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Saturday, November 08, 2008

It's A Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American film produced and directed by Frank Capra starring James Stewart and Donna Reed. The film is regarded as a classic and inspirational + one of my favorites.

Watch the feature film @ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4867975537967299162

Useful link:
www.imdb.com/title/tt0038650

Change.Gov

Barack Obama was effective and innovative with social networking and mobile phones to communicate with his supporters during his campaign, and I am getting a sense of that with Change.gov. It's encouraging to see the President-elect has moved swiftly to connect/engage with his supporters after victory with his digital network. Brilliant! Go to http://change.gov for further info.

Friday, November 07, 2008

Art20

Art20 = 20th-century art. Go to www.sanfordsmith.com for further info.

New Wines From India

Go to Nashik. The whole experience is immersive: taste + smell + sound.

Useful link:
www.sulawines.com

Heard On The Street

What I would like to say about gemstone traders is that they learn nothing, and they forget everything, really.

Crisis Mitigation At De Beers

Chaim Even Zohar writes about planned media blitz by De Beers to boost diamond value messages + DTC Sights + the state of the diamond industry @ http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullEditorial.asp A must read. I think it would interesting to see how the value-conscious and cash-tight consumers are going to respond to diamond ads.

Andesine Treatment Update

David Federman's article on andesine treatments + John Emmett's viewpoints @ http://www.colored-stone.com/stories/nov08/andesine-copper-diffusion.cfm was educational and insightful. I think Dave was spot on. Instead of relying on traditional gemological methodologies, replication in a lab should be the way to learn more about treatments.

Diamond Market

Dilip Kumar Jha's opinion piece in Rediff News on India's diamond industry @ http://www.rediff.com/money/2008/nov/07bcrisis-global-crisis-has-hit-50000-jobs-in-surat-alone.htm was interesting. More pain ahead for the industry, really.