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The future of communication. (via Expletive Inserted)

Music is one of the other key elements from Coca Cola to create its own brand. The stories around the music are families together, joy, love, Christmas time, dreams, Santa Claus, and all of the other key values that we already talked about. The same values, the same stories will be presented in every aspect of advertisement, marketing promotions, ads, brochures and commercials. Coca Cola stays Focused Focused and Focused. In this sense, the company creates its own brand and differentiate from the other competitors. Stay focused, focused, and focused is a key element of branding, according to Marty Neumeier.

The tiny seed knew that in order to grow, it needed to be dropped in dirt, covered in darkness, struggle to reach the light.

Sandra Kring (via earthenspirit)

6 acts of literary kindness

In order to celebrate World Kindness Day, set up in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement, we have put together a list of six acts of kindness by prominent literary figures.

One of the more widely known acts of literary charity, J.M. Barrie gave all of the rights to “Peter Pan,” his original play, to the Great Ormond Street Hospital (a children’s hospital) in London. Royalties from all productions, books, movies, and other iterations of the story still go to the hospital. The cast of the original play also started a tradition, in which they came to the hospital and played the nursery scene for the children there.

J.K. Rowling co-founded the Children’s High Level Group (CHLG) with Baroness Emma Nicholson in 2005, and auctioned off a special edition of her book The Tales of Beedle the Bard for the charity in 2007, raising nearly £2 million. She also supports a number of charities and causes through her charitable trust, Volant. Volant offers assistance to projects that are related to alleviating social deprivation, with an emphasis on women’s and children’s issues.

Charles Dickens was one of Great Ormond Street’s earliest benefactors, (it seems great authors think alike). In April, he published an article entitled ‘Drooping Buds’ in his magazine Household Words. He described how one third of babies born in London each year died before their first birthday, and emphasized that the Hospital was the only institution dedicated to saving this appalling waste of life. He called to his readers for support, and their enthusiastic response helped to keep the Hospital open and expand the base of its supporters. In 1858, Dickens was called on to help rescue the project again. He responded by giving a whole evening’s performance of his most famous passages on children, and raised enough money to enable the hospital to buy the house next door, and effectively double in size. He continued featuring the hospital in his creative works, and left a legacy behind that continues to benefit the hospital today.

Like Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Victor Hugo helped the poor by going into his own pocket. He started at home, providing for his estranged wife and his sons who didn’t earn much money on their own. He instructed his cook to feed beggars who showed up at his front door. Every other Sunday for about 14 years, he served “Poor Children’s Dinners” to about 50 hungry youngsters in his neighborhood. According to biographer André Maurois, personal charity accounted for about a third of Hugo’s household expenses during his peak earning years.

Maya Angelou passed away in 2014, and her trust now continues her legacy with contributions to many different charities. Before her death, however, she was an honorary board member for the Legacy of Hope Foundation. It was created to provide medical care and facilities for underserved children and communities around the world.

Judy Blume, beloved young adult and children’s author, has spent most of her career fighting against censorship with the National Coalition Against Censorship.  She also is the founder and trustee of The Kids Fund, a charitable and educational foundation which purports to facilitate communication between children and parents, and is financed by the proceeds of her publication Judy Blume Diary: The Place to Put Your Own Feeling.

Image: J.K. Rowling at the White House, via the Executive Office of the President. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

The Medusa Type:  A woman that uses multiple layers of skills to be none, but just a fake personality, playing with the mind of others using her skills in the field of the mind, without compromising to be herself, because she can not be herself by fear of being herself. Her value is so deteriorated, because she has no definition in herself, and her value is within and through the multiple layers; otherwise she has no value. Rather using cards, than being.

Saber class Medusa for the Mystic Eyes Symphony event in Fate Grand Order.

Illustrator: hotosoka.

How To Write A Healthy Relationship

Writing healthy love is hard! Finding a balance between engaging conflict and fulfilling romance is not an easy task, but it is worthwhile. NaNoWriMo Programs Fellow, Riya Cyriac, offers insight, advice, and examples on how to write healthy relationships.

Throughout my time as a reader and a writer, I’ve encountered an abundance of romances that range from swoon worthy to absolutely disastrous. This is not discounting either end of the spectrum: they have their place. However, there seems to be a noticeable lack of representation for healthy, fulfilling relationships in literature. This is particularly evident in Young Adult literature, where the portrayal of healthy relationships is particularly essential. If you are interested in writing a healthy relationship and filling that void, here are some observations, suggestions, and tips to do that

Obsession and Anger are not Expressions of Healthy Love

As a young adult, I often read books that romanticized obsession and anger. If the love interest punched someone who shows interest in their partner, that is not an indication of passion or love. On the contrary, it should be a glaring red flag. If a character relentlessly pursues their love interest despite resistance, it is not love. It is an obsession, and a clear sign that the character views the other as their property. It’s tempting to use these actions as expressions of passion because it is easy and bold. 

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Platicas de Cafe

Querida Amiga: Cuanto gusto me causo su presencia del dia de ayer. Encuentro siempre que las bondades del ser humano son mayores cuando hacen acto de presencia, y en ellos muestran su aprecio y bienaventuranza a quien los recibe. Cuantas cosas no compartimos bajo las terrulias de cafe y pan, que no fueron de licor y vino, para no exaltar nuestras emociones en impetus juveniles que comprometen mas alla de la amistad, y agradezco la prudencia y sapiencia suya, al escoger cafe y pan sobre el licor y el vino. El cafe tiene ese sabor rico, que despierta en una manana venteada, y oye el susurrar del viento mientras una buena lectura de Ana Karenina se sostiene en las manos. Y dentro de esos momentos agradables, aun recuerdo cuando tuvo a bien aproximarse, y en una parte de sus discursos dijo estar cansada de decir una y otra vez lo que no entienden otras personas. Parecia estar angustiada por lo que otros no comprendian de usted, y en mi afan de querer ayudar, si es que me lo permite, me quede pensando y realice que usted no necesita entender a las personas; solo aceptarlas como son. No hay mucho que deba agregar a este comentario por cuanto aceptar es querer a la persona como es, por cuanto no se trata de nulificar a uno para justificar al otro, y menospreciar al uno en exaltacion al otro, por cuanto hay un respeto envuelto en ambas personalidades. Espero fervientemente que estas escasas lineas le puedan servir para clarificar ideas, y admito, que es mi deseo poder ayudarle con las interrogantes que de repente encontramos en este mundo, atribulado por las interrogantes que no encontramos. Sin mas por el momento, quedo de usted.