Peace of Mind / Seelenfrieden / Paz de Espírito / Paz de Espíritu

Dreams are all the subjective experiences that occur during sleep and dreaming is the process of having such experiences. Because dream experiences can not be directly accessed, it is only possible to study dreams as they are recalled and reported in the waking state. Current theories assume that dream experiences, especially affective experiences, not only reflect, but ...

2015-02-07 Natal, Brazil / Some things about Boys / Einige Dinge über Jungs / Algumas coisas sobre Meninos / Algunas cosas sobre Niños

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Because I am ten times your age, I know some things you do not know (yet). It is not that I am smarter than you are, I have just learned more because I have lived longer. But this fact by itself is not enough reason to listen to me. Listen to me because I love ...

The art of Seduction / Die Kunst der Verführung / A arte da Sedução / El arte de la Seducción

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Seduction is not about the culmination or gratification of desire, it is about the thrill of the desire itself. It is the game that is played as the desire comes closer, and closer, and closer, and being able to maintain that tension of wanting for a long, long time. The key to seduction is to slow things ...

The impossible Dream / Der unmögliche Traum / O sonho impossível / El sueño imposible

We all like to believe in the impossible. To see when people beat the odds. There are people who achieve incredible things, and they could not have done so if they had not believed those things possible. How do you choose the dreams to chase? When is chasing the impossible dream foolish and when is it visionary? When should you be realistic ...

2013-02-02 Chalk Mountain, USA / Posttraumatic stress Disorder / Posttraumatische Belastungsstörung / Transtorno de estresse Pós-traumático / Trastorno por estrés Postraumático

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With 255 kills, 160 of them officially confirmed by the Pentagon, Kyle is the deadliest marksman in U.S. military history. Because of his track record as a marksman during his deployment to Ramadi, the insurgents named Kyle 'Shaitan Ar-Ramadi' ('The Devil of Ramadi'). The insurgents put a $20,000 bounty on his head that was increased to $80,000. They posted signs ...

2015-01-31 Berlin, Germany / No reconciliation without Remembrance / Keine Versöhnung ohne Erinnerung / Nenhuma reconciliação sem Lembrança / No hay reconciliación sin Recuerdo

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Weizsäcker was elected as President of West Germany and took office on 1 July 1984. Weizsäcker, who was known as a great speaker, delivered his most famous speech in 1985, marking the 40th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe on 8th May 1945. He articulated the historic responsibility of Germany and Germans for the crimes ...

1951-01-31 Stuttgart, Germany / There is no Subtitute / Es gibt keinen Ersatz / Não há Substituto / No hay Sustituto

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Owning a Porsche 911 has always been my childhood dream. With age, people become more pragmatic and less likely to listen to their childhood dreams. Only 6% of people still manage and are engaged in what inspired them in childhood. Ferdinand Porsche showed a strong aptitude for mechanical work at a very early age. He attended classes at the Imperial Technical School at ...

A universe inside You / Ein Universum in Dir / Um universo dentro de Você / Un universo dentro de Ti

Somehow part of the package of being a living, thinking being is that you get a universe inside of you. You get a galaxy sized object inside you that you can access. And there there are the mountains, the rivers, the jungles, the dynastic families, the ruins, the planets, the works of arts, the poetry, ...

Remembrance Day / Tag des Gedenkens / Dia da Lembrança / Giorno della Memoria

International Holocaust Remembrance Day, is an international memorial day on 27th of January commemorating the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War. It commemorates the genocide that resulted in the death of 6 million Jewish people, 5 million Slavs, 3 million Poles, 2000.000 Romani people, 250.000 mentally and physically disabled, and 9.000 homosexual men by the Nazi regime and ...

Eyes on the Road / Augen auf die Straße / Olhos na estrada / Ojos en el Camino

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Today, nine people will not come home as a result of distracted driving. More than 1,000 people will have been injured because they or someone else did not pay attention behind the wheel. Keep your hands on the wheel, your eyes on the road and your mind on driving. There are three main types of distractions. The ...

Doing Nothing / Nichts Tun / Fazendo Nada / Haciendo Nada

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In a hypermodern Society propelled by the twin engines of acceleration and excess, doing nothing is equated with waste, laziness, lack of ambition, boredom or down time. But this betrays an instrumental aspect of Human existence. Spiritual and philosophical systems suggest that detaching from daily concerns and spending time in simple reflection and contemplation are essential to ...

1554-01-25 Sao Paulo, Brazil / Ready for Business / Bereit fürs Geschäft / Pronto para Negócio / Listo para Negocios

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São Paulo is considered the financial capital of Brazil, as it is the location for the headquarters of major corporations, of banks and financial institutions. São Paulo is Brazil's highest GDP city and the 10th largest in the World. São Paulo 's economy is going through a deep transformation. Once a city with a strong industrial character, the economy has followed ...

Flowers of Evil / Blumen des Bösen / Flores do mal / Fleurs du Mal

Self-interest is the most obvious reason for you to act like a hypocrite. Your personal cost is enough to outweigh the intention to act morally. You want to act fairly until you are put on the spot and are facing your own personal consequences. You are like a special type of liar who puts extra effort into disguising ...

Finding your Truth / Deine Wahrheit Finden / Encontrando sua Verdade / Encontrando tu Verdad

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Whether you identify yourself as struggling with addiction or not, as Humans, we are all confronted with the painful experience of separation. Times when you feel alone and disconnected from your essence. By being able to accept these experiences and by having compassion for yourself when you are feeling them, allows you to go through them ...

2008-01-22 New York , USA / The dark Knight / Der dunkle Ritter / O cavaleiro Trevas / El caballero Oscuro

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Heath Ledger told Sarah Lyall that his recently completed role in 'The Dark Knight' (2008) had taken a toll on his ability to sleep: 'Last week I probably slept an average of two hours a night. ... I couldn't stop thinking. My body was exhausted, and my mind was still going.' At that time, he told Lyall that he had taken ...

1942-01-20 Berlin, Germany / Final Solution / Endlösung / Solução Final / Solución Final

The plans to exterminate all the Jews of Europe was formalized at the Wannsee Conference, held at an SS guesthouse near Berlin, on 20th January 1942. The conference was chaired by Heydrich and attended by 15 senior officials of the Nazi Party and the German government. Most of those attending were representatives of the Interior Ministry, the Foreign Ministry, and ...

A time you’ve never Known / Eine Zeit, die du nie gekannt hast / Um tempo que você nunca Conheceu / Un tiempo que nunca has Conocido

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The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there. L.P. Hartley Looking at old photos, it is hard not to feel a kind of wanderlust - a pang of nostalgia, for times you have never experienced. To sit on the side of the road and watch the locals passing by. Who lived and died before ...

What is wrong with our Culture / Was ist falsch mit unserer Kultur / O que está errado com a nossa Cultura / Qué está mal con nuestra Cultura

Why is it that we don’t seem to be able to adjust ourselves to the physical environment without destroying it? Why is it that in a way this culture represents in a unique fashion the law of diminishing returns. That our success is a failure. That we are building up in other words, an enormous ...

You can always find a better Job / Du kannst immer einen besseren Job Finden / Você sempre pode encontrar um emprego Melhor / Siempre puedes encontrar un mejor Trabajo

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Life is too short to be unhappy at work. The drive to achieve goals and further your career pushes you to be and do your best. But when ambition is coupled with hypercompetitiveness and a single-minded focus on winning, you get into trouble. You become blind to the impact of your actions on yourself and others; relationships ...

1969-01-16 Prague, Czechoslovakia / Burning Bush / Brennender Busch / Sarça Ardente / Zarza Ardiente

The fight for freedom, for moral principles, self-sacrifice and protest in those desperate times led to the moral unification of a repressed nation, which twenty years later defeated the totalitarian regime. The anniversary of Jan Palach’s death inspired a new generation of students to start protests that led to the eventual fall of communism in Czechoslovakia, ...

We can Change / Wir können es Ändern / Nós podemos Mudar / Podemos Cambiar

We can change. But we can not just snap our fingers and say goodbye to our well-established patterns, even when those patterns result in bad consequences. We wish it could be easier. We do not change just because someone (even ourselves) wants us to. 'It is too hard, it is not in our DNA, it requires excessive ...

1957-01-14 Los Angeles, USA / The sea is a Sanctuary / Das Meer ist ein Heilgtum / O mar é um Santuário / El mar es un Santuario

Bogart met Lauren Bacall while filming 'To Have and Have Not' (1944), a loose adaptation of the Ernest Hemingway novel. When they met, Bacall was 19 and Bogart 44. He nicknamed her 'Baby'. She had been a model since 16 and had acted in two failed plays. Bogart was drawn to Bacall's high cheekbones, green eyes, tawny blond hair, and lean body, as well ...