The Empathic Civilisation - Jeremy Rifkin, RSA Animate

RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation, lecture by Jeremy Rifkin



Jeremy Rifkin (born 26 Jan 1945 Denver, Colorado), founder and president of the Foundation On Economic Trends, is an American economist, writer, public speaker, political advisor and activist. Rifkin's work explores the impact of scientific and technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the environment.
From: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Rifkin#Biography

LA VIE EN ROSE - LIFE IN ROSY HUES

Édith Piaf - La Vie En Rose


Louis Armstrong - La Vie En Rose


Grace Jones - La Vie En Rose



PamplamooseMusic - La Vie En Rose

LA VIE EN ROSE (French Lyrics by Édith Piaf)

Des yeux qui font baisser les miens,
Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche—
Voilà le portrait sans retouche
De l’homme auquel j’appartiens.

Quand il me prend dans ses bras,
Il me parle tout bas,
Je vois la vie en rose.
Il me dit des mots d’amour,
Des mots de tous les jours,
Et ça me fait quelque chose.
Il est entré dans mon cœur,
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause.
C’est lui pour moi,
Moi pour lui dans la vie,
Il me l’a dit, l’a juré pour la vie.
Et dès que je l’aperçois,
Alors je sens en moi
Mon cœur qui bat.

Des nuits d’amour à plus finir,
Un grand bonheur qui prend sa place,
Les ennuis, les chagrins s’effacent,
Heureux, heureux à en mourir.

Quand il me prend dans ses bras,
Il me parle tout bas,
Je vois la vie en rose.
Il me dit des mots d’amour,
Des mots de tous les jours,
Et ça me fait quelque chose.
Il est entré dans mon cœur,
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause.
C’est lui pour moi,
Moi pour lui dans la vie,
Il me l’a dit, l’a juré pour la vie.
Et dès que je l’aperçois,
Alors je sens en moi
Mon cœur qui bat.

LA VIE EN ROSE (English translation)

Eyes that gaze into mine,
A smile that is lost on his lips—
That is the unretouched portrait
Of the man to whom I belong.

When he takes me in his arms
And speaks softly to me,
I see life in rosy hues.
He tells me words of love,
Words of every day,
And in them I become something.
He has entered my heart,
A part of happiness
Whereof I understand the reason.
It’s he for me and
I for him, throughout life,
He has told me, he has sworn to me, for life.
And from the things that I sense,
Now I can feel within me
My heart that beats.

In endless nights of love,
A great delight that comes about,
The pains and bothers are banished,
Happy, happy to die of love.

When he takes me in his arms
And speaks softly to me,
I see life in rosy hues.
He tells me words of love,
Words of every day,
And in them I become something.
He has entered my heart,
A part of happiness
Whereof I understand the reason.
It’s he for me and
I for him, throughout life,
He has told me, he has sworn to me, for life.
And from the things that I sense,
Now I can feel within me
My heart that beats.

Translation by Thomas Keyes - April 8, 2005
from: http://www.useless-knowledge.com/1234/06apr/article064.html

Grégory Lemarchal - SOS D'Un Terrien En Détresse

Grégory Lemarchal - SOS D'Un Terrien En Détresse / SOS from a Land In Distress

pourquoi je vis, pourquoi, je meurs?
pourquoi je ris, pourquoi je pleure?
voici le S.O.S
d'un terrien en détresse
j'ai jamais eu les pieds sur terre
j'aimerais mieux être un oiseau
j'suis mal dans ma peau

j'voudrais mieux voir le monde à l'envers
si c'étaix plus beau vu d'en haut
d'en haut
j'ai toujours confondu la vie
avec les bandes dessinées
j'ai comme des envies de métamorphoses
je sens quelque chose
qui m'attire
qui m'attire
qui m'attire vers le haut

au grand loto de l'univers
j'ai pas tiré l'bon numéro
j'suis mal dans ma peau
j'ai pas envie d'être un robot
métro - boulot - dodo

pourquoi je vis, pourquoi je meurs?
pourquoi je crie pourquoi je pleure?
je crois capter des ondes
venues d'un autre monde
j'ai jamis eu les pieds sur terre
j'aim'rais mieux être un oiseau
j'suis mal dans ma peau

j'voudrais mieux voir le monde à l'envers
j'aim'rais mieux être un oiseau
dod l'enfant do

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traduction en anglais / translation from French
of "SOS from a Land In Distress" by Grégory Lemarchal

why do I live, why, I die?
why do I laugh, why I cry?
here is the S.O.S
from a land in distress
I never had feet on the ground
I would like better to be a bird
I'm wrong in my skin

I like better to see the world upside down
It is best seen from above
from above
I always confused life
with the comics
I have desires for a metamorphosis
I feel something
that attracts
that attracts
attracts me to up high

In the great lottery of the universe
I have not drawn a good number
I'm wrong in my skin
I do not want to be a robot
Metro - work - sleep

why do I live, why, I die?
why do I laugh, why I cry?
I believe it's to catch waves
come from another world
I never had feet on the earth
I would rather be a bird
I'm wrong in my skin

I would like better to see the world upside down
I would rather be a bird
sleep little child sleep

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Almost everyone in the French speaking world knows the remarkable story of Grégory Lemarchal, who captured every heart with his angelic voice and gentle spirit and then tragically died after reaching an early pinnacle of success.

He died at 24 in 2007 of cystic fibrosis, a hereditary disease which affects the lungs and other organs. He sold over 1 million albums and won the very popular, French "Star Academy." This was a televised, months-long, live-in talent competition / reality show in 2004. With his illness, it was said he sometimes collapsed back-stage, needing oxygen and medical treatment. Yet on stage, he sang like an angel with incredible range and feeling. The audience was unaware of his physical struggles.

How was he able to sing with such force and majesty when he had such trouble breathing and living? He died awaiting a lung transplant. I believe he was a living miracle.

In this photo & video melange, he is singing his near final performance for the Star Academy before being chosen by the judges and by over 80% of the votes of the French-speaking, world-wide television audience. The words of the song seem to describe his life - never really having his feet on the earth, being attracted to up high, having been given an unlucky lottery ticket by the Universe, and finally singing: sleep little child, sleep (like a premonition of his early demise).

With beautiful images of rainbows and nature, he seems to be an angel seeing the world as he described in the song: from a birds view, from way up high where he was pulled to be, for the purpose of catching waves from another world.

Thank you so very much, Gregory. You were such an inspiration, seemingly a real angel that came to earth for too short a time to remind us all what life truly means. Good bye, dear friend to humanity, and thank you once more for all you gave.

Traduction française (avec aide de Google):

Presque tout le monde dans la monde française connaît l'histoire remarquable de Grégory Lemarchal, qui a capturé tous les cœurs avec sa voix angélique et l'esprit doux, puis est mort tragiquement après avoir atteint un sommet au début du succès.

Il mourut à 24 en 2007 de la fibrose kystique, une maladie héréditaire qui affecte les poumons et autres organes. Il s'est vendu plus de 1 million d'albums et a gagné le « Star Academy ». C'était une très populaire concurrence de talent, durer des mois-longues, inclusion logées et nourries télé réalité en 2004. Avec sa maladie, il a été dit parfois il s'est effondré en arrière-scène, ont besoin d'oxygène et un traitement médical. Pourtant, sur scène, il chante comme un ange avec la gamme et le sentiment incroyable. L'audience était ignorante de ses luttes physiques.

Comment allait-il capable chanter avec une telle force et la majesté quand il a eu un tel ennui respirer et vivre ? Il est mort en attendant une greffe de poumon. Je crois qu'il était un miracle vivant.

Dans cette photo et vidéo mélange, il chante sa performance pour le finale de la Star Academy avant d'être choisi par tous les juges et par plus de 80% des voix des francophone mondiale de audience télé. Les paroles de la chanson semble décrire sa vie - ne jamais avoir vraiment les pieds sur la terre, étant attirés vers le haut, ayant eu la malchance de billets de loterie par l'Univers, et enfin la chanson: des enfants allez dormir (comme une prémonition de sa mort tôt).

Avec des belles images des arcs-en-ciel et de la nature, il semble être un ange qui voit le monde comme il le décrit dans la chanson: à partir d'un point de vue des oiseaux, de tout en haut où il a été tiré à être, dans le but de attraper les ondes d'un autre monde.

Merci beaucoup, Gregory. Vous avez été une source d'inspiration, un ange qui semble réel qui est venu sur terre pour un temps trop court pour nous rappeler à tous ce que la vie signifie vraiment. Adieu, cher ami à l'humanité, et merci encore pour tout ce que vous a donné.

Video: from www.youtube.com
Photos: from 64 extraordinary artists found by Google and Bing searches for "rainbow" / de 64 artistes extraordinaires ont trouvé par des recherches de Google et Bing pour « rainbow »
Photo Video Mélange: by / par Loveson G. Flower
Tools / Outils : Apple iMac, iPhoto, iTunes & Quicktime Pro, and iSquint.

ON AGING by Larry Miller

ON AGING, ENJOY THE RIDE. THERE IS NO RETURN TICKET
by Larry Miller

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

'How old are you?' 'I'm four and a half!' You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key..

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

'How old are you?' 'I'm gonna be 16!' You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life ! You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony.YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling.. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone...

But! wait!! ! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and make it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80's and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; 'I Was JUST 92.'

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. 'I'm 100 and a half!' May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them.

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3.Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever, even ham radio.. Never let the brain idle.. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.' And the devil's family name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6.... The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever.Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it.. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9. Don't take guilt trips.. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity..

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Professor Zimbardo - The Secret Powers of Time

Stanford Professor Philip Zimbardo conveys how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and well-being. Time influences who we are as a person, how we view relationships and how we act in the world.

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Jamie Oliver's TED award speech

Jamie expresses his wish to teach every child about food and fight obesity.