Public marks with search crisis Public marks with search crisis http://blogmarks.net/marks/search/crisis They Shoot Porn Stars Don't They . Words & photos by Susannah Breslin . Page 4 http://theyshootstars.com/page4.html <blockquote><p>The day of reckoning has arrived in the Valley. Online content pirating, increased competition, a flooded market, the economic crisis, and a series of federal obscenity indictments have completely transformed the business of making adult movies. Consumers are no longer interested in paying for what they can get online for free. Across the board, those I spoke to reported profits have fallen by an estimated 30 to 50 percent.</p></blockquote> 2009-11-01T11:52:09Z karlcow economie, sexe, pornographie, film

They Shoot Porn Stars Don't They . Words & photos by Susannah Breslin . Page 4

by karlcow

The day of reckoning has arrived in the Valley. Online content pirating, increased competition, a flooded market, the economic crisis, and a series of federal obscenity indictments have completely transformed the business of making adult movies. Consumers are no longer interested in paying for what they can get online for free. Across the board, those I spoke to reported profits have fallen by an estimated 30 to 50 percent.

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]]> Toward a new self-definition for open source http://blog.ianbicking.org/2009/09/10/a-new-self-definition-for-foss/ Maybe it is some sort of programmer midlife crisis: why am I doing what I'm doing, and why does it matter? 2009-09-11T10:39:24Z marco open source, philosophie

Toward a new self-definition for open source

by marco

Maybe it is some sort of programmer midlife crisis: why am I doing what I'm doing, and why does it matter?

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]]> Reuters: Times of Crisis http://widerimage.reuters.com/timesofcrisis/ Reuters a mis en ligne mercredi une production interactive et multimedia qui retrace une année de crise financière déclenchée par la faillite de la banque d'affaires Lehman Brothers, le 15 septembre 2008. Cette production, baptisée "Times of Crisis" (www.reuters.com/timesofcrisis), a été réalisée en anglais en intégrant la couverture video, photo, texte et infographie produite par Reuters au long des douze derniers mois. Intégrant des centaines de photos, plusieurs heures de video - dont des témoignages inédits de nombreux grands acteurs de la crise - des milliers de dépêches, encadrés, portraits, analyses, etc. "Times of Crisis" permet de revivre au jour le jour la plus grande crise économique mondiale depuis les années 30. Reuters reviendra par ailleurs au cours des prochains jours sur les conséquences de la faillite de Lehman Brothers à l'occasion du premier anniversaire de la plus importante faillite bancaire jamais intervenue. 2009-09-10T17:46:30Z gregg webdocumentaire, finance

Reuters: Times of Crisis

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Reuters a mis en ligne mercredi une production interactive et multimedia qui retrace une année de crise financière déclenchée par la faillite de la banque d'affaires Lehman Brothers, le 15 septembre 2008. Cette production, baptisée "Times of Crisis" (www.reuters.com/timesofcrisis), a été réalisée en anglais en intégrant la couverture video, photo, texte et infographie produite par Reuters au long des douze derniers mois. Intégrant des centaines de photos, plusieurs heures de video - dont des témoignages inédits de nombreux grands acteurs de la crise - des milliers de dépêches, encadrés, portraits, analyses, etc. "Times of Crisis" permet de revivre au jour le jour la plus grande crise économique mondiale depuis les années 30. Reuters reviendra par ailleurs au cours des prochains jours sur les conséquences de la faillite de Lehman Brothers à l'occasion du premier anniversaire de la plus importante faillite bancaire jamais intervenue.

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]]> ANNOUNCING THE REBURBIA DESIGN COMPETITION! http://envrac.posterous.com/announcing-the-reburbia-design-competition Dwell Magazine and Inhabitat.com are pleased to announce the first ever Reburbia competition: a design competition dedicated to re-envisioning the suburbs. With the current housing crisis, the ... 2009-08-17T05:59:45Z paulantoinem

ANNOUNCING THE REBURBIA DESIGN COMPETITION!

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Dwell Magazine and Inhabitat.com are pleased to announce the first ever Reburbia competition: a design competition dedicated to re-envisioning the suburbs. With the current housing crisis, the ...

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]]> About « ReBurbia http://www.re-burbia.com/noteworthy/ <blockquote><p>a design competition dedicated to re-envisioning the suburbs.</p><p>With the current housing crisis, the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, and rising energy costs, the future of suburbia looks bleak. Suburban communities in central California, Arizona and Florida are desolate and decaying, with for sale and foreclosure signs dotting many lawns.</p></blockquote> 2009-08-13T10:48:29Z karlcow architecture, design, ville

About « ReBurbia

by karlcow

a design competition dedicated to re-envisioning the suburbs.

With the current housing crisis, the sub-prime mortgage meltdown, and rising energy costs, the future of suburbia looks bleak. Suburban communities in central California, Arizona and Florida are desolate and decaying, with for sale and foreclosure signs dotting many lawns.

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]]> Contextual advertising crisis http://reymayson.com/blog/posts/contextual-advertising-in-hyperinflation One of the most probable scenarios for the next two years of global financial crisis is hyperinflation. The rapid depreciation of the money will have a significant impact on the segment of contextual advertising. 2009-08-25T22:32:27Z IndexMaker adwords, adsense, contextual advertising company, contextual advertising, contextual advertising solution, contextual advertising network, contextual advertising services, google contextual advertising, online contextual advertising, google, paypal

Contextual advertising crisis

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One of the most probable scenarios for the next two years of global financial crisis is hyperinflation. The rapid depreciation of the money will have a significant impact on the segment of contextual advertising.

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]]> Ubiquitous Angels; ambient sensor networks to crowd source crisis response and community awareness http://www.slideshare.net/anselm/osbridge-angel <blockquote><p>Criticism • Side effects often dominate over intended consequences of any project or endeavor. • Abstract views may make us callous or may badly reflect ground truth. • Ignorance is bliss. The world is filled with sob stories. Best to not dwell? • Such services may be used solely for the most banal aspirations and goals. • Struggle may be important - making things too easy may harm fitness and lower diversity of skills and abilities over long term. • What about poor people who are outside of any implied technological social network? • Why not just help people around you? • Any technology should go hand in hand with day to day personal practice that is unmediated? • Feedback loops may be created that accelerate and disrupt society. • Virtual and visual only for curators; not tactile; uses only one sense. A concern?</p></blockquote> 2009-06-20T12:24:44Z karlcow sensor, communaute

Ubiquitous Angels; ambient sensor networks to crowd source crisis response and community awareness

by karlcow

Criticism • Side effects often dominate over intended consequences of any project or endeavor. • Abstract views may make us callous or may badly reflect ground truth. • Ignorance is bliss. The world is filled with sob stories. Best to not dwell? • Such services may be used solely for the most banal aspirations and goals. • Struggle may be important - making things too easy may harm fitness and lower diversity of skills and abilities over long term. • What about poor people who are outside of any implied technological social network? • Why not just help people around you? • Any technology should go hand in hand with day to day personal practice that is unmediated? • Feedback loops may be created that accelerate and disrupt society. • Virtual and visual only for curators; not tactile; uses only one sense. A concern?

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]]> Capitalism Beyond the Crisis - The New York Review of Books http://www.nybooks.com/articles/22490 2009-05-31T19:47:44Z jeanruaud sen economics crisis

Capitalism Beyond the Crisis - The New York Review of Books

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]]> 70s LABORATORIES. ; Poetics / politics and crisis of modernity in the context of the Basque Country in the 1970s. http://www.salarekalde.bizkaia.net/ 2009-05-14T19:48:34Z paulantoinem art, bilbao

70s LABORATORIES. ; Poetics / politics and crisis of modernity in the context of the Basque Country in the 1970s.

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]]> The Crisis of Credit Visualized http://crisisofcredit.com/ Excellent travail 2009-05-10T13:38:45Z marco crise, économie, finance

The Crisis of Credit Visualized

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Excellent travail

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]]> Iceland: self-image after crisis | open Democracy News Analysis http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/iceland-self-image-after-crisis 2009-05-01T19:58:45Z paulantoinem iceland

Iceland: self-image after crisis | open Democracy News Analysis

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]]> Ushahidi :: Crowdsourcing Crisis Information (FOSS) http://www.ushahidi.com/ <blockquote><p>The Ushahidi Engine is a platform that allows anyone to gather distributed data via SMS, email or web and visualize it on a map or timeline. Our goal is to create the simplest way of aggregating information from the public for use in crisis response.</p></blockquote> 2009-04-10T17:29:03Z karlcow data, email, rss, information

Ushahidi :: Crowdsourcing Crisis Information (FOSS)

by karlcow & 1 other(s)

The Ushahidi Engine is a platform that allows anyone to gather distributed data via SMS, email or web and visualize it on a map or timeline. Our goal is to create the simplest way of aggregating information from the public for use in crisis response.

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]]> 27 Visualizations and Infographics to Understand the Financial Crisis | FlowingData http://flowingdata.com/2009/03/13/27-visualizations-and-infographics-to-understand-the-financial-crisis/ 2009-04-04T12:15:46Z pbla information, image, visualisation

27 Visualizations and Infographics to Understand the Financial Crisis | FlowingData

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]]> A Critique of Michael Denton's _Evolution: A Theory in Crisis http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/mark_vuletic/denton.html 2009-03-17T15:39:34Z ericpaul EvolutionTheory

A Critique of Michael Denton's _Evolution: A Theory in Crisis

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]]> Bailouts & Bank Credit Crisis Could Cause British Great Depression http://www.webtvhub.com/bankrupt-britain/ Niall Ferguson, respected economic historian, warns of other European countries facing an Iceland style bankruptcy. 'Switzerland is first in line… and Britain is not far behind,' he says. While many politicians in Europe like to shift the blame for the credit crisis to the U.S. Niall points out that excessive lending and leveraging was much more endemic in countries such as Germany and the U.K. Yet the U.K Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, like many European politicians continues to argue that the world is being brought down by a U.S. caused recession. 2009-03-13T14:55:43Z cryogenius recession, Great Depression, economy, britain, credit crunch, uk, banks, bailouts, politics

Bailouts & Bank Credit Crisis Could Cause British Great Depression

by cryogenius

Niall Ferguson, respected economic historian, warns of other European countries facing an Iceland style bankruptcy. 'Switzerland is first in line… and Britain is not far behind,' he says. While many politicians in Europe like to shift the blame for the credit crisis to the U.S. Niall points out that excessive lending and leveraging was much more endemic in countries such as Germany and the U.K. Yet the U.K Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, like many European politicians continues to argue that the world is being brought down by a U.S. caused recession.

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]]> Design Crisis » Blog Archive » Do-Ho Suh http://design-crisis.com/?p=270 <blockquote><p>Korean artist Do-Ho Suh’s work looks like eye candy, but reads like a masterpiece. Every sculpture is intricately crafted to raise questions about individuality and anonymity. In our contemporary, overpopulated world, is it even possible to stand out, or are we all part of a collective machine? In many of his deceptively simple sculptures, thousands of singular pieces are linked together to form one overarching statement.</p></blockquote> 2009-03-07T12:41:20Z karlcow art, societé

Design Crisis » Blog Archive » Do-Ho Suh

by karlcow

Korean artist Do-Ho Suh’s work looks like eye candy, but reads like a masterpiece. Every sculpture is intricately crafted to raise questions about individuality and anonymity. In our contemporary, overpopulated world, is it even possible to stand out, or are we all part of a collective machine? In many of his deceptively simple sculptures, thousands of singular pieces are linked together to form one overarching statement.

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]]> The Crisis of Credit Visualized on Vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/3261363 The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis. Crisisofcredit.com The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated. This project was completed as part of my thesis work in the Media Design Program, a graduate studio at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. 2009-03-06T08:01:42Z rickydrier flash, animation, credit, monde2merde, finance, crise

The Crisis of Credit Visualized on Vimeo

by rickydrier & 1 other(s)

The Short and Simple Story of the Credit Crisis. Crisisofcredit.com The goal of giving form to a complex situation like the credit crisis is to quickly supply the essence of the situation to those unfamiliar and uninitiated. This project was completed as part of my thesis work in the Media Design Program, a graduate studio at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.

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]]> Entity Crisis: CentOS, -1 http://entitycrisis.blogspot.com/2007/12/centos-1.html <blockquote><p>I guess I've been spoiled by the (comparatively) pure joy of configuring, maintaining and running my code on Debian based distributions.</p></blockquote><p>Tellement vrai. En même temps des clients insistent bien pour avoir des serveurs sous Windows, CentOS n'est pas pire à maintenir.</p> 2009-02-21T15:47:08Z night.kame centos, windows, combat, identique

Entity Crisis: CentOS, -1

by night.kame

I guess I've been spoiled by the (comparatively) pure joy of configuring, maintaining and running my code on Debian based distributions.

Tellement vrai. En même temps des clients insistent bien pour avoir des serveurs sous Windows, CentOS n'est pas pire à maintenir.

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]]> The Crisis of Credit Visualized on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/3261363?pg=embed&sec= 2009-02-20T12:27:25Z François Hodierne money, video

The Crisis of Credit Visualized on Vimeo

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]]> The Crisis of Credit Visualized on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/3261363?pg=embed&sec=3261363 2009-02-19T14:53:53Z julien.c crise, animation, didactique, pictos, ****, économie

The Crisis of Credit Visualized on Vimeo

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]]> The Crisis of Credit Visualized on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/3261363?pg=embed&sec=3261363 2009-02-19T11:41:00Z tisienpo crise, credit, banking

The Crisis of Credit Visualized on Vimeo

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]]> click opera - Song of the fields http://imomus.livejournal.com/433140.html <blockquote><p>If the Guardian's Apocalypse Survival Guide models a return to the land on a dystopian Hobbesian-Hollywood model of selfishness and violence, Hatake No Uta goes completely the other way. Here, survival in the countryside is a matter of semi-religious respect for nature, love of food, poetry, gentleness, wholesomeness, teamwork, beautiful scenery, simple, heart-warming people, something utopian. Now, sure, I wouldn't know country life if it bit me on the nose. But I do recognise cultural difference when I see it.</p></blockquote> et surtout <blockquote><p>I welcome there being cultural differences in the ways we respond to the current crisis, because differences mean choices.</p></blockquote> 2009-02-01T16:56:45Z karlcow societé

click opera - Song of the fields

by karlcow

If the Guardian's Apocalypse Survival Guide models a return to the land on a dystopian Hobbesian-Hollywood model of selfishness and violence, Hatake No Uta goes completely the other way. Here, survival in the countryside is a matter of semi-religious respect for nature, love of food, poetry, gentleness, wholesomeness, teamwork, beautiful scenery, simple, heart-warming people, something utopian. Now, sure, I wouldn't know country life if it bit me on the nose. But I do recognise cultural difference when I see it.

et surtout

I welcome there being cultural differences in the ways we respond to the current crisis, because differences mean choices.

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]]> rolex.jpg (JPEG Image, 380x274 pixels) http://blognetwerk.net/blogs/annajee/files/2009/01/rolex.jpg Dutch illustrator Tom Janssen wins the Inktspot prize in 2008, the prize for the best political cartoon in the national or regional press. The drawing is an outstretched hand with a gold Rolex. The drawing was published on September 23, 2008 in newspaper Trouw. It was the beginning of the credit crisis, when banks had worldwide liquidity problems and asked for government help. 2009-01-22T13:47:15Z ericpaul recession, crisis, banks

rolex.jpg (JPEG Image, 380x274 pixels)

by ericpaul

Dutch illustrator Tom Janssen wins the Inktspot prize in 2008, the prize for the best political cartoon in the national or regional press. The drawing is an outstretched hand with a gold Rolex. The drawing was published on September 23, 2008 in newspaper Trouw. It was the beginning of the credit crisis, when banks had worldwide liquidity problems and asked for government help.

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]]> Nous en sommes tous capables! http://ecoloinfo.com/2009/01/13/nous-sommes-tous-des-createurs-de-valeur/ De Brendan • 13 janvier 2009 • Catégorie: Réfléchir/Entreprendre Comme Anne-Sophie lundi, j’ai moi aussi lu le billet d’Hélène Crié-Wiesner sur rue89 au sujet de “The Bridge at The Edge of The World: capitalism, the environment, and crossing from crisis to sustainability” de James Gustav Speth et “Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme” de Hervé Kempf, journaliste au Monde, qui pointent les limites des efforts individuels et qui prônent une rupture avec le capitalisme. 2009-01-20T09:30:46Z Nessy Environnement, capitalisme, crise, planète, changement, change, personnel

Nous en sommes tous capables!

by Nessy

De Brendan • 13 janvier 2009 • Catégorie: Réfléchir/Entreprendre Comme Anne-Sophie lundi, j’ai moi aussi lu le billet d’Hélène Crié-Wiesner sur rue89 au sujet de “The Bridge at The Edge of The World: capitalism, the environment, and crossing from crisis to sustainability” de James Gustav Speth et “Pour sauver la planète, sortez du capitalisme” de Hervé Kempf, journaliste au Monde, qui pointent les limites des efforts individuels et qui prônent une rupture avec le capitalisme.

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]]> Taking advantage of the financial crisis — Internet Time Blog http://internettime.com/2008/11/15/taking-advantage-of-the-financial-crisis/ 2008-12-28T14:54:10Z pbla management, education, entreprise

Taking advantage of the financial crisis — Internet Time Blog

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