the next step is to arrange the cross so that the pieces are placed in their proper order.

Arranging the "Cross"

The next step to solve a rubik's cube is to arrange the cross like the picture below, as you can see all four piece of the "Cross" is aligned in their own color, but sometimes you'll only get 2 aligned parts.

The Algorithm:

Right (Upward)
Top (Leftward)
Right (Downward)
Top (Leftward)
Right (Upward)
Top (Leftward)
Top (Leftward)
Right (Downward)
Top (Leftward)

Where to start?

First rotate the top layer and see if you can have two (2) sides in their proper position. There are two possible position here, adjacent or opposite to each other.

If they are opposite to each other then you can perform the algorithm above anywhere. But if you have an adjacent side the two arranged piece must be in your back and in your right (see the video).

Note: if you did the right thing then all of those 4 sides must be in their proper order now.

Arranging all four corners

This is the 2nd to the last pattern, now that you have a perfect cross that are placed where they must be we will now arrange the corners so that they are placed in their proper order (it doesn't matter if they are solved or not).

Look at those two encircled corners, the first corner is already in its proper position, why? It is composed of Blue-Yellow-Orange and the color around it is the same (but not in the same order). The 2nd picture has a corner which is not in its correct position, Blue-Red-Yellow corner while the colors around it is Yellow-Red-Green.

The pattern

Now that you saw what we are looking for we will now proceed to the algorithm.
Note: The "in-position" corner must be in your front-right side, if there is no corner in position then you can start anywhere.

Top (Leftward)
Right (Upward)
Top (Rightward)
Left (Upward)
Top (Leftward)
Right (Downward)
Top (Rightward)
Left (Downward)

Note: Do it repeatedly until all four corners are in their proper position.

Final Step

At this time you must now have this, a cross in their proper order and all corners in their proper location. The final step will arrange those corners properly.

Note: Sometimes you'll have 4 corners , 3 corners or 2 corners to arrange.

Algorithm:

Right (Downward)

Bottom (Leftward)

Right (Upward)

Bottom (Rightward)

How to use it: First you start in the right most unsolved corner (if all corners are unsolved then choose anywhere), from that corner implement these four moves and do it repeatedly until the piece is solved.

Note: When you implement the 3rd pattern (Right [Upward]) you'll see that the piece is already in its place, but you must implement the 4th move because it will not be solved if you skip it.

After you solved one (1) corner you proceed to slide up the next corner (rightward) and do the same algorithm.

Full video of solving the rubik's cube using the those patterns (sorry for the low quality it's hard to upload videos):

This is my first tutorial so please pardon my words if they are hard to understand, feel free to comment any question, suggestion for next article or other concerns.

For serious cubers: If you want to learn the pattern that professionals used then visit this site: http://cubewhiz.com/, but you need to memorize tons of algorithms (around 200+).

Source: My memory

Special Thanks to my cousin Brandel Don Magdangan for teaching me this pattern (first pattern that i've learned 4 years ago.)

The game of Love

Introduction

Love is a very complex word that everyone tries to interpret by their own means. Maybe as you are reading this you already think of someone, all of us have felt or shown love. But most of us failed to have the love that we need, some people really love a person who doesn't love them, and most of them just hide the feelings and tries to forget it. But did you know that in some means we can manipulate the mind of someone to like us more? But ofcourse you must be sincere in order to properly deploy this tactics. I created this article to help other people who have difficulties of expression their self to the people they like, and for those who know nothing about courtship.

The Law of Association

Remember those times when you are not in a good mood? Even if someone will offer you something good there is still a chance that you will refuse, right? But when we are somewhat happy or excited we tend to ignore slight bad happenings. This is the first psychological loophole that we will try to exploit. If you want someone to like you more then try to talk or hang out with him/her when his/her mood is good or if he/she is excited. By exploiting this positive stimuli, you will be associated with that event and if you do it right he/she will remember you again the next time he/she feels the same feeling even if you're not in that moment.

But what about if she has a problem? Well that's out of this law, it's just a matter of common sense if you will talk with her for long even if she is in a bad mood, try to give her some advice and cheer her up then give her some space to think. It would not be a good idea to be always in the side of someone, you might end up in the so called "friendzone" where she just treat you as a friend and that would likely remain even if you told her what you feel.

This law simply tells you to take the chance whenever you see that she is happy or excited about something try to exploit the chance, talk and make her laugh as best as you could. Personally I can say that this works, yes, I used this technique to have an advantage over a girl that I love where in fact she has a suitor who is courting her for almost two years.

Law of Scarcity

The law of scarcity states that the more we can't obtain something the more we wish we have them. For example, Gold and Oxygen, we can't live without oxygen or air but we value more golds and precious gems. This is because oxygen is available everywhere (atleast for now) while gold is very scarce that only people with money can have them.

This is one of the mistake in my generation, they think that showing obsession towards the people they like will give them a better edge of showing the same feeling. If you really like someone to have a positive feelings towards you then try to make yourself "scarce", maybe show to them that you have another priority in life rather than love or (for girls) you need 5 months of courtship before you can decide about that matter.

Law of Reciprocal Affection

This law states that we tend to feel the same on how people feel about us, for example, if someone hates us for no reason we tend to hate them too in that way. And if someone compliments us for being good in class or in work we tend to have a positive feeling towards that person too. With this law we will exploit their feeling by simply telling that you like her. Does this contradict with Law of Scarcity? No, definitely no, with law of reciprocal affection you will just simply tell her that you like her and that's it, don't show obsession or aggressiveness about what you feel about her. At the moment she knew that you like her, she will unconsciously feel positive to you too, or in best cases, she might start to develop feelings towards you.

Similarities

This is a common mistake that we hear, they say that people with opposite personality are more compatible with each other. The truth is that people with similarities can easily get along with each other, and they can share common thoughts and feelings. So if you want to know more about someone, consider telling her the things that she likes too, for example you like computers and books but she love books and fashion, try to talk more about books rather than showing what you know about computers, which most people would likely to do.

Law of Contrast and Association

This law deals with the right way to meet someone for the first time, first impression is a very risky part. The law of contrast and association states that when we meet someone with companion we tend to judge them by the people around the, that's why there is a saying "Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are", when meeting someone, it will be a good idea to bring a companion with you with good physical aspect and personality BUT don't bring a companion with the same sex that is more attractive than you. If you're a boy try to bring your closest girl friend as companion but make sure she has a good personality and would make a good impression, if you did this right one of the first impression that she would see is that you know how to respect woman which is a good thing. For girls maybe bringing your bestfriend during the first meeting is also a good idea, but always clarify the relationship between you and your bestfriend to the guy you just met because it might give a negative impression.

A little favor is everything

This is a psychological loophole that we usually can't see, when someone ask a "little" favor (opposite sex) we tend to have a positive feeling towards them specially if the favor is not that big, or it's just an easy task. Whether you're a boy or a girl, try asking or forcing them unconsciously to do a little favor for you, something like asking to use his/her phone because your phone's battery is empty, asking to borrow or pen or anything, but don't abuse it just ask for a very little favor. It also unconsciously inject the thought that you are "open" with each other, that she can also count you in when he/she needs a little help (that would apply to the law of association too).

Law of consistency

The law of consistency mainly deals on how we can know more about a certain person. This law states that when we do a small favor we tend to accept similar but larger form of favor in the future. A group of homeowners tried to ask home owners to put a huge "Drive carefully" sign in front of their yard, only 17 agreed to have that sign, they tried the same experiment but now with a smaller sign, a three-inch sticker with "Be a careful driver" to put in their window. Nearly all of them agreed to have the sticker, after few weeks they asked the home owners again if they would like to put the huge "Drive carefully" sign, and surprisingly almost 76% of them agreed. So how can we apply this law? When it comes to "getting to know each other" stage it is important that we know all important details about a person, you can try starting with the basic questions like her birthday, favorite foods and etc, then later ask some more serious questions like her status and views about relationship, her feelings about you and etc.

You're not perfect

 The sense of being "perfect" is mostly the biggest mistakes of nearly all men and women, we tend to show that we are good at everything. Study suggest that admitting that you're wrong about something is a good thing, not only you show sportsmanship, you also show that you're not perfect and you're a real human. Laughing at your mistakes is a good way to escape shameful mistakes rather than doing non-sense excuses about that event.

Repeated exposure

Have you notice how advertisements today works?They just put their name everywhere and anywhere they could, even if it's just their logo or just the color that can represent them, no message no gimicks. This is because of the psychological loopholes in our mind, we usually trust something that we already know or always know, we always see "Coca-Cola" everywhere so if we are to choose between Coca-Cola and a softdrinks with not so popular name we will surely choose Coca-Cola products right? This is because we already trust them by seeing their names everywhere. How can we exploit this law without breaking the law of scarcity? Always talk with her in any way possible but in a friendly and non-obsessed way, maybe always ask her if she's okay or try to make excuses just to talk with her even through phone or any possible way that you can talk with her always. But don't disregard the law of scarcity when exploiting this law.

Matching postures and speech

This is a minor but can be an effective way of talking with someone to build a rapport. Matching your postures and speech will greatly help the interest between the two of you, so for example she starts to speak faster (maybe she's happy or excited) then try to speak in the same rate too but not in obvious way that you are mimicking her, if she tries to cross her hand try to do the same too after some seconds (not obvious way). In this way she will feel more comfortable to talk with you because she unconsciously feels that you feel the same. What you are doing here is you're mimicking her body language, so if her body says that she's excited then try to mimic her actions too to show that you're excited too.

Positive Attitude

Having a positive attitude will greatly improve your relationship with someone, try not to show sadness (unless it's necessary) or negative thinking while talking with her, always show the bright side of you.

Gazing into eyes

Looking directly in the eye of someone will make her feel more connected to you, and if you're telling some story to her try to look in her eyes (not in an annoying way), in this way you can show your seriousness and sincerity of what you are saying.

Review

Everything I mentioned above will not work if you don't trust yourself that you can do it, to love someone is to love yourself first. Also the sincerity is important, it's hard to pretend about what you feel and you might do something wrong if you're using this for fun as we are dealing with psychological loopholes. Lastly, these laws are just "guide" and some of them might not work for a particular situation, just be yourself and you'll be fine.

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Source: Get anyone to do anything by David J. Lieberman

The longest word in the world

When we say “The longest word in the world” the first word that comes up in our mind is the “Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis” or the disease caused by silica dust. But when we say “In the world” we are not just talking about the English Language, so technically we would need to consider all field of knowledge and language such as words from mathematics, science, physics, astronomy and all other words.

The chemical name of Titin which is the largest known protein has 189,819 letters and it’s just one (1) word. And this is the longest word in the world, so you might ask why it is not in the dictionary? Some lexicographer does not consider a chemical name as a word. That’s why it is not included in the list of official words in the English Language.

Link to the whole word: http://pastebin.com/puXj3GpJ

Did you know? Nagsisipagsisinungasinungalingan is the longest tagalong word.

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_word_in_English

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titin

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061113221628AAxlNn5

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_longest_tagalog_word

Superfluid - What is it?

Introduction

All of us are familiar with the 3 states of matter namely; solid, liquid and gas. But have you ever heard of the ‘Superfluid’ state of matter? Yes you read it right, it’s a superfluid but not a kind of water than can cure cancer or can fly, it has nothing to do with superheroes. But this state of matter has some extraordinary property which is unusual to normal liquids, one of its extraordinary property is that it does have a zero viscosity.

Viscosity

The resistance of a fluid is called viscosity, lower viscosity means lower resistance and higher viscosity means higher resistance. Let’s take for example water and honey, water has a lower viscosity than honey and in that way you can guess what viscosity means, in Filipino language we call it “Lapot”, a fluid with lower viscosity can flow easily than a fluid with higher viscosity.

Superfluid

Since a superfluid doesn’t have viscosity then it doesn’t have friction too, it means that it can escape on small holes that a normal fluid can’t surpass. The most common superfluid is the Helium-4 (2 neutrons and 2 protons), when it was tested in a container it forms a super thin film of fluid about the size of 30nm (Nanometer) under the surface to “escape” its container.

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z6UJbwxBZI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmvlIdNXxjM

The Smallest Particle

Introduction

During our elementary and highschool years they always tell us that the smallest particle in the universe is the Atom or sometimes it is the Neutron or the center of an atom. Well this thing is somewhat, inaccurate.

Quark

The smallest particle known to humankind is the Quark, quark is an elementary particle, which means it is the basic of all basic. There are 6 types or what we call flavors of Quark, the Up, Down, Top, Bottom, Charm and Strange, mixing 1 quark to another will produce different kinds of subatomic particles (2 Up and 1 Down quark is a proton).

Hadron

Just like any other things, when quarks are mixed with other quarks and form another subatomic particle it is no longer a Quark, it is now called a Hadron. Neutron, electron, positron, neutron, proton, neutrinos and other subatomic particles that we know are all considered as Hadron.

Baryons and Mesons

Hadron can be classified into two kinds, the Baryons and Mesons. Baryons are Hadrons that are formed by 3 quarks (Proton for example), while Mesons on the other hand is a quark mixed with an anti-quark. Some scientist suggest that tetraquarks and pentaquarks may also exist (4 and 5 quarks) but their existence was not YET proven as of now.

More Information

Up and Down Quarks are the most stable of all quarks while Charm and Strange are the most unstable, that’s why Proton is made up of Up and Down is also a stable particle. Charm and Strange is most likely to decay into Top and Bottom, then Top and Bottom quark may also decay into Up and Down quark.

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