Dubai Multi Commodities Centre + Thai Gem & Jewelry Traders Association have signed an agreement making TGJTA the first affiliate member of the Dubai Gems Club, a strategic initiative of the Colored Stones and Pearls Division at DMCC.
Useful links:
www.dgc.ae
www.dmcc.ae
www.thaigemjewelry.or.th
I hope the affiliation will provide trade opportunities for Dubai + Thailand, both fast-emerging markets for colored stones.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Random Thoughts
Sustainability is a cultural problem, embedded in unsustainable lifestyles. The radical restart has to begin with each one of us.
- Wilfried Wang
- Wilfried Wang
Limits To Growth
Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update by Donella H. Meadows + Jorgen Randers + Dennis L. Meadows is a scientific account of what mankind is doing ecologically to the planet. This book explains about the earth's resources and how we are overusing them. Great read.
T. Boone Pickens Plan
T. Boone Pickens, a Texas billionaire who’s made his fortune in the oil industry, is promoting wind and solar power on his web site and in ads. He has built a unique social network right into his site, and he’s calling the network Push.PickensPlan.com. It's a new style. At the end of the day, I think he is a consummate businessman.
Useful link:
www.pickensplan.org
Useful link:
www.pickensplan.org
Frank Gehry + The Serpentine Gallery
Maev Kennedy writes about Frank Gehry + his first building in England, the temporary summer pavilion for the Serpentine gallery + other viewpoints @ http://arts.guardian.co.uk/art/news/story/0,,2289845,00.html
Useful links:
www.serpentinegallery.org
www.foga.com
Useful links:
www.serpentinegallery.org
www.foga.com
Contemporary Chinese Art
Donald Morrison writes about 798 Dashanzi Art District + other viewpoints @ http://blogs.iht.com/tribtalk/travel/globespotters/?p=470
Useful link:
www.798space.com
Useful link:
www.798space.com
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Green Lights
Find the correct CFL (compact fluorescent light bulbs) for specific applications and save the environment. Go to http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=cfls.pr_cfls for further information.
Useful link:
www.energystar.gov
Useful link:
www.energystar.gov
Francisco de Goya Drawings
Three drawings by Spain's Francisco de Goya, presumed lost for 130 years, have fetched more than £4m at Christie's auction in London.
Useful links:
www.christies.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7496947.stm
The art market comes to the fore when there’s a lot of discretionary spending. Collectors are competing with each other. The prices of art accelerate. The age of the most expensive artists drops. There’s a great flowering. Schadenfreude starts building up. And then it crumbles erratically.
- Marc Glimcher
Correction. Contraction. Crash.
This market is fueled by collectors who have never been through a correction. The generations who did are watching this with disbelief. It’s like teenagers who have unprotected sex thinking they’ll never get pregnant. And then, whoops . . . look what happened!
- Darlene Lutz
How true!
Useful links:
www.christies.com
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7496947.stm
The art market comes to the fore when there’s a lot of discretionary spending. Collectors are competing with each other. The prices of art accelerate. The age of the most expensive artists drops. There’s a great flowering. Schadenfreude starts building up. And then it crumbles erratically.
- Marc Glimcher
Correction. Contraction. Crash.
This market is fueled by collectors who have never been through a correction. The generations who did are watching this with disbelief. It’s like teenagers who have unprotected sex thinking they’ll never get pregnant. And then, whoops . . . look what happened!
- Darlene Lutz
How true!
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