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vintage everyday: Amazing Black & White Photos of Street Scenes of Madrid and Barcelona in the 1950’s

Amazing Black & White Photos of Street Scenes of Madrid and Barcelona in the 1950’s

Francesc Català-Roca (1922-1988) is considered one of the major photographers in Catalonia not only for his role as a pioneer in the field of avant-garde photography but also as a direct witness of the huge changes in our society.

Below is a collection of amazing black and white photographs of Madrid and Barcelona of the 1950’s taken by Francesc Català-Roca, showing the street scenes, buildings, means of transportation, among others…

via vintage everyday: Amazing Black & White Photos of Street Scenes of Madrid and Barcelona in the 1950’s.

Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists | IWMF

The Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists, the first ever funding initiative of its kind, enables the IWMF to dramatically expand its support of women journalists.

Established with a $4 million gift from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the Fund will support projects including educational opportunities, investigative reporting and media development initiatives.

via Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists | IWMF.

Mimi Writes…….: How To Blog For Peace on Social Media

On Nov 4 Change your status to Dona Nobis Pacem (Latin for Grant Us Peace).

Put up a peace graphic.  Post and Share!  Anywhere you are online. It’s that simple.

Need more explanation? New to the movement?

If you want to be a peace blogger, you’ll need a peace globe

and one of these:

a blog or website

Facebook profile

Twitter account

Google+

Instagram Pinterest Tumblr BlogHer …anywhere you are online.

via Mimi Writes…….: How To Blog For Peace on Social Media.

Things I am too hot to care about

It’s the same reason why young women on juries are not a good idea. They don’t get it! They’re not in that same life experience of paying the bills, doing the mortgage, kids, community, crime, education, health care. They’re like healthy and hot and running around without a care in the world.”

–Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle, on why young women don’t need to vote

Affordable housing. With hair like this, you don’t need a roof over your head.

Parental leave. Sometimes I think about having a kid but then I just rub my perfectly shaped stomach until I drift into a peaceful sleep.

Community investment. I believe strongly in the importance of building youths’ self-esteem so it’s really best that I just stay home.

Income inequality. Coins are sort of reflective, so every time I go to pay for something I am startled by my impeccable bone structure.

Safety. Once someone tried to mug me but I just smiled.

Criminal justice. Once someone tried to arrest me but I just smiled.

Police brutality. Once a cop was going to shoot me but I just smiled.

Education. Sometimes, I wake up in the morning, lug all my textbooks to the library, turn to the assignment, open up my laptop, and suddenly it’s four hours later and my Photobooth library is full.

Reproductive health care access. I am out of everyone’s league.

Alexandra Brodsky is too hot to write a bio.

via Things I am too hot to care about.

Girl turns back to help elderly person cross street, act of kindness goes viral online: Shanghaiist

“Random-Taiwanese-girl’s” handy guide to glory below:

1) Cross the street.

2) Notice an elderly, wheelchair-bound person trying to cross.

3) Have your friend hold your drink.

4) Run back, push said elderly person across the street.

5) Wait for traffic to subside.

6) Re-cross street.

Health benefits include good karma and 10 seconds of cardiovascular exercise.

Watch the full video below:

via Girl turns back to help elderly person cross street, act of kindness goes viral online: Shanghaiist.

Olive Harvests Become Campaign Cornerstone for OVP — Medium

“Olive trees are a big part of our culture,” said OneVoice youth leader Raya Fatayer to Wattan News. “The harvest season is a national event to celebrate our Palestinian traditions. We see Israeli violations against the olive trees in many areas in Palestine, but we will continue to work with local farmers to display solidarity; this land will remain Palestinian.”

via Olive Harvests Become Campaign Cornerstone for OVP — Medium.

Afghan Women’s Writing Project | An Endless Ambition

Afghan Women’s Writing Project | An Endless Ambition.

I wish my home
Was a place full of cheer
Free of rage
I’m sick of ruses

I wish my blue sky
Was full of light stars
Free of fire
Clear of smoke

I wish my muddy cottage
An old cottage
But full of love and integrity
Had prosperity rain down on it like a shower
The voice of love coming from
behind its walls
peace knocking on its doors

I wish my street
Was free of noise and fighting
Free of treason and criticism
Where kids play with toys not guns
Where people use
The language of solidarity,
Forgiveness and unity

I wish my society, was a pure society
Where the politicians work for change
Not to fill their pockets
Where people overcome challenges

I wish my garden was a place
Where air is soft and breezy
Flowers are pure, fragrant
Canaries sing songs of loyalty
Butterflies fly with fidelity
Breezes coddle my face
And kiss my lips

By Sitara B.

Good Samaritans Hold Driver Who Hit Elderly Man Then Tried To Flee: Gothamist

Witnesses say that Stafford first got out to check on the elderly man: “I saw the driver get out of the car and go to pick up the man, who had to be in his 80s,” witness Lili Skorpanic, who works nearby, told the Post. “He was wearing this gray business suit, so I figured he was a gentlemen, a professional, who would know what to do. But he just panicked and ran off.”

He allegedly tried to flee the scene in his 2005 BMW, but three other motorists gave chase and were able to stop and hold him. “It’s like the whole neighborhood got together and followed him,” Skorpanic told them.

The elderly man, whose name hasn’t been released, was taken to Elmhurst Hospital in stable condition. Stafford has now been charged with leaving the scene of an accident, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of drugs and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle for the crash. He has at least two prior arrests, including one for drunk driving.

via Good Samaritans Hold Driver Who Hit Elderly Man Then Tried To Flee: Gothamist.

Harry Dean Stanton: ‘Life? It’s one big phantasmagoria’ | Film | The Guardian

“Singing and acting are actually very similar things,” says Stanton when I ask him about his other talent, having seen him perform about 15 years ago with his Tex-Mex band in the Mint Bar in Los Angeles. “Anyone can sing and anyone can be a film actor. All you have to do is learn. I learned to sing when I was a child. I had a babysitter named Thelma. She was 18, I was six, and I was in love with her. I used to sing her an old Jimmie Rodgers song, ‘T for Thelma’.” Closing his eyes, he breaks into song: “T for Texas, T for Tennessee, T for Thelma, that girl made a wreck out of me.” He smiles his sad smile. “I was singing the blues when I was six. Kind of sad, eh?”

There is indeed a peculiar kind of sadness about Harry Dean Stanton, a mix of vulnerability, honesty and seeming guilelessness that has lit up the screen in his greatest performances. It’s there in his singing cameo in 1967’s prison movie Cool Hand Luke, in his leading role in Alex Cox’s underrated cult classic Repo Man in 1984

via Harry Dean Stanton: ‘Life? It’s one big phantasmagoria’ | Film | The Guardian.