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Design research in Italy on maps/Mappe della ricerca italiana di design

(EN) Maybe you didnt know but Torino is the World Design Capital for 2008. Some days ago, during the International Conference “Changing the Change”, the network of national agencies for design research presented a “white book” of Italian design research which contains cool maps describing the actors, themes, methodologies and the consequences that the researches have produced. You can find some of these maps on Flickr or download the Research in PDF or visit their video blog. ———— (IT) Forse non vi eravate accorti ma quest’anno Torino è la capitale mondiale del design. Qualche giorno fa, durante la conferenza internazionale “Changing the Change”, la rete di agenzie per la ricerca di design e altre sigle hanno presentato il primo libro bianco sulla ricerca di design che mostra gli attori, i temi, le metodologie e le ricadute che le ricerche hanno prodotto. Puoi trovare qualche mappa su Flickr o scaricare la ricerca completa in pdf o visitare il video blog che

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Check it out before committing/Informati prima di convertirti

(EN) If you are looking for the right religion to fulfill your spiritual need, it’s better to know if you are compatible with their sexual ethic.  Looking at this infographic on sex and religious teaching it’s quite clear that the Roman Catholic church is the most strict on sexual ethics, compared to the other religions. For other detail check the data of this survey conducted some years ago where you can also check on Wicca and Unitarian Universalists. ————- (IT) Se stai cercando la religione giusta per soddisfare il tuo bisogno di spiritualità è meglio informarsi in tempo se sei compatibile con le loro idee sul sesso. Guardando questa infografica con tema sesso e insegnamenti religiosi, salta agli occhi come la Chiesa Cattolica Romana è quella che condanna più fermamente alcuni comportamenti, rispetto alle altre religioni. Per i dettagli della ricerca si possono vedere gli altri risultati in cui troviamo anche Wicca e Universalisti Unitariani. thnx to (Pseudoplacebo)

The new Global Wealth Machine/ La ricchezza globale di pochi

Sovereign wealth funds have emerged in recent months as the world’s power brokers. They have used tremendous wealth to make big cross-borders investments and prop up some of Wall Street’s best-known firms (EN) These funds, unlike Private Equity Funds, are state-sponsored investment vehicles and their assets is around 2 trillion dollars (as Italy’s 2007 Gross Domestic Product!). Let’s follow the money and their centers of gravity in this infographic from New York Times with faces and names of the actors in the game. And for more reflections on the topic don’t miss Brian Holmes’ juicy post. And if you feel dynamic this summer, get ready for a Global Day of Action against Private Equity funds. In London the appointment is for the 17th of July 1:00 PM in Trafalgar Square (near the lions) ————– I fondi sovrani si sono fatti notare nei mesi scorsi come i broker del potere globale. Hanno usato l’enorme ricchezza raccolta per investimenti internazionali supportando alcune

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Hi rates of E-talking/ Si alzano i livelli di e-talking

(EN) Some weeks ago World Health Organization has published a new report titled: “Global alcohol, Tobacco, Cannabis, and Cocaine Use” showing not only that USA and New Zealand love cannabis, but that 16% of americans use cocaine and “stringent user-level illegal drug policies did not have lower levels of use than countries with more liberal ones”. The study describes data coming from 17 countries and other interesting foundings are: USA has the highest level of legal and illegal drugs Higher income is related to drug use of all kinds Marital status is found to be linked to illegal drugs Cocaine and cannabis are more likely used by people never married or previously married Men use more drugs than women This survey remind me that E-Talking video that i chose for this post, by the belgian Soulwax, is still a precious resource 😉 ———— (IT) Qualche settimana fa l’Organizzazione mondiale della Sanità ha pubblicato una ricerca intitolata “Global alcohol, Tobacco, Cannabis,

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350ppm, 90 seconds, zero words/ 350ppm, 90 secondi, zero parole

(EN) Since the pre-Industrial Revolution concentration of carbon (Co2) in the atmosphere was roughly 275 ppm (parts per million). Carbon dioxide, mostly from burning of coal, gasoline and other fossil fuels, traps heat that otherwise would radiate into space. To decelerate Global Warming, CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm. 350 is the magic number, the safety line. The United Nations is working on a treaty, which is supposed to be completed in December of 2009 at a conference in Copenhagen, Denmark. But the current plans for the treaty are much too weak to get us back to safety. America has been producing more co2 than any other country, and leads the industrialized world in per capita emissions. Even though China now, for the first time last year, produces more co2 annually, the US still produces many times more carbon per person than China, India, and most other countries. And America

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