Thad Smith Studios

I love art. Also food and design. And women and the blues. But also bourbon and beauty. You'll find all of that here, along with other things - some of which will be mine, and some of which won't be. And btw, if something is not properly attributed or linked, please let me know and I will remove it or fix the problem pronto.

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I like it. This guy was really getting in to the #picasso of the boy and horse at the #deyoung

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#francisbacon at the #deyoung in #sanfrancisco. Love his paintings!

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Left for work with this morning's #nofilter #sunrise.

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… envolta neste meu abraço fico…

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Just a little "p" #typography

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365 Days of Hand Lettering by Lisa Congdon.

Buy prints in her shop.

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French President François Hollande potentially won the hearts of millions of future voters on Tuesday when he announced plans to abolish homework and reduce the number of pupils forced to repeat school years.

The comprehensive reforms will also increase the number of teachers across the country, boost aid to disadvantaged areas and target absenteeism. The school week would return to four and a half days rather than four – a change introduced under the former administration as a cost-cutting measure.

“Education is priority,” Hollande said at Paris’s Sorbonne University on Wednesday. “An education programme is, by definition, a societal programme. Work should be done at school, rather than at home,” in order to foster educational equality for those students who do not have support at home., he added.

He also promised incentives for teachers willing to work in “difficult areas”. Children will also be able to attend school at an earlier age in highlighted zones.

Following his election in May, Socialist Hollande vowed to make education a key focus of his five-year term and outlined his proposals in the speech on Tuesday. He has promised to employ some 60,000 teachers over five years, after Nicolas Sarkozy cut tens of thousands of jobs during his own mandate.

French children’s test scores are above the European average, but they suffer some of the longest working days on the continent, leaving school only at 5pm or 6pm.

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#AltesMuseum on #MuseumIsland #Berlin (Taken with Instagram)

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#nofilter needed for the #TopographyofTerrorMuseum in #Berlin helped, I think, by the rain. (Taken with Instagram)

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Little spot of #lostintranslation #humor on a drizzly #Berlin afternoon (Taken with Instagram)

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#MemorialtotheMurderedJewsofEurope aka, the #HolocaustMemorial #Berlin #Germany (Taken with Instagram)

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#Brandenburggate #Berlin, former #westberlin side of the wall (Taken with Instagram)

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#Berlin #Ostbahnhof #trainstation (Taken with Instagram)

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#Berlin weekend, walking part of #eastsidegallery section of #berlinwall (Taken with Instagram)

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#Berlin weekend, #eastsidegallery (Taken with Instagram)

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