Oliver Wolf Sacks(born 9 July 1933, London, England)

His 1973 book Awakenings was adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film of the same name in 1990 starring Robin Williams and Robert De Niro.

Oliver Wolf Sacks

CBE Commander of the Order of the British Empire, (born 9 July 1933, London, England), is a British neurologist residing in New York City. He is a professor of neurology and psychiatry at Columbia University, where he also holds the position of Columbia Artist. He previously spent many years on the clinical faculty of Ye’shiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Grand Cross’s star of the Order of the British Empire

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions.

CBE:Order of the British Empire

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) or Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)

Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Quincy Magoo (or simply Mr. Magoo) is a cartoon character created at the UPA

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Magoolike (Page 111)

Quincy Magoo (or simply Mr. Magoo) is a cartoon character created at the UPA animation studio in 1949. Voiced by Jim Backus, Quincy Magoo is a wealthy, short-statured retiree who gets into a series of sticky (difficult) situations as a result of his nearsightedness, compounded by his stubborn refusal to admit the problem. Affected people (or animals) consequently tend to think that he is a lunatic, rather than just being nearsighted. In later cartoons he is also an actor, and generally a competent one except for his visual impairment.

Zen-like Paradoxes

Zen is a school of Mahāyāna ("Great Vehicle“) Buddhism. The Japanese word Zen is derived from the Chinese word Chán, which in turn is derived from the Sanskrit word dhyāna, which means "meditation" or "meditative state."

A zen koan is a short story or sentence that initially seems paradoxical in nature.

It is a learning tool intended to alter our perception of reality.

A kōan (pronounced /ˈkoʊ.ɑːn/; Chinese: 公案 ; pinyin: gōng'àn; Korean: gong'an; Vietnamese: công án) is a fundamental part of the history and lore of Zen Buddhism. It consists of a story, dialogue, question, or statement, the meaning of which cannot be understood by rational thinking but may be accessible through intuition. One widely known kōan is "Two hands clap and there is a sound; what is the sound of one hand?"

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Two monks were arguing about the temple flag waving in the wind. One said, "The flag moves." The other said, "The wind moves." They argued back and forth but could not agree.

Hui-neng, the sixth patriarch, said: "Gentlemen! It is not the flag that moves. It is not the wind that moves. It is your mind that moves." The two monks were struck with awe.

The Best Meat

One day Banzan was walking through a market. He overheard a customer say to the butcher, "Give me the best piece of meat you have." "Everything in my shop is the best," replied the butcher. "You can not find any piece of meat that is not the best." At these words, Banzan was enlightened.

go wash your bowl

A monk asked Zhao Zhou to teach him.Zhao Zhou asked, "Have you eaten your meal?" The monk replied, "Yes, I have." "Then go wash your bowl," said Zhao Zhou.At that moment, the monk was enlightened.

Prajñā (Wisdom, insight, discriminating knowledge,

or intuitive apprehension)

Zen emphasizes experiential prajñā (wisdom, understanding, discernment or cognitive acuity) in the attainment of enlightenment. As such, it de-emphasizes theoretical knowledge in favor of direct realization through meditation and dharma practice.

dharma refers to conformity to religious law, custom, duty, or one's own quality or character

Arthur ‘Honegger(10 March 1892 –27 November 1955)

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a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les Six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which is interpreted as imitating the sound of a steam locomotive.

‘Sotto ‘voce (112)http://dictionary.reference.com/brow

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Sotto voce (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsotːo ˈvotʃe], literally "under voice") means intentionally lowering one's voice for emphasis. The speaker gives the impression of uttering involuntarily a truth which may surprise, shock, or offend.

in a low, soft voice so as not to be overheard

Dichterliebe, 'The Poet's Love' (composed 1840)

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The best-known song cycle of Robert Schumann (Op. 48). The texts for the 16 songs come from the Lyrisches Intermezzo of Heinrich Heine, composed 1822-1823, published as part of the poet's Das Buch der Lieder. Following the song-cycles of Franz Schubert (Die Schöne Müllerin and Winterreise), those of Schumann constitute part of the central core of the genre in musical literature.

Dichterliebe, 'The Poet's Love' (composed 1840)

In the wonderfully fair month of May From my tears spring The rose, the lily, the dove, the sun When I look into your eyes I would plunge my soul In the Rhine, in the holy stream I bear no grudge And if they knew it, the blooms, the little ones

Dichterliebe, 'The Poet's Love' (composed 1840)

There is a fluting and fiddling I hear the little song sounding A young man loves a girl On a radiant summer morning I have in my dreams wept Every night in my dreams I see you From old fairy-tales it beckons The old, angry songs

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The term sometimes encompasses both the closing and onset of an era, as it was felt to be a period of degeneration, but at the same time a period of hope for a new beginning.

(French pronunciation: [fɛ̃X də sjɛ̃kl]) is French for "end of the century"

Fin de siècle & Modernism

“Fin de siècle” is most commonly associated with French artists, especially the French symbolists, and was affected by the cultural awareness characteristic of France at the end of the 19th century. However, the expression is also used to refer to a European-wide cultural movement. The ideas and concerns of the fin de siècle influenced the decades to follow and played an important role in the birth of modernism.

Bösendorfer

Bösendorfer (L. Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH) is an Austrian piano manufacturer, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Yamaha. The brand is known for producing pianos with a uniquely rich, singing, and sustaining tone. Bösendorfer is unusual in that it produces 97- and 92-key models in addition to instruments with standard 88-key keyboards.

grandfather clock 113 A longcase clock, also tall-case clock, floor clock, or

grandfather clock, is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock with the pendulum held inside the tower, or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly 1.8–2.4 meters (6–8 feet) tall. The case often features elaborately carved ornamentation on the hood, or bonnet, which surrounds and frames the dial, or clock face. The English clockmaker William Clement is credited with the development of this form in 1670. Most longcase clocks are striking clocks, which means they sound the time on each hour or fraction of an hour.

A clock with an eight-day movement required winding only once a week, while generally less expensive 30-hour

clocks had to be wound every day.

A longcase clock with a pine case, c. 1790, by Thomas Ross of Hull. The two keyholes on either side of the dial show this to be an eight-day clock.

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born 28 May 1925)

is a retired German lyric baritone and conductor of classical music, one of the most famous Lieder (art song) performers of the post-war period and "one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century". Fischer-Dieskau was ranked the second greatest singer of the century (after Jussi Björling) by Classic CD (United Kingdom) "Top Singers of the Century" Critics' Poll (June 1999).

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born 28 May 1925)

The French dubbed him "Le miracle Fischer-Dieskau" and Elisabet Schwarzkopf called him "a born god who has it all."

Different lobes

 Frontal lobe (blue)

Temporal lobe (green)

Parietal lobe (yellow)

Occipital lobe (Pink)

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Tetra’hedron Geometry . a solid

contained by four plane faces; a triangular pyramid

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Hexahedron a solid figure having

six faces, as a cube

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Octahedron

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Dodecahedron

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Icosahedron

A charming story of a love affair that went up in smoke daily

During the Second World War, Winston Churchill's cigar was such an important beacon of resistance that MI5, together with the nation's top scientists, tested the Prime Minister's supplies on mice rather than risk sabotage. Today, Churchill and his cigar remains a global icon, memorialized by a 151 foot statue of a cigar in Australia, while his cigar stubs are treasured as relics. Using original archival research and exclusive interviews with Churchill's staff, Stephen McGinty explores Churchill's passion for cigars and the solace they brought. He also examines Churchill’s lasting friendship with Antonio Giraudier, the Cuban businessman who for 20 years stocked Churchill's humidor, before fleeing Castro's revolution.

MI5 The Security Service commonly known as MI5

(Military Intelligence, Section 5), is the United Kingdom's counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of the intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS or MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and the Defence Intelligence Staff (DIS). All come under the direction of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC). The service has a statutory basis in the Security Service Act 1989 and the Intelligence Services Act 1994.

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Sir Winston Churchill, cigar in his mouth defiantly doing his V for victory sign is a classic wartime image. Few photographs of that era show Churchill without a cigar.

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television and theatre. Noted for her willingness to play unsympathetic characters

John Hughlings Jackson(4 April 1835 - 7 October 1911)

an English neurologist.

Fellow of the Royal Society

Fellows of the Royal Society

Fellows of the Royal Society are elected to the Royal Society by their peers who consider them to have made "a substantial contribution to the improvement of natural knowledge including mathematics, engineering science and medical science.” According to the Society's website, "the main criterion for election as a Fellow is scientific excellence.”