Month: November 2014

  • Amoral Cartoonists

    How a cartoonist’s brain works should be a serious topic in psychology and behaviorism. Just imagine the combination of all the maladies of an eccentric person from narcissism to insecure introvert to passive aggressiveness and the list goes on. The result is a jam-packed creative irony with big strokes of intentional mischievousness. The final result…

  • An Abstract Architect's Return to Build the Simple Houses

    An Abstract Architect's Return to Build the Simple Houses

    The 7 minutes documentary is about Lloyd Kahn an architect and writer of many books on different forms of buildings. Even though he is 80 years old but his energy, in all aspects of life, is still intact.  His new and final endeavor is back to basics of building the simple houses. In this short…

  • 10 Reasons to be Happy For Our Planet

    10 Reasons to be Happy For Our Planet

    Global life expectancy has increased from 53 to 69 years since 1960 More women are involved in running the world 79% of people in the developing world now access to a mobile phone, vital for communication in the absence of landlines Though it mightseem hard to believe, the long term trend is of fewer people dying in armed…

  • Positive Thinking is Negative

    Positive Thinking is Negative

    Why doesn’t positive thinking work the way you might assume? As my colleagues and I have discovered, dreaming about the future calms you down, measurably reducing systolic blood pressure, but it also can drain you of the energy you need to take action in pursuit of your goals. In a 2011 study published in the…

  • Checking My Back? Fine, Check Your Prostate Cancer Too

    Checking My Back? Fine, Check Your Prostate Cancer Too

    To raise awareness for prostate cancer, women wearing hidden cameras remind men to get themselves checked out too. Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in American men. If detected early, prostate cancer is nearly 100% survivable. For more information on prostate cancer: http://www.cancer.org/cancer/prostatecancer/ The Volunteers “Behind” the Prostate Cancer Awareness Video: Natalia…

  • Persian Pianist

    Persian Pianist

    Arshid Azarine’s music is a fusion of Jazz, and Eastern-Afro Melodies, combined with his Persian background. He has collaborated with Persian artists, inside and outside Iran. And he has a single in works, featuring Sussan Deyhim. http://world.idolweb.fr/ohrwurm-records/arshid-azarine/persian-sketches-for-piano/3760191120150.html https://www.facebook.com/ArshidAzarine

  • 400 Unrecognised Countries

    400 Unrecognised Countries

    Motivations for the creation of micronations include theoretical experimentation, political protest, artistic expression, personal entertainment and the conduct of criminal activity. Micronations can also exist in various forms, including in the physical world (on land, at sea and in outer space), online, in the minds of their creators, or some combination of these. Some micronations…

  • Around the World With no Backpack

    Around the World With no Backpack

    The story chronicles the 21-day, ultra-minimal trip to Europe taken by Austin-based freelance writer Clara Bensen (ClaraBensen.com) and her date Jeff, whom she had recently met on OkCupid. Despite being in a relationship for less time than most of us go without getting a haircut, the two embarked — at Jeff’s suggestion — on a…

  • Daily Dose of Iran

    Daily Dose of Iran

    Iran has appeared in numerous headlines around the world in recent months, usually attached to stories about military exercises and other saber-rattlings, economic sanctions, a suspected nuclear program, and varied political struggles. Iran is a country of more than 75 million people with a diverse history stretching back many thousands of years. Iran is also…

  • A Surrealist Cartonist

    A Surrealist Cartonist

    Gürbüz Doğan EKŞİOĞLU is drawing cartoons since 1977 and holds a total of 64 awards of 23 of which are international. The Turkish cartoonist had participated in numerous national and international collective displays. He has drawn many cartoons and illustrations for various newspaper and magazines like The Forbes, The Atlantic, The New York Times as…

  • Manitas de Plata Plays and Salvador Dali Paints

    Manitas de Plata Plays and Salvador Dali Paints

    On the occasion of 92 years of Manitas de Plata, the site manitasdeplata.fr offers you an exceptional and very rare video for the first time. At this oaccasion, Manitas de Plata offered later a unique spectacle to Salvador Dali, who painted a rider on his horse during a second private concert.

  • Dazzling Images of Iranian Mosques Interiors

    Dazzling Images of Iranian Mosques Interiors

    (CNN) — It’s a side of Iran the rest of the world doesn’t normally get to see — the kaleidoscopically brilliant interiors of the country’s intricately designed mosques. With beautiful mosaics and stained glass framed by powerful architecture, the buildings are astounding. Their fine detail has been captured in a series of breathtaking photographs by…

  • Narcissistic Personality Quiz

    Narcissistic Personality Quiz

    click on the link below Narcissistic Personality Quiz Narcissism in personality trait generally conceived of as excessive self love. In Greek mythology Narcissus was a man who fell in love with his reflection in a pool of water. The test consists of forty pairs of statements. For each pair you should select the one that…

  • An Iranian Dark Blues Song

    An Iranian Dark Blues Song

    “A Plagued Garden” is a sad song about a land that has been neglected and deteriorated by war. A song that carries away Abdi Behravanfar every time he sings Iranian folk music of south intertwined with the elements of dark Blues and Jazz…

  • Consumer Culture in Iran

    Thomas Cristofoletti photographs challenges the global perception of what is really happening in Iran. He was able to picture a consumer society by all means. It seems that the whole nation craze for life style that the T.V commercials’ portraying all around the western world. In his artistic statement of Iranian project mentioned the fact…

  • Iranians Are losing Interest in the Mosque

    Iranians Are losing Interest in the Mosque

    By law, all public buildings in Iran must have prayer rooms. But travelling around the country you will find few shoes at prayer time outside these rooms in bus stations, office buildings and shopping centres. “We nap in ours after lunch,” says an office manager. Calls to prayer have become rare, too. Officials have silenced…

  • An Engagement Ring  Blooming  Like a Flower

    An Engagement Ring Blooming Like a Flower

    Marriage proposals can be scary, even if you know that the other person will say yes. How and where you’ll ask is always a factor, as well as where to hide the ring. After all, it’d be tragic if it were discovered beforehand. A slimline engagement ring box called Clifton solves this potential problem. Designed…

  • NFL Players Say No to Domestic Violence

    NFL Players Say No to Domestic Violence

    Nearly two dozen men of the NFL use their voices voices, their commitment, and, perhaps most significantly, a new and deeply stirring expression of their formidable power to say NO MORE to domestic violence and sexual assault.

  • Birds Migration from Netherlands to Africa

    Birds Migration from Netherlands to Africa

    Based on real data (latitude, longitude and height) from the University of Amsterdam the animation initially shows the tracks of 12 birds, but then concentrates on a pair – male and female, as they migrate south in Autumn 2010 from the Veluwe forest in the Netherlands to warmer weather on the African coast (Liberia, Ghana…