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Smoking Kid
Read more: Smoking KidThe Thai Health Promotion Foundation (THPF) is a non-profit organization that has been continuously holding above-the-line campaigns encouraging people to quit smoking. However, the number of people quitting smoking has not diminished as much as they want. Now, the THPF…
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H&M Ad-busting
Read more: H&M Ad-bustingArtist Daniel Soares pasted Photoshop toolbar stickers on these H&M posters as a nice little reminder that not all is as it seems. Y’all know how Photoshop messes with our perception of beauty, and I think this is a smart…
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Russell Brand Mocks MSNBC News Anchors and the Mainstream Media on Live Television and in Print
Read more: Russell Brand Mocks MSNBC News Anchors and the Mainstream Media on Live Television and in PrintOn June 17, 2013, Russell Brand (a stand-up comedian and actor) visited MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ news show to promote his international stand-up tour, ‘The Messiah Complex’, but he also managed to mock the ‘Morning Joe’ news anchors, as well as…
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Will Work for Empty Wallets
Read more: Will Work for Empty WalletsWill Work for Empty Wallets is a community outreach project dedicated to the millions of unemployed United States Citizens. Over 3,000 empty wallets were collected nationwide with the help of the Georgia Department of Labor to construct an 11’x21′ American…
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Iaioflautas
Read more: IaioflautasLos iaioflautas son un grupo heterogéneo y variable de personas mayores. Surgen al calor de las Acampadas que proliferearon en el Estado español en mayo del 2011. En su manifiesto se definen así: “Somos la generación que luchó y consiguió…
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SaveCanada
Read more: SaveCanadaSave Canada is a direct action that began in Ontario in fall 2013. In reaction to TransCanada’s public relations tour of townships affected by the Keystone XL pipeline, Save Canada decided to infiltrate the meetings, which were being held as…
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Homeless Art Gallery
Read more: Homeless Art GalleryDuring 2008-2009, when the United States was entering a recession, the idea of the Homeless Art Gallery was popping up across Staten Island, New York City’s least populated borough and biggest underdog. This is an example of art intervention, disrupting…
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Staten Island Saves Pouch Camp for Preservation
Read more: Staten Island Saves Pouch Camp for PreservationAfter decades of fighting to preserve many of the old woods of Staten Island and years of fighting for the preservation of Pouch Camp, the Boy Scout camp and 100 wooded acres in the middle of the Greenbelt is officially…
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Gumby for President
Read more: Gumby for PresidentIn the 2012 presidential election, did you know that one of the underdog anti-party runners was Gumby?! In the attached video, you will hear Gumby offer transportation alternatives (Pokey and friends), challenges of not believing in vice presidents, and the…
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The Online Game that Plants Real Seeds: Rainmaker Project
Read more: The Online Game that Plants Real Seeds: Rainmaker ProjectBy Jeff McIntire-Strasburg You could certainly be forgiven for seeing phrases like “online game” and “planting seeds” together, and automatically thinking of Farmville: even though the Facebook game has died down in popularity, its still the standard for gaming about…
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Art from Trash: Transforming How We See Waste and the Disappearing Reefs
Read more: Art from Trash: Transforming How We See Waste and the Disappearing ReefsBy John Ivanko Created and curated by Christine and Margaret Wertheim, the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit was a stunning display of an ingenious use of waste materials, creativity and community, bringing together various reefs created by artists from around…
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A Piano-Playing Ukraine Protester Serenades Riot Police
Read more: A Piano-Playing Ukraine Protester Serenades Riot PoliceBy: Patrick Randall KIEV — Several thousand pro-European Ukrainians demonstrated in the capital for President Viktor Yanukovych’s resignation over the weekend. One man even played the piano in front of Ukranian riot police on Kiev’s Independence Square. The movement, known…