Heidi Barathieu-Brun

Watch these videos, published on YouTube:

• A Space Journey HD, 8.59 min: A small tribute to HUBBLE, the Hubble Space Telescope;

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Published on Al Jazeera, February 1, 2012.

A recent study estimates that more than 170 million Chinese suffer from a mental disorder. But very few are receiving care, with mental health desperately short of financing, practitioners and esteem.    Read the rest of this entry »

All divings in Raja Ampat:

• Scuba diving in paradise – in HD, 8.30 min;
• underwater paradise, 5.43 min;
• Diving with SOLO, part 1, 13.58 min;
• RAJA AMPAT PAPUA, 0.49 min.

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D’abord un vieux article: Un islamiste sous haute surveillance, dans swissInfo, le 7 octobre 2002. Ensuite le monde des humanitaires qui veut maintenant empécher son extradiction de la France vers l’Algérie:

• Arrest and detenion of Alkarama executive director, Dr Mourad Dhina, on William’s Desk, by William Gomes, Date; 31 January 2012;
• et dans la Lique des droits de l’Homme LDH /Etrangers, par LDH, le 26 janvier 2012: RÉFUGIÉ POLITIQUE, Dr. Mourad Dhina: Des organisations de défense de droits de l’Homme appellent au rejet de la demande d’extradition du Dr. Mourad Dhina par les autorités algériennes:    Read the rest of this entry »

mardi 7 février 20.12 h – Centre musical (salle Robert-Dunand), Rue du Marché 9 (cour intérieure), 1227 Carouge GE, Suisse - Reçu par e-mail, De: Postmaster de pro-philo.ch, Date: 31/01/2012 – (Voir aussi: Lettre d’information proPhilo Janvier 2012):

• Un récital de mélodies françaises au bénéfice de l’association proPhilo.
• Entrée libre, collecte à la sortie;
• Irène Paoletta, soprane et membre de proPhilo, sera accompagnée par Alain Porchet au piano.    Read the rest of this entry »

… to finish well this month of January 2012:

• Deuter – Buddha Nature, 10.03 min;
• Deuter – Gaia Dreaming Herself Awake (Garden of the Gods), 7.45 min;
• DEUTER in autoplay … almost endless.

Reçu par e-mail, De: proPhilo.ch, Date: Janvier 30, 2012 – Voici les dernières nouvelles concernant la pratique de la philosophie et l’association proPhilo (update: voir aussi Récital pour soutenir proPhilo):

• 1. Philo pour adultes: Cycles de 6 rencontres du 1er semestre 2012 à Genève et Lausanne – Attention délai d’inscription à fin janvier!
• 2. Philo pour ados: Animations à thèmes aux Club 44, février à mai, à La Chaux-de-Fonds (10 – 18 ans);
• 3. Philo pour enfants: Animations “philo-action” avec Rousseau, février et mars à Genève (9 – 12 ans).

Retrouvez tous ces ateliers philo sur notre site proPhilo.ch.

4. Echange de pratique pour enseignants:   Read the rest of this entry »

Cattle trader, whose beating by Indian soldiers caused outrage, can barely walk one month later.

Watch this video, 2.07 min, published on Al Jazeera, January 21, 2012: In December, 22-year-old Habibur Rahman was tortured by eight Indian army soldiers for being caught illegally crossing into Bangladesh with cows he had purchased in India. Now, a month later, he is still shaking from the brutal, almost 24-hour-long beating he received.  Read the rest of this entry »

watch all these many videos in autoplay.

National Call to Action Made by the Portland General Assembly, January 1st, 2012 – Published on Occupy Together, by Ella, January 7, 2012.

Occupy Portland calls for a national day of non-violent direct action to reclaim our voices and challenge our society’s obsession with profit and greed by shutting down the corporations.  We are rejecting a society that does not allow us control of our future. We will reclaim our ability to shape our world in a democratic, cooperative, just and sustainable direction.   Read the rest of this entry »

Video auf SF1 /DOK, 50.37 min, Sendung vom 11. Januar 2012 /22.56 Uhr: (in german, swiss german and espanol language).

Helden und Verbrechen im Kaffeeland Guatemala. Guatemala ist ein wunderschönes Land – und eines der gewalttätigsten der Welt. In diesen prekären Verhältnissen gelang dem Schweizer Ueli Gurtner, die indianischen Kleinbauern zu einer eigenständigen Kraft im Kaffeegeschäft zu machen – gegen massive Anfeindungen der Mächtigen, die ihre Monopole nicht verlieren wollen.

Watch all these videos:

• Thistlegorm, 4.48 min, by f64se on 6 Apr 2010: A dive at the wreck Thistlegorm in Egypt; Read the rest of this entry »

Watch this video on YouTube, 0.35 min: Rob’s mother never could get him to stop splashing in the puddles.

See also:    Read the rest of this entry »

Published on the f-word.blog, by Cazz Blase, January 01, 2012.

Barbara Panther, who describes her music as modern electronic baroque music was born in Rwanda. Her family moved to Belgium when she was three, and she and her siblings were adopted into seperate Belgium families. She now lives in Berlin.  Read the rest of this entry »

Published on The Globe and Mail, Canada, by Tavia Grant, Dec. 30, 2011.

Ten years ago this month, an English economist coined the term “BRICs” to describe four fast-growing, dynamic countries he believed would transform the global economy: Brazil, Russia, India and China.  Read the rest of this entry »

watch this video, 1.57 min., published on Al Jazeera, resp. on YouTube, December 29, 2011.

Egyptian security forces have stormed the offices of 17 human rights and pro-democracy groups. The ruling military said it is investigating how the groups are funded. At least two US rights groups – the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) – were targeted in the operation. The US expressed deep concern over the raids and urged Egyptian authorities to immediately halt harassment of non-governmental organisation staff …

Published on Progress online, by Hopi Sen, December 19, 2011.

… On the day of his death, we should look past the accounts of his life, the real and the imagined legend, and focus instead on those for whom the myth was created, and for whom the truth had, at all costs, to be kept.  Read the rest of this entry »

Published on A Tiny Revolution, by Jonathan Schwarz, December 17, 2011.

… Hart writes: In this bizarre re-telling, Saddam Hussein’s support for Hamas and a plot to kill George H. W. Bush seem to matter more than the bogus stories about Iraq’s WMDs.

Notice the sleight of hand? There was no evidence at the time in 1993 that Saddam actually tried to assassinate Bush, Sr. and there’s no evidence now, after we invaded the country and seized all their government officials and files.  Read the rest of this entry »

Publié dans Giving Women/donner aux Femmes (aller vers le bas de la page pour le texte en français), par Michèle Moreau, Valentina Di Felice, Anne Torrel, May Soliman, Karine Lubambu, du GW Project Circle for MEA, le 15 décembre 2011.

MEA est un projet extraordinaire avec une approche novatrice au problème des mutilations génitales féminines dans les communautés de Masanga et environ en Sierra Leone. En particulier, MEA parraine les cérémonies Bondo pendant lesquelles tous les rituels sont respectés sauf l’’excision.  Read the rest of this entry »

Published on Giving Women, by Michèle Moreau, Valentina Di Felice, Anne Torrel, May Soliman, Karine Lubambu /GW Project Circle for MEA, Dec. 15, 2011.

… MEA is an extraordinary project with an innovative approach to the problem of female genital mutilations in the Masanga communities of Sierra Leone. In particular it sponsors Bondo ceremonies during which all rituals are respected with the exception of the excision.  Read the rest of this entry »

Published on Cleveland.com, by Robert L. Smith, December 13, 2011.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Within the collection of abandoned houses haunting the region stand some unpolished gems, sturdy structures that lack only a caring family to again become a home. Where will those families come from? They’re already here.  Read the rest of this entry »

Schau dieses Video auf YouTube an, 33.31 Minuten, am 29 nov. 2011 aufgeladen: Im Sommer 2009 war das Fass für die Freigeister übergelaufen. Der Allgegenwart religiöser Werbung aller Art musste dringend etwas entgegen gesetzt werden. Aber da haben die Humanisten die Rechnung ohne die Kirchen gemacht. Read the rest of this entry »

Solving the Mystery of a 35,000-Year-Old Statue – Published on Spiegel Online International, by Matthias Schulz, December 9, 2011. (Translated from the German by Christopher Sultan).

Archeologists have discovered previously unknown fragments of a figurine known as the “Lion Man,” and are piecing it back together. Could the 35,000-year-old statue actually represent a female shaman? Scientists hope to resolve a decades-long debate.  Read the rest of this entry »

You can find in MAYOTTE:     Read the rest of this entry »

Published on swissInfo.ch, by Marc-André Miserez (from French by Thomas Stephens), Dec 4, 2011.

Flames erupt from an exploding hydrogen balloon. Don’t panic! This is part of Chimiscope, an attempt by Geneva University to attract people to careers in chemistry.   Read the rest of this entry »

… à l’occasion du 12ème anniversaire de la Journée Mondiale pour l’élimination de la violence à l’égard des femmes – Publié dans BLADA,com, enGuyane, par Lawoetey-Pierre AJAVON, le 4 décembre 2011.

… Mais, la position de la France si innovante qu’elle soit, ne doit pas faire oublier les sévices faits aux femmes dans les autres pays occidentaux, voire dans le reste du monde. D’ailleurs, d’après le rapport du Fonds des Nations Unies pour la population (FNUAP) de 2010, au moins une femme sur trois dans le monde a été maltraitée, battue ou contrainte à des rapports sexuels dans sa vie… Deux millions de filles âgées de 5 à 15 ans se retrouvent sur le marché du sexe chaque année.   Read the rest of this entry »

Published on The Cholesterol Truth, by editor, December 1, 2011.

Eating saturated fat can cause blood cholesterol levels to rise. This fact, as well as the belief that cholesterol causes heart disease, is at the basis of the advice we’re often given to avoid saturated fat … (full text and free newsletter).   Read the rest of this entry »

Im Tages-Anzeiger, Zürich, von René Donzé, 29. November 2011. (Update: Atheist kids better at sports: study, on the Local.ch, Nov. 30, 2011 – La réligion influence les performances sportives, dans 20minutes, le 29 novembre 2011).

Eine ETH-Studie bei 600 Winterthurer Primarschülern zeigt: Kinder aus Südosteuropa sind im Durchschnitt weniger geschickt und weniger beweglich als ihre Schweizer Schulkollegen … // Read the rest of this entry »

La Caravane de lutte contre l’excision et les violences faites aux femmes – Publié dans AFRIK HEUR, le 22 novembre 2011.

Le projet de la caravane Halte à l’excision et aux violences faites aux femmes est un concept artistique original qui met en interactivité le public, les artistes et les spécialistes des Mutilations Génitales Féminines (MGF) et des violences faites aux femmes … //

… L’APPEL DE KAYA:   Read the rest of this entry »

Published on Nourishing the Planet /Worldwatch Institute, by Kamaria Greenfield, November 26, 2011.

According to the anti-poverty group The ONE Campaign, the Group of Eight (G8) and other rich nations have donated only a fifth of the US$22 billion promised to impoverished countries in July 2009. This reflects a larger trend of the decrease of foreign aid for agricultural development. Aid was at a high point in the mid-1980s, reaching US$20 billion, but has since declined. In the early 2000s, the number was around only US$3 billion. By 2009, it had crawled back up to around US$9 billion.   Read the rest of this entry »