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Tuesday 20 March 2018
Top 10 Facts about International Day of Happiness
The International Day of Happiness is celebrated worldwide every March 20, and was conceptualized and founded by philanthropist, activist, statesman, and prominent United Nations special advisor Jayme Illien to inspire, mobilize, and advance the global happiness movement.
In 2011, Illien brought the idea and concept of creating a new global day of awareness, the International Day of Happiness, to senior United Nations Officials.
Illien authored UN resolution 66/281 ”International Day of Happiness”, which was ultimately adopted by the unanimous consensus of all 193 UN member states of the United Nations General Assembly on June 28, 2012
On September 17, 2012, Secretary General Ban Ki moon emphasized the importance of the new international day of happiness in his closing remarks to the 66th session of the UN General Assembly, “Mr. President, during your tenure, the General Assembly also instituted a new observance on the UN calendar: the International Day of Happiness. Let us hope that through our work, including in the new session that begins tomorrow, we can turn that aspiration into reality.
The first ever international day of happiness was celebrated on March 20, 2013.
Every March 20 since 2013, the International Day of Happiness is celebrated in 193 UN Member states, 2 observer states, and 11 territories.
On the 3rd every international day of happiness, UN Secretary Ban Ki moon said "Happiness for the entire human family is one of the main goals of the United Nations," and called upon all human beings to "dedicate our efforts to filling our world with happiness."
The second International Day of Happiness was promoted by Pharrell Williams and the United Nations Foundation with the world's first 24-hour music video to the song "Happy". Global citizens around the world were called upon to make their own music video to the song to make the first ever globally crowdsourced 24 hour global music video
2015 The third International Day of Happiness was promoted by Pharrell Williams, the United Nations and the United Nations Foundation among other global campaigns. Pharrell Williams made a speech at the United Nations General Assembly where he proclaimed "Happiness is your birthright" and asked for action on climate change. Google created a home page takeover which received more than 3.5 billion impressions. Google also initiated a campaign where Pharrell would pop up at random and dance in their google hangouts feature.
Jayme Illien, founder of the International Day of Happiness, and Illien Global Public Benefit Corporation, gained the support for the idea of the new International Day of Happiness from the President of the UN General Assembly and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, as well as all 193 UN member states to draft and adopt a new UN resolution to create the new international day, the International Day of Happiness. Jayme Illien authored UN resolution 66/281 and campaigned for its adoption by consensus of all 193 member states.
Saturday 29 July 2017
Top 10 Facts about International Tiger Day
Global Tiger Day, often called International Tiger Day, is an annual celebration to raise awareness for tiger conservation, held annually on 29 July.
It was created in 2010 at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit.
The goal of the day is to promote a global system for protecting the natural habitats of tigers and to raise public awareness and support for tiger conservation issues.
The seventh annual Global Tiger Day was celebrated in various ways around the world.
Local events have been organized in Bangladesh, Nepal, and India as well as non-tiger-range countries such as England and the United States.
The tiger is the largest of the world’s big cats and this magnificent creature, with its distinctive orange and black stripes and beautifully marked face, has a day that is dedicated to it.
This was first celebrated in 2010 and was founded at an international summit that had been called in response to the shocking news that 97% of all wild tigers had disappeared in the last century, with only around 3,000 left alive.
Tigers are on the brink of extinction and International World Tiger Day aims to bring attention to this fact and try to halt their decline.
Many international organisations are involved in the day, including the WWF, the IFAW and the Smithsonian Institute.
Many factors have caused their numbers to fall, including habitat loss, climate change, hunting and poaching and Tiger Day aims to protect and expand their habitats and raise awareness of the need for conservation.
Friday 30 June 2017
Top 10 Facts about Victor Hugo
Victor Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement.Victor Marie Hugo was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement.
His brothers were Abel Joseph Hugo (1798–1855) and Eugène Hugo (1800–1837). He is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers of all time.
In France, Hugo is known primarily for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations (The Contemplations) and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages). He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment.
He is buried in the Panthéon in Paris. His legacy has been honoured in many ways, including his portrait being placed on French currency. Hugo's childhood was a period of national political turmoil.
In 1848, Hugo was elected to the National Assembly of the Second Republic as a conservative. Hugo's advocacy to abolish the death penalty was renowned internationally.
Hugo published his famous political pamphlets against Napoleon III, Napoléon le Petit and Histoire d'un crime. Victor Hugo fought a lifelong battle for the abolition of the death penalty as a novelist, diarist, and member of Parliament.
He had also pleaded for Benito Juárez to spare the recently captured emperor Maximilian I of Mexico but to no avail. He was in Paris during the siege by the Prussian army in 1870, famously eating animals given to him by the Paris zoo.
On 9 April, he wrote in his diary, "In short, this Commune is as idiotic as the National Assembly is ferocious. Victor Hugo, who said, "A war between Europeans is a civil war" was an enthusiastic advocate for the creation of the United States of Europe.
He expounded his views on the subject in a speech he delivered during the International Peace Congress which took place in Paris in 1849. On July 14, 1870 he planted the "oak of the United States of Europe" in the garden of Hauteville House where he stayed during his exile on Guernsey from 1856 to 1870.
Hugo suffered a mild stroke on 27 June 1878. Two days before dying, he left a note with these last words: "To love is to act". Hugo's death from pneumonia on 22 May 1885, at the age of 83, generated intense national mourning.
His brothers were Abel Joseph Hugo (1798–1855) and Eugène Hugo (1800–1837). He is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known French writers of all time.
In France, Hugo is known primarily for his poetry collections, such as Les Contemplations (The Contemplations) and La Légende des siècles (The Legend of the Ages). He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment.
He is buried in the Panthéon in Paris. His legacy has been honoured in many ways, including his portrait being placed on French currency. Hugo's childhood was a period of national political turmoil.
In 1848, Hugo was elected to the National Assembly of the Second Republic as a conservative. Hugo's advocacy to abolish the death penalty was renowned internationally.
Hugo published his famous political pamphlets against Napoleon III, Napoléon le Petit and Histoire d'un crime. Victor Hugo fought a lifelong battle for the abolition of the death penalty as a novelist, diarist, and member of Parliament.
He had also pleaded for Benito Juárez to spare the recently captured emperor Maximilian I of Mexico but to no avail. He was in Paris during the siege by the Prussian army in 1870, famously eating animals given to him by the Paris zoo.
On 9 April, he wrote in his diary, "In short, this Commune is as idiotic as the National Assembly is ferocious. Victor Hugo, who said, "A war between Europeans is a civil war" was an enthusiastic advocate for the creation of the United States of Europe.
He expounded his views on the subject in a speech he delivered during the International Peace Congress which took place in Paris in 1849. On July 14, 1870 he planted the "oak of the United States of Europe" in the garden of Hauteville House where he stayed during his exile on Guernsey from 1856 to 1870.
Hugo suffered a mild stroke on 27 June 1878. Two days before dying, he left a note with these last words: "To love is to act". Hugo's death from pneumonia on 22 May 1885, at the age of 83, generated intense national mourning.
Thursday 22 June 2017
Top 10 Interesting Facts about Oskar Fischinger
Oskar Wilhelm Fischinger (22 June 1900 – 31 January 1967) was a German-American abstract animator, filmmaker, and painter.
He made over 50 short films, and painted around 800 canvases, many of which are in museums, galleries and collections worldwide.
Among his film works is Motion Painting No. 1 (1947), which is now listed on the National Film Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress.
He invented a "Wax Slicing Machine", which synchronized a vertical slicer with a movie camera's shutter, enabling the efficient imaging of progressive cross-sections through a length of molded wax and clay.
Fischinger apprenticed at an organ-building firm after he finished school until the owners were drafted into the war. Fischinger attended a trade school and worked as an apprentice, eventually obtaining an engineer's diploma.
In Frankfurt, Fischinger met the theatre critic Bernhard Diebold, who in 1921 introduced Fischinger to the work and personage of Walter Ruttmann, a pioneer in abstract film. Inspired by Ruttmann's work, Fischinger began experimenting with colored liquids and three-dimensional modelling materials such as wax and clay.
Upon arriving in Hollywood in February 1936, Fischinger was given an office at Paramount, German-speaking secretaries, an English tutor, and a weekly salary of $250.
He prepared a film which was originally named Radio Dynamics, tightly synchronized to Ralph Rainger's tune "Radio Dynamics". This short film was planned for inclusion in the feature film The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936).
He made over 50 short films, and painted around 800 canvases, many of which are in museums, galleries and collections worldwide.
Among his film works is Motion Painting No. 1 (1947), which is now listed on the National Film Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress.
He invented a "Wax Slicing Machine", which synchronized a vertical slicer with a movie camera's shutter, enabling the efficient imaging of progressive cross-sections through a length of molded wax and clay.
Fischinger apprenticed at an organ-building firm after he finished school until the owners were drafted into the war. Fischinger attended a trade school and worked as an apprentice, eventually obtaining an engineer's diploma.
In Frankfurt, Fischinger met the theatre critic Bernhard Diebold, who in 1921 introduced Fischinger to the work and personage of Walter Ruttmann, a pioneer in abstract film. Inspired by Ruttmann's work, Fischinger began experimenting with colored liquids and three-dimensional modelling materials such as wax and clay.
Upon arriving in Hollywood in February 1936, Fischinger was given an office at Paramount, German-speaking secretaries, an English tutor, and a weekly salary of $250.
He prepared a film which was originally named Radio Dynamics, tightly synchronized to Ralph Rainger's tune "Radio Dynamics". This short film was planned for inclusion in the feature film The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936).
In 1924, Fischinger was hired by American entrepreneur Louis Seel to produce satirical cartoons that tended toward mature audiences. "In 1926 and 1927, Fischinger performed his own multiple projector film shows with various musical accompaniments.
Fischinger died in Los Angeles in 1967. A great deal of inaccurate information continues to be published about Fischinger, largely taken from decades-old sources, often repeated online.
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