July 18, 2009
Shocking billboard commissioned by the local government in Papakura, New Zealand
Street AnatomyJuly 14th, 2009 by Vanessa RuizShocking billboard commissioned by the local government in Papakura, New Zealand to warn drivers of the hazards of driving on wet roads. I can’t help but feel that these billboards might actually cause an accident or two… And I must quote my co-worker Matt here “What if it was a sunshower? All pretty outside, and then omg children bleeding profusely from their face!” Indeed.
Client:Papakura / Franklin District Councils
Agency:Colenso BBDO, Auckland
Production Company:Roller Coaster Design
Creatives:Steven Boniface (Photographer)
Nick Worthington (Executive Creative Director)
Emmanuel Bougneres (Art Director)
Nick Worthington (Copywriter)
Chinese edition of the Organ Donors! Street Anatomy - yes, that's right, no date...anyone?
Street AnatomyDavid Foox, designer of the popular Organ Donor dolls has given Street Anatomy an exclusive first look at the Chinese edition of the Organ Donors! Foox created these designer vinyl toys in order to bring awareness to the issue of organ donation. We here at Street Anatomy are lucky enough to own several Organ Donors and are quite excited for this new release.
ORGAN DONORS Chinese Edition - in celebration of Chinese Independence Day.
Above is a pre-production snapshot of the new ONE HEART. The final production vinyl (RARE) will have slightly darker reds and the dragon will be metallic gold. This rare version is called ONEHEART and replaces LIONHEART from the US Edition of ORGAN DONORS. There is another super rare vinyl code-named “1949-2009 Forever” (the real name is not being released yet). Sorry no pictures just yet either.
The exhibition will take place in Beijing during the end of September and beginning October 2009. David Foox has worked closely with a crack team out of China with the design stages for both “ONEHEART” and “1949-2009 Forever.” It seems obvious that these pieces were influenced by the creation of the Peoples Republic of China in 1949. So here we are launching them on the 60th Anniversary of the event. The location that was chosen is called 798Space which is located in the Dashanzi district of Beijing.
798Space rocks for a number of reasons but mostly because:
- Dashanzi is located in the heart of the art district in Beijing
- The gallery is an old factory warehouse designed in typical Bauhaus style during the very first “5 Year Plan” and still contains the original Maoist slogans painted on the roof and in throughout the building (see photos here). The history here is undeniable and perfect for ONEHEART and the launch of ORGAN DONORS Chinese Edition
- Mr. Mao’s granddaughter has an art gallery inside the building…now do you believe in fate?
The Chinese Red Cross is very keen to work with David Foox during the launch in China. Also, the “Jet Lee Foundation” works very closely with the Chinese Red Cross and are looking into ways that they may be able to promote the launch of ORGAN DONORS. Their main interest is to raise the awareness of organ transplant and donation. Currently China undertakes around 10,000 organ transplants per year (about the same as the USA), but considering the differences in population sizes China is way behind. This may be due to lack of knowledge on the importance of organ donation or social stigma attached to donation, but we hope that by working together we can make a genuine difference and change any preconceived notions! Although not connected to either the “Red Cross” or “Jet Lee Foundation” we are also working with the “Jackie Chan Foundation” to raise the same awareness in Hong Kong. To clarify, the “Chinese Red Cross” and “Jet Lee Foundation” will be concentrating on Beijing and mainland China while the Jackie Chan Foundation will hit up Hong Kong!
The PCNE TV channel will interview David Foox on the “Weekend” magazine, which is aimed at young professionals. The program runs weekly and covers all things fashion, art and news - and now ORGAN DONORS!
The original Organ Donors
You can purchase your very own Organ Donor dolls at Foox-u for $15 each!
NASA Lost Original Moon Video
NASA Lost Original Moon VideoNASA Lost Original Moon Video
Existing Footage Gets a Hollywood Makeover
By SETH BORENSTEIN,APWASHINGTON (July 17) - NASA could put a man on the moon but didn't have the sense to keep the original video of the live TV transmission.In an embarrassing acknowledgment, the space agency said Thursday that it must have erased the Apollo 11 moon footage years ago so that it could reuse the videotape.Skip over this content
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The remastered copies may look good, but "when dealing with historical film footage, you always want the original to study," Brinkley said.Smithsonian Institution space curator Roger Launius, a former NASA chief historian, said the loss of the original video "doesn't surprise me that much.""It was a mistake, no doubt about that," Launius said. "This is a problem inside the entire federal government. ... They don't think that preservation is all that important."Launius said federal warehouses where historical artifacts are saved are "kind of like the last scene of `Raiders of the Lost Ark.' It just goes away in this place with other big boxes."The company that restored all the Indiana Jones movies, including "Raiders," is the one bailing out NASA.Lowry Digital of Burbank, Calif., noted that "Casablanca" had a pixel count 10 times higher than the moon video, meaning the Apollo 11 footage was fuzzier than that vintage movie and more of a challenge in one sense.Of all the video the company has dealt with, "this is by far and away the lowest quality," said Lowry president Mike Inchalik.Nafzger praised Lowry for restoring "crispness" to the Apollo video. Historian Launius wasn't as blown away."It's certainly a little better than the original," Launius said. "It's not a lot better."The Apollo 11 video remains in black and white. Inchalik said he would never consider colorizing it, as has been done to black-and-white classic films. And the moon is mostly gray anyway.The restoration used four video sources: CBS News originals; kinescopes from the National Archives; a video from Australia that received the transmission of the original moon video; and camera shots of a TV monitor.Both Nafzger and Inchalik acknowledged that digitally remastering the video could further encourage conspiracy theorists who believe NASA faked the entire moon landing on a Hollywood set. But they said they enhanced the video as conservatively as possible.Skip over this contentSkip over this contentLearn More: Little-Known Facts About Apollo 11Besides, Inchalik said that if there had been a conspiracy to fake a moon landing, NASA surely would have created higher-quality film.Back in 1969, nearly 40 percent of the picture quality was lost converting from one video format used on the moon — called slow scan — to something that could be played on TVs on Earth, Nafzger said.NASA did not lose other Apollo missions' videos because they weren't stored on the type of tape that needed to be reused, Nafzger said.As part of the moon landing's 40th anniversary, the space agency has been trotting out archival material. NASA has a Web site with audio from private conversations in the lunar module and command capsule. The agency is also webcasting radio from Apollo 11 as if the mission were taking place today.The video restoration project did not involve improving the sound. Inchalik said he listened to Armstrong's famous first words from the surface of the moon, trying to hear if he said "one small step for man" or "one small step for A man," but couldn't tell.Through a letter read at a news conference Thursday, Armstrong had the last word about the video from the moon: "I was just amazed that there was any picture at all."
Lady Liberty Decapitated on Video
Lady Liberty Decapitated on VideoNEW YORK (July 9) -- A stolen Statue of Liberty replica has resurfaced in a disturbing video posted on YouTube that shows someone decapitating the blindfolded lady and smashing her head into pieces.The 200-pound replica was stolen less than a month ago from Vox Pop, a coffee shop in Brooklyn.Skip over this contentSkip over this contentWarning: This video contains images that may be disturbing to some viewers.
Lady Dior (Lady_Dior) on Twitter
Lady_Dior
- One Lady, four cities. After Lady Noire in Paris, Lady Rouge in New York.
- Imagine the story of Lady Rouge. Send your pitch in 140 characters @lady_dior. A "best of" will be published on the Lady Dior Twitter.
- Exclusive! Annie Leibovitz signs the new print campagne with Marion Cotillard as Lady Rouge: http://bit.ly/l5bRe
- #followfriday: This week, Lady_Dior likes the Tweets of these 5 followers: @GabrielRossi @stephls @Ktamblyn @larissarosa @colorexpert
- "The Lady Noire Affair" application is now available on iPhone and Android http://tinyurl.com/lwkzy6
- "The Lady Noire Affair" behind the scenes, discover the Making of: http://tinyurl.com/pz9ma8
- Why is Lady Noire blond at the end of the film?
- Who is in the helicopter? Where will it take Lady Noire?
- What did the policemen do with Lady Noire’s handbag?
- Who is James?
- Do you think the Concierge is a friend of Lady Noire. Or not?
- At 1’56’’ of the film, a policeman looks at his watch. At 3’09’’a second policeman also looks at his watch. Why ?
- At 1’54’’ of the film, Lady Noire takes a key out of her handbag. What is the key to unlock?
- At 1’16’’ of the film, three policemen are reading something in a black note book. What are they looking for?
- Did you notice in the first scene of the film (at 0’20’’) the portrait of Christian Dior on the desk?
- You may have now seen the “The Lady Noire Affair”, but have you solved the mystery? Stay tuned for more information...
- J-0: Discover “The Lady Noire Affair” here: http://bit.ly/13I6sj
- J-1: The telephone rings. “She did it” says a voice
- J-2: Paris, 19h30 : Dior premieres "The Lady Noire Affair" for a few Parisian bloggers
- J-3: There is a black notebook that holds certain secrets…
- J-4: Lady Noire looks at a number written in blue ink on a parcel: N°751B43
- J-5: Three silhouettes arrive at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower
- J-6: Exclusive! "The Lady Noire Affair" trailer is available here: http://bit.ly/12xToc
- J-7: Someone is trying to unscrew the lock on the door
- J-8: The Concierge places a small parcel on the desk: “Un monsieur vient de déposer ça pour vous, Madame.”
- J-9: Chapter I, Scene I: "The Lady Noire Affair" http://bit.ly/13I6sj
- J-10: James is in serious danger
- J-11: "I need to be sure Madame...Open it!" says the Policeman
- J-12: Dior presents "The Lady Noire Affair". A short film directed by Olivier Dahan
- J-13: Lady Noire is running along the banks of the Seine, worried, she looks behind her…
- J-14: A tribute to the elegant heroines in Hitchcock movies
- J-15: Remember this secret number: N°751B43
- J-16: Can’t wait? Look at an exclusive scene here: http://bit.ly/AqTUx
- J-17: “Let me go now, it’s going to be too late!” – said Lady Noire – “I have to go or he will be in serious danger! Please!”
- J-18: #ChristianDior dressed #MarleneDietrich in #Hitchcock’s "Stage Fright". Lady Dior in a dark thriller is coming soon…
- J-19: Bang, Bang! Shots heard on the #EiffelTower!
- J-20: Exclusive! A few minutes later, the story becomes darker…: http://bit.ly/18ltcG
- J-21: Discover soon what’s happening before and after the shot taken by Peter Lindbergh: http://bit.ly/qjcNL
- J-22: What is she looking at? What is in her bag?
- J-23: The #LadyDior story begins in Paris with #MarionCotillard at the top of the Eiffel Tower: http://www.ladydior.com
- Follow the Lady Dior interactive story on Twitter! Stay tuned...
July 17, 2009
Let Them Eat Tweets - The Medium Blog - NYTimes.com
Let Them Eat Tweets - The Medium Blog - NYTimes.comLet Them Eat Tweets
By Virginia HeffernanPhotograph by Kevin Van Aelst
Twitter — the microblogging service that lets you post and read fragmentary communications at high speed — is fun, but it’s embarrassing. You subscribe to the yawps of a bunch of people; they subscribe to your yawps; and you produce and consume yawps for the rest of your days. The me-me-me clamor brings to mind Emily Dickinson’s poem about the disgrace of fame, “I’m Nobody! Who are you?”: “How public — like a Frog — / To tell one’s name — the livelong June — / To an admiring Bog!”
Now that I inhabit the Twitter bog, though, I don’t complain. Twitter can be entertaining, and useful — and, really, who doesn’t like the illusion, from time to time, of lots of company? I have only lately begun to wonder whether I’d use Twitter if I were fully at liberty to do what I liked. In other words, I’m not sure I’d use Twitter if I were rich. Swampy, boggy, inescapable connectivity: it seems my middle-class existence has stuck me here.
These worries started to surface for me last month, when Bruce Sterling, the cyberpunk writer, proposed at the South by Southwest tech conference in Austin that the clearest symbol of poverty is dependence on “connections” like the Internet, Skype and texting. “Poor folk love their cellphones!” he said.
In his speech, Sterling seemed to affect Nietzschean disdain for regular people. If the goal was to provoke, it worked. To a crowd that typically prefers onward-and-upward news about technology, Sterling’s was a sadistically successful rhetorical strategy. “Poor folk love their cellphones!” had the ring of one of those haughty but unforgettable expressions of condescension, like the Middle Eastern gem “The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.”
“Connectivity is poverty” was how a friend of mine summarized Sterling’s bold theme. Only the poor — defined broadly as those without better options — are obsessed with their connections. Anyone with a strong soul or a fat wallet turns his ringer off for good and cultivates private gardens that keep the hectic Web far away. The man of leisure, Sterling suggested, savors solitude, or intimacy with friends, presumably surrounded by books and film and paintings and wine and vinyl — original things that stay where they are and cannot be copied and corrupted and shot around the globe with a few clicks of a keyboard.
Nice, right? The implications of Sterling’s idea are painful for Twitter types. The connections that feel like wealth to many of us — call us the impoverished, we who treasure our smartphones and tally our Facebook friends — are in fact meager, more meager even than inflated dollars. What’s worse, these connections are liabilities that we pretend are assets. We live on the Web in these hideous conditions of overcrowding only because — it suddenly seems so obvious — we can’t afford privacy. And then, lest we confront our horror, we call this cramped ghetto our happy home!
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Walter Cronkite Is Dead - Assassination of JFK - follow Video Obitutweets @mrjyn
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July 17, 2009, 11:45 pm
Explaining ‘The Way It Was’ to the YouTube Generation
By Brian Stelter
Sean McManus, the president of CBS News, learned of Walter Cronkite’s death while he was at the dinner table on Friday evening, sharing a meal with his two children, ages 8 and 10.
After taking the phone call, he tried to explain to his children — who have grown up bombarded with news and information — the value of Mr. Cronkite’s once-a-day news updates.
“There probably will never be anybody who has the presence and the stature and the importance that Walter Cronkite had in this country,” Mr. McManus said in a telephone interview, recalling what he told his children.
“I tried to explain to them that most people in America expected to get both good and bad news from one man, and that was Walter Cronkite,” he said. “That will never be duplicated again,” because of the fragmentation of the media.
Mr. McManus sensed that his children had a hard time comprehending what he meant.
“It’s really hard,” he acknowledged, “to remember just how influential and important he was.” He cited Mr. Cronkite’s famous declaration that the Vietnam war would end in a stalemate.
Viewers and Web readers now, he said, “are so used to being assaulted by so many streams of media that it’s hard for them to imagine that there were only three or four ways to get news and information on TV.”
On an evening when Mr. Cronkite was on the minds of the television industry, Mr. McManus sounded a sad note about the splintered media environment. TV executives are always looking for the next Cronkite, he said, “but I don’t think anybody will be in that position of prominence again.”
CBS News still operates out of the same building on West 57th Street in Manhattan where Mr. Cronkite anchored the “CBS Evening News.”
While he had not visited recently, Mr. McManus said, “his presence really is palpable in the halls of CBS News.” On Friday evening, the news division felt numb, even though Mr. Cronkite was known to be in ill health for some time.
A little more than a year ago, Mr. Cronkite paid a surprise visit to the news headquarters. Even the interns who weren’t yet born when Mr. Cronkite was anchor were “literally looking up to him,” Mr. McManus said.
“When he walked in the newsroom, it was like Thomas Jefferson walking into a history class at a university,” he said.
Three Classic Cronkite Broadcasts - Post Mortem - Obituaries from The Washington Post - i was gonna do the long version but went short
Video: Three Classic Cronkite Broadcasts - Post Mortem - Obituaries from The Washington PostVideo: Three Classic Cronkite Broadcasts
On the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.:
By Mike McPhate | July 17, 2009; 9:07 PM ET | Category: Nostalgia
On the Assassination of John F. Kennedy:
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04:05:06 07/08/09
Rare time/date alignment could mean opportunities - USATODAY.comTime and date will align early Wednesday in an order that may indicate it's a good day to make money and spend it wisely.About an hour and 45 minutes before sunrise, the time and date will be 4 a.m. and 5 minutes and 6 seconds on July 8, 2009.
In other words, or numbers, it will be 04:05:06 07/08/09.
Although the alignment may not mean anything specific, it could be a good day to do something for yourself and others, said Betsy Carlson, a Palm Springs tarot card reader and numerology expert.
"It's a good day to make money and have good health," she said.
The sum of the time's digits equals six, if all numbers are added until there's a single figure left (4+5+6=15; 1+5=6).
Also, the numbers within the date add up to eight.
According to numerology, No. 6 represents providing a good service to humanity, while No. 8 represents making money and being healthy, Carlson said.
Joy Meredith, owner of Crystal Fantasy in Palm Springs, Calif., noticed the alignment, but she's more focused on this morning's lunar eclipse, she said.
Nonetheless, she's a fan of numerology and sometimes tries to determine if numbers have meaning.
"I feel they could be significant, so I'm looking for that," she said. "If they're not, they're not. But I am looking to see if there is any significance."
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