lifestream fm invite

Recently I sensed a demand for lifestream invites. Lifestream, an aggregator is still in beta. I can send you an invite. Just leave a comment here with your mail adress or send a mail direct to me:
transitenator@gmail.com

Notification change language twitter

Notification of a change of language of this blog.

After a year of posting in German on various sociological issues, this boat, pardon blog will change it's course and will be heading to the English speaking 'waters'. There might also come a design overhowl (correct?, hm) and also the availability of this blog for mobile devices like iPhone, handy, blackberry etc.

What can you expect?
Hm, some more focussing of transitions in the net, what ever that is.

Of course I love twitter and you are welcome to add (follow me).
I do believe in reciprocity and will follow you too, as soon as possible.

Right now I'm over my limits or over some limits, so I just can't add anybody even though I wanted to.
I've notified the twitter team about this and they might have a merciful eye...

At the time being, I prefer twitter to plurk, cause somehow I'm more shoutative than talkative.

I am really happy about ALL my twitter friends and am looking forward to add you.

My twitter name is the same as the one of this blog: transitenator

My name on plurk is like my usual username: wilbau

So enjoy your summer!

Universal Declaration Human Rights Animation

Amnesty International: Animation to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.



See blogs and websites to the subject Human Rights.

human rights motivation activism

The social awareness campaign of BlogCatalog and Amnesty-International
'Bloggers Unite for Human Rights'
challenges bloggers to expose injustice and abuse
and mobilize their readers to take simple online actions.

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." (Article 1 UDHR = United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights).

If you want to take some immediate action you can do this here:

Against Censorship in China

Against illegal detentions at Guantanamo Bay (sign the pledge):


Against human rights abuses in Darfur.


If you 'allow' (= not protest against) abuses, you and your children have a good chance of getting abused too. There is a direct relationship between human rights and abuse.

So one thing we can do, is sign up to existing petitions, and we can even:

START NEW PETITIONS

What could be some possible Ingredients for a personal motivation to find interest in human rights ? (you are welcome to name more points in the comment section).

Our knowledge holds us responsible. Can you live with that? If you allow forces to violate the rights of others (you know about it and don't do anything about it), the same forces might violate your rights too some day.

And one way to avoid this is to be awake, aware and conscious of the ongoings in the world and in your country, in your community and your family and personal relations.

What concerns others might also concern you.

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Religion as the source of all evil? Religion is all crap? Responsible for all wars? Responsible for abuse?


Religions are getting the blame for all kinds of conflicts, wars etc. This meaning, if people follow Allah, JHWH, etc. this would automatically lead to war. Religion as the root of all evil?

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Questions of leadership and organization.

Someone said: "Morality without power is ridiculous."

In frozen bureaucratic organizations, what kind of roles do the leaders play?

Being the beloved of the Super-Top-Leader, or a representator, or the lowest common denominator, being voted from some sub-organizations, or just a bureaucrat, a superstar of red tape?

How come, that most movements loose their incentives and the power of their mission?

How can one be sure, to not fall into an icy sleep?

Maybe trying to stay awake, being focussed, being aware, what touches my heart and why?
Why do I make the decisions that I do?

In the reality of our every day lifes, matters of the mind, matters of the heart, the things that we focus on, with the eyes of mind and heart, concentrate, that we look forward to, that we covet and hope.

Living according to a principle of gaining ultimate lust , covetousness, nothing would be wrong if we chase towards this goal?

Moral idealism might be a mere rhetoric, with which people (and me included) help to convince themselves, that they are in in fact very different, as it is feared because of their deeds. The claim by moralising hubris easily leads to morality to dispense, to just give up.

However there are sure chances, that we can change ourselves.

Usually I get to the point, to just see what I can do myself, how I can change myself. Am I willing to listen to others, and even: am I willing to follow religious or ethical principles like the one:

to not do unto others, what I don't want to be done to myself, my family, my community, my country, my world, the world.

AND

to not allow (try to) that something is done unto others, that I dont want to be done to ...

Across the Universe, What will change my mind?

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Brooklyn Bridge Bruecke

The Brooklyn Bridge in New York, connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan, was built at a time when horse pulled trucks and ships had to carry all the building material. Underneath a video to this.
Die Brooklyn Brücke wurde zu einer Zeit gebaut, als noch Pferde-Fuhrwerke die Materialien verteilten. Überhaupt war zu dieser Zeit (1870er Jahre) New York noch 'voll von Pferden'.
Sie finden unterhalb ein (englisches) Video zu dieser Brücke. Weitere Informationen zur Brooklyn Brücke finden Sie auf der WebSite von Bernd Nebel, Stichwort: Brooklyn.

Interessieren Sie sich für die Brücken der Welt?

Bruecken Welt Bridges World

You might want to see this video on Bridges of the World. Bridges, as you know are these things connecting us. In War times, they will be destroyed.

Vielleicht wollen Sie sich dieses Brücken Video ansehen. Brücken dieser Welt. Brücken sind bekanntlich das was uns verbindet. In Kriegszeiten werden sie meist zerstört.

Preschool in Malawi

For years Petra had the wish and desire to spend some time in an African country and to do something for children. This year now she managed to get to Malawi, raise funds and sponsors and to build a (Pre) School in Chilambe. She went there by April, 2007 and returned one week ago. Her twin sister Josefine first joined her in July, then decided to do an own project, raised funds and sponsors and built a school in Chimpesa (Malawi).

Chilambe and Chimpesa belong to the district Chiradzulu.

Oh, so beautiful !

School under a Mango tree. (April 2007)

Josefine writes:

Project: Building a preschool for the children of Chimpesa (small village in Malawi/Africa)

Reason for doing this project: The function of a preschool in Malawi: Mothers can work some hours of the day without looking after their children (aged between 3 and 6 years).
While teachers care for these children and teach them basics of the alphabet, rhymes, months and numbers, their mothers can do very important thinks like taking water from the borehole to their home or working in the field. Because of the preschools, mothers can do this work intensivly, so that after preschool they have time for their children.
If there would be no preschools, it would take much more time for the mothers, to do important work and it would be much more difficult for them and for their children as well. Many preschools in Malawi are on the ground under Mangotrees. But when the rainy season comes, the children can´t meet any more on the muddy ground, so preschool-buildings are very useful.
The preschool of Chimpesa was built whithin 3 month and there where 800 Euro needed all in all (cement, labour, door, ironsheets, nails etc.).
Duration: July 2007 until October 2007

Chilambe

The School in Chilambe

Opening on December, 4th. 2007

with plenty of eager children.

A BIG THANK YOU TO THE SPONSOR MR. RAUCH

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Building a school for Chimpesa:

These pictures show the steps, in which the school was built:

Men of Chimpesa village are preparing mud with water of the borehole (brought by the women of Chimpesa village).

Mud is given into the wooden brick-boxes.

A mud brick is made.

The mud bricks dry in the sun for some days.

Brick Oven.

The dried mud bricks are burnt, so that they get their characteristic red color.

The foundation is prepared by the men of Chimpesa.

Building of the walls.

The roof is made of wood and ironsheets.

The school is finished, the children can visit it now.

A BIG THANK YOU TO THE SPONSORS
RAINER REICHL and HERBERT ACKERL

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Gone fishin' ?

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I have also put these pictures up on flickr.

besides:

The Malawi Soccer Team wins in June 2008 1:0 against Egypt in the African World Cup.