Wilhelm Reich

Following through some texts about conspiracy theories (as fun as always), many extremely interesting facts and controversies emerge. While reason is of utmost importance when reading such materials, sometimes reason *is* the very thing that makes no sense.

The text on the New World Order pointed me to the book The Biggest Secret, which starts with a quote from Wilhelm Reich who died in American jail in 1957. This last bit, seemingly irrelevant, looked really interesting to me. This lead to reading about Wilhelm Reich on Wikipedia, uncovering a really interesting story about his life and research. Today his ideas seem quite ordinary but I am quite sure that in 30's, 40's, and later they were not very much so. Also, burning books by the FDA reminds me of some other cases in history when similar events occured, which does not paint a pretty picture of the FDA or any other federal agency, for that matter. Really interesting read.

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

The New World Order

"The New World Order, an Overview" is the text that summarizes the root-cause situation related to all modern-day conspiracy theories. Great read for anyone looking for the background information and pointers to further research.

http://www.educate-yourself.org/nwo/

Austrian Consulate in Melbourne

There is an Austrian Consulate in Melbourne.

93 Nicholson Street, Carlton VIC 3052
Postanschrift: P.O.Box 52, Fitzroy VIC 3065

Telefon

(+61/3) 9349 5999

Telefax

(+61/3) 9349 5100

 

Source: http://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/foreign-ministry/service/austrian-representations-in-german.html?dv_staat=11&cHash=b20b9fe804#Melbourne

Genetic Research for Croatia

Continuing to gather scientific research material about DNA origins of the people of the Balkans area, here are the results for Croatia. Published in magazine Nature - link.

"High frequency of haplogroup I in Croatian populations and the phylogeographic pattern in its background STR diversity over Europe make Adriatic coast one likely source of the recolonization of Europe following the Last Glacial Maximum."

This points that Adriatic coast may have been the only shelter from the last Ice Age, from which the colonization spread before the migration of nations from the East.

It is also interesting to see an interview with dr. Dragan Primorac, who participated in the study mentioned in the previous posts: http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/13956/hrvati-su-geneticki-najblizi-njemcima.

Map of Human Journey

Apart from well-known Atlas of Human Journey at National Geopraphic, here is one that is easier to follow and more graphically pleasing. From Bradshaw Foundation. See here.

More on Haplogroup "I"

Here is more information on haplogroup I, specifically I2 (link), that is the most concentrated group in the region covering today's Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia.

Here you can see an overview of all haplogroups in Europe (link).

Genetic Study, continues

Here is more information about the HapMap project, mapping the genes of the world population:
In Bosnia: http://slobodnadrina.blogspot.com/2011/03/genetsko-mapiranje-bih.html
SEE: http://slobodnadrina.blogspot.com/2011/03/haplogrupe-y-dnk-zastupljene-kod-tri.html
The most significant insight from these studies is, in my opinion (in Bosnian):

"Nedavno je objavljena najnovija studija kojom je dokazano da su nosioci grupe I zapravo autohtono evropsko stanovnistvo koje se prije oko 20.000 godina tokom posljednjeg ledenog doba bjezeci pred nadiranjem leda u sjevernoj i srednjoj Evropi, u najvecem broju povuklo u Bosnu i Hercegovinu i Dalmaciju

Podgrupa I1b sa mutacijom P37,2 zapravo predstavlja vecinu postojece grupe I. Ova grupa prisutna je u BiH sa prosjecno 52,4% prema rezultatu dobivenom tokom regionalnog istrazivanja. Slijedeci najzastupljeni nosioci ove grupe su stanivnici Hrvatske sa 32,4% i Srbije sa 29,2%. Udaljavajuci se od BiH kao epicentra izvora I1b haplotipa nalazimo ga i u Sloveniji 20%, Makedoniji 34,7%, Grckoj 8,4% i Kosovu 7,9%. Van naseg regiona druge linije grupe I takoder se u znacajnoj mjeri pojavljuju u Norveskoj, na Sardiniji i oko Crnog mora."

and

"Relativno niska zastupljenost slavenskog genotipa u BiH zapravo je najvece iznanadenje ovog istrazivanja."

Original, in English:
http://vetinari.sitesled.com/bosnia.pdf

All the posts related to DNA research on Slobodna Drina blog are gathered under the same category - here. There are excellent posts and translations from relevant sources.

Bosnian History Books

Following the idea of supporting the historical writings about the region of former Yugoslavia and, specifically, geographic area of Bosnia and Herzegovina, I have started assembling books available on the internet. Here are the links to material I have found are re-hosted so far. Books larger than 50MB have been compressed and split using free 7-zip, so you will need this program to unpack the books.
The books are located in my shared Bosnia directory.

• Povijest Bosne I, Muvekkit (part 1/2, part 2/2)
• Povijest Bosne II, Muvekkit (part 1/2, part 2/2)
• Bibliografija objavljenih izvora i literature o srednjovjekovnoj Bosni 1978-2000, Esad Kurtovic -  (link)
• Putopis, Evlija Celebi (part 1, part 2, part 3)
• Srednjovjekovna Bosna, Nada Klaic (link)

There is also the book I scanned years ago, "Povijest Bosne do propasti kraljevstva" by Klaic. More info here.

Some novels deserve to be included here as they give a historical perspective of the region.

• Na Drini cuprija, Ivo Andric (link)

A Response to a Video on Genetic Origins of Croats, on YouTube

This is a response to a video "PORIJEKLO HRVATA(najnovija genetička istraživanja) !" on YouTube. Since the reply box there does not allow as much text, I decided to write a response here.

I can't find any links to relevant studies that support what you state here. If we are to believe the genetic research from the past several years (that's what is said in the video) then why list so many books when you, yourself, have said that books are not to be trusted?
Also, why was it easier to assimilate to tens of thousands of words from Slavic vocabulary than to keep more than one thousand of those of German origin?
These things make no sense and I see no link to a relevant study that would support different point of view.
Another dubious statement is that all the I haplogroup in Bosnia comes from Herzegovinian Croats. In 1991 census, about 17% of Bosnian population were Croats. How is it possible that genetic studies (http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/22/10/1964.full) show that circa 60% of Bosnian population has I haplogroup?
I, personally, can't accept posts from public wiki where authors are "Istrazivac", "CHM8318", "Dadas", "Hu1", "Yoshamya", "Cesljugar", etc. While these people may have background knowledge, the material should have references to scientific texts, of which there is none on the linked page.
Just my $0.02 on the topic.

Competency-Based Interviews at the UN

Competency-Based Interviews at the UN - here is an article sheding some light on how to prepare for a competency-based interview at the United Nations:

http://www.unspecial.org/UNS637/t32.html

Another useful text is from WikiHow: http://www.wikihow.com/Get-a-Job-With-the-United-Nations

Or Finding a Job at the UN, or article at Career Opportunities.

For historic background information check The evolution of the UN system on Google Books.