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Would This Stop Golden Gate Bridge Suicides?

Would This Stop Suicides? San Francisco

Serbia's Suicide Prevention Office hired McCann Erikson to create this ad campaign that projects words of support onto the water under jump spots on Belgrade bridges. The message can only be seen when looking down from the spots.

Why not try it on the Golden Gate?

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Tagged as: ad, bridge, golden gate bridge, San Francisco, suicide 1 Comment

The Week on Twitter, 2010-08-20

My brain has been Shangaied! http://bit.ly/9hx28N #
Loss of a neighborhood Institution. RT @haighteration: Breaking: Lower Haight's Burger Joint to Close http://bit.ly/cuZS06 #
Need lettuce for your anti-aircraft guns? http://bit.ly/bIeWHH #
Dear followers, sorry for the "Twifficiency score" update - I was taken in. (Hope this doesn't lower my Twifficiency score!" #
I just earned the Created 100 Spots Pin on @gowalla! http://gowal.la/r/23zxJ #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-08-13

Tilt-shift photos of Union Square created to promote "Camera+" iPhone app. http://bit.ly/9wIvrQ #
Cliff House "lightning" photo - the photog witnessed police shoot a man about to burn in '06 quake fire. http://bit.ly/cmwlHR #
Hipster-proof street sweeper cleans Dolo Park, circa 1950. http://bit.ly/cWLq3q #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-07-23

A quick crawl down the bluff at Land's End. http://bit.ly/bY5K2d #
CG Jung, the Birth Trauma, and San Francisco during the Gold Rush. http://bit.ly/cQjGfT #
I just earned the Wayfarer Pin on @gowalla! http://gowal.la/r/Uw5i #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-07-16

I'm doing the SF City Guides' free tour of historic Fort Mason today. http://bit.ly/a83bx3 #
He's on a boat! http://bit.ly/aKkirt #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-07-09

Awesome SF tweet of the day from @aykay_: A big GFY to some of the idiots that reside in San Francisco. Can't stand this place. #
Racist map of San Francisco? http://bit.ly/c3yjwU #
The Wiggle and some time lapse of Church/Duboce. http://bit.ly/97Opyr #
I'm glad someone still goes through the trouble to set off illegal fireworks. http://bit.ly/cF68r3 #
Coffee or beer? #
Guns & yoga. http://bit.ly/9DaJGP #
RT @sfmsr: Muni service increases will bring the rarest of the streetcars to the Castro. http://streetcar.org/b/727 #
Target's awesome logic for a San Francisco location: "People need to recognize that economic activity is a plus." http://bit.ly/bwKB19 #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-07-02

Hey, American Apparel: What's that smell? http://bit.ly/dwljHB #
This angry stingray was pulled forcibly out of the Bay. http://bit.ly/bLs597 [vid] #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-06-25

That's not an ashtray, that's my eye. http://bit.ly/9suZOz #
Explosion downtown? #
San Francisco tap water is safer than bottled water, period. http://bit.ly/9kuijK /via @SFWater #
How many yoga teachers can one planet support? #
Where is the Tenderloin? Great discussion @Tenderblog - http://bit.ly/9AI8GY #
Demolition to make room for Mission Street Food's permanent restaurant. http://bit.ly/8ZCJBP #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-06-18

The Mad Viking's sidekick, Gentle Giant, has a new post about urban gardening. http://bit.ly/acqecs #
[pic] Drooling BART ad. http://bit.ly/aSO7L5 #
[vid] Really fun goofy hip hop video by San Francisco comedy group, dedicated to bargain shopping. http://bit.ly/b09MTk #
[pic] Check out the stride on this guy. http://bit.ly/cDn2cy #
[pics] Nasty and beautiful: South Basin. http://bit.ly/dcGRli #
Democracy via sidewalk stencil. http://bit.ly/9CD9iy #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-06-11

[pics] I want to go to there: Bayview Hill. http://bit.ly/aYsE35 #
[vid] BBoyz at Market & Powell. http://bit.ly/a0VeE3 //via @melinda_james #
Will Islais Creek - one of San Francisco's last remaining waterways - see the light of day? http://bit.ly/agDOZF #
San Francisco, city of smarty-pantses. Some "clever" thoughts: http://bit.ly/bgfl7s #
[pic] Can someone tell me what's going on here? http://bit.ly/cztpf8 #
[vid] Meet the Mad Viking of Brooks Park. http://bit.ly/bzyRMR #
[vid] Crazy girls dancing on the edge of a roof 4 stories above Dolores Park. http://bit.ly/bxeIDD #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-06-04

[photos] Superimposing the past. http://bit.ly/cvXX0n #
[vid] Jersey skaters attack San Francisco. http://bit.ly/cP7TDd #
Golden Gate Park's rhododendron dell has been re-opened. http://bit.ly/bwKDpr #
This Saturday is National Trails Day. http://bit.ly/bU3sBh #
[pic] Yo, BART, I'm gonna give you five more minutes to change those signs... http://bit.ly/bHcDbH #
What makes a healthy hill? http://bit.ly/dbW2gZ #
[pic] These fellas are pretty dignified, no? http://bit.ly/94Dg4r #
[pic] Cats on plates. http://bit.ly/cLSq4T #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-05-28

[vid] is the new synthetic bacteria creation our first "alien contact"? http://bit.ly/96588l #artificiallife #aliens #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-05-21

[time lapse] i spotted the Fogmonster that lives on Twin Peaks. http://bit.ly/dvjqcR #
tragedy and triumph: the resurrection of Yosemite Creek in San Francisco. http://bit.ly/cCF75H #
[vid] Mommy, what's a "slough"? http://bit.ly/aPCVLe #
RT @kron4news: Body Found in Suitcase Floating Near San Francisco's Embarcadero http://bit.ly/bNtQIN #
thanks to @mattymatt for his first contribution to the blog! http://bit.ly/cCF75H #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-05-14

[vid] Spots Unknown has posted its first ORIGINAL video. check it out and give us notes! http://bit.ly/9XNqUJ #
let me be clear: this is the HOTTEST video of Dolores Park you will see this week. http://bit.ly/9XNqUJ #muni #
[vid] downtown SF is weird on Sundays, kind of just like this. http://bit.ly/cIZfHo #
[pic] Valencia east sidewalk getting laid. http://bit.ly/dh13Et #finally #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-05-07

[pic] Name That Spot. http://bit.ly/d6XRHr #
RT @StreetsblogSF: What it might look like to pedestrianize Chinatown and North Beach's Grant Avenue in San Francisco. http://bit.ly/bxNuHr #
Banksy art punked by Frank Chu! http://bit.ly/bwaDiX #graffiti #banksy #sanfrancisco #
[pic] overturned car on Market Street, San Francisco. http://bit.ly/9soUPn #
RT @cheeseville: Bernal Heights from Holly Park in San Francisco http://twitpic.com/1l1k9r #
i miss the days when a plastic fork could actually stab a greenbean. #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-04-30

video by Warholian on Banksy Chinatown piece - also, police NOT investigating. http://bit.ly/alj5QI #
[vid] Blek Le Rat on Banksy: http://bit.ly/cXUWxr #
Bird nerds: just spotted Wilson's Warbler on Mt. Davidson. #
today's group expedition = success. two spots you don't know: Brooks Park, Shields Orizaba Rocky Outcrop. shouts to Joel, Daniel, Amy, Tony #
bar unknown: "Pass Time," where thoughts of mortality and forgetting await. http://bit.ly/dx5onw #
[pics] meet the birds of Mount Davidson. http://bit.ly/9Rjo2Q #
pics of S.F. dating back to the 1880s. Lower Haight then vs. now! http://bit.ly/dDaUz8 /via @haighteration #
[vid] corporate "viral video" recipe reverse engineered to save San Francisco. http://bit.ly/du9iij #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-04-23

thanks, @jmk & @AndrewKBeck ! #
[pic] Truck pulling a Victorian house, San Francisco, 1977. http://bit.ly/bMXHYt #
what is the concept that ties together tourism, photography, trespassing, and graffiti? http://bit.ly/cdULRM #
great talking with @mattymatt today about San Francisco's creeks. #
Getting started with @caliber photo walk. Stupid hot in the mission #
random sf tweet of the day via @ivavendetta: San Francisco is seriously underwhelming now. /we've all been there. #
William Gibson RTed my 'urban adventurers' post. http://bit.ly/anQDsQ /via @GreatDismal #
RT @haighteration: Special bonus Earth Day post! Check out this secret community garden on Page St: http://bit.ly/a2vtx3 #
[pic] new Banksy in San Francisco? http://bit.ly/aGvpcL /via @BKStreetArt #
[pic] second snap of new Banksy art in San Francisco's Chinatown has been uploaded. http://bit.ly/aGvpcL #banksy #streetart #
random SF tweet of the day: I left my arse in San Francisco #songsthatreplaceheartwitharse /via @pukemonkey #
Bars Unknown has just stumbled into "Pass Time". Bliss http://tweetphoto.com/19521587 #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-04-16

bedbugs in 13% of SF hotels? http://bit.ly/aZHqdL #
great to meet with @AppreciateSF last night. #
the canny bus will bring you your medical pot. http://bit.ly/cf1uYJ #
[pic] Name that spot. http://bit.ly/9G7Upj #
any interesting spot in San Francisco is worth an earth-shaking battle, right? this is Edgehill Mountain. http://bit.ly/cqsW0B #
celebrating the blog's six month birthday. check out the first post: http://bit.ly/asUTIT #
the nine best spots, after six months. http://bit.ly/bgowyv #
RT @Tenderblog: Is Stuart’s head permanently stuck in his broke ass?//challenging false notions of the Tenderloin. http://bit.ly/9XiISd #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-04-09

San Francisco residents who've done a walking tour in SF, i'd be interested in your impression of the experience. jeffdiehl-at-gmail.com #
RT @AppreciateSF: On April 5th, 1850 Legislature passed act for the incorporation of San Francisco. [into effect April 15th] #
[pic] there are puddle reflections and there are puddle reflections... http://bit.ly/cshXTs #
photog from previous tweet informs me that is not a reflection, and my brain twists further. #
i mean not a PUDDLE reflection... #
Name That Spot. http://bit.ly/c9IohL #
[vid] Lonely Planet: San Francisco vs. NYC. http://bit.ly/cLoDPq #
[vid] crusty old song about San Francisco rebooted - with skaters. http://bit.ly/9JeDfP #
to coexist with coyotes in San Francisco, we must "vex" them. http://bit.ly/ccgmCQ #
#footage of famous Trip Down Market Street 1906, with brand new commentary. http://bit.ly/aNT4to #
San Francisco doesn't have the emergency infrastructure to deal with a Loma Prieta-size quake. http://bit.ly/bP0k0Y #

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The Week on Twitter, 2010-04-02

[vid] what's eating Koko's kittens? http://bit.ly/cuCJpD #gorilla #kittens #ew #
RT @SFnatives: 'Wild In The City' - Exhibition Exploring San Francisco’s Wildlife for Kids on Sat 3/27 10-5 http://www.randallmuseum.org/ #
[pic] Name That Spot (or where it was shot from). http://bit.ly/9YjaiQ #
RT @richmondsfblog: A local architect's video exploring the history of @goldengatepark. http://bit.ly/9tYV5a #
this park exists! http://bit.ly/bwVeK3 #
rapper "DaVinci" speculates on sociological and demographic shifts impacting his economic strategy. http://bit.ly/951P8k #
[pic] epic tale of San Francisco streetcars rusting in Missouri. http://bit.ly/aXePMR #