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Emma james

'City Skills for Life' at the Romanian Cultural Institute - 0 views

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    Lining the walls of the Romanian cultural Institute, hang large photographic displays of gritty urban scenes, mounted on torn and wrinkled paper. The exhibition 'Innermost Recess' explores the unchartered territory inside the iconic building that is Ceausescu's People's Palace.
Colin Bennett

GENERATION G - generosity in business - 0 views

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    GENERATION G | "Captures the growing importance of 'generosity' as a leading societal and business mindset. As consumers are disgusted with greed and its current dire consequences for the economy-and while that same upheaval has them longing more than ever for institutions that care-the need for more generosity beautifully coincides with the ongoing (and pre-recession) emergence of an online-fueled culture of individuals who share, give, engage, create and collaborate in large numbers.
Colin Bennett

The Decline (or Death?) of the Shopping Mall in America on PSFK - 0 views

  • As sacred as ancestral shrines in Japan, mosques in Iran, or beaches in Brazil, the shopping mall has for decades been a place of worship in the United States. Since its inception in the 1940s, it’s grown to define and represent the very culture of mainstream America - and like other representations of the American culture, the mall has been copied and appropriated by nations the world over. But now, while sprawling indoor shopping centers and hypermarkets flourish in far-off countries of the first, second, and third worlds, the mall in America might be on its way out. Not one new indoor shopping mall will be built in America till at least 2009, compared to 5 built in 2005. In 2002 just 19% of U.S. retail purchases were made in malls, down from 38% in 1995. A December 19 article in the Economist tries to pinpoint the reasons behind the decline:
Colin Bennett

The Lithium-Ion Battery Megafactories Are Coming - 0 views

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    I'd agree with the analysis of Transport & Environment: the megafactories will be in Asia which is the content with a culture for mass production. Europe is late on battery manufacturing moreover, does not have a culture of mass production. Therefore, EU should focus on battery systems, not cells.
Piotr Ortonowski

Brazil - General Cable acquires Delphia Produtos Eletricos Ltda - 1 views

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    It has been announced that General Cable Corp. acquired Delphia Produtos Eletricos Ltda., a Brazilian automotive parts manufacturer although terms of the deal have not been disclosed.. Delphia manufactures automotive ignition wire harnesses sold into the Brazilian market and reported revenues of about $20 million in 2011. General Cable had net sales of $5.9 billion in 2011. General Cable CEO Gregory Kenny said, "over the past several years, through our expansion strategy and continuous improvement culture we have enhanced our service capabilities in a wide range of transportation and industrial applications for original equipment manufacturers, suppliers and distributors. We are well positioned to further enhance the value proposition to our global customers having achieved another important milestone with the acquisition of Delphia in this significant market in South America." Delphia is located in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo State and will continue to operate as Delphia under the umbrella of General Cable Automotiva Brasil.
Hans De Keulenaer

Trading Suburbs for the City: A Shift Away from the American Car Culture | ce... - 0 views

  • It's called New Urbanism, and Christopher Leinberger, an urban planning professor at the University of Michigan, visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution   and author of The Option of Urbanism: Investing in a New American Dream  , says the movement is changing the American dream:
Colin Bennett

Semi-Submerged Eco Luxury Home - Trilobis 65 (GALLERY) - 0 views

  • We’ve seen all sorts of cool homes on Trend Hunter, like tree houses and shipping container homes. We’ve also seen a rising obsession with aqua culture, so it’s neat to feature something that combines the two with this extreme house boat concept, the Trilobis 65.
Colin Bennett

Lunchtime is the New Primetime on PSFK - 0 views

  • A recent NY Times article highlights the rise of midday “media snacking” by cubicle dwellers, a trend that’s affecting not only office culture, but online media producers and the advertisers who help support them as well. An increasing number of 9-to-5ers are opting to spend their lunch hour breaks viewing online shows, news recaps, and maybe the random YouTube clip over the traditional lunch, sometimes stockpiling clips throughout the day and coordinating simultaneous watching with coworkers. Video-hosting sites and other websites featuring video content are seeing a spike in viewership during the three hour period around 12 noon, with shows like Yahoo’s The 9, a best-of-the-Web segment (sponsored by Pepsi), or Political Lunch, a popular three-minute webcast on politics, catered to office snackers (brief with daily updated content). And advertisers are finding that online content made with the midday viewer in mind are perfect for targeted marketing:
Colin Bennett

Is Stop Liking Men Who Drive Hot Cars Sound Climate Advice? - Freakonomics - Opinion - ... - 0 views

  • King’s larger point — that we should act individually to start a cultural shift that re-prioritizes gas guzzlers at the bottom of the desirability list — is probably valid. But broad assumptions about women liking hot cars (and the men who drive them) aside, the idea that one person’s decisions should be unrelated to his or her personal interests runs contrary to free-market models for achieving both personal and societally optimal results. In other words, trying to influence someone else’s consumer choices is far less effective than simply making those choices yourself.
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