A Placebo is a substance or treatment with no active therapeutic effect. A Placebo may be given to a person in order to deceive the recipient into thinking that it is an active treatment. This phenomenon, in which the recipient perceives an improvement in condition due to personal expectations, rather than the treatment itself, is known ...
State of the Science / Stand der Wissenschaft / Estado da Ciência / Estado de la Ciencia
Climate Change may refer to a change in average weather conditions, or in the time variation of weather around longer-term average conditions. Climate Change is caused by factors such as biotic processes, variations in solar radiation received by Earth, plate tectonics, and volcanic eruptions. Certain Human activities have been identified as primary causes of ongoing Climate Change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EWOrZQ3L-c Science ...
1945-07-16 New Mexico, USA / Trinity / Dreieinigkeit / Trindade / Trinidad
Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds - Trinity was the code name of the first detonation of a nuclear weapon which was conducted by the United States Army at 5:29 am on July 16, 1945, as part of the Manhattan Project. A base camp was constructed, and there were 425 people present on the ...
Love Generation / Liebesgeneration / Geração do Amor /Generación del Amor
I don't know much -But I know what I feel -There's too many people fighting -Tied to the wheel -I don't know much -But I know what I see -There's too many people crying -Washed out to sea -And there's much more we can say -And there's much more we can do -And there's much ...
First class Dinner / Abendessen Erster Klasse / Jantar de Primeira Classe / Cena de Primera Clase
After winning a trip on the RMS Titanic during a dockside card game, Jack Dawson spots the society girl Rose DeWitt who is on her way to Philadelphia to marry her rich snob fiancé Caledon Hockley. Rose feels helplessly trapped by her situation and makes her way to the aft deck and thinks of suicide until ...
Evolution / Evolution / Evolução / Evolución
The Earth is about 4.54 billion years old and the earliest undisputed evidence of life on Earth dates from at least 3.5 billion years ago. More than 99% of all species, amounting to over five billion species, that ever lived on Earth are estimated to be extinct. Estimates on the number of Earth's current species range from ...
Global Energy Trends / Globale Energie Trends / Tendências Globais de Energia / Tendencias Globales de Energía
Renewable Energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat. Renewable Energy resources exist over wide geographical areas, in contrast to other energy sources, which are concentrated in a limited number of countries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_LT9nL4gVQ Rapid deployment of Renewable Energy and energy efficiency is resulting in significant energy security, ...
Southern Story / Südstaaten Erzählung / Narrativa do Sul / Narrativa del Sur
Historical and cultural development of The South have been influenced by the institution of slave labor on plantations in the Deep South to an extent seen nowhere else in the United States by the presence of a large proportion of African Americans in the population; support for racial tension magnified by the Civil War and Reconstruction ...
Next Billion Years / Nächsten Milliarden Jahre / Próximos Bilhões Anos / Siguiente Mil Millones Años
Future studies is the science, art and practice of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them. Future studies seeks to understand what is likely to continue, what is likely to change, and what is novel. A key part of this process is understanding the potential future impact of decisions made ...
2011-07-09 Ribeirão Preto, Brazil / Revolution / Revolution / Revolução / Revolución
Ribeirão Preto is a municipality in the northeastern region of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Because of its strong agrobusiness-based economy and year-round sunny weather, it is known as Brazilian California. Coffee, also called green gold, was responsible for a kind of gold rush in the region was a primary source of income until ...
2014-07-08 Belo Horizonte – Natal, Brazil / Psychological Trauma / Trauma / Trauma Psicológico / Trauma Psíquico
A Trauma is a type of damage to the mind that occurs as a result of a severely distressing event. A Trauma is often the result of an overwhelming amount of stress that exceeds one's ability to cope, or integrate the emotions involved with that experience. A traumatic event involves one's experience, or repeating events of being ...
Love Generation / Liebesgeneration / Geração do Amor /Generación del Amor
A young boy wakes up one ordinary morning and gets himself ready and goes out on his bike to school. He arrives outside the entrance and pauses, apparently in thought. Then he rides the bike on, past the school, and partakes on a trip to many different and exotic locations all over the USA including New ...
Dangerous Liaison / Gefährliche Liebschaften / Ligações Perigosas / Liaisons Dangereuses
A Burqa is an enveloping outer garment worn by women in some Islamic traditions to cover themselves in public. Many Muslims believe that the collected traditions of the life of Muhammed require both men and women to dress and behave modestly in public. However, this requirement has been interpreted in many different ways by Islamic scholars and ...
1971-07-06 New York, USA / When You’re Smiling / Wenn Du Lächelst / Quando Você está Sorrindo / Cuando estás Sonriendo
Among Humans, smiling is an expression denoting pleasure, sociability, happiness, joy or amusement. A smile seems to have a favorable influence upon others and makes one likable and more approachable. Female smiles are appealing to heterosexual males, increasing physical attractiveness and enhancing sex appeal. Male smiles are not the be most effective in attracting heterosexual women, and that ...
2008-07-06 Rheydt, Germany / New Gold Dream / Neuer Gold Traum / Novo Sonho de Ouro / Nuevo sueño de Oro
The mind is a set of cognitive faculties including Consciousness, perception, thinking, judgement, and memory. The mind is usually defined as the faculty of a persons thoughts and Consciousness. The mind holds the power of imagination, recognition, and appreciation, and is responsible for processing feelings and emotions, resulting in attitudes and actions. A Simple Mind is ... someone, ...
2008-07-05 Gierath, Germany / No I don’t regret Anything / Nein, Ich bereue Nichts / Não, Eu não me arrependo de Nada / Non, je ne regrette Rien
Non, rien de rien -Non, je ne regrette rien -Ni le bien qu'on m'a fait -Ni le mal - tout ça m'est bien égal! - Non, rien de rien -Non, je ne regrette rien -C'est payé, balayé, oublié -Je m'en fous du passé! - Avec mes souvenirsJ'ai allumé le feuMes chagrins, mes plaisirsJe n'ai plus besoin d'eux! Balayé ...
No turning Back / Kein Zurück / Sem Volta / No hay vuelta Atrás
Es gibt keinen Weg zurück -Weißt du noch, wie's war -Kinderzeit, wunderbar -Die Welt ist bunt und schön -Bis du irgendwann begreifst -Dass nicht jeder Abschied heißt -Es gibt auch ein Wiederseh'n. - Immer vorwärts, Schritt um Schritt -Es gibt keinen Weg zurück -Was jetzt ist, wird nie mehr ungescheh'n -Die Zeit läuft uns davon -Was ...
1989-07-04 Washington, D.C., USA / Happy Independence Day / Unabhängigkeitstag / Dia da Independência / Día de la Independencia
Independence Day is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, and political speeches and ceremonies. On the Capitol lawn ...
Tell that little Girl / Erzähle dem kleinen Mädchen / Conte a Garotinha / Cuéntale a esa Niña
25% of young American women would rather win America’s Next Top Model than the Nobel Peace Prize. Even very intelligent and successful college women say they would rather want to be hot than smart. 15% to 18% of girls under 12 wear mascara, eyeliner and lipstick regularly. Eating disorders are up and self-esteem is down. Our cultural modern ...
Indigenous People / Indigene Völker / Indígenas / Indígena
Indigenous people, also known as first people, aboriginal people or native peoples are ethnic groups who are descended from and identify with the original inhabitants of a given region. In sharp and real contrast to groups that have settled, occupied or colonized the area more recently. Estimates put the total population of indigenous peoples from 220 million ...
2010-07-03 Recife, Brazil / Tropical Country / Tropisches Land / Pais Tropical / Pais Tropical
Moro num país tropical, abençoado por Deus - E bonito por natureza (mas que beleza) - Em fevereiro (em fevereiro) - Tem carnaval (tem carnaval) - Eu tenho um fusca e um violão - Sou Flamengo - Tenho uma nêga - Chamada Tereza - Sambaby - Sambaby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdF_DIRIVIY Sou um menino de mentalidade mediana (Pois é) mas assim mesmo sou feliz da vida Pois eu não devo ...
Don’t you wait on Me / Warte nicht auf Mich / Não espere em Mim / No me Esperes
Americans of African descent include many cultural and regional groups, including early settlers and immigrants from the Caribbean, immigrants from other parts of the Americas, and recent immigrants from African countries. But most African Americans are descendants of Africans who were forcibly brought to America through the Slave trade. Early in the colonial era some were treated ...
2011-07-02 Sorocaba, Brazil / Children of the Sky / Kinder des Himmels / Crianças do Céu / Niños del Cielo
World, Hold On (Children of the Sky) is a song by French music producer and DJ Bob Sinclar. In the video, the boy wakes up and notices on the news, that the Earth is going to be destroyed by a meteor. He decides to build a space ship of his own and takes his dog with ...
1990-07-01 Chemnitz, Germany / Economic MIRACLE / Wirtschafts WUNDER / MILAGRE do Reno / MILAGRO Económico Alemán
Die Währungs-, Wirtschafts- und Sozialunion zwischen der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der DDR trat am 1. Juli 1990 in Kraft. Die Währungsunion stellte für die meisten DDR-Bürger zunächst den größten Einschnitt dar, da sie nun D-Mark in ihren Händen hielten, die für sie, wie auch im Ausland, das Symbol für das Wirtschaftswunder und den bundesdeutschen Wohlstand war. Der ...
What Goes Up / Was Geht Hinauf / O Que Sobe / Lo Que Sube
The extraction of oil, gas, and minerals from the Earth's crust currently provides most of the energy and resources needed to run our Society. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J31tmCJiu6M To meet our ever-increasing energy demands, the extractive industries are increasingly moving into new areas. Including remote areas with fragile ecosystems and unique biodiversity, where governments often have limited capacity to protect the ...