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Glue-Free “Creo Shoe Concept” Supports Local Shoemaker

March 14, 2011

A new view with a no glue shoe.

From German designer Jennifer Rieker comes a glue-free shoe that challenges mass consumption, via Ecouterre.

Called the “Creo Shoe Concept,” the flat-pack footwear is mailed to you in a vegetable-tanned calf leather envelope — which becomes the inner shoe — with adaptable rubber soles; a pair of footbeds, made out of cork, latex and jute; a pair of shoelaces, and directions for you to put it all together, along with the help of a local shoemaker.

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How Foursquare & AmEx Are Putting a Fresh Twist on Loyalty Marketing

March 13, 2011

New technology means new marketing.

In the summer of 2010, Foursquare’s Head of Business Development Tristan Walker and American Express’s Vice President of Global Marketing Capabilities David Wolf started talking about ways to work together to redefine loyalty for local merchants.

The fruit of their conversations is now on display in the city Austin, Texas where 60 merchants — including Whole Foods, Starwood Hotels and Stubb’s BBQ — are offering Foursquare users “spend $5, save $5″ rewards when they load the special and swipe their AmEx cards.

The pilot program started Friday and will run through Tuesday, March 15. Participating merchants have posted “Austin Unlocked” window clings to highlight their participation, and Foursquare users need only register their American Express cards to unlock this new type of special — the Loyalty Special…

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Text Messages Will Replace Postage Stamps in Sweden and Denmark

March 13, 2011

“Mobile postage is a useful supplement for those in need of a stamp regardless of place and time”

Two European countries are now offering an alternative to the ubiquitous postage stamp: sending the post office a text message.

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Banks Considering Cap on Debit Card Purchases

March 12, 2011

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. is mulling a $100 cap to help combat new rules.

Banks discussing limiting caps on debit-card transaction sizes may have a standard bearer in J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., which is mulling a $100 cap to help combat new rules.

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Economy Adds Jobs but the Kind of Jobs Created is Less Encouraging

March 11, 2011

New jobs that are being created pay less and offer fewer work hours than the ones they have replaced.

When it comes to jobs, it’s not just quantity that matters–it’s also quality. It’s great news that the economy is finally producing jobs again–even if it’ll take another few years of this kind of growth to get us back to where we were before the Great Recession. But that also means it’s now time to ask what kind of jobs are being created. And on that front, things are a lot less encouraging.

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Study: New TV and Social Media Trend Among Young People

March 11, 2011

The Social TV trend exposed by the study could change the landscape for broadcasters and advertisers.

Young Britons have taken to a new television and social media trend which could have far-reaching consequences for the worlds of broadcasting and advertising, according to a new study.

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The Coming Privacy Bill of Rights

March 10, 2011

McCain and Kerry are backing a bill that would require companies to seek a person’s permission to share data about him with outsiders.

Sens. John McCain and John Kerry are circulating proposed legislation to create an “online privacy bill of rights,” according to people familiar with the situation, a sign of bipartisan support for efforts to curb the Internet-tracking industry.

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Most Dangerous Spring Break Cities in the U.S. – Orlando Tops the List

March 10, 2011

A little spring break fun in the sun can be a dangerous thing.

Orlando wins this year’s dubious honor as the most dangerous spring break city in the USA. The rankings are compiled by the AVVO website, which offers free ratings and profiles of lawyers and doctors, and is based on violent crimes data, FBI crime statistics, car crashes and murder rates.

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Barcelona Gives Away ‘Olipots’ To Promote Kitchen Oil Recycling

March 10, 2011

Save that oil!

The mediterranean cuisine is known to be one of the healthiest, and yet, Spaniards like their fried tapas or churros every now and then. In 2010 the recycling centers, called ‘Green Points’, collected 195.136 liters of used kitchen oil from households, which only counts for 2,5% of the total oil used in one year by Barcelonians. In order to make recycling oil easier, Barcelona City Council has launched the Olipot, an easy to use bottle that helps you bring your old oil to the recycling centers. That way it does not contaminate the water but instead can be turned into soap, biodiesel and paint.

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The West is Becoming America’s New ‘Heartland’

March 9, 2011

Missouri has been at the U.S. center since 1980 but the geography is clearly shifting, with the West beginning to emerge as America’s new heartland.

America’s population center is edging away from the Midwest, pulled by Hispanic growth in the Southwest, according to census figures. The historic shift is changing the nation’s politics and even the traditional notion of the country’s heartland — long the symbol of mainstream American beliefs and culture.

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Latest in Green Burials Involves Freezing Your Corpse Terminator-Style in Liquid Nitrogen

March 4, 2013

Freeze drying is one of the greenest ways to go.

There are a lot of ways to deal with a person’s body after he or she is done using it. Their last remains can be buried, burned, put in trees, or donated to science. But one Swedish company has a different approach to sending people off to their final rewards. Freeze drying. Just like the liquid T-1000 in Terminator 2. It turns out to be one of the greenest ways to go.

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Three-Year Glitch Replaces the Seven-Year Itch

March 9, 2011

Three years marks the time when relationship stress levels peak.

The “seven-year itch” is now the “three-year glitch” and is the tipping point where couples start to take each other for granted, according to a new survey.

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