Monthly Archives: April 2011

Portraits of the mind

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Michaela

The hippocampus is a major component of the brains of humans and other mammals. It belongs to the limbic system and plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory and spatial navigation. Hippocampus (Photomicrograph, 2005) | Genetically-encoded fluorescent proteins illuminate neurons in different colors in a modern … Continue reading →

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A different view…

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Michaela

..on just about everything. And it also sounds true to me. So what do you think ? ZEITGEIST: MOVING FORWARD

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The beautiful mind

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Michaela

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Seeing what is….

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Michaela

All catastrophes have a human face Gulf oil spill Chernobyl Haiti Once it’s no longer a major event, we forget even tough it is still going on. With the current world events we seem to forget even faster. How much … Continue reading →

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Francis of Assisi

Posted on April 19, 2011 by lilli10

On our way home from a wonderful long walk this afternoon, my friend and I suddenly passed by an elderly lady sitting on a step. She seemed to have injured herself and could not stand up. Obviously she had broken … Continue reading →

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A silent teaching

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Michaela

Daniel Barenboim, Jonathan Biss and Beethoven (Piano Sonata 30, Op 109) ” It does not shy away from the extremes, and it does not look for a synthesis that is made up through a reduction of the different elements”

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What are they talking about ?

Posted on April 18, 2011 by lilli10

A very strange evening among very strange more or less elderly ladies. Most of the time they discussed which seats in the theater are the most expensive ones and thus – naturally – the best ones. The rest of the … Continue reading →

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The beautiful mind

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Michaela

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All you need to know…

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Michaela

33 Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. If you stay in the center and embrace death with … Continue reading →