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We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we’re aproaching our table two people come in and they go to the counter: ‘Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended’ They pay for their order, take the two and leave. I ask my friend: “What are those ‘suspended’ coffees?” My friend: “Wait for it and you will see.” Some more people enter. Two girls ask for one coffee each, pay and go. The next order was for seven coffees and it was made by three lawyers - three for them and four ‘suspended’. While I still wonder what’s the deal with those ‘suspended’ coffees I enjoy the sunny weather and the beautiful view towards the square infront of the café. Suddenly a man dressed in shabby clothes who looks like a beggar comes in throught the door and kindly asks ‘Do you have a suspended coffee ?’ It’s simple - people pay in advance for a coffee meant for someone who can not afford a warm bevarage. The tradition with the suspended coffees started in Naples, but it has spread all over the world and in some places you can order not only a suspended coffee, but also a sandwitch or a whole meal. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have such cafés or even grocery stores in every town where the less fortunate will find hope and support ? If you own a business why don’t you offer it to your clients… I am sure many of them will like it.
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We enter a little coffeehouse with a friend of mine and give our order. While we’re aproaching our table two people come in and they go to the counter:
‘Five coffees, please. Two of them for us and three suspended’ They pay for their order, take the two and leave.
I ask my friend: “What are those ‘suspended’ coffees?”
My friend: “Wait for it and you will see.”
Some more people enter. Two girls ask for one coffee each, pay and go. The next order was for seven coffees and it was made by three lawyers - three for them and four ‘suspended’. While I still wonder what’s the deal with those ‘suspended’ coffees I enjoy the sunny weather and the beautiful view towards the square infront of the café. Suddenly a man dressed in shabby clothes who looks like a beggar comes in throught the door and kindly asks
‘Do you have a suspended coffee ?’
It’s simple - people pay in advance for a coffee meant for someone who can not afford a warm bevarage. The tradition with the suspended coffees started in Naples, but it has spread all over the world and in some places you can order not only a suspended coffee, but also a sandwitch or a whole meal.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have such cafés or even grocery stores in every town where the less fortunate will find hope and support ? If you own a business why don’t you offer it to your clients… I am sure many of them will like it.
Source : [x]
life:
In late 1971, two years after the Stonewall riots in New York sparked the modern gay rights movement in America, and twelve months before LIFE ceased publishing as a weekly, the magazine featured an article on “gay liberation” that, seen a full 40 years later, feels sensational, measured and somehow endearingly, deeply square all at the same time.
See the essay here on LIFE.com.
(Grey Villet—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
Patrick Radden Keefe on the slippery questions raised by “In Cold Blood” and the obsessive interest in its making: “For years, Alvin Dewey insisted that ‘In Cold Blood’ was factual, and the humble lawman’s stamp of approval was evinced, by those who were inclined to believe the book, as a badge of its accuracy. He had furnished Capote with the access and materials to tell the true parts of his story, and had permitted the author to stretch the truth, in making, of Dewey, a hero. He was, in this subtle sense, a co-conspirator.” Continue reading: http://nyr.kr/Xv4xH9
Photograph by Bruce Davidson/Magnum.
She inspired a novel and a movie starring Robert Redford when in 1949 she lured a major league ballplayer she’d never met into a hotel room with a cryptic note and shot him, nearly killing him.
After the headlines faded, Ruth Ann Steinhagen did something else just as surprising: She disappeared into obscurity, living a quiet life unnoticed in Chicago until now, more than a half century later, when news broke that she had died three months earlier.
The story, with its elements of obsession, mystery, insanity and a baseball star, made it part of both Chicago’s colourful crime history and rich baseball lore. (Photo: AP/Files)
Conclave ceremony begins at the Vatican
The process to select a new pope officially began this morning, as 115 Roman Catholic cardinals celebrated Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, and upon finishing the service, strode into the Sistine Chapel to begin deliberations.The decision could take a day, a week or even longer - there’s no deadline to picking the next pope. But once a candidate gains the support of two-thirds of the vote, white smoke will be seen above the chapel, signalling that Pope Emeritus Benedict’s successor has been chosen.
Take a closer look at the papal pageantry via Framework, and read more on the selection process here.
Photos: Franco Origlia / Getty Images, Osservatore Romano / AFP/Getty Images, Gregorio Borgia / Associated Press
life:
As the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new pope after Benedict XVI’s surprise resignation, LIFE.com recalls another turning point for the church a half-century ago: the historic Vatican II council that began in Rome in 1962. See the photos here.
Pictured: Pope John XXIII rides in procession to St. Peter’s Basilica at the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, 1962
(Paul Schutzer—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
Two dogs are seen guarding a bicycle in Nanjing, capital of southern China’s Guangxi Province. According to owner Luo Ganren, the pair are protective of him and his possessions. My bike has no lock, and I never worry it would be stolen, thanks to my two puppies. They will guard the bike by holding the bars until they see me back.
Picture: HAP/Quirky China News / Rex Features (via Pictures of the day: 26 February 2013 - Telegraph)
Lost continent found off coast of Madagascar lost to the ocean depths 85 million years ago
It isn’t quite Atlantis, but scientists from Norway, Germany and Britain have found what they say is a lost continent that they’ve named Mauritia at the bottom of the Indian Ocean.
The strip of continent once connected Madagascar, the island archipelago of Seychelles and India. As tectonic movement shifted the land masses apart, the connective tissue of Mauritia was pushed to the bottom of the Ocean, where it was shredded and partially consumed by underwater volcanos. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)
LAPD manhunt underway: Local, state and federal authorities are in the midst of a search for ex-Los Angeles police officer Christoper Jordan Dorner, who’s under wanted for his alleged connection to a double homicide and the shootings of three police officers.
Dorner, 33, threatened “unconventional and asymmetrical warfare” against police in an manifesto posted on his Facebook page. He also threatened more than two dozen people — including police officials — in his post.
Los Angeles and Torrance police have also been confirmed to have shot two individuals and fired upon another driving vehicles similar to the one Dorner is suspected to be using.
Read more on the search, and follow the latest updates on LA Now.
(Photo via Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times, Nick Ut / Associated Press)
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Prime Minister of Australia kicking ass and taking names (mostly Tony Abbott’s). [x]
Click-through to see video clips from the events that took place over the past weekend at the New Yorker Festival:
In this clip from Friday’s Utopia/Dystopia Fiction Night panel, held at Gramercy Theatre, Margaret Atwood talks about the process of building a futuristic world.
At Friday’s Tales Out of School panel, in which New Yorker writers shared stories of life at the magazine, Lauren Collins told about the time she threw up on her Profile subject.
At Friday’s Old Country fiction panel, Jonathan Safran Foer and Gary Shteyngart discussed e-readers and the future of the novel.
In his talk on Saturday, Malcolm Gladwell talked about the power of a single photograph in the civil-rights movement.
At the Presidential Biographers panel, David Remnick asked David Maraniss to explain how the President’s history might have influenced his behavior in Wednesday’s debate.
At the Giving Voice panel on Saturday, Jose Antonio Vargas talked the pressures of living as an undocumented immigrant in America.
At the Fifty-one Per Cent panel, Cecile Richards, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Kellyanne Conway, the founder and president of the polling company inc./WomanTrend, discussed how the women’s health-care debate has helped shape this election season.
In this video, Gary Shteyngart keep things lively backstage with fellow panelists Téa Obreht, Jonathan Safran Foer, and Adam Gopnik.
In her talk on Saturday, Jill Lepore investigated how Presidential campaigns have changed through American history.
Tad Friend talks with Ben Stiller about the experience of being the subject of a New Yorker article.
At the Rereading David Foster Wallace panel on Saturday, Deborah Treisman and Mark Costello answered an audience member’s question about Wallace’s death.
During his conversation with David Remnick on Sunday, Salman Rushdie explained his response to recent anti-American protests in the Middle East.
Before their event at the Gramercy Theatre, Punch Brothers described their pre-show routine.
After their “Portlandia Live” event, Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, and director Jonathan Krisel talked about their fan base and the show’s evolution.
In his talk on Sunday, Alex Ross spoke about the fractured legacy of Wagner and the enduring power of his music.
Before their event on Sunday, Sarah Silverman and Andy Borowitz chatted about last week’s Presidential debate.
In her conversation with Emily Nussbaum on Sunday, Lena Dunham talked about basing television characters on real-life people.
In his talk on Sunday, Atul Gawande asked audience members to think about how proficient hospitals should be at rescuing patients.
Alison Bechdel spoke with Judith Thurman about the origins of Bechdel’s comic strip “Dykes to Watch Out For.”
Before their conversation with Atul Gawande on Saturday night, the members of Vampire Weekend answered a question backstage about their song “Oxford Comma.”
At Saturday’s Politics and Money panel, Lawrence Lessig and Cleta Mitchell discussed the need for revised campaign-finance laws.
npr:
The story of The Highwaymen is one of biracial friendships, lingering racism, painting and a murder — culminating in a contemporary clash over an artistic legacy.
via The Murder Of A Protege: The Story Of Alfred Hair by Jacki Lyden
Photo: Courtesy of Doretha Hair Truesdell
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This story is fascinating. — Tanya B.
