THANK YOU!
Grab some grub, share your smile and give your time, a rub-a-dub-dub.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Friday, November 11, 2011
10 Google Photography Prizes WORLDWIDE, DEADLINE JAN. 31st Apply now
10 Exhibitions in London up for grabs-expense paid!
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Google Photography Prize: Looking for the photography stars of the future
Posted: 10 Nov 2011 08:45 AM PST
Google+ is only a few months old, but the photography community is already thriving on it. Take a look at the profiles of Scott Jarvie, Thomas Hawk, Colby Brown or Claire Grigaut to see just a few of the inspiring photographers on Google+. More than 3.4 billion photos have been uploaded to the platform in the first 100 days. We’re really excited about this, and think great art deserves great exposure. So we’re teaming up with Saatchi Gallery, London for the Google Photography Prize, a chance for students around the world to showcase their photos on Google+ and have their work exhibited at a major art institution. The contest is open to university students around the world (some exceptions apply, see google.com/photographyprize for more details). From far-away places to up-close faces, there are 10 different categories to spark your imagination. And there are some great prizes to be won: 10 finalists chosen by a jury of renowned photographers will show their work at Saatchi Gallery, London for two months in 2012 alongside Out of Focus, a major photography exhibition, and win a trip to London to attend the exhibition opening event with a friend. One winner will go on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to an amazing destination with a professional photography coach. It’s easy to enter: After you pick a category, upload your photos to Google+ and share them with the world as a public post, then visit the submission form on google.com/photographyprize by January 31, 2012 to enter. Saatchi Gallery, London will share updates on their Google+ page for the contest, so add it to your circles if you want to see the great work that’s being submitted. We can’t wait to see your photos! Posted by Obi Felten, Director of Consumer Marketing, Google EMEAThink Insights with Google is out of beta and packing a data punch
Posted: 09 Nov 2011 11:03 AM PST
Quick pop quiz:
These are just a few questions that can be answered* on the new Think Insights with Google, our information and resource hub for marketers. The site is fresh out of beta and sporting a playful new look, helpful tools, more studies, the latest trends and exciting videos. We invite you to visit the site, take a look around and see what’s new.
- Based on search history, consumer demand for pretzels peaks in what month of the year?
- How much (in $) does search add to the world’s GDP?
- In 2011, what percent of people dreamed and brainstormed about their next vacation?
- What percent of the daily queries on Google.com have never been seen before?
If you only have a few minutes to spare, try playing with our new Real Time Insights Finder tool. With just a few clicks you can spot emerging trends and gain valuable consumer insights, all in real time. For example, the most popular video in common among males 25-34 in Italy and the U.S. is the Official Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 game trailer.
Although we’ve made a lot of enhancements to Think Insights based on initial user feedback, we’re always trying to iterate and improve. So please don’t be shy! Join the conversation by adding the Think with Google page on Google+ to one of your circles, or stay tuned for updates by subscribing to our newsletter. Think Insights is forward-thinking and rooted in data. We hope you’ll use it as a one-stop shop for consumer trends, marketing insights and industry research. *Answers to pop quiz (they can all be found on Think Insights in less than 60 seconds):
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- December, Real Time Insights Finder Tool
- $540 billion directly to global GDP, The Impact of Internet Technologies: Search Study, Jul 2011
- 50%, 5 Stages of Travel Interactive Infographic
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
DIVALI Parade about to begin in richmond hill, New York City. Liberty Avenue at 133rd street
Come on down and join us!
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Trinidad's Divali Nagar - World’s first Hindu theme park, Est. 1986
Trinidad's Divali Nagar - World’s first Hindu Theme Park
by Dr. Kumar Mahabir, Phone: (868) 674-6008, E-mail: dmahabir@gmail.com
[Live Video Stream at 6:00 PM everyday http://www.103fm.net/live/ ]
The Divali holiday will be observed on Wednesday October 26, 2011, in Trinidad & Tobago and around the world, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the Divali Nagar, the first Hindu theme park in the world.
In the week leading to Divali, the Hindu Festival of Lights, over ten million deyas [clay lamps] are lit in homes, temples, offices, streets and parks. This festival has become the second-largest, open-air, national festival in multi-ethnic Trinidad and Tobago, after Carnival.
The hub of all Divali celebrations in the island is the Divali Nagar site in Central Trinidad, which was established in 1986. Indeed, the Nagar is the most-frequently visited entertainment centre in the country during Divali, second only to the Grand Stand in the Queen’s Park Savannah during Carnival.
The Nagar provides a public stage for local, regional and international performing artistes. These models, singers, dancers, musicians, choirs and orchestras entertain locals, as well as visitors from the rest of the world. The Nagar has grown to epic proportions, attracting many artistes and tourists to this international spiritual tourist destination. They come from Belize, Jamaica, St. Vincent, Grenada, St. Lucia, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyana and Suriname in the Caribbean. Others come from French Guiana, U.S.A, U.K., Holland and India. Prominent guests included the President of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma and the two Presidents of Trinidad and Tobago, their Excellencies Noor Hassanali and Maxwell Richards.
Each year, the Nagar chooses a theme based on Hinduism and Indian culture for its presentation. The theme is researched and exhibited by Baba Satnarayan Mourya, an artist from India. Various modes of information, including designs, paintings, posters and photographs are showcased.
For nine nights, the Nagar is transformed into a blend of the sacred and secular, where the bustle of commerce mingles with the melody of prayer. Booths showcase and sell products and services to approximately 150,000 visitors. Commercial booths sell mainly Indian clothes, footwear, jewellery, accessories, music, movies, furniture, appliances, and religious and household items. In recent years, the Nagar has also accommodated an Indian Trade Fair. This is a flea market operated by about 25 businessmen from India.
The Nagar houses about 150 tents which include commercial stalls, religious booths, media houses and food kitchens. The kitchens - preparing local, hot, on-the-spot Indian delicacies - are the most popular. Pepper roti made on a chulha [earthen stove], in one of the food stalls, is extremely delightful.
At the Nagar, palmists and astrologists are sought and consulted. Mehindi artistes are in demand for decorating the hands and palms of mainly young women with artistic lines of paint. Itinerant salesmen peddle cotton candies, balloons, glow sticks and toys.
Hare Krishna performers in the courtyard draw the largest and youngest crowd outside of the main stage due to their captivating renditions of kirtans [chants]. They are well-known for congregational singing, ecstatic dancing [sankirtan], playing of musical instruments, and the public chanting of God’s names.
Each year, local theatre groups perform plays in the Bisram Gopie Sangeet Bhavan Auditorium at the Nagar. Brave Heart Productions Theatre Company and the Princes Town Theatre Workshop are two companies that have acted on the smaller stage.
It is perhaps the spectacle of fireworks on the last night of the week-long extravaganza which draws the largest crowd to the Nagar. An estimated 50,000 persons converge upon the site to witness the creative explosion of lights in the heavens that appears like meteoric showers of celestial raindrops.
The Nagar is not the only fair which blends the sacred and the secular with entertainment. Located close to Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando and SeaWorld in Florida, is the Holy Land Experience. Established in 2001, this Christian theme park is a recreation of Jerusalem during Biblical times. Instead of offering wild rides, the park offers lectures and prayers which make the Holy Land appear more like a church.
Established in 1986, the reception towards the Divali Nagar in Trinidad and Tobago has been so tremendous that it has inspired Hindu theme parks and other Nagars in the rest of the world. In 2005, Toronto in Canada celebrated its first Divali Nagar, followed by Florida in the USA in 2008. In 2005, Swaminayaran Akshardham in Delhi in India, established the second Hindu theme park in the world. In 2011, plans are being made by ISKON [Hare Krishna devotees] to construct a spiritual theme park in Bangalore, India.
Visit Divali Nagar in Trinidad & Tobago for the best Divali Experience, or watch the Live Video Stream at 6:00 PM everyday http://www.103fm.net/live/ Oct 16-25, 2011
Dr Kumar Mahabir
Chairman, Indo-Caribbean Divali Publication Ltd.
Assistant Professor, University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT)
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
INVITATION: the 2011 DIWALI PARADE & CULTURAL SHOW-FREE!. Oct. 22nd, Show 3PM, Parade 6PM
HAPPY DIWALI!!
It would be great if your organization and/or associated Mandir can participate this year with your own Float or Decorated Motor Vehicle. Entrance is FREE BUT YOU MUST REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE. CA$H Prizes include: 1st prize $501.00; 2nd prize $301.00; 3rd prize $101.00!) Parade to be followed by a few Diwali stage performances and the presentation of winners. Please Contact:
On behalf of the Divya Jyoti Association of New York, it gives me great
pleasure to invite you to the 2011 Diwali Motorcade & Cultural Show.
PRESS CONTACTS BELOW.
PARADE ROUTE:
The parade starts at Liberty Avenue and 133rd St., Richmond Hill, NY 11419 On Saturday, October 22nd, 2011, 6:00pm, and will continue to the Arya Spiritual Center Grounds at 104-20 133 Street.
(all Floats & Vehicles will assemble by 4:30pm on 133rd Street)
See the Parade route at this link: Google Maps
FREE CULTURAL SHOW at the ARYA SPIRITUAL CENTER GROUNDS:
(104-20 133rd St., Richmond Hill, NY 11419) Just follow the crowd.
The festivities will begin at 1 PM with A Lakshmi Puja, followed by the Havan Ceremony at 2:00 PM that will be dedicated to the Goddess Lakshmi. The Cultural Show will begin at 3:00 PM and will include LIVE Dances, Songs and a couple talks.
VEGETARIAN DELICACIES AND DRINKS WILL BE ON SALE!
www.diwalimotorcade.com (See the line-up, official flyer, Videos, Pictures & more info)
Dolly Singh (Founder) info@diwalimotorcade.com
Lakshmee Singh 917 685-5493 info@Lakshmee.com
Lolita Singh 917 939-0156 lolitasingh62@yahoo.com
Ramesh Deochand 917 846-3899 rdeochand@gmail.com
Faudia Baijnauth 347 589-3080 faudia.baijnauth@gmail.com
Diwali, the Indian Festival of Lights, is a very auspicious event on the Hindu calendar, and is also celebrated by Jains, SIkhs and the Indian Diaspora worldwide. We do hope you can join the many thousands who will participate in this grand occasion. Learn more about Diwali here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiwaliLakshmee Singh 917 685-5493 info@Lakshmee.com
Lolita Singh 917 939-0156 lolitasingh62@yahoo.com
Ramesh Deochand 917 846-3899 rdeochand@gmail.com
Faudia Baijnauth 347 589-3080 faudia.baijnauth@gmail.com
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Raw video: 2011 Brooklyn Panorama steel pan competition - Casym
Partial raw video during live performance on stage.
Saturday, September 3, 2011
2011 Panorama Steel Band competition. Pantonic.
The annual West Indian carnival celebrations in NYC. Pantonic rehearsing backstage before entering the competition.
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