Crisis narrows China-UK gap About this Video 200 years ago, United Kingdom was a leading nation of the world – both in regard to health and economy. In this video, Hans Rosling details UK’s 200-year journey, to present time, and also shows that China, in the coming five years, will narrow the gap to UK faster than ever. Giveaway of a large set of Lark Jewelry & Beading 500 Series books! UPDATE 1/9/2013: Congratulations to Colleen White of Bradenton, Florida, the randomly selected winner of this giveaway. Our thanks to everyone who participated: thank you for being a part of our community! ~ Ray Well, it’s the holiday season, and I hope you’re feeling in the spirit—or at least whatever kind of good spirit is meaningful to you! The spirit I’m feeling today is genuine gratitude for all the kind community you share with us throughout the year, and that makes me want to give something special to thank you. So I’m doing a spur-of-the-moment giveaway, and a big one: a random selection of 15 of our 500 Series books old and new from Lark Jewelry & Beading, including two especially precious ones that are out of print.
DIY Marbled Glassware When graphic designer and artist Joanna Bean Martin shared with us her technique for marbling the bottoms of glassware with nail polish, we couldn’t wait to try it ourselves. Who knew it would be such an easy way to add color and pattern to your next tablescape or party? Remember, the brighter and bolder colors you use, the more the glasses will radiate and glow. Have fun! Information is beautiful: war games Amid confusion over the rise in defence cuts, I was surprised to learn that the UK has one of the biggest military budgets in the world - nearly £40bn ($60 bn) in 2008. But I was less surprised to see who had the biggest. Yep, the United States spent a staggering $607bn (£402 bn) on defence in 2008. Currently engaged in what will likely be the longest ground war in US history in Afghanistan. Harbourer of thousands of nuclear weapons. 1.5m soldiers.
Gallery of Art and Artists of the Caribbean and Beyond Galerie Lakaye represents some of the finest painters — both established and up-and-coming — working in the Caribbean today, in particular artists from Haiti and Cuba. We also feature a select group of artists from various parts of the world, including Europe, Africa, and the Americas. On display now at Galerie Lakaye:
design portfolio 2012 Please wait prevnext1 2 3 4 5 6 7 New colour tape dispensers- in stock now! Rhetological Fallacies A brain-blending categorisation and visualisation of errors and manipulations of rhetoric and logical thinking. How many do you use? The word ‘rhetological’ is made up. Just so I can munge two types of entity: rhetorical techniques and logical fallacies. Both are used heavily by institutional powers – governments, religions, political parties, across the entire spectrum to sway opinion, confuse and obfuscate. AKATSUKA "Bekko" FACTORY (Do you have the material for tortoiseshell products?) The importing of hawksbill turtle which we use for material has been prohibited eight years ago by the Washington Treaty. So what we use now is what we imported before that. We are doing our business on what we have already imported before. (So it will eventually run out?) If the importing will not restart again, the material will run out.
Film Map - Original Open Edition H60 x W80cm A street map made up of over 900 film titles including cinema classics such as Lost Highway, On the Waterfront, Jurassic Park, Reservoir Dogs, Carlito's Way, Nightmare on Elm Street, Valley of the Dolls and Chinatown. The Map, which is loosely based on the style of a vintage Los Angeles street map has its own Hollywood Boulevard and includes districts dedicated to Hitchcock and Cult British Horror movies. Like most cities it also has its own Red Light area. There's an A-Z key at the base of the Map listing all the films featured with their release dates and names of the directors. Original open edition litho print for £25 plus p&p
Boxing Clever: What Law Firms Can Learn From Effective Business Intelligence (Edge Int'l) By Tony Bash, Edge International, UK Managing for success May 2012 10 PRACTICE MANAGEMENT: BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE Ihave been working with law firms for longer than I care to remember, and, over those years, one of the more common terms bandied about has been business intelligence (BI). Sadly, however, time and again, that intelligence has provided very little real insight. This is because effective BI isn’t what often masquerades as it in law firms – a pack of Excel spreadsheets about the firm’s performance that goes out in a hardcopy monthly management report. And no, it isn’t any better if the reports are emailed as PDFs or put on the intranet!