An Inconvenient Truth / Eine unbequeme Wahrheit / Uma Verdade Inconveniente / Una Verdad Incómoda

More than ten years ago An Inconvenient Truth prompted millions around the World to start asking questions about the climate crisis and doing something about it, What can we do? or What can I do? Do not wait another ten years, just watching what happens on climate action this year. Be part of the solution. People in ...

1793-10-16 Paris, France / I want Candy / Ich will Süß / Eu quero Doce / Quiero Caramelos

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Preparing for her execution, Marie Antoinette had to change clothes in front of her guards. She put on a plain white dress, white being the color worn by widowed queens of France. Her hair was shorn, her hands bound painfully behind her back and she was put on a rope leash. Marie Antoinette had to sit in an ...

Listen to your Body / Hör auf Deinen Körper / Ouça seu Corpo / Escuche a Tu Cuerpo

There is widespread public belief that Organic Food is safer, more nutritious, and better tasting than conventional food, which has largely contributed to the development of an Organic Food culture. Consumers purchase organic foods for different reasons, including concerns about the effects of conventional farming practices on the Environment, Human health, and animal welfare. Demand for Organic Food is ...

1917-10-15 Paris, France / Femme Fatale / Verhängnisvolle Frau / Mulher Fatal / Mujer Fatal

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Mata Hari was not tied to the stake, and refused a blindfold. She defiantly blew a kiss to the firing squad. After the volley of shots Mata Hari slowly settled to her knees, her head always up, and without the slightest change of expression on her face. Mata Hari has often been portrayed as a femme fatale, the dangerous, seductive ...

Hide and Seek / Versteck Spiel / Esconde Esconde / Al Escondite

Hide and Seek  is a popular children's game in which any number of players conceal themselves in the environment, to be found by one or more seekers. The game is played by one player chosen closing their eyes and counting to a predetermined number while the other players hide. After reaching this number, the player who is calls 'Ready or ...

2008-10-14 Natal, Brazil / Be Your Angel / Dein Engel Sein / Ser Seu Anjo / Ser Tu Angel

Just as God is a Spirit, Angels too are invisible spirits who do not have flesh and bones. The loyal Angels reside in the heavens and have direct access to God’s heavenly presence.​ (Luke 24:39; Matthew 18:10; John 4:24) There are myriads upon myriads of Angels, perhaps numbering into the billions.  (Daniel 7:10; Revelation 5:11) Angels have at times appeared in ...

2014-10-13 Natal, Brazil / Girlish and Mature / Mädchenhaft und Reif / Menina e Madura / Chica y Madura

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Betty Boop was a teenager with a certain girlish character and an innocent sexuality, not yet a fully defined woman. Rather a combination of girlishness and maturity but her baby technique regarded her as one of the first and most famous sex symbols (on animated screen). Officially, Betty Boop was only 16 years old. Though her character was ...

Save the Planet / Rette den Planeten / Salve o Planeta / Salve el Planeta

The planet does not need saving. Even if we had a nuclear war that wiped out all living organisms, the planet would still survive. The planet may look more like Uranus but would still be around. What anti-pollution efforts really are trying to do is save the Humans. Humans are not that powerful. At any given time, ...

Columbus Day / Kolumbus Tag / Dia de Colombo / Día de la Raza

El 'Día de la Raza' se celebra el 12 de octubre en la mayor parte de Hispanoamérica, en España y en los Estados Unidos entre otros paises en conmemoración del descubrimiento de América por el navegante  Cristóbal Colón en 1492. Aunque el nombre Día de la Raza es el más popular en la actualidad, el nombre ...

1492-10-12 Guanahani, Bahamas / New World / Neue Welt / Novo Mundo / Nuevo Mundo

At about 2:00 in the morning of 12 October, a lookout on the Pinta, Rodrigo de Triana, spotted land, and immediately alerted the rest of the crew with a shout. Thereupon, the captain of the Pinta, Martín Alonso Pinzón, verified the discovery and alerted Columbus by firing a gunshot. Columbus called the island San Salvador; the natives ...

Nothing else to Do / Nichts weiter zu Tun / Nada mais que Fazer / Nada más que Hacer

You lose what individualism you have, if you have enough of course, you retain some of it, but most don't have enough, so they become watchers of game shows, you know, things like that. Then you work the 8 hour job with almost a feeling of goodness, like you’re doing something, and you get married, like marriage is a victory and you have children like having children ...

2014-10-11 Natal, Brazil / Girl Power / Mädchen Macht / Poder Feminino / Poder Femenino

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Matilda Wormwood is a genius, but her parents, Harry and Zinnia, and her brother Michael ignore and mistreat her. Since babyhood, Matilda has displayed incredible learning ability and develops a strong sense of independence due to her often being left alone at home every weekday when her father is at work, her mother is playing bingo, and ...

Surpass Anger / Überwinde Wut / Superar Raiva / Superar Ira

You become angry because you are frustrated or unhappy, when your feelings got hurt, when your plans do not turn out, when confronted with opposition or when being criticised An insignificant remark, not getting a satisfactory reply to your question, or simply just your mood. Anger is a wast of energy, hurts your health, spoils your relationships, ...

Objectification of Women / Vergegenständlichung von Frauen / Objetificação da Mulher / Cosificación de la Mujer

Objectification means treating a person as a commodity or an object without regard to their personality or dignity. Objectification is most commonly examined at the level of a Society, but can also refer to the behavior of individuals. The individual loses their identity, and is recognized solely by the physical characteristics of their body. Some feminists and psychologists argue that Objectification of ...

2004-10-10 Chicago, USA / Turning back Time / Zeit Zurückdrehen / Voltando o Tempo / Tiempo de Vuelta

Christopher Reeve was an American actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, author, activist and equestrian. He is best known for his motion picture portrayal of the classic DC comic book superhero Superman. Christopher Reeve bought a 12-year-old American horse named Eastern Express. On May 27, 1995 the horse made a refusal and Reeve fell forward off the horse, holding ...

Friends will be Friends / Freunde werden Freunde sein / Amigos serão Amigos / Amigos serán Amigos

Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend. - Er hätte sich besser bewaffnet, bevor er seinen Laden mit meinem Freund geschmückt hat. - Deveria ter se armado quando resolveu decorar o bar com meu amigo. - Pues debió haberse armado cuando decidió decorar su salón con mi amigo. - Another red letter day So the ...

1967-10-09 La Higuera, Bolivia / Shoot Coward / Schieß Feigling / Tira Covarde / Dispara Cobarde

As a young medical student, Che Guevara traveled throughout South America and was radicalized by the poverty, hunger and disease he witnessed. Che Guevara became a physician, an author, a marxist revolutionary, a major figure of the Cuban Revolution, a military theorist, a diplomat and guerilla leader in Bolivia. A major figure of the World history, his visage has ...

Wife of Moses / Frau von Moses / Esposa de Moisés / Esposa de Moisés

Tzipora is mentioned in the Book of Exodus as one of the seven daughters of Jethro a shepherd who was a priest of Midian. Moses had killed an Egyptian who was striking a Hebrew, for which offense the Pharaoh sought to kill Moses. Moses therefore fled from Egypt to Midian. One day while Moses sat by a ...

Bluebird of Happiness / Hüttensänger des Glücks / Sialia da Felicidade / Sialia de la Felicidad

The symbol of a Bluebird as the bringer of happiness is found in many cultures and may date back thousands of years. In Chinese mythology the Bluebird appears in a circle, often with three legs, as a symbol of the sun. The Navajo identify the Bluebird as a spirit in animal form, associated with the rising sun. In Russian fairy tales, the ...

I can’t Choose / Ich kann nicht Wählen / Não posso Escolher / No puedo Elegir

Sometimes you have to choose between wrong choices and no right choices. You just have to choose which wrong choice feels least wrong. During the selection process upon arrival at Auschwitz, mothers were asked to hand over their babies to the elderly women, but those who refused were sent to the gas chamber. Dr. Gustav Schonfeld wrote ...

The Magic Kingdom / Das magische Königreich / O Reino Mágico / El Reino Mágico

On average, a woman owns 20 pairs of shoes at any given time. Many own more. No matter if they are flat, heels, boots, ballets, sandals, clogs, platforms, wedges, strappy, buckled, women love shoes. Simply thinking about shoe shopping, adrenaline starts to course through a woman's body. Buying shoes gives them pleasure, wearing them the first ...