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Funny Birds around the World. From Blue Footed Booby to Cock of the Rock. Take a Look!

Funny birds around the world. Today, enjoy this video about 50 strange and wonderful birds. What do you think? Aren’t they interesting and beautiful? Tell us your opinion now!

Funny birds. Blue Footed Booby

Amazonian Royal is great, a true king, and Australian Bush Turkey really giant. But one of my favorite is Blue Footed Booby, easily recognizable by its distinctive bright blue feet, which is a sexually selected trait. Thus, males display their blue feet in a complicate mating ritual by lifting their feet up and down while strutting before the female. Sexy!

And how about the smart hairstyle of this Crested Guineafowl? This bird is found in open forest, woodland and forest-savanna mosaics in sub-Saharan Africa.

Crested Guineafowl

Cock of the Rock are magnificent birds, not only because of their bright orange or red colors, but also because of their very prominent fan-shaped crests. What do you think? They are found in tropical and subtropical rainforests close to rocky areas, where they build their nests.

Funny is also the Collared Puffbird. It grows to about 21 cm (8.3 in) in length, and prefers to sit and wait for prey, which has earned it nicknames such as “lazy bird” and “sleeper”.

I also love Cassowary, Duster Parakeet, Frigate Bird, Frizzle Chicken and Frogmouth Owl. What to say about the Harpy Eagle? It is the largest and most powerful raptor found in the Americas and among the largest extant species of eagles in the world.

Cock of the Rock

Enjoy this video where you can meet the most bizarre, weird, funny and interesting birds from around the world. Because we love animals and nature!

Funny birds around the world. Take a look!

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you! Our world is wonderful, protect it!

Spectre 007 and Daniel Craig. If James Bond took his clothes off, he looked like a sexy and tough man

Spectre 007 film. The choice of Daniel Craig as the new James Bond was controversial at the time. Many fans of the famous agent disliked this decision. However, the actor has been gaining audiences with films. And now he is 007, one of the most iconic characters ever.

Daniel Craig as James Bond. Spectre 007

Spectre, the last James Bond’s movie, focus on a secret message about the past of 007. The inquiries of the famous British spy will take you to a mysterious secret organization known as SPECTRE. The film, directed by Sam Mendes, also starring Lea Seydoux and Monica Bellucci. As soon as you can, go to the theatre and see this new movie. It’s worth!

But what does Daniel Craig think about Bond? Our quote of the day explains his thought. Listen to him!

Spectre 007 starring Daniel Craig

“It’s not like I was trying to be sexy but I had to get fit because I had to be able to do stunts. Also I wanted that, if Bond took his clothes off, he looked like a man who did what he did, which was kill people for a living. I thought the only way to do that was to work out and get fit and buff and get physically into shape.” Daniel Craig.

Spectre 007 official trailer.

“I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he’s hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.” Daniel Craig.

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you! James Bond always rocks!

“The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: ‘I could’ve been Bond. Buy me a drink.’ That’s the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: ‘I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.’ Daniel Craig.

Medicine Corner Explores India Rich Plurality of Cultures through Exhibitions and Educational Outreach

January 2016 will see an exciting program of cultural activity across three cities – Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi – all part of Medicine Corner. The program is an initiative of one of the UK’s most innovative cultural venues, Wellcome Collection – part of the Wellcome Trust, a global health charity. Medicine Corner explores India’s rich plurality of cultures, of medicine, healing and well being through exhibitions, live public events and educational outreach.

Medicine Corner

The centrepiece of Medicine Corner is Tabiyat: Medicine and Healing in India, which opens to the public on 12 January 2016 at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS), Mumbai. This exhibition has been produced by Wellcome Collection in collaboration with CSMVS, Mumbai, India, with the support of the British Council. Through a stunning array of antiquities and contemporary material culture, the exhibition explores the history and modern practice in India of sustaining human health. Exhibits include: sculptures, clothing, textiles, decorative wrestling clubs, manuscripts, intimate personal items such as combs and foot scrubbers, medical instruments, domestic utensils, oil paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, meditation plaques and board games (including a snakes and ladders board from the late 18th century – the game has Indian roots).

Tabiyat takes visitors to four generic locations: The Shrine – to encounter the role of spiritual belief in healing; The Home – examining lifecycle and the family as the key transmitter of values and practical knowledge for living well and living long; The Street – charting public health, the hidden histories of health commerce and cultural practices such as chewing paan; and The Clinic – treating India as a key site in world history for enquiry into the nature of body and mind and for different analytical models of understanding, representing and treating the body.

The exhibition takes a multi-faceted approach to its subject, drawing on multiple historical, artistic and ethnographic resources. It includes magnificent Indian works from the UK, never before exhibited in their land of origin, combining them in novel juxtapositions with material from CSMVS and private collections in India. Contemporary vernacular art has also been specially commissioned and acquired for this richly varied show: an aesthetically seductive, intellectually rich mix of art, science, history and the ordinary made extraordinary.

Medicine Corner

Star exhibits in Tabiyat include the Ayurvedic Man, the only known historical illustration of the interior of the human body as understood in Ayurveda; a lithograph entitled Leprosy. Be Vigilant!; another lithograph ‘Poster warning against the effects of alcohol’; a painting entitled ‘Ascetics preparing and smoking opium’; Colour plates in Hamsasvarupa Maharaj, Satcakranirupanacitra (Some Indian authors attempted to equate the organs depicted in western textbooks with tantric chakras).

A number of public outreach programme will run in conjunction to the exhibition including Making Kohl – Lawyer and journalist Anshika Mishra will discuss the health concerns surrounding kohl in the course of an afternoon long-demonstration of how to make it, conducted by representatives of a manufacturer established for over 200 years; Tea Tasting – will explore the rich culture of tea and its consumption in a guided tasting session with certified Tea Sommelier Snigdha Manchanda of Tea Trunk; Mallakhamb is a martial art tradition of Maharashtra, where gymnasts perform feats around a rope or a vertical wooden pole. Uday Deshpande, a renowned Mallkhamb artiste and trainer, and director of Shree Samantha Vyayam Mandir, will direct the performance. It features his daughter, Aditi Deshpande, national champion on rope Mallakhamb, along with 20 students whose ages range from 6 to 80. The performance will be followed by Q&A on the martial art’s health benefits; Healing Dance – Kathak performance by Debosmita Roy Chowdhury which is in collaboration with the Kala Ghoda Festival; Singing and Indian Medicine – a performance and discussion highlighting vocal care practices in Indian art music; Draupadi Kuravanchi – A Kattaikuttu performance from Tamil Nadu and Anuvab Pal and Patchworks Ensemble – This is in collaboration with Kala Ghoda Festival – stand up comedy and theatrical story-telling; Anuvab Pal will deliver a brand new act. Puja Sarup and Sheena Khalid, who form Patchworks Ensemble, weave together historical and personal stories to make the familiar feel new.

In curatorial dialogue with Tabiyat is an exhibition at Akar Prakar Gallery in Kolkata: Jeevanchakra, curated by Latika Gupta which explores, poetically, the life cycle of the human body and its contact with medical practice. It consists of photographs, video, paintings and multi-media installations by leading contemporary Indian artists namely Gauri Gill, Nilima Sheikh, Sheba Chhachhi, Mithu Sen, Sonia Khurana, Arpita Singh, Srinivasa Prasad, Gargi Raina, Sooni Taraporewala and Paula Sengupta. One of Gauri Gill’s photographs, showing the moment the umbilical cord is severed, is exhibited on a majestic scale at Tabiyat in Mumbai, both to resonate with the sequence shown in Kolkata and as a work in its own right.

In Delhi, the British Council will host a workshop and live performance by BLOT! (a Delhi based mixed media and music performance duo). BLOT! were commissioned by Wellcome Collection to create a video to launch Medicine Corner earlier this year in Chennai. Their research has led to a larger project, Trick or Treat? which uses media arts to examine India’s vast parallel health system of informal practices such as street dentistry. In wry, playful but insightful ways, BLOT! raises momentous issues of access, affordability and equity.

Across these cities and across different cultural forms, Medicine Corner addresses collisions such as those between ancient and modern, formal and informal, Indian and imported. The programme complements the way in which Wellcome Collection uses art and exhibitions in order to draw connections between understanding oneself, one’s civilisation and humanity.

Ratan Vaswani, Project Head Medicine Corner, Curator Tabiyat, commented:

“Wellcome Collection has a magnificent library full not just of manuscripts but also amazing historical paintings and other wonders. Because Wellcome Collection has global interests, it made sense to look at the society and civilisation that has the most varied, complex and plural medical culture – India. We want to have a conversation with India, particularly with its creative community and we want to investigate how ordinary Indians stay well, often in challenging circumstances. But we’re not trying to influence public health outcomes. We want to make a cultural impact and explore the extraordinary in everyday life across a variety of cultural forms.”

Sabyasachi Mukherjee, Director General of CSMVS, commented:

“Tabiyat is a fine exploration of the connected worlds of science and culture. Both the subject and the approach taken in presenting it are new at CSMVS and will, I believe, prove exciting for our growing audience.”

Lady Gaga has a new pet: ‘White Angel’ is a wonderful pony. Take a look!

Lady Gaga has been fascinated with the gift she received for Christmas. The heads of her discography decided to give her a female white pony which she named White Angel. What do you think? Isn’t White Angel a perfect name for this pretty pet?

Lady Gaga

In fact, fans and followers of the star Lady Gaga are seeing a radical change in her behavior. She isn’t anymore that young woman who continually starring big controversies. Now and after his relationship with Taylor Kinney, she has changed for the better. She focuses on her career, highlighting her participation in the ‘American Horror Story: Hotel.’

But Gaga has not neglected her love and support for animals, always being very close to them and fighting their mistreatment.

White Angel

Today, Yareah quote of the day is by Lady Gaga. Here, her last words on Instagram.

“Today on my doorstep was delivered a White Angel from heaven. It felt like the old days of the record business, she’s such a spiritual girl! A heartfelt thank you to John Janick and Steve Berman, the whole Interscope family. I will ride, and care for, and love her forever. I was so surprised!”

What do you think of her wonderful new pet? Isn’t she beautiful? Tell us your opinion now!

Lady Gaga is gifted a beautiful pony for Christmas. See video!

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you! Lady Gaga always rocks!

Sunday Poetry with Gypsy Woman, Jenean C. Gilstrap. Today: The Journey

Sunday Poetry with Gypsy Woman, Jenean C. Gilstrap. Today: The Journey

the journey

wandering

plundering

lost and alone

faded and fallen

not yet known

missing

but never had

wanting

seeking

searching

the foggy roads

  crooked paths

  raging rivers

the mist

the miles

by love’s grace

all led to

but

one place

toward

my fate

one look

and

i was found

one touch

and

i belonged

one kiss

and

i

was

home

Outlander Toys Feature Sexy Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe. Take a look!

Outlander toys. Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan)

Outlander toys rock! Are you an Outlander fan? Then, you will enjoy Outlander dolls. Sam Heughan, who plays the role as Scottish warrior Jamie Fraser, is featured with his nice face and red hair. Of course, he wears a kilt and a sword. Meanwhile, actress Caitriona Balfe, who plays as Claire Randall/Fraser, is wearing her characteristic plaid skirt and vest. I miss her curly hair but the designers have preferred her serious hairstyle: a bun.

Another question is Black Jack Randall. The nasty Red Coat, who tortured and humiliated Jamie, should have been represented with evil eyes. How I hate this man!

Outlander toys. Black Jack Randall (Tobias Menzies)

Anyway, the little vinyl figures are both space and budget-friendly ($8.95). See Outlander Official Twitter: https://twitter.com/Outlander_Starz/status/672120140096405504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

** Outlander is an American-British TV show based on the historical time travel Outlander series of novels by Diana Gabaldon. The series was created by Ronald D. Moore and it’s produced by Sony/Left Bank for Starz. Outlander premiered on August 9, 2014 starring Caitriona Balfe as Claire Randall, a married World War II nurse in 1945 who finds herself transported back to Scotland in 1743. There, she will meet the dashing Highland warrior Jamie Fraser (Sam Heughan) and fall in love becoming embroiled in the Jacobite rising of 1945.

Claire (Caitriona Balfe) doll. Outlander TV show

Season 2 is expected to be released in spring 2016. Now, Jamie and Claire are in Paris, in the sophisticated Court of Louis XV, trying to prevent the attempt by Charles Edward Stuart (often known in retrospective accounts as Bonnie Prince Charlie) to regain the British throne for the exiled House of Stuart.

Anyway, Jamie Fraser and his pregnant wife Claire will meet again with the horrible Black Jack Randall (Tobias Menzies). What will happen now?

Enjoy your day, Yareah friends. Art is everywhere and up to you!

Top TV Shows Today, Dec 27: The Librarians, Agent X, Undercover Boss

Well, happy holidays and we hope you’re right. Our Top#1 Top TV Shows Today, December 27 is for the series The Librarians. Today’s episode is titled And the Final Curtain. Season 2. Episode 10. 8:00 pm. TNT. From Wikipedia: The Librarians is an American television series developed by John Rogers that is broadcast on TNT, and premiered on December 7, 2014. It is a direct spin-off of The Librarian film series, sharing continuity with the films. On February 12, 2015, TNT renewed the series for a 10 episode second season. The second season of The Librarians began on November 1, 2015 on TNT. On December 15, 2015, TNT renewed the series for a 10-episode third season.

Another series from TNT. This time, Agent X. Today: Penultimatum. Season 1. Episode 9. 9:00 pm. TNT.

And our last choice is for Undercover Boss. Today’s episode: Nestlé Toll House Café by Chip. Season 7. Episode 2. 8:00 pm. CBS.

We hope you enjoy the shows. Have a very nice day, dear friends.

Top TV Shows Today Video: The Librarians 2×10 Promo “And the Final Curtain” (HD) Season Finale

Famous Birthdays Today, Dec 27: Hayley Williams, Salman Khan, Briar Nolet, Chloe Channell, James Cassells

Well, she is great, fantastic, vocalist and keyboardist for the popular band Paramore, her name is Hayley Williams and she is our Top#1 Famous Birthdays Today, December 27. From Yareah, we wish her and her family all the best in this special day. Congrats and happy birthday, Hayley Williams!

Famous Birthdays Today, Dcember 27, Hayley Williams, lead vocalist of the American rock band Paramore, at Rock im Park 2013 in Nuremberg, Germany. Source: Wikipedia. Author: Sven-Sebastian Sajak

The truth is, no matter what your lifestyle or occupation, nothing can really stop you when you’re allowing yourself to be exactly who you want to be.

Hayley Williams

I enjoy punk, the attitude as well as the music, but I don’t feel like I have to be a carbon copy of it and invite all this controversy just to be punk rock.

Hayley Williams

And he’s famous and he starred in over 80 Hindi Films. He’s Salman Khan and we wish him all the best too. Happy birthday, Salman Khan!

I’m not possessive, I’m caring… Once you realize a person doesn’t want that much care, you automatically back off.

Salman Khan

Style is something very individual, very personal, and in their own unique way, I believe everyone is stylish.

Salman Khan

More famous birthdays today, December 27: Briar Nolet, dancer and actress born in Canada in 1998; Chloe Channell, pop singer; and James Cassells, drummer and member of the band Asking Alexandria, born in England in 1989.

Happy birthday to all of them and, of course, merry Christmas and have a very nice day, dear friends.

Famous Birthdays Today, December 27 Video: Zedd – Stay The Night ft. Hayley Williams

Sesame Street season 46 is coming. Who is Nina?

Sesame Street season 46. Nina

On January 16th, two new episodes of Sesame Street will premiere on HBO starting at 9:00am. Are you excited? For sure! If you are a child, you will have the opportunity of enjoying a great show. If you are adult, we’re looking forward to some new adventures in Season 46 to remember our own childhood.

Sesame Street season 46 will include 30-minute episodes, new themes, new open and closing songs, a new segment called “Smart Cookies,” and of course, a new cast member. Who is Nina? She is a young, bilingual, and Hispanic woman, who helps our furry friends of Sesame Street to solve their daily dilemmas. Then, she is a positive role model for preschoolers.

Sesame Street season 46

Take a look at the video below! Because every Saturday a new episode will air at 9:00am followed by a repeat episode at 9:30am. At the same time, new episodes will debut on HBO Latino and will be dubbed into Spanish.

Furthermore, you will also be able to watch new and past seasons of Sesame Street daily on HBO Family at 8:00am, and five years of library episodes available for streaming on HBO NOW and HBO GO.

Celebrity guests this Sesame Street season 46 will include: Gwen Stefani singing “Be a Good Friend;” Pharrell with “B is for Book:” Nick Jonas with “Check that Shape;” 5th Harmony with “That’s Music;” Sara Bareilles with “Just Like Magic;” Alan Cumming as “Mucko Polo” the grouch explorer; Ne-Yo singing “You’ve Got a Body, So Move It!;” Aloe Blacc with “Everyday Hero;” Tracee Ellis Ross learning about bedtime routines; and Gina Rodriguez singing the ABCs in Spanish. Great!

What do you think? What do you expect from Sesame Street season 46? Tell us your opinion now!

Be happy, Yareah friends! Art is everywhere and up to you!

Injured Veterans and Families Enjoy North Pole Christmas

Christmas in Ice gave wounded veterans a chance to bond in North Pole, Alaska

NORTH POLE, Ala., Dec. 24, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — From frozen water carved into shapes to hot chocolate shared in mugs, wounded veterans and their families experienced a memorable day in North Pole, Alaska, recently. Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) brought the injured service members and families out to spend the day together and build camaraderie.

WWP sees engagement as a key pillar to an injured veteran’s recovery. Through gatherings, sporting events, and outings, wounded service members can bond with one another and build a larger support network. WWP offers 20 free programs and services to wounded veterans to help their mind, body, engagement, and encourage economic empowerment.

While gathered in North Pole, families enjoyed watching trained professionals turn blocks of ice into different poses of Santa and his reindeer during the Christmas in Ice event.

“It is amazing to see what someone can create from a block of ice,” Jason Reudgen, an Army veteran and WWP Alumnus, said.

Michael Nash, an Army veteran and WWP Alumnus, brought his wife and children to enjoy the event on the very cold Sunday.

“The kids loved the slides and we pulled them around in the sled to view all of the completed carvings,” Michael said.

While Christmas in Ice provided a great chance for families to spend time together, it also allowed the families to spend time with other veteran families.

“I feel very comfortable around my fellow wounded warriors, and because of this I get out and do things,” Jason said.

“My wife enjoyed the two of us going down the slide together in a small sled acting like children. I pulled her around and spun her in a circle and let her go like a slingshot,” Michael said. “This brought out the kid in us.”

WWP strives to meet the changing needs of the injured population we serve. More than 80 cents of every dollar raised goes to support wounded veterans. More than 23,000 injured service members responded to WWP’s 2015 annual Alumni Survey, sharing insights into their challenges and successes. WWP uses that information to shape the lifesaving programs and services. Read the survey, or download the executive summary at woundedwarriorproject.org/survey.

About Wounded Warrior Project

The mission of Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) is to honor and empower Wounded Warriors. WWP’s purpose is to raise awareness and to enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured service members, to help injured servicemen and women aid and assist each other, and to provide unique, direct programs and services to meet their needs. WWP is a national, nonpartisan organization headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. To get involved and learn more, visit woundedwarriorproject.org.

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SOURCE Wounded Warrior Project

CONTACT: Rob Louis – Public Relations Specialist, Email: rlouis@woundedwarriorproject.org, Phone:904.627.0432

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