Der Maya Code!

2012: Not the End of the World
http://www.aquarius-atlanta.com

Noch bis vor Kurzem war die Schrift der Maya ein Buch mit sieben Siegeln und der Zugang zu einer der wichtigsten Zivilisationen der Menschheit blieb verschlossen. Der Dokumentarfilm stützt sich auf das Erfolgswerk von Michael D. Coe aus dem Jahr 1992, das die New York Times als “eine der schönsten wissenschaftlichen Entdeckungsgeschichten des 20. Jahrhunderts” bezeichnete. Die Ursprünge der Maya-Schrift reichen zurück bis ins erste Jahrhundert nach Christus. Die spanischen Eroberer fanden Tausende von Buchbänden aus Baumrinde voller mysteriöser Hieroglyphen vor. Als “Teufelswerk” wurden sie von den christlichen Konquistadoren verboten und verbrannt. Nach der Eroberung der letzten unabhängigen Maya-Stadt Tayasal 1697 fiel eine der größten Zivilisationen der Menschheit endgültig dem Vergessen anheim.

Samurai!

Samurai – Miyamoto Musashi Documentary (Mark Dacascos)

Chopin!?

Chopin Documentary – The Women Behind The Music

Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849)

One of Poland’s greatest and most remembered musicians of Polish descent, Fryderyk Chopin, was born in Zelazowa Wola, Poland, near Warsaw. According to some, Chopin was born on March 1, 1810. However, his baptismal certificate, written several weeks after his birth, lists his birthdate as February 22, 1810. His father, Nicholas Chopin, came to Poland to secure a position teaching French. He met and married Justyna Krzyzanowska. Together in the city of Warsaw, Poland, they raised their son Fryderyk along with their three daughters.

A brief history of violence

“Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong”

Mahatma Gandhi

 

The Human Beat Box

via http://zapmama.be

In 2002, Zap Mama was featured in a ground-breaking documentary film, Breath Control: The History of the Human Beat Box, along with eminent hip hop artists like Doug E. Fresh and Rahzel and Scratch from The Roots. In the film, Zap Mama talks about the evolution of this musical form in a variety of cultures across the world.

Click here for more information on the film.

Check out a sample of Zap Mama’s beat boxing from Uncensored Interview.

Female Allstars live @ the Beatbox Battle Convention

Fati, Cheryl, Squeak and Steffe la Chef live at the 1st International Beatbox Battle Convention Days in Berlin, Germany. Maximum respect for the female beat box gilrs. The whole beatboxing music festival was produced and organised by Bee Low for Beatbox Battle Networks.

 

 

And all together now!

 

 

 

http://www.swissbeatbox.ch/

 

Joseph – The Best Beat Box…

 

…Or who is the best Beat Boxer in your opinion?

Please write a comment including the YouTube-Link!

Violence!

“Slavoj Žižek is a Post-Marxist sociologist, philosopher, and cultural critic. In 1989, with the publication of his first book written in English, The Sublime Object of Ideology, Žižek achieved international recognition as a major social theorist. Since then, Žižek he has continued to develop his status as an intellectual outsider and confrontational maverick. The Authors@Google program was pleased to welcome Slavoj Žižek to Google’s New York office to discuss his latest book, “Violence”.

Nobody knows what the nose knows! – Jack Dance

 

Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species’ existence.

 

Luxus?

Luxusprobleme!

by Stefan(at)MyTree.CH 22.11.2010

 

Gewidmet all jenen
mit Luxusproblemen.

Luxusprobleme sind per Definition
Probleme, die nur durch Reichtum entstehen,
durch die Geburt in die richige Familie oder Nation
Probleme von denen die Armen nichts verstehen!

iTunes – iPhone – iPad
Me, MYSELF and I- First!
Others dream of an iBread
while our earth is going to burst

Social-Network? Wie “sozial” ist dass denn?
Kommunikationsspielzeug für die Reichen
and was haben sie denn schon zu sagen?
Jedenfalls nichts über die Armen!

Zeitvertreib mit Smart-Phone und Co.
Aber sag mal ganz ehrlich: Wieso?
Wieso denkst Du Dein Smartphone wird Dir etwas nützen,
wenn wir gemeinsam die Erde ins Unglück stürzen?

Würden sich die Blogger im selben Masse,
für unsere Umwelt interessieren
wären weniger Arme auf der Strasse
und die Erde könnte länger weiterexistieren!

Hans Rosling’s new insights on poverty

Researcher Hans Rosling uses his cool data tools to show how countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He demos Dollar Street, comparing households of varying income levels worldwide. Then he does something really amazing.

About Hans Rosling

As a doctor and researcher, Hans Rosling identified a new paralytic disease induced by hunger in rural Africa. Now he looks at the bigger picture of social and economic development with his… Full bio and more links

The seemingly impossible is possible!

Ginkgo Biloba!

A short film made by two Harvard students in history of science:

Ginkgo Biloba (Goethe)

Dieses Baums Blatt, der von Osten
Meinem Garten anvertraut,
Giebt geheimen Sinn zu kosten,
Wie’s den Wissenden erbaut,

Ist es Ein lebendig Wesen,
Das sich in sich selbst getrennt?
Sind es zwei, die sich erlesen,
Daß man sie als Eines kennt?

Solche Frage zu erwiedern,
Fand ich wohl den rechten Sinn,
Fühlst du nicht an meinen Liedern,
Daß ich Eins und doppelt bin?

Rough english translation:

Ginkgo Biloba

This leaf from a tree in the East,
Has been given to my garden.
It reveals a certain secret,
Which pleases me and thoughtful people.
Is it a living being,

Which has separated in itself?
Or are these two, who chose
To be recognized as one?
Answering this kind of question,

Haven’t I found the proper meaning,
Don’t you feel in my songs,
That I’m one and double?

The letter containing this poem with which Goethe included two Ginkgo leaves can be viewed in the Goethe Museum in Düsseldorf. The Ginkgo, planted in 1795, that Goethe lead Marianne von Willemer to in September 1815, is no longer standing today. Since 1928 the Ginkgo tree in the castle garden was labelled that it was “the same tree that inspired Goethe to create his fine poem”. The tree was probably still standing in 1936.