Category Archives: Humanities

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What Freud has to do with Klimt and the neuroscience of a Beethoven symphony. (PHOTO: Gustav Klimt, Adele Block-Bauer, 1907. Oil, silver, gold on canvas)

brain scan may reveal neural signs of depression, but Beethoven symphony reveals what that depression feels like

“While brain science is concerned with the mental life that arises from the activity of the brain, including how perception and memory work, and what defines consciousness, art offers insight into the more experiential qualities of mind, like the subjective measures of what certain experiences feel like.” more~>

What Freud has to do with Klimt and the neuroscience of a Beethoven symphony. (PHOTO: Gustav Klimt, Adele Block-Bauer, 1907. Oil, silver, gold on canvas)

brain scan may reveal neural signs of depression, but Beethoven symphony reveals what that depression feels like

“While brain science is concerned with the mental life that arises from the activity of the brain, including how perception and memory work, and what defines consciousness, art offers insight into the more experiential qualities of mind, like the subjective measures of what certain experiences feel like.” more~>

create a brighter future for college bound teens with cancer ~ eva la rue NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON

Our BUTTERFLY KISS Lip Gloss launched to Help College Bound Teens With Cancer

We have entered the next phase of the campaign so you can continue to help provide support to this program with your purchase of Skinn Cosmetics “Butterfly Kiss” Lip Gloss. Dimitri James and Skinn Cosmetics are giving the proceeds from the sale of this Lip Gloss in the BUTTERFLY KISS shade (excluding the cost of shipping & handling) toward our unique National Scholarship Program.
Eva, her husband Joe Cappuccio, and I, developed, spearheaded and launched the National Scholarship Program with Beckstrand by personally donating and raising money to initiate the first round of scholarships in 2011. I worked with Eva, Skinn Cosmetics and Beckstrand to design our new Skinn Butterfly Kiss Lip Gloss fundraiser. [MORE]

create a brighter future for college bound teens with cancer ~ eva la rue NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON

Our BUTTERFLY KISS Lip Gloss launched to Help College Bound Teens With Cancer

We have entered the next phase of the campaign so you can continue to help provide support to this program with your purchase of Skinn Cosmetics “Butterfly Kiss” Lip Gloss. Dimitri James and Skinn Cosmetics are giving the proceeds from the sale of this Lip Gloss in the BUTTERFLY KISS shade (excluding the cost of shipping & handling) toward our unique National Scholarship Program.
Eva, her husband Joe Cappuccio, and I, developed, spearheaded and launched the National Scholarship Program with Beckstrand by personally donating and raising money to initiate the first round of scholarships in 2011. I worked with Eva, Skinn Cosmetics and Beckstrand to design our new Skinn Butterfly Kiss Lip Gloss fundraiser. [MORE]

another MUST READ by my friend Dr Michael Tobias~Environmental Security: Sensing the World in 4-D

another MUST READ by my longtime friend, & collaborator, Dr Michael Tobias~Environmental Security: Sensing the World in 4-D (a dream has become a reality, that could help save the world). I am dreaming of a better tomorrow and it looks possible with Dr. Mark Kram’s Environmental Security Sensing. perhaps our dream of a better planet can be realized in 4-D ~ snb

another MUST READ by my friend Dr Michael Tobias~Environmental Security: Sensing the World in 4-D

another MUST READ by my longtime friend, & collaborator, Dr Michael Tobias~Environmental Security: Sensing the World in 4-D (a dream has become a reality, that could help save the world). I am dreaming of a better tomorrow and it looks possible with Dr. Mark Kram’s Environmental Security Sensing. perhaps our dream of a better planet can be realized in 4-D ~ snb

Design: Mark Bryson. Production: Franz Strasser, Bill McKenna, Lucy Rodgers and Luke Ward.

BBC reports USA has abysmal record on child abuse, neglect, death

In a report called “America’s child death shame” The BBC presents an in-depth investigation on child abuse, neglect and deaths we haven’t seen in the US, including the
Scale of Abuse,
Who’s to Blame,
How to Stop It, and the
Cycle of Violence.
my mother writes “Do you recall hearing about this in the U.S. media? Neither do I.”
please share/re-post to others who may not know about this epidemic ~ snb

Design: Mark Bryson. Production: Franz Strasser, Bill McKenna, Lucy Rodgers and Luke Ward.

BBC reports USA has abysmal record on child abuse, neglect, death

In a report called “America’s child death shame” The BBC presents an in-depth investigation on child abuse, neglect and deaths we haven’t seen in the US, including the
Scale of Abuse,
Who’s to Blame,
How to Stop It, and the
Cycle of Violence.
my mother writes “Do you recall hearing about this in the U.S. media? Neither do I.”
please share/re-post to others who may not know about this epidemic ~ snb

Dr. Malcolm Potts speaking at UC-Berkeley (photo © M. C. Tobias)

a MUST READ by my friend Dr Michael Tobias~A KING’S SPEECH with UC-Berkeley’s Dr Malcolm Potts

a MUST READ by my longtime friend, & collaborator, Dr Michael Tobias~A KING’S SPEECH with UC-Berkeley’s Dr Malcolm Potts (that could help save the world) ~ snb

(babies today) will grow up in an increasingly bipolar world – manic levels of consumption in the North and depressing levels of poverty, illiteracy and violence in the South. ~ Dr. Malcolm Potts, Bixby Professor in the School of Public Health at UC-Berkeley [read MORE]

Dr. Malcolm Potts speaking at UC-Berkeley (photo © M. C. Tobias)

a MUST READ by my friend Dr Michael Tobias~A KING’S SPEECH with UC-Berkeley’s Dr Malcolm Potts

a MUST READ by my longtime friend, & collaborator, Dr Michael Tobias~A KING’S SPEECH with UC-Berkeley’s Dr Malcolm Potts (that could help save the world) ~ snb

(babies today) will grow up in an increasingly bipolar world – manic levels of consumption in the North and depressing levels of poverty, illiteracy and violence in the South. ~ Dr. Malcolm Potts, Bixby Professor in the School of Public Health at UC-Berkeley [read MORE]

In The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World (Image via Wikipedia)

The Divided Brain, Animated | Brain Pickings

WOW ~ an excellent video/link posted by my brilliant mother about the book “The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World,” by Iain McGilchrist. “McGilchrist talks about the science and philosophy of his work, and makes a passionate case for reprioritizing the right hemisphere.” Be patient, it may take a couple of viewings to absorb the full message ~ snb

In The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World (Image via Wikipedia)

The Divided Brain, Animated | Brain Pickings

WOW ~ an excellent video/link posted by my brilliant mother about the book “The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World,” by Iain McGilchrist. “McGilchrist talks about the science and philosophy of his work, and makes a passionate case for reprioritizing the right hemisphere.” Be patient, it may take a couple of viewings to absorb the full message ~ snb

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love this positive message~PEACE Begins on the the Playground

“PEACE Begins on the the Playground” ~ i love this positive message!~sb
Mother Teresa said, “I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there.”
{could apply to anti-bullying rallies vs pro-playground peace movement}

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love this positive message~PEACE Begins on the the Playground

“PEACE Begins on the the Playground” ~ i love this positive message!~sb
Mother Teresa said, “I was once asked why I don’t participate in anti-war demonstrations. I said that I will never do that, but as soon as you have a pro-peace rally, I’ll be there.”
{could apply to anti-bullying rallies vs pro-playground peace movement}

Rolling Gallery Visit (Photo: Nacho Doce/Reuters)

CHECK OUT_OPNI~The Unidentified Graffiti Artists of São Paulo

CHECK OUT_OPNI~The Unidentified Graffiti Artists of São Paulo who turn bleak vistas into psychedelic visions
{this article link is thanks to my bestie DrQ~sb}

Rolling Gallery Visit (Photo: Nacho Doce/Reuters)

CHECK OUT_OPNI~The Unidentified Graffiti Artists of São Paulo

CHECK OUT_OPNI~The Unidentified Graffiti Artists of São Paulo who turn bleak vistas into psychedelic visions
{this article link is thanks to my bestie DrQ~sb}

New Years Day Luncheon 2005 in Makawao, Maui with Bruce Family

23RD AUGUST_Special day for the Bruce Family in Hawaii celebrating my Grand Cousin’s 106th Birthday

I WISH my «Grand Cousin»
Mrs. Phyllis Carr Bruce
of Maui Hawaii
an Incredibly Happy 106th Birthday
on 23 August 2011
love, sarah nean
{my father John W. Bruce’s first cousin}

New Years Day Luncheon 2005 in Makawao, Maui with Bruce Family

23RD AUGUST_Special day for the Bruce Family in Hawaii celebrating my Grand Cousin’s 106th Birthday

I WISH my «Grand Cousin»
Mrs. Phyllis Carr Bruce
of Maui Hawaii
an Incredibly Happy 106th Birthday
on 23 August 2011
love, sarah nean
{my father John W. Bruce’s first cousin}

we are helping college bound teens with cancer like Alexandra Munoz, our $2,000 national scholarship winner 2011

we are helping college bound teens with cancer: meet Alexandra Munoz, our $2,000 national scholarship winner

We are enthused to announce the fourth of four 2011 national scholarships awarded through Beckstrand Cancer Foundation to help create a better future for college bound teens with cancer! Attending: UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles); Studying: Pre-Medicine/Pediatrics; Cancer Diagnosis: Ovarian Cancer. Essay Excerpt: Before cancer, I had never seen children struggle to save their lives before. I can remember the screams of the youngest kids that echoed my own inward pleas. I only remember thinking, I wish I could heal them…I have felt the terror of being the patient, but I hope to one day be on the other side of the equation. – Alexandra Munoz [READ MORE]

we are helping college bound teens with cancer like Alexandra Munoz, our $2,000 national scholarship winner 2011

we are helping college bound teens with cancer: meet Alexandra Munoz, our $2,000 national scholarship winner

We are enthused to announce the fourth of four 2011 national scholarships awarded through Beckstrand Cancer Foundation to help create a better future for college bound teens with cancer! Attending: UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles); Studying: Pre-Medicine/Pediatrics; Cancer Diagnosis: Ovarian Cancer. Essay Excerpt: Before cancer, I had never seen children struggle to save their lives before. I can remember the screams of the youngest kids that echoed my own inward pleas. I only remember thinking, I wish I could heal them…I have felt the terror of being the patient, but I hope to one day be on the other side of the equation. – Alexandra Munoz [READ MORE]