Thursday, June 12, 2014

Sea Shepherd Conservation Society: When You See A Tuna, Think Panda

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Singapore

The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is a non-profit, marine conservation organization based in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, Washington in the United States. Sea Shepherd uses direct action tactics to protect marine life.

Sea Shepherd engages in conventional protests and direct actions to protect marine wildlife. Sea Shepherd operations have included interdiction against commercial fishing, sharkpoaching and finning, seal hunting, and whaling. The group has been active in intervening against fishing and poaching in the South Pacific, the Mediterranean, and in waters around the Galapagos Islands.

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HAPPY SONG by Pharrell Williams

"Happy" is a song performed by American singer and producer Pharrell Williams from the Despicable Me 2 soundtrack album. It also serves as the lead single from Williams' second studio album, G I R L (2014).

"Happy" is a neo soul and funk song on which Williams' falsetto voice is comparable to Curtis Mayfield.

Original version

Despicable Me 2 - Lyric Video

Other Versions

The song has been highly successful, peaking at number one in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and 19 other countries. It has sold over 1.3 million copies in the United Kingdom, and has reached the summit on three separate occasions, both records in their own right.

Here is a video filmed in Paris.

Many other cities in the worlds recorded a version for this song. Here are just some of them:

... and many more ...

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Fruits & Vegetables Storage Tips

Do Not Store Fruits and Vegetables Together

Fruits that give off high levels of ethylene (the ripening agent) can prematurely ripen and spoil surrounding vegetables.

REFRIGERATE THESE GAS RELEASERS

Apples
Canteloupe
Figs
Honeydew

DON’T REFRIGERATE THESE GAS RELEASERS

Avocados
Bananas, unripe
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Plums
Tomatoes

KEEP THESE AWAY FROM ALL GAS RELEASERS:

Bananas, ripe
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Cucumbers
Eggplant
Lettuce and other leafy greens
Parsley
Peas
Peppers
Squash
Sweet potatoes
Watermelon

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Monday, June 9, 2014

Inspiration by E.E. Cummings

About Edward Estlin Cummings

Edward Estlin Cummings, popularly known as e.e. cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, and playwright. His body of work encompasses more than 900 poems, several plays and essays, numerous drawings, sketches, and paintings, as well as two novels. He is remembered as a preeminent voice of 20th century poetry, as well as one of the most popular.

Other quotes

“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” ~ E.E. Cummings

“Unbeing dead isn't being alive.” ~ E.E. Cummings

“Whenever you think or you believe or you know, you're a lot of other people: but the moment you feel, you're nobody-but-yourself.” ~ E.E. Cummings

“Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backward.” ~ E.E. Cummings

“Lovers alone wear sunlight.” ~ E.E. Cummings

“Unless you love someone, nothing else makes sense.” ~ E.E. Cummings

“Love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun, more last than star...” ~E.E. Cummings

Food That Creates Mucus vs. Food That Eliminates Mucus

Food That Creates Mucus:

Dairy Products (e.g. milk, yogurt, cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese and ice cream) represent the primary source of mucus caused by food. Each of these foods may produce a thick, irritating phlegm in your throat. Consuming dairy products may also make existing mucus thicker and harder to loosen or thin.
Animal Products (e.g. meat, pork, fish, poultry, eggs or other foods derived from animals) are high in protein and can cause a buildup of mucus in your throat.
Fats and Oils derived from animals (e.g. ard, butter and omega-6 fatty acids). Better choices include flax, corn, sunflower, safflower and olive oil.
Grains (e.g. breads, pastas and processed cereals) cause sinus congestion and mucus. Seeds, legumes, rice, oats and oatmeal also produce mucus. Replace these products with barley, corn, buckwheat, millet and quinoa, which are dryer and do not product a thick mucus.
Beverages (e.g. coffee, chocolate drinks, milkshakes, alcohol and soft drinks with high sugar content) cause mucus to build up

Food That Eliminates Mucus:

Pineapple - with its key element bromelain, a proteolytic enzyme that breaks down proteins. It can aid the body heal from bronchitis and pneumonia as well. Fresh pineapple properties also act as anti-inflammatory agents, which can also reduce the swelling in air passages, making breathing easier and aiding in elimination.
Citrus fruits - natural boons to allergy and cold sufferers. Grapefruit in particular reduces salt in the body and will speed elimination of thick mucus and swelling, as it is also a natural anti-inflammatory. Other vitamin C bonanzas are lemons, limes and oranges.
Vegetables provide a wonderful defense against mucus and nasal allergies. Some vegetables with powerful elimination properties are asparagus, onions, cauliflower, celery and garlic. Fresh green vegetables are better immunity boosters, as they contain chlorophyll. Fruits do not contain this powerful antioxidant.
Heat & Spices - turn up the heat with spices like garlic and pepper. Another aid is ginger and a pinch of it in a daily diet may chase the mucus away. Season foods with herbs and spices. Herbal teas aid as well.

Smoking Kid

Called by many "the best anti-smoking ad ever", this campaign filmed children walking up to adult smokers, asking them for a light.

Every adult took the opportunity to remind the children that smoking was bad and rattled off the health consequences. The children replied, "If it's so bad, why are you smoking?" before handing them an anti-smoking leaflet.

2012 Cannes Award: Bronze
Title: Smoking Kid
Client: Thai Health Promotion Foundation
Office: Ogilvy & Mather Bangkok
Category: Outdoor

Keep your eyes on the road

Kudos Volkswagen. What a brilliant way to communicate how risky it is to use mobile phones while driving.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Beijing, China
Published: April 2014

Friday, June 6, 2014

The Secrets of Food Marketing

Think you aren't being fooled by advertising tricks?

Take a look at this so-called expert revealing food marketing's secret weapon. No amount of marketing makes factory farming acceptable.

"There are things we can all do as individuals to end factory farming – like buying higher welfare food. But there are some things that we can only do together: Exposing the suffering, changing the minds of food businesses, of politicians, and of the public." You can stop the spin at http://www.ciwf.org.uk/truth

Full disclosure: The speaker in this video is actually an actress named Kate Miles, but the facts about produce and its marketing are 100% real. The audience is also real, and thus the looks of disgust are totally real too.

The art of Pavel Mitkov

Pavel Mitkov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1977. He took up painting in 1994 while still at high school. Later, he earned a degree in Landscape Design. Mitkov quickly made progress in the world of art. For just a few years he became one of Bulgaria’s best selling painters and in 2007, a Deutsche Welle documentary even pitched him as one of Europe’s most successful artists whose art has a universal appeal. He got international recognition in 2004 when the St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral Board of Trustees commissioned and made a gift of Mitkov’s painting to then Russian President Vladimir Putin, who was on a visit Bulgaria. That brought in plenty of commissioned artworks and prestigious exhibitions. Mitkov’s paintings have also been presented as gifts to Pope John Paul II, King Albert II of Belgium, Pope Benedict XVI, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Russian Patriarch Kirill and other dignitaries from all over the world. With numerous international exhibitions in Europe, the USA and Russia (See Exhibitions), Mitkov’s artworks have become a benchmark for success. Mitkov has been awarded a number of prizes including:

- Laureate of the Medal of Franz Kafka;

- World Prize of Salvador Dali for Fine Arts by the Salvador Dalí International Alliance

- Order of Lomonosov;

- Prize for Fine Arts of Masarykova Academy, Prague;

- Gold Medal, France 29th January 2009;

- Diploma of participation at the International Painting Camp "Bucovina - Past, Present, and Future", Romania 2011

He has been taking an active part in the political, social and artistic life both in Bulgaria and elsewhere in the world. He has opened his galleries in Berlin, Germany, Karlowi Wari, the Czech Republic, Moscow, Russia, Verona, Italy, Washington and New York, the USA. He loves the East and is a regular visitor to Tokyo, Japan and Vladivostok, Russia among others. Mitkov’s art conveys a message of peace, kindness and harmony. The artist determines three periods in his art spanning over 12 years each.

The Truth Behind GENDERED MARKETING

This video is from "The Checkout" which is an Australian TV show all about consumer affairs. Kirsten Drysdale and Zoe Norton Lodge examine the issue of market segmentation by gender and find we've all got an equal opportunity to pay more.

You can subscribe to The Checkout on YouTube:http://ab.co/1nhNgCh

You can get involved in THE CHECKOUT:
http://facebook.com/checkouttv
http://twitter.com/checkouttv #thecheckout
http://futube.net.au (where you can send in video complaints)
tipoff@thecheckout.net.au (email them directly)

Friday, May 30, 2014

Maritime by Angelica Privalihin

Angelica Privalihin - Maritime Oil on Canvas

Angelica Privalihin was born in a small village called Uzlovaja in the Tula region of Russia. She attended the Special School for Gifted in Arts for children in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. She was taught to see the beauty of the world, and to depict it not realistically, but through her own feelings and vision.

When not with her family Angelica devotes all of her time to painting, participating in exhibitions in both Russia and abroad. Her works are held in the Art Museum of the city of Krasnoyarsk and Art Museum of Divnogorsk and other museums in Siberia and the Far East and in private collections in Russia, Israel, Germany, USA, China and now, UK

The Aim of Traditional Education

The courage to get rid of what you don't need any more

Asking for Help is not a Weakness

Be HAPPY with NOTHING for EVERYTHING

Funny Dance by "LES TWINS"

Laurent and Larry Bourgeois are identical twins (born December 6, 1988) professionally known as Les Twins.
They are known as French dancers, choreographers, and models and are recognized internationally for their talents in new style hip-hop dancing.

LES TWINS World of Dance San Diego 2010 WOD

Filmed & edited by Yoram Savion, Kash Gaines, Ben Tarquin & Javier Ochoa.
http://www.YAKFILMS.com
© YAK FILMS 2010

Great dance from "The Company"

The Company [2nd Place]
Filmed by Jonathan Shih @jyshih21
Edited by Gerald Nonato @geraldnonadoez
Vibe XIX 2014 partnered by Culture Shock LA
Segerstrom Hall 1.12.14

Don't Fight the OLD, Focus on Building NEW

Love doesn't hurt!

You NOW and You BEFORE

About NORMALITY

The Man on the Top

Cruelty Free Milk

You must make a CHOICE to take a CHANCE or your life will never CHANGE

Liking Isn't Helping. Be A Volunteer. Change A Life

Advertising Agency: Publicis, Singapore

Save Paper – Save The Planet

Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Copenhagen, Denmark

Paper is too valuable to waste

Around the world we use 1 million tonnes of paper every day. Too much of this paper usage is wasteful and unnecessary and puts huge pressures on the environment.

Why save paper?

Paper usage in many parts of the word is on the rise. Expanding production and pulp wood harvesting threatens some of the last remaining natural forests and the people and wildlife that depend on them.

The world´s paper hunger also significantly contributes to climate change.

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Your Skin Color Shouldn't Dictate Your Future

Advertising Agency: Publicis Conseil, Paris, France

Stop The Violence: Don’t Drink And Drive

Advertising Agency: Terremoto Propaganda, Curitiba, Brazil

Victims Are People Just Like You And Me

Advertising Agency: Advico Y&R, Zurich, Switzerland

Thursday, May 29, 2014

How Maple Syrup is Made

FREEDOM to be YOURSELF

Tree Relocation - Keeping Trees Alive

VicRoads relocated seven trees as part of works for the Clyde Road Upgrade between High Street and Kangan Drive in Berwick.

A truck mounted tree spade is used to dig out the root ball and tree, lifting and tilting each tree onto the back of the truck for safe transportation to its new location. Here is the first Clyde Road tree to make the move.
VicRoads worked with arborists, the City of Casey, National Trust and Residents, Ratepayers and Friends of Berwick Village to identify seven trees that could viably be relocated. (Video December 2011)

The Korean Ceramics Tradition

7 Simple MAGIC TRICKS With Household Items

8 Water Tricks That'll Melt Your Mind

The Washington Ballet's Hardest Dance Moves

PostTV goes behind the scenes at the Washington Ballet to get six professional dancers to show off the most difficult moves in their repertoire.

What Happens When You Crack An Egg Underwater?

When you crack an egg underwater the water pressure assumes the role of the eggshell, exerting an inward force that keeps the egg yolk and whites intact.

HAPPY to DANCE at 3 years old

9 months pregnancy in 1000 pictures!

Look at our 9 months pregnancy in 1000 pictures!
Each frame (photo) was separately taken, edited and uploaded!
It was 9 months of a growing belly and 1 month of video editing... :-)
Photographer / photoshop editor / director / script writer / proud dad - Tomer Grencel.

Music by - Barry Louis Polisar - "All I Want Is You"

FIVE people perform on ONE guitar

Walk off the Earth performs a cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" using five people on one guitar.

HAPPY DOGS and CAT in Australia

Inspired by Pharrell William's International "Happy" Hit! Lot's of dogs and cat playing at the beach.

"Happy" is a neo soul and funk song on which Williams' falsetto voice is comparable to Curtis Mayfield. The song has been highly successful, peaking at number one in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and 19 other countries. It has sold over 1.3 million copies in the United Kingdom, and has reached the summit on three separate occasions, both records in their own right.

Maya Angelou Greatest Quotes

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

"Courage is the most important of all virtues, because without courage, you cannot practice any of the other virtues consistently."

"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.”

“Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.”

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”

“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.”

“I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”

"If you get, give. If you learn, teach."

“Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud.”

"All my work, my life, everything I do is about survival, not just bare, awful, plodding survival, but survival with grace and faith. While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated."

"I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love, because that liberates. Love liberates. It doesn't just hold—that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind. Love says, 'I love you. I love you if you're in China. I love you if you're across town. I love you if you're in Harlem. I love you. I would like to be near you. I'd like to have your arms around me. I'd like to hear your voice in my ear. But that's not possible now, so I love you. Go."

“You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!”