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Monday, September 07, 2009 |
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Selling a lo-fi vision |
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The Lomo camera craze and recycled jewelry
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By Madelaine B. Miraflor, Special to The Manila Times
In the high
definition digital age, lowfidelity (lo-fi) aesthetics—like photos
taken with cheap Soviet-era film cameras or fashion deconstructed
from discards—is the new cool.
Vintage-looking cameras and hand-painted bangles
are just some of the things Nikki Abelardo, a degree graduate of
culinary arts in College of Saint Benilde, were selling in her
online shop called Junk Studio.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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SKEPTIC
TANK
By Tim Tayag
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The next president
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When you start seeing campaign ads disguised as public service
announcements, product endorsements, or even feature length movies,
you know elections are just around the corner.
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PROCRASTINATOR: WHEN THE BOSS ISN’T LOOKING
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The word on the street
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As some would say “the truth” can only be found in the streets.
And in this real world avenue where the gospel of the proletarian
comes unabashed, unforgiving and at times downright funny, you would
know how to really speak a language.
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Tour operator’s business to save marriages
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MUMBAI: Marriage hit the rocks? Considering a divorce? An Indian
tour operator wants warring couples to hold off consulting lawyers
and go on holiday instead—with a relationship counselor in tow.
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BOOK FOR SUCCESS
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Top business reads
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Give presentations that pay off. Robert Bly, presenter
extraordinaire and world-renowned wordsmith, reveals the success
secrets for winning a room and closing a deal in Persuasive
Presentations for Business.
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In Netherlands, homeless find jobs as tourist guides
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THE HAGUE: Five former Dutch street dwellers are soon to become
official tour guides, showing visitors around their former haunts in
the central city of Utrecht, organizers said on Wednesday.
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Biometric scanners to keep bureaucrats on time
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NEW DELHI: The Indian government on Tuesday launched a campaign to
end notoriously slack timekeeping among its millions of civil
servants by introducing biometric scanners at offices in the capital
New Delhi.
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PEOPLE
By Bob Garon
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Respect
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I know a man who never fails to treat his maid with utmost courtesy.
He never fails to say thank you when she does even the smallest
thing for him. He is quick to apologize when he wrongs her. When
asked why he is so polite to her, he replied, “Because she is a
woman who deserves to be treated with respect.”
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