Berlin Game
Region: GermanyIn 1987, Berlin had four sectors and was divided by The Wall into two countries. Each sector of Berlin had its own airport. Schoenefeld airport was in East Berlin’s Russian sector in East Germany. The other three, Gatow, Tempelhof, and Tegel were in the French, American, and British sectors respectively of West Berlin, an island of West German democracy behind the Iron Curtain. My plane from England arrived at Tegel ... more
Views: 1428Ugandan Trilogy - Imani at Berlinale Forum
Region: GermanyImani Caroline Kamya Uganda/Sweden/Canada 2010, 82 min World Premiere 21 February 2010 Delphi Filmpalast, Berlin Cast: Rehema Nanfuka (Mary), Philip Buyi (Armstrong), Stephen Ocen (Olwenyi) One of eight Forum films nominated for this year’s Best First Feature prize, Caroline Kamya’s Imani embodies a number of firsts: the first fiction film by a local film-maker to depict the war-torn Gulu pro... more
Views: 2854Berlinale 2009 - Forum Lineup (The Ultimate List)
Region: GermanyBackground for the 2009 Forum (Internationales Forum des Jungen Films), the Berlin Film Festival showcase for independent cinema. Eleven films are debuts, 25 are world premieres, and 12 are international premieres. My practice is to share my notes as I build an article. Watch for original essays beginning 5 February. DOCUMENTARY FILMS Araya (Margot Benacerraf, Venezuela/France) (WP of the restored print - special ... more
Views: 5300Remembering Dr. Alois Alzheimer
Region: GermanyOn September 21st, world remembered the Alzheimer’s patients. But many still don’t know how this name came and how dreaded this disease is. Alzheimer’s disease is a fatal degenerative disease involving the brain cells. The disease is named after the German physician Dr. Alois Alzheimer, who first described it in the year 1906, in the patient Auguste. D. Alzheimer’s disease destroys the ... more
Views: 2626Vetoing Violent Video in EU
Region: Germany
EU Banning Violent Video Games After watching the video game "Manhunt" EU politicians agreed: Games like this must be banned. Germany the current EU president initiated the debate after several recent violent attacks in Germany committed by youths who played video games. The first example was in April 2002 when former Erfurt school pupil Robert Steinhäuser shot dead 13 teachers, two pupils and a p... more
Views: 1428Different Headaches, Different Medications
Region: Germany
It is important to know what triggered your headache in the first place in order to know the best headache medication for it. A few of the causes of headaches are stress, dehydration and tension. Stress is the most commonly found cause of headaches. The remedies for these types of headaches include finding a solution to the problem, taking headache medication found in the drug store and trying to relax by taki... more
Views: 1361Eat, pray, love
Region: GermanyMaybe interesting to share some of my favorite books/movies once in a while. All at once is impossible as I have many. How to start, I start with the ones just coming to my mind when thinking about books. The first is Elizabeth Gilbert's "Eat Pray Love" That's on the top of my list and a companion already! I read it several times already and I also watched the movie afterwards now more than once. Not sure if... more
Views: 483I have a tattoo and am not a bad girl
Region: Germany
Believe it or not, not all tattooed people nowadays are possessed by the devil. It's fashionable to have a tattoo recently. Many get new tattoos to be in style or feel like a rock star. You see them printed in almost every magazine and it's almost uncool to be without. But is that the right reason to decide if you want one? I don't think so. It took me thirty-three years until I decided to have a tattoo. ... more
Views: 383Fighting my perfectionism
Region: GermanyI'm cleaning up my life. Trying to get rid of old habits is not as easy as getting rid of old stuff. I cannot sell my bad habits on eBay. Who wants a piece of my perfectionism? Maybe some people would say directly yes if they don't have it all. But if it would be so easy...it wouldn't change me. It's something you have to work on. If I ask friends or tell them what I don't like in me i... more
Views: 293How should women be in 2013?
Region: GermanyHow should women be in 2013? If you just look around you on a normal day and listen to what media and magazines think women should be like I'm pretty sure that this is nothing a woman could fulfill. We first of all have to be dressed perfectly and stylish and take care of our body. Undone hair is a no go unless it's just the newest trend and en vogue. Besides we also need to be successful in our full time job... more
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