Friday, April 30, 2010

Dimitri Kozma's Animations in Festival de Brasilia

Two of my animations was selected to be 2 of 48 movies presented on "3º Festival Internacional de Filmes Curtíssimos de Brasília". A short movie festival in Brazil capital city. This is a international festival, presented simultaneously in 20 countries and 100 cities, participants of international festival desTrès Courts.

My selected movies are: "Valentina" and "Life in a Box - Virtual Date". If you want visit the Festival Website, click here (in portuguese). I'm glad with this recognition of my work.





Day May, 07th – Selection 1
01- Há urgência em estar vivo? - Ficção - Tarcísio A. F. Gonçalves
02 – Arroba – Ficção – Ricardo Joppert – 2010
03 – O sebo – Doc – Kiko Santos e Fábio Nikolaus
04 – A infância de Margot – Ficção – Bruno de Oliveira – 2009
05 – A visita do olhar da sombra – Experimental – Fábio Cançado
06 - Padim – Animação – Larissa Nalini – 2010
07 - Férias Permanentes – Doc - Gustavo Serrate
08 – Colapso digital – Ficção/Animação – Gustavo Dalla Costa – 2010
09 – D.O.R. –Doc/Drama – Leandro Goddinho – 2010
10 – Sala de montagem – Ficção – Umberto Martins – 2009
11 – Isca – Animação – Yannet Briggiler – 2009
12 – Desgovernados – Ficção – Daniel Sandes – 2006
13 – Chapeuzinho Vermelho – Ficção – Fernando Nísio
14 – Godofredo “Nhact” – Animação – Eva Furnari – 2009
15 – Cristo – Ficção – Adriano Esturilho – 2007
16 – GPS – Ficção – Hemerson Colt – Santo Antônio do Descoberto
17 – Quem trabalha muito não tem tempo de ficar rico – Ficção – Caliandra Filmes
18 – Inexorável – Animação – Juliano Coacci – 2009
19 – Passo a passo – Experimental – Tude Oswald – 2009
20 – Devaneio – Ficção – Marlom Meirelles – 2009
21 – O carro – Cristina Pinheiro, André Scucato e Alan Castelo – Experimenta
22 – Murmúrio da vida – Ficção – Felipe Barros – 2009
23 – A vida em uma caixa – Encontro virtual – Animação – Dimitri Kozma
24 – A ilusão – Realismo fantástico – Gabriela Greeb - 1997

Day May, 08th – Selection 2
01 – Iolovitch, o Azul de Brasília – Documentário – Adriana de Andrade – 2010
02 – Epílogo – Ficção – Ig Uractan
03 – Escombros – Ficção – Marcelo Pressotto – 2010
04 – Espetáculo: o mágico e a domadora – Animação – Rafael Jardim – 2010
05 – Cru – Ficção – Fábio Allon – 2009
06 – Dias de sol – Animação – Luciano Lagares – 2005
07 – Civilizados – Ficção – Bruno Estrela e Sílvia Mello – 2010
08 – Maria Elétrica – Animação – Mariana Mallen – 2009
09 - Perfeição em 3x4 – Ficção – Vinícius Areas e Eduardo Roza – 2009
10- Um assunto polêmico – Comédia – Antonio Cardoso Neto - 2009
11 – Nefelibata – Ficção – Antonio Balbino
12 – Noemia – Ficção – Ricky Mastro – 2007
13 – Nego – Experimental – Sávio Leite e Marko Ajdaric
14 - Homem Doim – Animação – Fausto Júnior – 2009
15 – A breve metamorfose de Gregório Samsa – Animação – Gabriel Lima e Cecília da Rocha – 2010
16 – Solo – Documentário – Cleisson Vidal – 2009
17 – O dia em que Padim voltou ao Crato – Rodrigo Aben-Athar – 2009
18 – Chip – Experimental – Paulo Eduardo Barbosa – 2004
19 – Desconstruindo o sonho de uma cidade idealizada – Experimental – Thaís H. Kibrit – 2009
20 – Construindo-se – Ficção – Wilson Alves do Santos Jr
21 – Vídeo Grafite – Documentário – Fábio Nikolaus
22 - À margem da memória – Documentário – João Pácifer
23 – 98001075056 – Experimental – Felipe Barros – 2009
24 - Valentina – Animação - Dimitri Kozma

Gettin' My Greens On with Chef Louisa Shafia




lu·cid

  [loo-sid] 
–adjective
1.
easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible:a lucid explanation.
2.
characterized by clear perception or understanding; rational or sane: a lucid moment in his madness.
3.
shining or bright.
4.
clear; pellucid; transparent.


This week I worked with fellow Penn Alum Louisa Shafia at a class called "Get Your Greens On", which was held at The Brooklyn Kitchen and Meat Hook in Williamsburg. It was a vegetarian class (except for a wee bit of chicken stock used in desperation) that focused on locally grown springtime vegetables and unusual greens. 


I first heard of Louisa Shafia via an alumni news letter. After two careers in unrelated industries, she decided to enroll in the Natural Gourmet Institute here in NYC. With a few years experience working in a handful of health conscious restaurants, both here in NYC and San Francisco, Louisa decided to start her own company called Lucid Food. Starting off as a blog and catering company, Louisa has grown her company to include cooking classes, consulting gigs and most recently, her first cookbook. 


Her recipes are veg-heavy and eco-conscious, but not in a restrictive way. Quite the contrary actually. She's more about adding - greens, legumes, weird little herbs that she found on a bike ride in Prospect Park (true story). And that's the reason I can get jiggy with Louisa's cooking style: she's not here to criticize - more to promote better choices...and I for one can afford to make some more of those.


In Lucid Food, I try to show you how to make earth-friendly food choices by sourcing animal products ethically and responsibly, supporting local food, and reducing your carbon footprint through urban gardening, preserving, composting, and more.


I reached out to Louisa to see if she needed any help with her catering, classes, book signings...and voila!, I found myself donning a chef's coat in an industrial kitchen wielding a multitude of insanely sharp knives. To say I was nervous is a serious understatement. I didn't even know the proper way to put on my apron (and yes, apparently there is a proper way to put on an apron). My first task was to peel and slice potatoes in preparation for our Lamb's Quarters and Pea Shoots Soup (wait, I thought you said it was vegetarian?!) Well, it turns out Lamb's Quarters are a leafy green - news to me as well. Also new to my plate were radish greens (spicy, just like their roots), shepherd's purse (used frequently in Asian recipes), and maitake mushrooms (a grill-able meat substitute). The potatoes went well, no cuts, no missing body parts. And then came the sugar snap peas for our Almond Tofu with Snap Peas and Soba Noodles. I had to delicately slice off the barely visible center string with a machete and NOT cut my finger off. "Red tinge? Oh, that's uh, tomato paste. Last minute addition." Cucumbers and garlic, ginger, mushrooms, radishes - chop, slice, mince! I had sweat on my brow and a rumble in my tummy. I tried not to sneak a snack mid class and risk getting yelled at by a particular over-caffinated hipster in our class. 


Four hours and many a slop bucket later, the class was gone, kitchen cleaned and two lonely jars leftover of Louisa's soon-to-be-famous Rhubarb and Pistachios over Thick Yogurt just waiting for my spoon. I'll enjoy this simple, rustic dessert for breakfast, in lieu of my regular yogurt/berries/granola routine. The rhubarb is slightly sweet with a hint of cardamom, the yogurt tart and the pistachios add the perfect hit of crunch:


Rhubarb and Pistachios over Thick Yogurt (from Lucid Foods)
Serves 4

  • 4 stalks rhubarb, ends and leaves trimmed
  • 1/2t. cardamom
  • 1/4t. ground nutmeg
  • pinch of salt
  • 1/2 cup light-colored honey
  • 1t. vanilla extract
  • 1t. rose water
  • 2cups Greek-style yogurt
  • 1/2 cup shelled pistachios, coarsely chopped
Instructions:

  1. Cut the rhubarb into 1-inch pices and put in a small saucepan with 1/4 cup of water. Cover and bring to a boil, then decrease the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally.
  2. When the rhubarb starts to soften, about 5minutes, stir in the cardamom, nutmeg and salt.
  3. Break up any large pieces of rhubarb with a wooden spoon.
  4. Continue to simmer, covered, until the rhubarb is completely softened, about 4 minutes more.
  5. Remove from heat and stir in honey and vanilla extract. Let cool. Add the rose water.
  6. To serve, put 1/2 cup yogurt in each bowl, top with a few tablespoons of rhubarb. Scatter with a few tablespoons of pistachios over the top.
Besides the dessert, I also scored some sick swag thanks to The Meat Hook - which will be donned next time I visit my brother in the Heights to avoid getting yelled at to 'get back on my island!' 


Manhattanites; the new 'bridge and tunnel' crowd,
- The Heat


Thanks to Louisa and staff at The Brooklyn Kitchen!

Dizzy Square Optical Illusion

The square looks like waving and if you stare it more closely you eyes will feel little bit dizzy

Coral Reef - Abstract Acrylic Triptych


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Thursday, April 29, 2010

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Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Good Luck Charms for Love!

Does your ruling number influence your love life? The answer is yes! Based on your ruling number, you can find out what’s best for you according to Numerology and what you need to avoid in order to have a fabulous love life!




Don’t Know your Ruling Number? Find out now!



Ruling Number 1-



A very popular love charm is the red candle! Red, the colour of love will bring you luck and it might even bring you the love of your life!

Ruling Number 2



A pair of red roses will act as a charm! Let its magic bring you the love that you are looking for! Keep red roses around your bed for enhanced luck.



Ruling Number 3



The colours blue and green are lucky for you. Keep a blue or green coloured hanging on your wall or wear something in blue when you go out on a date.



Ruling Number 4.



Having trouble finding love? Try wearing a red or brown wristband, watch or a bangle. These accessories will surely act as a great love charm!



Ruling Number 5



A heart shaped pendant in silver will act as a great love charm! It will help attract love and passion and bring that someone special into your life!



Ruling Number 6



Hang a picture of a happy pair on your bedroom wall! Anything in a pair acts as a great love charm. This picture can even be of your favourite celebrity couple!



Ruling Number 7



Vases and pots with flowers in the south west area of your house acts as a great love charm. Red flowers will bring in added luck and positive energy!



Ruling Number 8



A pair of birds acts as a good love charm and brings you luck and love! You will find love and will also be able to attract someone charming.



Ruling Number 9



Keep two pillows on your bed for attracting love in your life! Your love life will improve and you will find love sooner than you expect. A pair of pillows will surely act as a charm.



Sandra Bullock Adopts Son Louis Bardo (Picture) and Files For Divorce

Sandra Bullock Adopts Son Louis Bardo Bullock picture Sandra Bullock is the mother of a three-month-old baby boy, born in New Orleans, named Louis Bardo, whom she brought home in January 2010!

The 45-year-old Oscar-winner began the adoption process with husband Jesse James four years ago. But the couple kept the news private until now.

"He's just perfect, I can't even describe him any other way," the actress revealed the happy news on People magazine, "It's like he's always been a part of our lives."

However, Bullock also announced that she had filed for divorce for the sake of Jesse James’ cheating scandal.

She is now adopting the baby son as a single parent.

Urinating Optical Illusion | Mega Pump Illusion

When i saw this picture i certainly found it more then funny, The guy must be more then powerful to urine much longer.. he he

Urinating Optical Illusion | Mega Pump Illusion

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Christina Aguilera Gets Dirty In New “Not Myself Tonight” Music Video

Christina Aguilera New Not Myself Tonight Music Video picture Christina Aguilera unveiled the second preview clip of her new single, “Not Myself Tonight,” the first song from her upcoming album, Bionic, due out in stores on June 8th.

In this new ten-second clip released on her official website today, the 29-year-old singer can be seen wearing lingerie and dancing with a shirtless back-up dancer inside a church!

The full music video is due to premiere online this coming Friday (May 1). Here is the sneak peek video and check it out below:

Monday, April 26, 2010

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Parallel house line optical illusion

I’m here-by claiming that lines A-B and A-C in picture below, are of the same length. You don’t believe me? That’s fine, just meassure them yourself!

Parallel house line optical illusion

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Bret Michaels Hospitalized With Brain Hemorrhage

Bret Michaels in Critical Condition After Suffering Brain Hemorrhage

Bret Michaels, the former Poison frontman and Celebrity Apprentice reality star, has been rushed to an LA hospital late Thursday after suffering from a massive brain hemorrhage, People reported.

Bret is currently in critical condition after undergoing CAT scans, MRIs and an angiogram. He was kept in the ICU and further tests are being ran to determine the cause.

Last week, the 47-year-old rocker had undergone an emergency appendectomy after complaining of stomach pains before he was scheduled to perform in San Antonio, Texas.

According to reports, his condition is now stabilized.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

The Picnic - Painting by Dimitri Kozma

The Picnic is a childish colorful painting with friendly creatures in a oniric green land. The idea is create a feel-good image with some simple small funny elements.

Recalling Everything I Ate at Age 28


This past weekend was a whirlwind of birthday activity. It has taken me until today to recover from it.  I spent my birthday exactly how I pictured it: with Friends, Family and Food. And maybe a few drinks...

Friday night was supposed to be a quiet night in anticipation of Saturday night's festivities. Dinner, wine, and a movie if I could stay awake that long. So you understand my surprise when at 4am I found myself elbow deep in two grandma slices from Bleeker Street Pizza. What the heck happened? Lets rewind the tape:

Our first stop was Cafe Katja, a tiny, unassuming gem that serves upscale Austrian fare with an array of rare imported beers. It started off innocent - a glass of a biodynamic white wine (I'm so in vogue) and a hot soft pretzel (okay, maybe not). It was a solid start. The problems arose when the pretzel came served with what can only be described as the lovechild of Butter and Cheese. Hold on it actually gets better - it's whipped and lightly dusted with chives! Okay, now you can breathe. This heavenly concoction was called Liptauer Cheese - and thankfully they don't call it Liptauer Butter, because it sounds more socially acceptable to eat an entire bowl of cheese than an entire bowl of butter, right? Right?!

Next up was an enormous platter of cured meats, spreads and pickles, which is what I imagine I'll encounter when I walk through the Pearly Gates. Low and behold, guess what it was served with? Oh hello, little bowl of creamy goodness. I spread Liptauer cheese on everything in sight - bread, pork belly, pickles, directly on my tongue (hey, it was my birthday!).  It was getting out of hand. Luckily our entrees arrived: an apple/cabbage slaw in a light lingonberry dressing and a hefty serving of brats and kraut to really put the nail in the coffin - well and the various 'nightcaps', celebratory shots of tequila and two slices of late night 'za. Sigh.

But what DID help matters was the incredible breakfast I woke up to. A little elf ran about the West Village and gathered up some of my favorite pre-noon eats:

Soft scrambled eggs, hashbrowns and the best croissant in the city from Out of the Kitchen
The featured brew from Joe's Coffee - smooth and dark
Dipped Fruit Bouquet from Edible Arrangements (the perfect hangover aid and as it turns out, late night snack)

In a state of sugar, fat, and caffeine induced bliss, I launched into a day of shopping in Soho with a long lost girlfriend who came to town for the weekend (lost to the world of marriage in Michigan, but couldn't be happier for her!) Eventually we needed to rev our engines, so we ducked into Faicco's Pork Store on Bleeker Street for fried risotto balls, broccoli rabe with sausage bread, and one of the best Italian subs I have had to date. We chased down our lunch with a bottle of Brunello, which was given to me as a gift from the friend I visited the actual vineyard with, called Fattoria dei Barbi.  Alongside the vino, she also gave me a vintage 1946 edition Le Cordon Bleu cookbook, which I will report back on as soon as I can see straight next week:



With a solid foundation of booze and food, we took a quick nap to prepare ourselves for the night ahead. Dinner was at Lil' Frankie's, the (larger, louder) offspring of Frank's in the east village. Known for it's brick oven pizzas and hearty pastas, Lil' Frankie's had me at hello with their burrata cheese appetizer. Next up was an array of pizzas, though the showstopper was more of a focaccia with robiola cheese, procuitto di parma and a drizzle of truffle oil stuck in between two thin pizza crusts. It must be shared or be prepared to sweat truffle oil all night - unless you're into that sort of thing, (which I could kind of get into too). For an entree, I chose a light dish of spaghetti limone: butter, parmigiano reggiano and a squirt of lemon juice, which I will undoubtedly recreate at home.

Based on the remnants of red sauce on my plate, it appears I made my way around the table testing everyone else's dishes before diving into my own (typical). And after all of my extensive research, the polpettini ragu (mini meatballs) takes the cake:
Speaking of cake...it was chocolate, it was decadent and it was shared 10 ways:
You'd think I'd be full, but yee have little faith in the Heat! Sunday I was treated to a homemade Bo-saam at my sibling's abode. What is Bo-saam you ask? Basically it's the Asian answer to bbq pulled pork. Except this time you wrap it in lettuce leaves with sticky white rice, a slathering of ginger scallion relish and dollop of hot sauce. We used David Chang's recipe off NYMAG.com, and while time consuming (you slow roast the pork for hours), it is a fairly easy recipe to master and perfect for a hungry crowd. For sides we had home pickled red cabbage, jalapenos, and skewered hoisen shrimp with pineapple.

And it's not a birthday party without a cake! Angel food with fresh berries to be exact - washed down with our last drops of Prosecco and lulling me into the deepest of birthday slumbers.

Thanks to all for the warm birthday wishes! And for those that forgot, I'd like a bucket of Liptauer cheese, please,

- The Heat

Jessica Simpson Assist's Boyfriend Donald Faiso Sitting On Toilet Bowl Picture Tweet!

From D-Listed,
Jessica Simpson's assistant, CaCee Cobs, decided to share this picture with her Twitter audience of her boyfriend Donald Faison (of Clueless and Scrubs) releasing a prairie dog into the pond.
Can't fathom what those so-called celebs are thinking to twitter such kind of an image! Funny? Don't agree!

Elisabetta Canalis, George Clooney's Bikini Clad Girlfriend, Is Fabulous!

George Clooney and Italian girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis are still very much in love. The pair have recently enjoyed some good time in Hawaii when the actor is filming his new movie The Descendants on the Big Island.
Elisabetta Canalis and George Clooney arrival at 82nd Annual Academy Awards

Clad in tiny two-pieces green bikini, Elisabetta Canalis, who was hand in hand with Clooney, looked extremely fabulous whilr walking on the beach.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1267680/Elisabetta-Canalis-shows-charms-attracted-George-Clooney-tiny-green-bikini.html#ixzz0lrK31XD6

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Juan Antonio Samaranch Died at 89 Years Old

Juan Antonio Samaranch

Juan Antonio Samaranch, former International Olympic Committee president, has passed away today April 21. He was 89 years old. From BBC


Former International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samaranch has died in hospital after being taken ill at the weekend.

The 89-year-old was admitted to the Quiron Hospital in Barcelona where he was being treated for heart problems.

The Spaniard was widely regarded as the most powerful man in sport when he headed the IOC from 1980 to 2001.

Born in Barcelona on 17 July, 1920, Samaranch enjoyed success as a roller-skater and led the Spanish team to the world title.

He pursued a career in sports politics in fascist dictator Francisco Franco's Spain and won a place on the IOC in 1966.
After Franco's death, Samaranch was appointed ambassador to the Soviet Union and the contacts he made there helped him succeed Lord Killanin as IOC president in 1980. He oversaw the commercialisation of the Olympics during the 1980s and 1990s and established the Games as a world force.

R.I.P!

black and white size ball illusion

A visual illusion of two spheres. Does one appear to be larger than the other?

black and white size ball illusion

Both of the spheres are the same size.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Victoria Beckham & Eva Longoria Co-star in New LG Ad (Video)

Victoria Beckham and Eva Longoria Co-star in New LG Ad picture Victoria Beckham and Eva Longoria New LG Ad picture

Victoria Beckham, the wife of David Beckham, and her close friend Eva Longoria, the wife of Tony Parker, have teamed up in a new advertisement for promoting LG’s Fashion Touch mobile phones.

In the 15-second fantastic ad, Victoria plays a stylist and BFF to Eva. The two women are seen wearing various designers dresses and chatting up very happy in the commercial, which ends with a slogan as 'Friends. Fashion. Fabulous'

Especially, Victoria is smiling in the ad! Check out the video below:

Monday, April 19, 2010

2010 Shanghai Expo China Pavilion vs. 1967 Montreal Expo Canada Pavilion


2010 Shanghai Expo China Pavilion


1967 Montreal Expo Canada Pavilion

Many Chinese netizens are outcrying thecountry's masterpiece on 2010 Shanghai World Expo have plagiarized the design of Canada Pavilion for 1967 Montreal World Expo.

FYI, yesterday Shanghai World Expo organizers pulled the plug for the promo song Right Here Waiting For You in 2010 (2010等你来) where celebs like Jackie Chan, Yang Lan, Lang Lang, Andy Lau, Li Bingbing & Yao Ming,  after it was exposed as being a copycat of Japanese singer Mayo Okamoto’s The Unchanged You Is The Best in 90's.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Jay-Z & Beyonce Performed “Forever Young” Together at Coachella 2010 (Video)

Jay-Z and Beyonce Forever Young performance at Coachella 2010 Jay-Z and his wife Beyonce performed together at the 2010 Coachella Valley Music & Art Festival last night in Indio, California!

Beyonce, who wearing denim short shorts, white T-shirt and black boots, looks and sounds amazing during her surprise appearance on stage while Jay-Z was performing “Young Forever,” a song off his album The Blueprint 3.

Check out the performance of the super couple below:

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Glass effect on drinks optical illusion

Glass effect on drinks optical illusion

Let check how to do this trick

Explain that just as a glass prism splits up the different colours of white light, when different coloured light passes through glass, it is also affected to an extent that depends on its colour.

Write the words CARBON DIOXIDE on a piece of paper, CARBON in red and DIOXIDE in blue. Put the paper close behind the stem of a wine glass, and look at the words through the stem. The red letters turn upside down, but the blue ones don't.

So is the glass affecting the red light more than the blue?

HOW IT WORKS

You weren't fooled, were you? This has nothing to do with the different colours of the words, or of red light being bent more or less than blue light.

The stem of the wine glass turns both words upside down, but because DIOXIDE is symmetrical about a horizontal line, you don't notice that it is upside down - it looks just the same either way.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Tahoe Picnickin'

Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen,
Well, I've been hanging out with the Wingmans the past few days. Here are some pictures. Just thought I'd post them since I'll be on the road a bit for the next three weeks. It's a bit of a teaser for the feature presentation...
Kings Beach

Somebody's a Saints Fan "WHO DAT???"

Memorial Point

Notice the water's like glass this day...

Mrs Wingman

The Wingman

Sand Harbour

Great place for a picnic...

Lake Tahoe holds TRILLIONS of gallons and

is so deep that you can submerge

the Empire State Building.

...or fit one Wingman & a popsicle

Anyway, I'm off like a prom dress... Have a great few weeks everybody!!!

The Other Google Logos

Oops! Some dudes came up with Google logo with sexy women's giant assets!

Click here on it.com.cn to view its most awesome Google logos gallery.