We came across this great video, a tribute to the prolific, prophetic 19th Century French writer Jules Verne. He wrote an all time classic, the adventures of Phileas Fogg and his companion Passepartout, as they embark on a tour around the world. In 80 days! They run from one adventure to another, escaping tigers, riding [...]
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Another year is coming to an end and we take this opportunity to wish our friends and visitors happy and healthy holidays. May the New Year help you and your families get closer to your dreams, whatever these may be. May there be peace on the planet. May there be opportunities to prosper. And may [...]
UPDATE 12/2/2010: Google has moved to act on behalf of customers: “In the last few days we developed an algorithmic solution which detects the merchant from the Times article along with hundreds of other merchants that, in our opinion, provide an extremely poor user experience. The algorithm we incorporated into our search rankings represents an [...]
With over 11 million views, its very likely you’ve seen it elsewhere. But we put it here to show our admiration for the great work of Alexander Commercials in the UK. We quote from the site. “The advert was produced independently by Alexander Commercials and now has over 11.5 million views on YouTube it is [...]
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This spot promoting voting in the Catalonian elections is under fire from both sides of the political spectrum in Spain: liberals and conservatives both claim the video is insulting to women, the Telegraph reports. Created by the Young Socialists of Catalonia, the video shows a woman getting excited at first, then downright hot and eventually [...]
We pick up the following from MTV. “Beyoncé’s steamy new ad for her perfume, Heat, recently gathered some heat of its own from the U.K.’s Advertising Standards Authority — which banned the commercial from the country’s daytime TV rotation because of its sexy imagery. Now the company that makes Heat is speaking out about the [...]
From its genesis as just one more digital eccentricity into a necessity (the kind you can’t live without) the facebook phenomenom is being studied by pyschologists, sociologists, anthropologists and myriad other “-ologist”-ending occupations. It is currently a tool used by companies to sell their wares, advertising agencies to advertise them, politicians for their campaigns, artists [...]
Diversity. Talent. Hope. The redeeming powers of the arts. And the commitment of great teachers to their students. All that and a whole lot more comes to mind as we see the work of the PS 22, in Staten Island, New York. We take the liberty of reproducing the ntroduction by Mr. B, the director. [...]
Thousands of AARP members and their relatives met September 29 in Orlando for the organization’s yearly gathering. The “Great AARP Meet and Greet” was an important opportunity for AARP members to meet old friends and make new ones, party a little (or a lot) and get to know their organization. The meeting was part class [...]
Tuesday’s midterm elections were historic for Hispanics. For the first time ever, three Latino candidates — all of them Republicans — won top statewide offices. In New Mexico, voters elected the nation’s first Latina governor, Republican Susana Martinez. In Nevada, Republican Brian Sandoval won the governor’s race and became Nevada’s first Hispanic governor. And in Florida, Republican Marco Rubio won the U.S. Senate race.
