Rage Comic Art

All we know about Rage Comic Art , but I think that you didn't watch this original pictures and you don't know who invented it.
Sam Spratt, a young artist who just earned his degree in Fine Arts in 2010, changed all that for us. Among the many pieces that he’s done are full illustrations of all the rage faces (and some of the memes like “Y U NO!” and “Forever Alone” and “ALL THE THINGS!”) Yes, that’s right… Sam Spratt PAINTED ALL THE MEMES!!! They look awesome, but some of them are really freakin’ creepy. I, for one, can’t wait to see rage comics made with the new rage faces. Seriously, someone better do it.

 

111 Years Old Man

The Cuban Ignacio Kubilla Banos previously worked in a sugar factory in Havana.
But it was very long, as has already been more than 45 years of his retirement.
What is not surprising, as Ignacio Banos on Thursday celebrated its 111 years.
He has 11 children 40 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.

We Thought Giants Were Mythical Creatures

According to the archaeological researches in Greece (and Saudi Arabia) it was proven that what we knew as mythical creatures - Giants, actually walked the Earth some time in the distant past. The archaeologists excavated human skeletons that are about 5m high, some more some less, but it is way above our height today. Of course, thanks to this, lots of questions about their existence emerged, like how it was possible to bi so tall… And if the stories about the Giants and the Titans are not just myhts, what if the other ‘mythical’ creatures were alive to? What would it say about our past? Then, there certainly must be something (or lots of things) we don’t know about our past and our origins. Well, maybe one day we found centaur, minotaur, maybe even the pegasus and unicorn, dragon bones… One can never know.

Happiness Levels Rise After The Age Of 45

Dispelling the myth that we get grumpier as we get older, a new study has found the opposite is true and that our happiness levels soar from the age of 45.
Researchers from Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick found that participants reported a better mental quality of life as they reached middle age, despite experiencing a decrease in physical quality of life.
The study analysed lifestyle and health patterns of more than 10,000 people in both the US and UK and looked at their mental and physical quality of life, as well as health status, looking at factors such as general health, social functioning, mental health and pain threshold.
“It’s obvious that people’s physical quality of life deteriorates as they age, but what is interesting is that their mental wellbeing doesn’t also deteriorate – in fact it increases,” Dr Kandal Ngianga-Bakwin said in a statement.

“We suggest this could be due to better coping abilities where older people tend to have internal mechanisms to deal better with hardship or negative circumstances than those who are younger.
“It could also be due to lowering of expectations from life, with older people less likely to put pressure on themselves in the personal and professional spheres.”
The study also looked into the effect sleep has on a person’s quality of life, and found there was an optimum window of sleep duration.
The participants who slept between six and eight hours a day tended to have both better physical and mental health than those who slept for less than six hours a night.
In a separate study last week it was revealed that typing on the right side of your keyboard makes you happier.
Plus, mood-boosting foods that help us eat ourselves happy.
Instant happiness tips you can try now, by Cognitive Hypnotherapist, Lesley McCall:
Pretend
If you embody happiness you might be surprised that it can make you feel happy in reality. Using the body language of happiness convinces your unconscious that you are actually happy.
Sing
Get rid of your worries and negative thoughts by singing them - preferably in the most operatic and overly dramatic way possible! If you can make a problem sound funny, it's harder to be anxious about it.
Laugh
It might sound obvious, but when you watch something funny, the mirror neurons in your brain copies what you're watching, giving you an instant feel-good boost.
Count your blessings (literally)
Count your blessings, out loud. Take five minutes to list all the things that are good and positive in your life at the top of your voice so you can hear them loud and clear. You might be surprised how many there are.

William, Kate and Women's Health in Celebrity Media

Monday's announcement that the royal couple is expecting their first child was quickly dampened by reports of the Duchess of Cambridge's hospitalisation for hyperemesis gravidarum, or acute morning sickness.
Although Victorian novelist Charlotte Brontë is rumoured to have died from hyperemesis gravidarum in 1855, the condition - which affects approximately 1% of pregnancies and is characterised by vomiting, weight loss and severe dehydration - was not widely recognised until the 1950s. It is now, thankfully, easily managed with intravenous rehydration and anti-nausea medication. Despite inroads in treatment, however, "there is a real lack of understanding about the condition," argues Caitlin Dean, a registered nurse and trustee of the UK charity Pregnancy Sickness Support.
Dean, a mother of three, has also suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum, which typically affects first-time mothers and women expecting twins. "One of the big issues with it is isolation because it causes many women to be bed-bound," she notes. "I had hyperemesis gravidarum whilst pregnant & its horrible," British model Peaches Gedolf tweeted on 2 October, sharing a link to Pregnancy Sickness Support's website.
The celebrity media's role in bringing a previously obscure maternal condition to the forefront of popular culture - just imagine the pub quiz questions to be mined from hyperemesis gravidarum's Wikipedia entry this week - carries important implications for health communication.
Despite predominantly catering to tabloid entertainment, in recent years celebrity media has fostered open dialogue about reproductive health and the challenges of motherhood. American actress Brooke Shields' struggles with post-partum depression prompted her to pen the best-selling memoir, Down Came the Rain, which resulted in a widely-publicized feud with Tom Cruise over her antidepressant use. "I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings," the actress stated. "PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not." In her memoir, Shields - who describes herself as "cervically challenged" - also detailed several failed attempts at in-vitro fertilisation and five miscarriages.
In promoting awareness and encouraging positive health-seeking behaviours, the three D's of health communication - demystification, de-stigmatisation, and dialogue - are key touchstones. Celebrity coverage has proven to be an unexpected and effective medium for promoting reproductive health and highlighting common challenges. Pop star Lily Allen and English model Kelly Brook have both publicly discussed their miscarriages. Their stories undoubtedly resonate with many women coping with similar losses - and the numbers are high: 11 babies are stillborn every day in the UK.

Actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Friends star Courtney Cox, and British TV personality Jodie Kidd are among numerous other celebrities who have opened up about fertility setbacks and post-partum depression in the past years. Some have harnessed their social capital and public visibility to promote health issues. Christy Turlington's maternal mortality awareness campaign, Every Mother Counts, has earned the former model and activist global recognition. "Social media and Twitter have been really helpful to get our message out," Turlington observes. "It's all wellness and health oriented. I don't talk about my favorite latte."
Over the coming weeks, I wish the Duchess of Cambridge a healthy and speedy recovery as the world anxiously looks on, and possibly learns a thing or two about women's health.

Life's a Pitch

Monday, mid afternoon in an interview room in Central London, Irish Director Shimmy Marcus and myself were under the spotlight. My script Hannah Cohen's Holy Communion had been short listed for the prestigious Pears Foundation award. If we managed to answer all questions correctly, the funding could be ours. Awarded funds we could make the film. If this film was made... Okay, enough all ready - you get the gist. Basically, opportunity was flirting, leading me to a summit of change on the work-front. I gladly followed and, perched precariously upon the apex, took a backward glance.
A year from here the Glam Rocker did not exist, our eyes yet to meet. At the time, I was head down in a trough. Pre Glam-Rockdom, I had been immersed in a world of kisses; in the planting, sowing, harvesting and reaping of. It was a project born of the heart. Hours, days, months were spent researching, compiling, collating and classifying kisses for my last work, entitled A Compendium of Kisses.
There were also, Jars of Kisses, Kiss Cards and Bespoke Kisses for the more discerning of lips. Back then my future was mapped in out in kisses. With lips puckered, I blew them forth and hoped they would spread as a virus, infecting all with love. Up and down the length of Britain I, like a grand old Duke marched peddling my thoughts and pecks. Sadly the fruit of such labours was, to put it succinctly, a massive smack in the face (as opposed to a smacker) culminating with a most bitter kiss of death when my charlatan publisher fled into administration owing myself and many others much.

Shit happens hey?
Yep Life's a Pitch
So.... Back in the present, I was trying to sell my story, hoping my luck would change. The film tells the tale of a young girl growing up in Dublin in the mid 70s - emotionally not a million miles away from my own experience. All she wants to do is make her Holy Communion, only problem being she's Jewish.
Now the movie world demands swagger and cast iron confidence, attributes more commonly found in a producer rather than a writer. Pitching is a skill I lack. Sure enough, the moment I sat in the hot seat, nerves set in, bravado deserted me and I blustered, flustered and cheek reddened.
Still, I did the best I could.
Half an hour later, the interview was over. The outcome lay in the lap of the gods.
We were told we would be notified soon enough. Should we win, we would have to produce, cast, shoot, edit and deliver the finished film by the end of August. No small feat, especially with a baby on the way.
Almost 13 years ago, the BBC funded my short, I was the Cigarette Girl. It was shot the first week of my Teenager's life. I recall arriving home from hospital to urgent calls from the director, as last minute changes to the script were required.
Back at the apartment sat tethered to the phone I wondered if history might repeat itself.

They Screw You Up

They Screw You Up, Your Mum and Dad, But Only if You Let Them .

I had breakfast with my dad this morning. So what? You may think. It's hardly the most auspicious start to a piece of writing, but if I tell you I didn't speak to him for 15 years, then I did and we went some way to fixing the father / son relationship, but then we crashed and burned again, maybe you'll read on? I was never close to my father, from the age of 13 up until I was 21 I had no respect for him and from 21 onwards I had no need or want of a relationship with him. It had a lot to do with the break up of my parents marriage and myself taking on the mantle of being my mothers protector, but as I've grown older, and I've lived and had relationships of my own, I've realized that there was no villain of the piece, that they were both to blame and they both (and there is only one word that is suitable) - BIG TIME.

 I've always thought, that unless you were abused by your parents, there cannot be a reason to blame them for your behavior as an adult. I've been down the therapy road and I'm used to all the terms and words used about "learned behavior", "repressed memories" or repeating the patterns of your parents. You don't need therapy to know when something's wrong or bad for you and you don't need to do that much soul searching or self analysis to realize what didn't work for them, is never going to work for you. Children who grow up in a house full of screams / shouts / tears and tantrums are either going to become withdrawn and frightened of the world or they grow strong and soon realize that's not going to be the way they live their life. I have two brothers and we all turned out extremely different.
 I'm not saying we came out of that house unscathed, but the three of us seem to fight against repeating the example we grew up with. I love my dad but it's taken me a long time to get to the point where I can sit down with him and we can talk. He wasn't an ogre and I didn't grow up in a house full of fear, in fact the opposite is true,but I did grow up in a house that was always full of tension. I never once saw my parents show any affection to each other. I think the nicest thing I ever saw my mother do was set my dads newspaper on fire whilst he was still reading it and the nicest thing he did for her was not to prefix a four letter insult with an eight letter insult. When you grow up in a war zone you learn quickly, and my in depth knowledge of profanity and dirty words went down a storm in the school playground. What I hated at home became endlessly entertaining at school.
My mother and father should probably never have got married, they didn't ever seem to grasp that the endless arguing, smashing things and screaming wasn't doing either of them any good, in the end it made both of them ill and it left the whole family fractured and emotionally cold. I had breakfast with my dad this morning. We talked about the weather, his breakfast, my breakfast and then we finally TALKED. We talked about everything.
My mum, their relationship, my relationship with both of them, both of my brothers, how my dad feels, how I feel and the exact reason why we haven't spoken for so long; and I told him that it's my fault, it was my choice and it's something I have to deal with. My reasons for not talking to him are because I wanted a quiet life and I had thought that after almost twenty years of not having a relationship with him, that I didn't need one anyway. I didn't think I missed him and I thought I wouldn't have anything to say to him but it's not the truth. I do need my dad and I have lots to say to him. I will talk to anyone. I say hello to strangers, and I strike up conversations with people in supermarkets, on the street, on the Internet and on tube trains but I didn't even bother to take the time to talk to my own dad. I was wrong. Relationships need to be nurtured to grow, or revived and restored to keep growing, and the older I get the more aware I am that those I love are not going to be around forever. It's never clever to throw anyone out, to give up or just walk away from your family, even if that isn't the way you grew up or how you were taught to behave. We are all products of our parents and our life experience be it good or bad, and in hindsight, it really wasn't that bad. I wasn't abused physically or sexually, I just grew up witnessing two people abusing each other verbally and emotionally. The funniest thing about today? My dad picked me up in an old transit van, full of newspaper, rubbish and dust from his working week and he said to me "You don't mind me picking you up in the van do you son? You must remember us always driving around like this when you were a boy?" And the nicest thing is, I didn't mind, and I do remember.

Sleeping Positions

Forget falling asleep in each others' arms and spooning under the duvet. Half of British couples, according to a new sleep survey, choose to turn their backs on their lovers when the lights go out. A national hotel chain asked customers what helps them get a good night's sleep and 46% of respondents admitted they turned away, while one quarter said they can't bear for their partner to touch them. According to relationship psychologist Corrine Sweet, sleeping habits can reveal stresses and strains in a relationship. "During sleep, you cannot fake your body language.

This is the time when you are honest, vulnerable and your sleeping position can reveal a lot about your relationship." The survey revealed that more than half of people questioned felt their sex life improved if they 'cuddled-up' more, while over half of adults believe they could tell if their partner was cheating on them. Relationship psychologist Corrine Sweet was able to shed light on what the nation's sleeping habits reveal about British relationships.