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New blog on social entrepreneurship from College of Wooster

Two researchers (&/or social entrepreneurs) have recently launched a blog on social entrepreneurship which I wanted to introduce to you: "Global Social Entrepreneurship - Assessment Trip". Amyaz Moledina, Director of Social Entreprenuership, and Marianne Sierocinski, a junior Urban St...

Golf: John Daly is back!

© Keith Allison Golf ist distinguiert und nur eine sportart für echte Gentlemen? Von wegen. Denn mit John Daly hat der Golfsport einen wahren "Punkrocker" in seinen Reihen, der sich so gar nicht in das Klischee eines Upper-Class-Sports einfügen möchte. Nun hatte Daly nach einer...

Have a Ball - in Dublin...

MSNBC recently looked at the city of Dublin and said that despite the hard economic times, visitors to the Irish capital can still have a ball there. While Ireland's famed "Celtic Tiger" economy is now more of a sickly kitten these days, the country is still vibrant as can be for tra...

The Genius Visa

© Keith Allison You've probably never heard of the genius visa. Les than 10,000 people a year are allowed into the U.S. on it. People who are at the absolute top tier of their field in the arts, athletics, sciences, education, or business. Its formal name is the O-1 visa, and BusinessWeek...

CC Rent a bike vermietet Motorräder

© michfiel Die Idee ist gut, wenngleich sie nur am Rande mit Autovermietung zu tun hat. Doch ist CC Rent a Car nun einmal ein Autovermieter und so macht es durchaus Sinn, wenn das aktuelle Projekt kurzerhand CC Rent a Bike genannt wird. Worum es geht, werden die meisten schon erkannt haben: u...

President at the Pump

Imagine. In just seven years all new cars sold in America will be required to average 35 mpg. The auto industry (or what's left of it) will not go down without a lot of screaming and hair-tearing, for it hates being forced by politicians to do things it doesn't like or pretends to be tech...

Speed Sourcing - An Over-Reaction to Long Procurement Cycles?

© Urban Mixer In a recent Computerworld article , EquaTerra highlighted its "Speed Sourcing" concept - an accelerated process to complete outsourcing deals. The practice, whereby the entire procurement and negotiation process is compressed - with key features eliminated - promises f...

New York : la féérie publicitaire de Time Square

Une fois la nuit tombée, un détour par Time Square s'impose. Aussi fou que cela puisse être, nombreux sont d'ailleurs les curieux à venir se laisser éblouir par toutes ces enseignes publicitaires. Les commentaires fusent dans toutes les langues : drogue et sexshops semblent avoir laissé ...

New Theme: City Styling

There is a new theme in the W Store! If the Chic plus pink and brown equals love in my book. This is much cuter than the other urban room theme (the condo one) which is lime based. However you can really mix some of those condo pieces in with this theme since it doesn't have too many living r...

Wanna Escape Seasonal Allergies? Here Are 5 Places You Can Go To.

© nalilo Spring is here. It may be good news for most people, but for people with allergies spring can be bad news. However, you can escape seasonal allergies by going to these 5 places: 1. hit the slopes 2. float out to sea 3. kick up some sand 4. wander the desert 5. explore an urban jungle...

Transforming social housing in Africa

One of the people who recently got featured by INSEAD Business School in France as a transforming factor in social enterprises is Taffy Adler. Taffy become the CEO of the Johannesburg Housing Company (JHC) in 1996. According to INSEAD, the company is an urban regeneration agency that operates ...

Schuhe bei Urban Outfitters

© NCinDC Seit letztem Jahr gibt es die US-Ladenkette Urban Outfitters auch bei uns in Deutschland. Zwar bisher nur in Hamburg, aber ich hoffe sehr, daß weitere folgen werden. Zum Glück kann man im Onlineshop auch von Deutschland aus bestellen, denn die Schuhe sind wirklich bezahlbar und es ...

Fergus Wins With Alpha Driver

Courtesy: golfdigest.com Heard from my buddy, Joe Simon, over at Alpha Golf today. Alpha Golf makes some of the best drivers in the world - and that's not just my humble opinion. They're used by many of the long drive pros, including last year's champion. At any rate, Joe contac...

Janis Savitt Jewelry

Designer Fashion Jewelry Janis Savitt was born and raised in New York City, the daughter of an artist father and a fashion savvy mother. She spent her childhood immersed in fine arts, culture, and following the latest fashion trends. While still in high school, Janis fabricated pieces for Va...

Australien: Tiger Woods erhält Steuergelder

© Keith Allison Das eine vorweg: ich möchte in keiner Weise eine Neid-Debatte anfachen. Und warum sollte ein Star wie Tiger Woods nicht seine jährlichen 115 Millionen Euro kassieren, wenn sich Sponsoren finden, die bereit sind, solche Unsummen zu bezahlen. Doch glaubt man einem Artikel im öst...

The Most Powerful Hybrid

I guess everybody needs a little glamour and luxury from time to time. There's no reason that alternative energy shouldn't get some... BusinessWeek has a piece this week on the debut in Geneva of Nissan's Infiniti Essence - a 600 horsepower hybrid V6 sports car. To celebrate 20 years ...

Detroit and the rest: how the crash will reshape America

The recession sweeping through America will reshape the major cities. One of the most obvious places is Detroit which, according to this news report , would have the cheapest houses in the country. The median price of a home sold in Detroit in December was $7500. That's right, not $75,000 b...

Downturn hits democracy

Early last month, I did a blog entry looking at how the global downturn was creating urban unrest and violence and how it, in a replay of what we saw in the 1930s, was threatening democracy. Now added to that comes some alarming Economist Intelligence Unit data showing that the spread of de...

Hofstatt München: be urban war dabei

  © be urban 400 Bürger wollten zum Diskussionsabend von Architekturgalerie und Graphisoft am 10. Februar in den ehemaligen Räumen der Süddeutschen Zeitung in München. Nina Schell berichtet für MuenchenArchitektur.de von ihren Eindrücken bei dieser Veranstaltung mit begrenzter Besucherza...

be urban: Architekturbotschaft

  © be-urban.com Über MuenchenArchitektur.de berichtete ich bereits am 3. Februar. Neben dem Portal StuttgartArchitektur.de bauen Regine Geibel und Claudia Jungblut, die beiden Botschafterinnen der Architektur, ein Netzwerk aus weiteren Portalen auch in Österreich und der Schweiz auf. ...

电子商务在危机中脱颍而出

• 电子商务在危机中脱颍而出 • 谷歌4高管或因网站侵犯隐私权入狱 • Popular phrase research • Jicka.com - A New Classifieds Site • whspr! | Get Emails Without Revealing Your Email Address • FairShare - Watch how your work spreads. Understand how it is used. • 电子商务B2C行业网站2008年发展盘点 • What is Twitter's Vision? • ...

Global crisis creating turmoil

Last week, I did a blog entry looking at whether the riots in Paris would spread around the world. Will the economic meltdown create urban unrest and violence? Apparently it's happening right now. Check this handy guide from Reuters on unrest around the world. From street rallies and ar...

Winter of discontent: will the Paris riots spread?

Paris has broken out in violent protests over the French government's handling of the economic crisis with 65,000 demonstrators joining a march from the Place de la Bastille towards the center of the city as fires were lit on some of Paris' best-known boulevards and police used tea...

Bin ich ein wirklich ein Kussgenuss?

Zum Wochenende habe ich euch das ultimative Gadget fürs Damenhandtäschchen - anzuwenden vor dem ersten Kuss (und möglichst im Waschraum). Sagt das Instrument, dass kussmäßig alles in Ordnung ist, kann die große Show beginnen: Kopf in den Nacken, Lippen leicht öffnen und die Augen schließen - we...

Michael Arrington taking leave from TechCrunch

• Michael Arrington taking leave from TechCrunch • The PopCrunch 100 Hottest Women of 2009 • AERO EV: Fastest Electric Car Specs Revealed! • MyContags • Live Online Auctions | Deals on Casio, Seiko, Fossil Watches & Accessories | CountSpin.com • Advertise On Twitter - adCause • Sele...

In den Straßen von San Francisco...

... kann man auch prima Ski fahren. Genau genommen Urban Carving. Und was hat das mit Audi zu tun? Zusammen mit den Agenturen Neue Digitale/Razorfish und kempertrautmann hat Audi die "Urban Carving"-Kampagne zum neuen quattro entwickelt. Der dazugehörige TV-Spot wurde am 23.01. erstmal...

Die Gewinner stehen fest

Die Gewinner unseres Newsletter Gewinnspieles stehen fest. Insgesamt wurden aus tausenden von Einträgen 63 Gewinner gezogen: 1. Jochen Stein 2. Andreas Heinke 3. Petra Rasinger 4. Christian Dortschack 5. Michael Kern 6. Barbara Albert 7. Grit Lakies 8. Margarethe Bacher 9. Stefan Kirchner 10. Helmu...

Apple 公布 2008 年十大 iPhone Apps

Apple 本周发布了 2008 年十大 iPhone 应用排名。自突破性的全新 iPhone App Store 在 2008 年 7 月 11 日发布以来，可供 iPhone 手机用户下载的应用总数已达到 1 万多个。 Apple 此次评选出的十大 iPhone Apps 按照收费和免费标准进行排列，并按照游戏、娱乐、功能、社会化网络和音乐等进行了分类。以下是 2008 年 十大 iPhone Apps 排名的详单 ：

Madonna for Louis Vuitton

Die Gerüchte stimmen: Madonna ließ sich für Louis Vuitton in heißen Posen ablichten. Ob die Posen so Louis Vuitton-Style sind?! Na, ich weiß nicht. Was soll das gestrechte rechte Bein in einem schwummrigen alten Cafè? Aber immerhin sieht sie dabei gut aus. Wohlbedacht haben ihr die Stylis...

Urban Outfitters in Germany

Als ich vor einigen Jahren in den USA war, konnte ich mich den ganzen Tag in einem Urban Outfitters Store aufhalten. Nun gibt es auch seit einem Monat den ersten Store in good old Germany. Leider nur in Hamburg, aber so ein Kleiner Besuch an der Alster lohnt sich in dann auf jeden Fall. ...

The Shoe I'm Loving Today

I'll go back to high heels next go round, but I have to talk about these saddleshoes today. I think you have to be a certain age to really appreciate this style (if you're not a certain age and you appreciate them anyway, good for you!). If you're a Peanuts fan, you know these shoe...

your time is up

Anders, als Flavour Flav bin ich nicht so der Uhren-Typ. Ich Trag da lieber Armreifen am Handgelenk als einen Chronometer, der alles halbe Jahr eine Stunde vor oder zurückgestellt werden muss oder irgendwann eine neue Batterie braucht. Und wozu gibt es Handys?! Oder andere Leute mit Armbanduhr...

小室哲哉 其他罪行陆续曝光涉非法融资偷税漏税

小室哲哉因诈骗五亿日元于本月4日被捕，今日有关他种种劣迹犯罪行为也陆续曝光。 1 二重买卖 据负责音乐制作、演唱会策划的公司Emusic员工透露，去年8月1日该公司和小室哲哉签订了唱片原盘制作、原盘版权等合约，然而今年1月小室哲哉却又和另一家公司B签订了同一张唱片的合约，这毫无疑问是违法的二重买卖。 2月份时三方进行了对话，此事以小室哲哉把从B公司得到的3000万定金还给B公司告终，而这3000万却是由Emusic垫付的。而该公司之所有肯帮忙垫付，理由是小室哲哉承诺会好好工作作为回报。 出事之后也就是4日晚上，Emusic的干部在节目中透露："雇用那么多职员至少要1...

China: the next domino

The "China factor" was supposed to save the world from recession and catastrophe. Now it looks like it will speed up the nose dive and make the landing even harder. The latest survey shows china's manufacturing has contracted to its lowest level on record, reports Bloomberg . As ...

Peugeot 207: Weniger Verbrauch, „mehr" Preis

Durch einige Feinabstimmungen am Antrieb haben die Ingenieure bei Peugeot den Verbrauch des 1,4-Liter-Benziners von 6,1 auf 5,9 Liter gedrückt. Was jetzt dem politisch korrekten Co2-Ausstoß von 140 Gram pro Kilometer entspricht. Das gilt auch für den SW, des bisher mit 6,3 Liter gelistet war. ...

Walking to Guantanamo

PRI's The World had a fascinating interview last week with author Richard Fleming about his new book, "Walking to Guantánamo." David Hershlovits has an excellent description of the book: Armed with notebooks and a camera, Fleming set off to Cuba determined to walk his way across ...

Community Colleges on the Rise

It's become a common story: local community college enrollment has reached a new all time high. Where? It really doesn't matter. Many places. Maybe most places. But it this particular case the story I'm looking at is in the Buffalo News ... Enrollment is at record highs in community col...

Philippa Roberts Handcrafted Jewelry

Born in South Africa to a jewelry making family, Philippa was naturally drawn to working with metal and gemstones . After graduating from Miami University with degrees in metal design and photography, Philippa moved to San Francisco to start her career with the help of her husband Brian. Philippa&#...

Silverlight 2 正式版发布

Update: 下载已经公布： www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/install.aspx?v=2.0 微软今天正式发布了 Silverlight 第二版，但是根据微软的提示说，正式的下载需要到当地时间 14 日、星期四才行。而另外平台支持的方面， Google 的 Chrome 将会支持 新版的 Silverlight，而 iPhone 则依然不支持。以下是 微软官方的新闻稿 ：

Stresed Out?

Are you stressed out? Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Boris Yankov If you're an average person then you probably are too stressed. The big problem is that stress can damage us in so many ways both physically and mentally. While you will never be totally stress free you should do everythin...

Deconstruction of the St. Louis Rams

© Monica's Dad The St. Louis Rams are the worst team in football - and maybe the worst team in the history of football in the city - and there's a very simple reason why. They have no idea how to draft. It doesn't matter who the head coach is, nobody could win with this group. The...

Men's Fashion Spot: bblessing

This shop for guys is cool because it's not just a basic Urban Outfitters stop. You've got eclectic brands and plenty of looks to satisfy a hip taste, and I keep coming back to shop for my brother, husband, and nephew. If you're a guy, make a wish list and pass it on: just be care...

Art in unusual places, Vilnius, Lithuania

The Lithuanian capital of Vilnius will be hosting an " Art in unusual places " event on the 19 - 21 September 2008. Part of the fun will be to locate all the art and you can play urban detective trying to find all the hidden locations. There will be thirty three artist events to find with ...

Hedge Fund Managers Work Together

Hedge fund managers KP Securities and Sophia Capital Securities announced that they are joining forces, enhancing the 2 firms ability to raise capital for alternative investment managers. The transaction between the two firms was finalized on September 1, 2008. The new combined company, Belved...

Football's Back ... Notes

© Chris Breeze - Titans linebacker Keith Bulluck says Chad Johnson's real name should be Chad Oucho Cinco. - Seneca Wallace, from backup quarterback to wide receiver in a week. - What the hell happened to all the good wide receivers in the NFL? - The Steelers are in a prime ...

Sprint Announces Location-Based Services for XOHM WiMax

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, tobias machhaus Sprint has announced that its XOHM WiMax offering, launching this fall, will include a suite of location-based services thanks to a spate of new partnerships. "Sprint has teamed up with uLocate to use the company's WHERE platfo...

Cool Site: We Are the Market

I stumbled upon "We Are the Market" today, and I'm glad I did. This cool website (if you can get past the odd format) sources fashion from some of the more progressive independent designers with a flair for "urban" tastes. Discover new styles you love from the likes of...

RoboCup - Schon längst keine Spielerei mehr

Lange wurde der RoboCup als bloße Spielerei abgetan. Doch jetzt sehen Forscher aus aller Welt die kickenden Roboter als die hohe Kunst der modernen Robotik an. Und bis zum Jahr 2050 sollen die autonom agierenden Maschinen besser spielen als Menschen. Genauer gesagt hat man sich das Ziel gesetzt, e...

Northleach: World of Mechanical Music

While I've been advising you to avoid pricey admission fees, Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music in Northleach is worth every penny. This one-hour tour takes you back in time to the days before regular radio broadcasting began. The technology involved in these elaborate mus...

Four New PE Firms Approved in China, Regs to Come Soon

Asian Investor is reporting that China's State Council is issuing four new licenses to private-equity firms for onshore investments. And China's National Development & Reform Commission (NDRC) says it is forming a task force to draft rules that will "formally recognize and regulat...

Big in Japan - Gothic Lolita

Sie sehen aus, wie Puppen. Niedliche Kleidchen, Porzellan-Teint & schwarzer Lippenstift,viel Spitze und bunte Farben- das sind Gothic Lolitas. Erwachsen werden? Von wegen! "The pure, girl-like world inside of me, that is what Lolita is all about." Zwar sind die Japaner die größten K...

Jane Bohan Jewelry

Metalsmith and Jewelry Designer Jewelry artist Jane Bohan strives to blend her love of art and fashion by creating work that is beautiful and innovative, yet wearable. Her vision is inspired by forms in nature and energized by her urban environment. Dramatic colors and patterns are central element...

Karl Lagerfeld T-Shirts

Ich habe mich damals bei h&m um die begehrten Teile der ersten Kollaboration des Schweden mit einem namhaften Designer geprügelt, Konto überzogen und die Schule geschwänzt. Bekommen habe ich damals die sagenhafte Lagerfeld-Bluse mit Stehkragen in weiß, das schwarze Chiffontop , diversen Sch...

Zauberin mit der Schere

Das ist Mari Santos . Hübsches Mädchen in einem viel zu großen T-Shirt. Und genau diese verarbeitet sie zu einzigartigen Kleidungsstücken. Urban Renewal heißt ihr Portfolio in dem sie ihre Kreationen vorstellt und zum nachahmen anregt. Gelernt hat die Journalismus-Studentin das Schneidern und ...

Foldable Greenhouses

One of the coolest new ideas out there has got to be Daniel Schipper's foldable greenhouses for rooftop gardens and other urban environments. Constructed from recycled plastic, this little greenhouse can even be used in urban gardens in less-than-ideal climates. All you need to do...

Eco-Neighborhood in the Works

© *clairity* Mexico city is looking at another green urban project, besides the much anticipated HSBC green tower . There are plans for an environmentally friendly neighborhood in the heart of the city. The effort is somewhat of a rescue mission since it's located in one of the roughe...

Nanotechnology and Freedom

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Jeremy Edwards Today is the 4th of july and on this day, I wish to write about the freedom associated with nanotechnology research. Last year, Professor Rao spoke at Bangalore Nano 2007, urging the government to provide greater freedom for research in...

GE's Brazilian tax lurks

Disturbing revelations from investigative reporter and tax expert David Cay Johnston on GE's Brazilian tax schemes. All the details are revealed in his piece Blame It on Rio: GE's Brazilian Headache "In 2005 the new manager of a General Electric subsidiary in Brazil that made li...

Online Courses Help Rural Residents

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Kris Vandereycken Online college programs are especially convenient for students living away from urban areas. People in rural towns and mountain communities have found that taking online courses makes it possible to earn a degree without leaving home. Vail Dail...

P&G to redesign its supply chain because of rising fuel prices

In the light of the rising energy costs, P&G has started re-thinking its supply chain management model. In a recent article by Financial Times (you can read the article here ), Keith Harrison, head of global supply at P&G mentioned that the new changes are because of energy price dyna...

NFL Rookie Highlight Videos: Picks #6 - #10

For the next few days, we will be bringing you the highlight videos of the top NFL draft picks, if available. Today - picks #6 - #10.   6) New York Jets: DE/LB Vernon Gholston, Ohio State   7) New Orleans Saints: DT Sedrick Ellis, USC   8) jacksonville jaguars : D...

Sydney Lynch Jewelry

Jewelry Designer and Metalsmith Sydney Lynch is an accomplished metalsmith and designer whose jewelry includes both one-of-a-kind creations and multiples, each piece made by hand in her studio. Most of the collection is executed in bimetal , 22k or 18k gold and sterling silver fabricated into one...

Each Division's Most Impactful Rookie

With the start of training camp just about a month away, it's time to start thinking NFL once again. And that means hope for nearly every fan base that their time will rise up and grab a playoff spot (except maybe Dolphins fans). So here's a look at each division and the one rookie who m...

Outfit Your Guy

I love the idea of men accessorizing. We can't always have all the fun and yet you need to know what your guy is most comfortable in. Watches are always a great way to go but once you have the perfect piece, you don't want to stop there! So one of the areas that I love looking at are ri...

Uebergewicht, Adipositas - Insulin steuert im Gehirn, neues Forschungsergebnis

Insulin spielt nicht nur bei Diabetes eine wichtige Rolle. Es ist auch ein wichtiger Botenstoff im Gehirn - bei Normalgewichtigen senkt es das Gewicht, bei Übergewichtigen nicht, sie haben eine Insulinresistenz! Das sind neue Forschungsergebnisse, für die es jetzt einen Preis gab: Der Förderp...

Ethno-Sexstars - mal Südamerikanisch, mal Deutsch

Sie nennt sich alexis Amore oder auch Alex Lamour, ist 29 Jahre und begann im zarten Alter von 15 Jahren - damals noch völlig solide. Doch als sie 20 wurde, änderte sich dies: zuerst kam sie ins Playboy TV, und vor dort wagte sie den Sprung ins Geschäft mit der Pornografie, wobei zunächst...

Oklahoma City Launches Citywide Wi-Fi Network

Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Chris Pritchard Tropos Networks today announced the launch of Oklahoma City 's 555-square-mile citywide Wi-Fi network, calling it "the largest city owned and operated municipal Wi-Fi mesh network in the world." There's a catch, th...

My Summer Essential

So we all have something that is essential for us during the summer. This could be something that we use every single day and carry over each season OR it could be something that we purchase every year. My essential is the flip flop!I have so many whether it's Abercrombie & Fitch, Mar...

Don't Say too much

What does your customer already know? © DavidDennis When I did the series on selling, we talked about qualifying the customer then going over the features advantages benefits in order for the customer to make a decision. I also mentioned that you need to do trial closes and ask the customer...

NFL's Worst LB Combos

© SteelCityHobbies We've discussed the worst combinations of NFL players on the offensive side of the ball, so now we turn our attention to the defense and look at the bottom rung of linebacker combinations. Most of these teams have at least one good player at the position, but judged as a...