2010-10-09 New York, USA / Origins of Man / Ursprünge des Menschen / Origens do Homem / Orígenes del Hombre

Human beings are the subject of a specific phenomenology which belongs to them only. The origin raises crucial questions when considered in the context of their habitat, of the entire planet Earth, and in the larger scenario of the physical universe. From the phenomenological point of view, the uniqueness and the emergence of the Human race become ...

1974-10-09 Hildesheim, Germany / Righteous among the Nations / Gerechter unter den Völkern / Justos entre as Nações / Justos entre las Naciones

In 1939, Schindler bought an enamelware factory in Kraków, Poland, which employed at the factory's peak in 1944 about 1,750 workers, of whom 1,000 were Jew. His connections helped Schindler protect his Jewish workers from deportation and death. As time went on, Schindler had to give Nazi officials ever larger bribes and gifts of luxury items obtainable ...

The rules of the Game / Die Regeln des Spiels / As regras do Jogo / Las reglas del Juego

When you begin to learn the rules of the game, you can avoid losing. The game is life, and not knowing the rules will cost you your game. Throughout the game of life, players can choose between starting straight into a career or going to college, dealing with loans, stocks, buying a house, marriage and having ...

Conditional Acceptance / Annahme unter Vorbehalt / Aceitação Condicional / Aceptación Condicional

Timeouts - symbolic abandonment - do not help your child to become a responsible, a self-disciplined Human being. Timeouts make your child see himself as bad. This lowers self-esteem and creates bad behavior; people who feel bad about themselves tend to behave badly. Timeouts do not teach your child to regulate his emotions. In actuality, your child ...

2007-10-06 Natal, Brazil / Climb to the Sun / Aufstieg zur Sonne / Suba ao Sol / Subir al Sol

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I live fully in the present, pack my life full with as much experiences as possible; I do not regret the things I do, I regret the things I do not do. I thought nostalgia  is a luxury that I can not afford, a distracting emotion that prevents me from living the present. I thought nostalgia ...

Power of Conversation / Macht des Gesprächs / Poder de Conversação / Poder de la Conversacion

In an age of hyper-connectivity, the power and art of conversations is being lost. Conversation is not a simple exchange of information between people, it is much more. At times, it can be a process to clarify your own thinking, it can present an opportunity to be educated, and it can be a creative spark that ...

Change the Past and the Future / Ändere die Vergangenheit und die Zukunft / Mude o passado e o Futuro / Cambia el pasado y el Futuro

The events that happened in the past are irrelevant, because as long as you are still living, you can change your life. All you really have is the present. The present is a gift. Use the gift of the present to change your life. While it is normal to reflect on past events, and prepare for ...

1993-10-03 Mogadishu, Somalia / Leave no man Behind / Lass keinen Mann Zurück / Não deixe nenhum homem para Trás / No dejes a nadie Abandonado

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'Leave no man behind' is a creed and ethos often repeated and adhered to by various units and soldiers. The phrase is applied to the treatment and extraction of the seriously wounded, the recovery of the body of military members killed in action, and the attempts to rescue or trade for prisoners of war. Despite being widely ...

In this World / In dieser Welt / Neste Mundo / En este Mundo

Mans best-friend is forced to live in dreadful conditions, denied Love and space to exhibit natural behaviours. They will never see sunshine or grass, a bed, a treat, or a toy. They will live a life completely devoid of Human contact and are never walked, cuddled, or loved. This is the hidden industry behind a pet shop window. ...

Life is Unfair / Das Leben ist Unfair / A vida é Injusta / La vida es Injusta

Life is complicated, it is both fair and unfair at the same time; to expect life to have fairness and justice towards each and every Human soul no matter their condition is foolish; to demand social justice or justice of any other kind towards this perceived unfairness is foolishness. Life is a conciliation of warring forces and  ...

Nature is telling Us / Die Natur sagt Uns / A natureza nos Diz / La naturaleza nos Dice

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For decades now you witnessed massive increases in Human population, global warming, famines and droughts, epidemics of unusual infections. Diseases like the black plague, smallpox, and HIV, shifts in water distribution and the disappearance of ecosystems, forests, food and other natural resources. Nature is telling that our World is in terrible trouble, and we are just beginning to feel ...