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September 5, 2010
 

Does Your Language Shape How You Think?

Language is powerful. I knew that. But i never considered that different languages can have different powers, simply because of their structure. This enlightened me:
 
Some 50 years ago, the renowned linguist Roman Jakobson pointed out a crucial fact about differences between languages in a pithy maxim: “Languages differ essentially in what they must convey and not in what they may convey.” This maxim offers us the key to unlocking the real force of the mother tongue: if different languages influence our minds in different ways, this is not because of what our language allows us to think but rather because of what it habitually obliges us to think about.

Magnificent article in the NYT: Does Your Language Shape How You Think?

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July 25, 2010
 

Applying for a U.S. visa | the Nazi question

I was just applying for a visa into the American homeland, when i came upon this curious question [translation below]:


It reads: "Were you ever or are you currently involved in acts of espionage or sabotage, in terrorist activities, in genocide, or were you in any way involved in persecutions perpetrated by the Nazi regime or their allies?"

Do they ask because i'm German?

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July 8, 2010
 

Islamic Headwear for Women [infographic]

I've heard these terms thrown around and finally someone draws up a satisfying explanation. Thank you "Stern" magazine.

Burqa: Covers every single part of a woman; traditionally worn in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Niqab: Leaves only the eyes visible; worn in Arabic Gulf region.
Chador: Cloak covering everything but the face; mostly worn in Iran.
Hijab: Combination of head scarf and a coat; leaves only the face visible.
Head scarf: Simplest form of the hijab, swung around the neck; quite popular.

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May 30, 2010
 

Worldwide Rise in Natural Disasters

This fascinating infographic by Michael Paukner depicts two data values. One [the lighter white] shows the number of people reported killed in natural disasters. The drop in number is understandable, given increased development and human facilities. The other number however [the lighter grey shade] shows an incredibly dramatic rise in the number of natural disasters, starting mostly in the middle of the 20th century. I believe God is trying to tell us something here... [click image to enlarge]

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May 19, 2010
 

Because every country is best at something

Iran is No1 in Pistachios, Rwanda in amount of farmers, Ecuador in Bananas. Learnjoy.

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May 17, 2010
 

GAPMINDER World Data Visualizations

This right here is just one example of incredible visualization of trends in our world. I need to study these, you too.

From: http://www.gapminder.org/world/

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May 6, 2010
 

Europe's Web of Debt / finally understood

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May 2, 2010
 

FRESH DYNAMICS / 2010

1 Hour + 1 Camera and we give you FUNK w/ KM.

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April 29, 2010
 

Revolutionize your sleep pattern / go Polyphasic

If you’ve gone 24 hours without sleep, you might notice that you drift away into dreams straight from being awake. This because your body goes instantly into REM sleep as a protection mechanism. The way to hack yourself into entering REM sleep without being exhausted is to trick your body into thinking you’re going to get a tiny amount of sleep. You can train it to enter REM for short periods of time throughout the day in 20-minute naps rather than in one lump at night. This is how polyphasic sleep works.

Thank you Dustin Curtis | Read more into Polyphasic Sleep

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April 27, 2010
 

"Change will lead to insight far more often than insight will lead to change" - Milton Erickson

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