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Limits to Growth: Of Stuff, Value, and GDP

Brian Czech | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Energy, Value, Limits to Growth, Satisfaction, Economic Growth, Production, Gdp, Consumption, Happiness, Business News

I'm starting to think that perpetual growth notions are the Achilles heel of the human brain. They pop up like munchkins on a wackamole machine. You s...

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Spelman College Senior Finds Her Passion in Film

Jordan Harris | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Arts, Performance Art, Production, Acting, Film, College, Performance, Spelman College Actress, Hope Harris, Spelman College, Lee Strasberg Institute, College News

Hope Harris is making her way to the 595 North Event Venue and Lounge -- in the heart of Atlanta -- for the SESAC Strip showcase. But first she has to finish a 12-page research paper for her theater class.

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Mad Men About Diversity

Zack Isaacs | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Television, Msnbc, Advertising, Al Sharpton, Munson Steed, Madison Avenue Initiative, Human Resources, Production, Mad Men, Rollingout, National Action Network, Professional, African American, Diversity, Media News

Munson Steed has more than just a unique name. He has developed an original "blueprint" to change the way Madison Avenue looks -- from a cultural perspective.

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Ford Lifts Profits With Higher Prices, Improves Sales

Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: Higher Prices, U.S. Auto Sales, Wall Street, Revenue, Fuel-Efficient Cars, Suvs, Manufacturing, Pickup Trucks, Production, Auto Industry, Ford Motor Co, Business News

(Bernie Woodall) - Ford Motor Co's quarterly profit beat Wall Street expectations helped by higher prices and improved sales in North America. ...

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The Spider-Man Musical That Did Premiere On Time

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nyc, Spiderman Musical, Daniel Ezralow, Injuries, Broadway, Improv, Julie Taymor, Production, The Spidey Project, Arachna, Spiderman, Slidepollajax, Delays, Arts News

It seems that Spidey is cursed. "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark", the big budget Broadway musical, has been delayed numerous times due to several injur...

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Japanese Auto Production Falls To Disastrous Lows

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Automotive, Nissan, Japan Earthquake, Vehicles, Toyota, Japan Crisis, General Motors, Cars, Production, IHS Automotive, Shutdown, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Business News

DETROIT (Reuters) - Japan automakers in the first two weeks after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami will lose about 65 percent in light vehicle ...

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Made in the USA

Norma Kamali | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Production, Fashion, China, USA, Fashion Week, Made in America, Style News

New technology and fashion are benefited by a fast turnaround on products. Five years ago, I designed brand labels that said, "Made in the USA Norma ...

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How 'The King of Ricotta' Gets Made, With Salvatore Bklyn

Liza de Guia | Posted 05.25.2011

Meet Betsy Devine and Rachel Mark Devine, the co-founders, partners and cheesemakers behind Salvatore Bklyn, an artisan ricotta company in Brooklyn, N...

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Design To Fabrication: When 3D Becomes Our Daily Reality

Patricia Brizzio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fabrication, Industrial Robots, Cnc Milling, 3D Printer, Design, Architecture, Digital Design, Production, Construction, Laser Cutter, Design-to-Fabrication, Technology, Arts News

Computers and the digital technology available today have revolutionized architecture through new design, documentation and construction processes, as...

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Reviving Independent Programming: Connecting HDTV to the Web

Maxine Goldenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Independent-Programming, Fcc, Fin-Syn, Independent Television, Comcast Net Neutrality, Film-and-Tv-Production, Hdtv, Production, Verizon Net Neutrality, AT&T Net Neutrality, Entertainment News

A number of companies have been working to provide consumers with the means to connect HDTVs to the Internet. I believe when this technology ultimately enters the mainstream it could very well lead to cultural, economic and political changes that affect how our content is produced, and specifically who will be producing it.

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Worth Watching: Yann Arthus-Bertrand's "Home"

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Glenn Close, Statistics, Review, Travelogue, Montage, Agriculture, Tribal, Green, Movie, Eco, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Music, Animals, Consumption, Imagery, Countries, Urban, Images, Pace, Friday, Grit, Balance, Nations, Helicopter, Dubai, Earth, World, Solutions, Optimism, Production, Planet, Film, Offshore, Method, Home, Las Vegas, Hopeful, Humans, Species, South Korea, Camera, Proof, Environment, Documentary, Artist, Fishing, Reforesting, Denmark, Meat, Wind Farms, Cities, Universe, Slow, Paraglider, Entertainment News

Yann Arthus-Bertrand's method is to get somewhere high, usually a helicopter or a paraglider, and point his camera downward. The results are usually magnificent, and last year, they inspired a film.

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Tea, Green: Five Experts Serve Up Their Favorite Eco-Friendly Brews

Avital Binshtock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Traditional Medicinals, Cold, David Karr, Sri Lanka, Fair-Trade, Swaraj 'Rajah' Banerjee, Coffee, China, Products, Loose Leaf, Cooperative, History, St. Martin's, Biodiversity, Assam Plant, Yerba Mate, Tea Talk, Black, Noncorporate, Experts, Tea, Solar Power, Liquid Jade: The Story of Tea From East to West, Books, Gong Fu, Handpicked, Echinacea, Tea Sommelier, Production, Lake County, Small Organic Farmers' Association, Los Angeles, Sustainable, Exhibit, Rudolf Steiner, Responsible, Fowler Museum, Certified, Ucla, Connoisseurs, Curator, Harvest, Drinkers, Newsletter, Brews, Practices, Workforce, Leaves, Pesticides, Workers, Small-Scale, Gretchen Iler, Flu, Beverage, Citadel, Organic, Drink, California, Flavor, Fujian Province, Steep, Usda, Floral Notes, Meditations With Tea: Paths to Inner Peace, Sierra Magazine, Ten Tea, Silver Tips, Rainforest-Safe, Rishi Tea, Herbs, Deforestation, Brands, Illinois, Infusion, Oakland, Pu-Erh Ginger, Biodynamic, Makaibari Tea Estates, Ahmed Rahim, Equal Exchange, Diana Rosen, Oolong, Religion, Industry, Farmers, Environment, Yunnan Province, Beatrice Hohenegger, Recommendations, Wuyi Mountain, Ceylon, Sebastopol, Guayakí, Numi, Darjeeling, Green News

The tea industry has an ugly history of deforesting, damaging biodiversity, and using pesticides. To promote more enlightened sipping, we asked five experts to name their preferred brew.

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Production Plummets In L.A.Iin 2009

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Film and Tv Production, Los Angeles, Production, Film Production, Los Angeles News

It may have been a banner year at the box office, but 2009 was a complete dud for local film and TV production. Overall, on-location filming on the...

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Free Fall: December 2008.

Giles Slade | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Madoff, Recession 2008, The Internet, Economic Bloggers, Hanukkah, Holiday Shopping, Blagojevich, Selling Senate Seat, Economic Crisis, Holiday Season Commentary, Production, Merry Christmas, Christmas Commentary, Recession, Layoffs, Chanukah, Job Cuts, Economic Free Fall, Political Bloggers, Recession Fears, Political Corruption, Financial Crisis, Political Bribes, Financial Corruption, Holiday Sales, Business News

Here, at the end of the Bush years, the bottom has suddenly dropped out of the world and Americans are in mid-fall, struggling to stay upright and wondering when it will end.

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Chrysler cutting 1,825 jobs with moves at 2 plants

AP | TOM KRISHER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chrysler, Financial Crisis, Cars, Production, Economy, Business News

DETROIT — Chrysler LLC will cut 1,825 jobs by eliminating one shift at a Toledo Jeep plant and accelerating the closure of its sport utility veh...

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