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Colourful messages transform the winding favela streets
Earlier this year Boa Mistura, an urban art collective formed in Madrid, worked on a vibrant community project near São Paulo, Brazil
The collective worked with the children and other residents of Brasilândia Vila, a poor suburb on the outskirts of São Paulo, to fill the narrow streets with colour and words: beleza, amor, doçura, firmeza and orgulho (beauty, love, sweetness, firmness and pride).
These one-point perspective messages are carefully painted to reveal themselves to passers-by as they reach a certain part of the the street. The smiles of the participants clearly say it all.
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All the single ladies (All the single ladies) All the single ladies (All the single ladies) …could apparently cost Mitt Romney the presidency.
While Romney leads Obama among married women by about 9 points, Obama blows him away among single women by 36 points. This matters: There are 55 million single women in the United States. If they got motivated, they are a big enough block to swing the election.
Read the full piece here.
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Retain a healthy skepticism about the world, and a lot of humility … Be skeptical of those offering excessive conviction on any issue. Don’t expect people to behave rationally.
Know that you will often have to act in areas where the fog of uncertainty is thick and heavy. This should humble you, but you can’t let it paralyze you.
"Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s advice to the 2012 graduates of Johns Hopkins’ Paul H. Nitze School. (via kiplinger) -
Everything you can imagine is real."
Pablo Picasso (via girlwithoutwings)(Source: quote-book)
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The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity."
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Happy Pay Equity Day!
In 2010 the median full-time working man took home $47,715 in earnings, while the median full-time working woman made only $36,931—77.4 percent of that amount, or $10,784 less
(Source: americanprogress.org)
Food for thought: The pay the average full-time woman loses to the gender gap could feed a family of four for almost 37 years.
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Peter Fuss had the idea to place the station in Gdansk in Poland these posters. With a message of peace, these posters are a reminder not to think with stereotypes, and the need to step back from what we hear.
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Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. Enjoy the questions!"
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