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Friday, June 19, 2009

Heard On The Street

Nobody is as interested in you as you think they are. Sell more by saying less.

Roberts Yogo Company

Unearthing Montana's yogo sapphires
http://www.kpax.com/Global/story.asp?S=10506341

Useful link:
www.csp2.org

The idea of conscionable mining is something that reaches across sectors. We are going to add value to the Yogo sapphire by demonstrating that it's socially responsible and environmentally ethical in the way we mine and cut and distribute and sell the Yogo sapphire.
- Claire Baiz, Earth Solutions Committee

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Ounces To Pounds

A new way to turn your unwanted jewelry into cash. I think this concept is really going to catch on. Check out the link http://ounces2pounds.com

Micro-home

FDKA's micro-home, built from FSC-certified wood and insulated with cellulosic fiber derived from recycled newspapers comes with a skylight, radiant underfloor heating, energy-efficient appliances, ample storage space, LED lighting, and optional solar photovoltaic and hot water heating systems. Check out the link www.fkda.co.uk

I loved it.

Random Thoughts

Oh! where are the riches that bubbled like fountains,
In places we neither could utter nor spell,
A thousand miles inland 'mid untrodden mountains,
Where silver and gold grew like heath and blue-bell?
Now curst be the projects, and curst the projectors,
And curst be the bubbles before us that rolled,
Which, bursting, have left us like desolate spectres,
Bewailing our bodies of paper and gold.

- Thomas Love Peacock

140 Character Conference 2009

The 140 Characters Conference
www.140conf.com
http://jeffpulver.com

Jeff Pulver explores the effects of Twitter on celebrity, media, advertising and politics.

An Appreciation Of The Argyle Tenders

Rhapsodies in Blue, Pink, Purple, Red—and Brown: An Appreciation of the Argyle Tenders
http://www.colored-stone.com/stories/may09/argyle-diamonds.cfm

Useful links:
www.argylepinktender.com
www.argylediamonds.com.au
www.riotintodiamonds.com

Great review, Dave. Thanks.

BP Portrait Award 2009

Peter Monkman, an art teacher, has won this year's BP Portrait Award for an oil painting of his 12-year-old daughter. The painting will go on display at the National Portrait Gallery, in London, as part of the BP Portrait Award exhibition. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/arts_and_culture/8102830.stm

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