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Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Lampenfieber (Stage Fright)

S 1 Ep 9 2005/10/25
TV Series Episode  -  min  
DOC
A young woman (Susanne Vogel) time-travels to a plush manor in Germany 1927, where she entertains her summer guests; Fellow time-travelers work tirelessly as housemaids and servants.
Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Freudigkeit im Herzen! (Boldness In The Heart)

S 1 Ep 10 2005/10/26
TV Series Episode  -  min  
DOC
A young woman (Susanne Vogel) time-travels to a plush manor in Germany 1927, where she entertains her summer guests; Fellow time-travelers work tirelessly as housemaids and servants.
Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Moderne Zeiten (Modern Times)

S 1 Ep 11 2005/10/27
TV Series Episode  -  min  
DOC
A young woman (Susanne Vogel) time-travels to a plush manor in Germany 1927, where she entertains her summer guests; Fellow time-travelers work tirelessly as housemaids and servants.
Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Kurze Freiheit (Brief Freedom)

S 1 Ep 12 2005/10/28
TV Series Episode  -  min  
DOC
A young woman (Susanne Vogel) time-travels to a plush manor in Germany 1927, where she entertains her summer guests; Fellow time-travelers work tirelessly as housemaids and servants.
Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Ein Sommer der Liebe (A Summer Of Love)

S 1 Ep 13 2005/11/01
TV Series Episode  -  min  
DOC
A young woman (Susanne Vogel) time-travels to a plush manor in Germany 1927, where she entertains her summer guests; Fellow time-travelers work tirelessly as housemaids and servants.
Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Keine Ruhe vor dem Sturm (No Calm Before The Storm)

S 1 Ep 14 2005/11/02
TV Series Episode  -  min  
DOC
A young woman (Susanne Vogel) time-travels to a plush manor in Germany 1927, where she entertains her summer guests; Fellow time-travelers work tirelessly as housemaids and servants.
Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Der schšnste Tag (The Most Beautiful Day)

S 1 Ep 15 2005/11/03
TV Series Episode  -  min  
DOC
A young woman (Susanne Vogel) time-travels to a plush manor in Germany 1927, where she entertains her summer guests; Fellow time-travelers work tirelessly as housemaids and servants.
Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Abenteuer 1927 - Sommerfrische

Lachende Augen, weinende Augen (Laughing Eyes, Crying Eyes)

S 1 Ep 16 2005/11/04
TV Series Episode  -  min  
DOC
A young woman (Susanne Vogel) time-travels to a plush manor in Germany 1927, where she entertains her summer guests; Fellow time-travelers work tirelessly as housemaids and servants.
Abilene Paradox

Abilene Paradox

People can make decisions based not on what they actually want to do, but on what they think that other people want to do.

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People can make decisions based not on what they actually want to do, but on what they think that other people want to do. Authored by Jerry B. Harvey.
In an Abilene paradox a group of people collectively decide on a course of action that is counter to the preferences of many of the individuals in the group. Abilene paradox vs Accuracy paradox vs Prisoner's dilemma It involves a common breakdown of group communication in which each member mistakenly believes that their own preferences are counter to the group's and, therefore, does not raise objections. A common phrase relating to the Abilene paradox is a desire not to "rock the boat".

"About Quarrels, About the Past"

S  -  Ep  -  1942/07/
Short Story  -  min  

About Time  (Bell Science)

About Time (Bell Science)

1962/02/05
Film 53 min  
EDU USA
Planet Q has just made a clock, but can't figure out what time it is. Lucky for them, Peabody Award winning professor, Dr. Frank Baxter, knows how to set a watch and whole lot more.
Planet Q has just made a clock, but can't figure out what time it is. Lucky for them, Peabody Award winning professor, Dr. Frank Baxter, knows how to set a watch and whole lot more. Did you know ships couldn't find their way around without an accurate timepiece and that our clocks are set to the Earth's rotation? These, and other amazing facts are revealed through wonderful animation by Warner Brothers artist Phil Monroe, plus beautifully filmed live action sequences.
About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution

About Time: Einstein's Unfinished Revolution

S  -  Ep  -  1996/04/09
Book 316 min  
USA
An elegant, witty, and engaging exploration of the riddle of time, which examines the consequences of Einstein's theory of relativity and offers startling suggestions about what recent research may reveal. Written by Paul Davies
An elegant, witty, and engaging exploration of the riddle of time, which examines the consequences of Einstein's theory of relativity and offers startling suggestions about what recent research may reveal.
About Time

About Time

2013/11/08
Film 123 min   R
DRA FAN ROM United Kingdom
At the age of 21, Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life.
At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think. At the age of 21, Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) discovers he can travel in time... The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father (Bill Nighy) tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life-so he decides to make his world a better place...by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as you might think. Moving from the Cornwall coast to London to train as a lawyer, Tim finally meets the beautiful but insecure Mary (Rachel McAdams). They fall in love, then an unfortunate time-travel incident means he's never met her at all. So they meet for the first time again-and again-but finally, after a lot of cunning time-traveling, he wins her heart. Tim then uses his power to create the perfect romantic proposal, to save his wedding from the worst best-man speeches, to save his best friend from professional disaster and to get his pregnant wife to the hospital in time for the birth of their daughter, despite a nasty traffic jam outside Abbey Road. But as his unusual life progresses, Tim finds out that his unique gift can't save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere. There are great limits to what time travel can achieve, and it can be dangerous too.
Abraham Lincoln: The Time Traveler

Abraham Lincoln: The Time Traveler

S  -  Ep  -  2013/04/10
Film Short 13 min  
ADV BIO COM HIS USA
During a discussion with General Chipman about the fight for the rights of African-Americans, President Lincoln disappears, time traveling to the CA State Fair , 2013. Discovering all that the Fair has to offer, he sees the results of the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation. When he returns to his own time, he is renewed as he knows that slavery will be abolished.
During a discussion with General Chipman about the fight for the rights of African-Americans, President Lincoln disappears, time traveling to the CA State Fair , 2013. Discovering all that the Fair has to offer, he sees the results of the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation. When he returns to his own time, he is renewed as he knows that slavery will be abolished.
Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe

Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe

1990/12/18
Film 90 min   R
ACT SF Canada
An alien "policeman" (Jesse Ventura) arrives on Earth to apprehend a renegade of his own race who impregnates a woman with a potentially destructive mutant embryo.
An alien "policeman" arrives on Earth to apprehend a renegade of his own race who impregnates a woman with a potentially destructive mutant embryo. Abraxas (Jesse Ventura) and Secundus (Sven-Ole Thorsen), are intergalactic police officers, or Finders, from a planet called Sargacia. Their race is physically similar to humans but with an expanded lifespan; Abraxas has been a Finder for almost 10,000 years. Each Finder is equipped with an Answer Box, which serves as a communicator and scanner. It can also detect any object from a distance based on the object's vibration. When testing for the Anti-Life Equation, the subject being scanned will disintegrate if they do not contain the equation. Secundus wants to access a negative universe which he believes will give him omnipotent powers and make him immortal. To do this he needs the solution to the Anti-Life Equation. He travels to Earth and impregnates the first human female he finds, Sonia Murray (Marjorie Bransfield), simply by holding his hand over her belly. The resulting baby will be the Culmator, a dangerously powerful prodigy able to solve the equation. Only a few minutes later, Sonia gives birth to a boy and names him Tommy. Meanwhile, Abraxas corners Secundus so other Finders can lock onto their location and transport Secundus to the prison planet Tyrannus 7. Abraxas is ordered to kill Sonia before she can give birth, but he can't bring himself to do it and leaves her with Tommy. When Sonia goes home her parents kick her out of their house since she doesn't know who the baby's father is. They don't seem to mind that the baby was conceived and born on the same day, though. Five years later, Tommy doesn't speak but does have strange abilities; when he is picked on at school, he makes the bully wet his pants. The school principal, played by James Belushi, calls Sonia in about this problem, but she refuses to admit that Tommy has problems. Secundus escapes from the prison and teleports to Earth. The Finders send Abraxas right after Secundus with the same technology, but their transport paths cross and their weapons are destroyed. Abraxas chases Secundus, but loses him; Secundus uses the fuse box at an automotive shop to recharge his Answer Box. When the owner confronts him, he uses his Answer Box to test the shop-owner about the Anti-Life Equation. The test causes the owner to explode. Secundus then goes on a rampage, stealing cars, killing innocent people and causing chaos. He continues to scan people, looking for the chosen one who knows the Anti-Life Equation. He is pursued by Abraxas, who isn't able to do much as Secundus escapes and finds Sonia's residence. There, he sees the child with one of Sonia's friends, who is currently watching the house while Sonia and Tommy are out at a movie, and tries to test the equation on him. But Abraxas arrives before any harm can be done to the boy and they fight once more. However, Abraxas is stabbed in the stomach and Secundus left after saying he will let Abraxas live to see everything destroyed. Sonia returns home with Tommy, and finds Abraxas there in the living room. She expresses her anger about being impregnated by Secundus to him, but is convinced by Abraxas to drive somewhere safe with him and Tommy.
Absence Paradox

Absence Paradox

No one here is ever present.

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No one is ever "here".
The absence paradox, while named a paradox, is more precisely an informal fallacy and humorous misuse of language which results in the conclusion that "No one is ever present." The statement of the argument is some formulation of the following: No person is ever present because he is either not in Rome or alternatively is not in Beijing. Therefore, he must be somewhere else. If he is somewhere else he is not here. The use of this fallacy dates from the 19th century. The fallacy in the argument is that it interprets the relative adverb "else" in an absolute sense.
Absolutely Anything

Absolutely Anything

2017/05/12
Film 85 min   R
USA
A group of eccentric aliens confers a human being (Simon Pegg) with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment.
A group of eccentric aliens confers a human being with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment.

"Absolutely Inflexible"

S  -  Ep  -  1956/07/
Short Story  -  min  

A time travel story with an intriguing twist. Sometime in the past scientists developed one-way time machines. The dismal state of the past world means that hundreds of time travelers attempt to travel to the future (the story's present). Unfortunately, the past ages were replete with diseases to which the present is horribly susceptible. Thus, the time travels are imprisoned on the Moon for fear of infecting the general populace. The leader of the bureau which oversees their imprisonment meets a time traveler from the past who operates a two way time machine and decides to give it a try. Queue time paradoxƒ

"Accessory Before The Fact"

S  -  Ep  -  1911/09/02
Short Story  -  min  
An English man on a walking holiday experiences a short time in another man's future and struggles with the ethics of whether and how to deliver a warning to that other man. Written by Algernon Blackwood.
An English man on a walking holiday experiences a short time in another man's future and struggles with the ethics of whether and how to deliver a warning to that other man.
The Accidental Time Machine

The Accidental Time Machine

S  -  Ep  -  2007//
Novel 275 min  

A research assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology accidentally creates a forward-traveling time machine. Each leap forward in time, which he takes to get out of trouble, lands him each time in deeper trouble.
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