by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky
Harriet Green, a PeaceWorks Foundation/OneVoice founding member, was awarded an O.B.E in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for her service in the electronics industry. Her talents and professionalism are only matched by her generosity and dedication that we are so thankful for.
by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky
A new reality TV show plans to have a group of Israeli and Palestinian teenagers cohabit and develop peace negotiations; the intent is not to solve the Mideast conflict, but to bring the two sides together in a more symbolic manner. This concept is not new, but nobody has ever has the power or talent to execute it successfully. If this attempt is successful… kol ha kavod, kul el ehterem, well done!
Purpose is where your talents meet the need in the world.
- Michelle Bouchard, explaining she has heard this maxim in an interview with StarLee Magazine re her leadership of Healthcorps, Mehmet Oz’s foundation to fight obesity and health crises.
by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky
These two interviews with my good friend Jason Alexander are both hilarious and show that Jenny Craig is highly effective! It’s too bad I didn’t think to give Jason some KIND bars, given the Yale study…
by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky
This New York Times article proves the KIND philosophy that strangers can be friends if they break modern society’s barriers; in this case, all it takes is talking to people who share your commute.
by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky
Smirnoff Ice, a sugary alcoholic beverage, has become the key ingredient to the latest popular drinking game known as “icing.” When approached with a Smirnoff Ice, the recipient is required to get down on one knee and chug the whole bottle (unless of course he is armed with the same drink, in which case his benefactor is required to drink both). While Smirnoff denies any association with the drinking game that has created amazing free advertising to their benefit, it is possible that a tiny group of consumers truly started it, but then the company discreetly buttressed it. As the New York Times put it, “[t]he game has exposed the mercurial line between guerrilla advertising and genuine social media trends, raising questions about how young consumers can know when they have co-opted a brand for their own purposes, and when that brand has co-opted them.”
by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky
According to a new report, it is believed that if you were to eat foods promoted in advertisements, your nutrition would suffer. The New York Times quotes says that people who abide by advertisement suggestions “consume 25 times the recommended amount of sugar and 20 times the amount of fat they need, but less than half the dairy, fiber and fruits and vegetables”. Read more about the study later this month when it is published in The Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
"He is a bastard. But now he is our bastard!"
- From a friend who shared how they had recruited a controversial mega-star to their circle.
Lev Grossman wrote an excellent article in TIME on how recommendation engines work (ie, for Netflix movie selection, and for Pandora radio selection) and how they can start turning us into boringly homogenous & predictive blockbuster consumers of the same stuff within one safe space.
Alas, when it comes to movie choices, the options and parameters are so many, that suggestions I get are often unreliable.
by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky
Check out this clip in which Dr. David Katz highlights the health benefits of eating two KIND bars a day, stating that “we asked a sample population to actually ADD two KIND fruit & nut bars to their diet every day for two months, and we saw NO weight gain whatsoever.” The trick that Dr. Katz discovered in the Yale Study, is that KIND bars are satiating and curb mindless snacking, ultimately saving calories for those who are counting.
