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...quite art yet not entirely craft, paint-by-number kits were all the rage during the 1950s and '60s. Originated by artist Dan Robbins, who took his cue from Leonardo da Vinci's practice of assigning numbered sections of his paintings to apprentices, the kits made it easy for the masses to create mountain vistas or the Last Supper. After the craze died down, the kits were left to gather dust on the back shelves of craft stores...
...Foundation and the Harvard International Relations Council, future screenings include “King of the Garbage Dumps” this upcoming Saturday with director Do Minh Tuan, and a third screening on March 14, with guest T. T. Nhu, of 2002 Sundance winner “Daughter from Da Nang...
Jose Graziano Da Silva As Food Security Minister, the former economist will run Lula's Zero Hunger project...
...Benedita Da Silva Born in a Rio slum, Da Silva is set to help Brazil's poor as the new Welfare Minister...
...promise to the poor. It is his presidency's one indulged, untouchable priority. He has made it a special umbrella ministry, coordinating 60 programs, that is not unlike the new U.S. Homeland Security Department. "This is like war mobilization for us," says special Food Security Minister José Graziano da Silva, an economist and longtime Lula adviser. In addition to food relief, the ministry is charged with attacking the causes of Brazil's malnutrition, such as laughable rural infrastructure and the nation's paltry $60 monthly minimum wage, which Lula hopes to double by the end of his term...