June 2010
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dismantledance:
Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., on May, 31, 2010, to protest Israel’s lethal attack earlier in the day on a ship carrying activists and humanitarian goods to the Gaza Strip. Josh Ruebner, national advocacy director of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, spoke to Press Action about Israel’s intentions and how the atrocity...
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May 2010
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The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from...
– Pablo Picasso (via alhasaart)
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A woman must be careful not to allow over-responsibility (or...
– Clarissa Pinkola Este
Women Who Run With the Wolves, p. 333
That’s not the afterlife – it’s a brainstorm -... →
Parnia believes Chawla’s research is interesting, but treats its conclusions with caution, pointing out that there is no proof that the electrical surge observed by Chawla is linked to a near-death experience. “Since the patients all died, we cannot tell what they were experiencing,” he said
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Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
– Buddha (via virginiawoolf) (via quote-book) (via -alnlongoria) (via soulfuldialect)
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Can I show who follows me in my Tumblr theme?
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just for now, imogen heap
How to listen (Thinking in a nutshell) →
How to listen The above isn’t a manual, it’s just a catalog meant to stir introspective thoughts like what your stake is and what the other person’s stake looks like. But there is a personal competitive advantage in life to listening properly, and it means being open minded.
As final tips:
1. Shut the f**k up
2. Ignore judgement until later
3. Give them reason to think...
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aplacecalleduniverse:
A healthy brain has the consistency of soft tofu. :S
Brain surgeon Katrina Firlik, announced this in her book, ‘Another Day in the Frontal Lobe’.
Next time I eat tofu… I’ll be thinking about brains!!
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Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order...
– Donald Curtis (via justbesplendid)
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All proceeds from this live improvisation are going to charity. To find out more about which charities will benefit, please go to www.imogenheap.com/charity Tracks are available for 2 months from release date. credits from Detroit Live Improv (full and edit), released 28 May 2010 Music: Imogen Heap & The Audience Mix Engineers: Tom Evans & Kelly Snook Artwork:...
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Information is Art - scientific evidence for... →
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and the beautifullest fireworks are burning in the...
“One Day” by Bjork one day it will happen one day, one day it will all come true one day when you’re resdy one day, one day when you’re up to it the atmosphere will get lighter and two suns ready to shine just for you i can feel it one day it will happen one day. one day it will all make sense one day, one day you will blossom one day, one day when you’re ready an...
The Rise of Dog Identity Politics -- New York... →
Never Apologize For Showing Feeling. When You Do So, You Apologize For Truth
– Benjamin Disraeli (via phade)
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks.
– Tennessee Williams (via curebruisedfey)
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Earworms! →
Music can sometimes become quite insistent! We have all once experienced a song that would “get stuck” in our head, running incessantly and compulsively. Until now, few studies had been dedicated to understand the earworm phenomenon. The aim of the internet test recently conducted at BRAMS was to better understand the type of music that French speaking people would most generally recognize as...
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Its been a long time since my life has spiraled into such uncertainty, I can’t...
– Chris (via themusician) (via kari-shma)
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The Beerspotter: Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier... →
i could use a bottle of this about right now
“dunkel pours cloudy with a pillowy head”
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Neuron - Rapid Formation of Robust Auditory... →
fuckyeahneuroscience:
“Before a natural sound can be recognized, an auditory signature of its source must be learned through experience. Here we used random waveforms to probe the formation of new memories for arbitrary complex sounds. A behavioral measure was designed, based on the detection of repetitions embedded in noises up to 4 s long. Unbeknownst to listeners, some noise samples...
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