Back in April, Paul Van Zyl and I were stuck in London after the volcanic ash eruptions. To avoid another week without our families and to get back to our jobs, we trekked from London through Dover on to Calais in the North of France and then drove down across France, through Paris, and into [...]
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Necessary Reading on American Jewry and Israel
Published under Democracy and Freedom (or lack of), Education/Raising Children, Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Mideast Negotiations, OneVoice Movement, Palestine, Religion, United States May 21, 2010A troubling portrayal in the New York Review of Books by Peter Beinart of American Jewish leadership and Israeli society is a must reading. The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment June 10, 2010 by Peter Beinart In 2003, several prominent Jewish philanthropists hired Republican pollster Frank Luntz to explain why American Jewish college students [...]
Alliance of Civilizations Video
Published under Global, Introspection, Latin America, OneVoice Movement, PeaceWorks Foundation May 21, 2010by Adeena Schlussel This great video will be shown at the opening plenary of the Rio Forum, before 2000 civil society and world leaders. Watch Darya speak about OneVoice and Daniel speak about PeaceWorks Foods as a model to harness market forces to bring people together. Others featured in the video include the UN Secretary [...]
A KIND Celebration
Published under Europe, Funnies, Innovation, Kinded, Marketing, Media and Alternative Media May 20, 2010Check out this very creative surprise for a Danish bus driver – it was part guerrilla promotion for the bus company, part fun for the voyagers, and part KINDING for the birthday of the targeted bus driver!
Chavez Continues to Abuse Power
Published under Democracy and Freedom (or lack of), Latin America May 17, 2010By Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky The dictator Hugo Chavez continues to use the judicial system to jail judges who disagree with him and to expropriate property of any one he is “threatened” by. He is out of control and the global community should be more serious about condemning and countering his totalitarianism. [...]
Lost in Translation
Published under Art, China, Funnies, Global, Interesting Random Stuff May 17, 2010by Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky The New York Times had a fun compilation of signs across the world that conveyed something surprising, not always unintended, but always funny. Published: May 11, 2010 Strange Signs From Abroad A recent slide show, "A Sampling of Chinglish," which accompanied a story by Andrew Jacobs, showed [...]
Spokeswoman for democracy threatened
Published under Democracy and Freedom (or lack of), Global, Latin America May 14, 2010By Adeena Schlussel on behalf of Daniel Lubetzky This is a scary article about threats to a pro-human rights activist from Venezuela… Democracy Alert: World Movement Participant Threatened in Venezuela Rocio San Miguel, spokeswoman for the Civil Association of Citizen Control in Venezuela, who recently attended the Sixth Assembly of the World Movement for Democracy, [...]
Honesty on Wall Street
Published under Advertising (good vs misleading), Economics, Entrepreneurship and Management, Interesting Random Stuff, Leadership, Media and Alternative Media, United States May 11, 2010This video, created by SS+K, is not only creative but very effective because it builds on Honest Tea’s value proposition so clearly.
Quote of the Week: the power of internal control
Published under China, Favorite Quotes, Introspection, Leadership May 09, 2010"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still." –Lao Tzu (forwarded by Len & Libby Traubman)
Very impressive! Watch till the end! Does anyone know how the last part is done?