poor immigrant households

making cities that work

Architecture critic Dejan Sudjic witnesses the problems at first hand and explores the challenges facing urban designers in Mexico City as they try to repopulate the centre of the city.

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Sensible

Ahh the football of my childhood...
While others toiled away in dirt fields and sharp rocks.

Why bother with realistic xbox 360 graphics when you could watch a 10 pixel character goalie save a goal.
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How Soccer Explains the World

The global power of soccer might be a little hard for Americans, living in a country that views the game with the same skepticism used for the metric system and the threat of killer bees, to grasp fully. But in Europe, South America, and elsewhere, soccer is not merely a pastime but often an expression of the social, economic, political, and racial composition of the communities that host both the teams and their throngs of enthusiastic fans.

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Designed to Travel

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Ricksha

ACHA

The Association for Communal Harmony in Asia (ACHA) is a non-political, non-profit organization. It was formed in 1993 in Beaverton, OR, USA to promote harmony and peace among South Asians of all ethnic, religious, regional and national origin, regardless of where they live.

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Modern Nomads Magazine

MODERN NOMAD™ magazine was independently published from 2001-2003, and was critically recognized for literary travel writing paired with a clean, modern design. Publishing work that was often experimental in form and content, the magazine represented a new movement in the way travel and the experience of place is expressed - our desire was to present our audience with work that not only challenged the intellect, but moved the soul. MODERN NOMAD magazine sought to unite those people who consciously travel a different road in life.

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Humor from around the world

Afghanistani Pamphlets

In the fall of 2001 as US forces assisted the Northern Alliance in ousting the Taliban [school of Islam] US forces dropped these pamphlets over Afghanistan to persuade the people in US efforts. Aparently but not comfirmed they were dropped by B52 aircraft. This is a complete set of every pamphlet dropped during the campaign recovered by a source in Afghanistan.

`by perfectlymadebirds

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