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#131 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line 27.07.12

GEOGRAFREE Front Line ·

2012/07/27

Episode #131 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topics: Urban Action and EuroVegas.Links: - Get ready for Stuttgart 2012: http://72hoururbanaction.com/stuttgart.html - Las Vegas Sands to unveil EuroVegas site in September: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/26/us-lasvegassands-spain-idUSBRE85P1BU20120626 - 'Eurovegas' in jeopardy as Adelson balks on Spain bid: http://news.yahoo.com/eurovegas-jeopardy-adelson-balks-spain-bid-153553214.html - After a construction bust, Spain may gamble on

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#130 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (04.07.12)

GEOGRAFREE Front Line ·

2012/07/04

Episode #130 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: Amazon Local. Links: - amazonlocal: http://local.amazon.com - amazonlocal terms and conditions: http://local.amazon.com/terms - Is Groupon‘s business model sustainable?: http://www.forbes.com/sites/panosmourdoukoutas/2011/10/22/is-groupons-business-model-sustainable/ - Livingsocial business model: http://livingsocial.com/deals/how_it_works - Amazon launching Groupon Competitor, Amazon Local:

21:15

#129 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (20.06.12)

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2012/06/20

Episode #129 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: Quarter Finals. Links: - Football: Germany v Greece — A Clash With Extra Resonance: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/sports/football-germany-v-greece-a-clash-with-extra-resonance/525000 - Desertec Foundation Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/DESERTECChannel?feature=watch Announcements: - 08/14/2012 - 08/17/2012 - 2nd Annual Latin American Conference and Exhibition on Geospatial Information, Technology and Applications (LAGF 2012) - Rio

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#128 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (06.06.12)

GEOGRAFREE Front Line ·

2012/06/06

Episode #128 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: Euro 2012. Links: - Economic benefits of Euro 2012 'swamped' by eurozone crisis: http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/1991/economic-benefits-of-euro-2012-swamped-by-eurozone-crisis - Gadgets showcase for Euro 2012: http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/Economy/225640/gadgets-showcase-for-euro-2012.html - Euro 2012: Football fans will have their fill and more:

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#127 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (30.05.12)

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2012/05/30

Episode #127 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: Children's Books. Links: - Stereotypes in Children‘s Literature: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbxoNDkuHdo - Belgian bid to ban 'racist' Tintin in the Congo: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8648031.stm - From Horrible Histories to Babar the Elephant – the 'offensive’ children’s books withdrawn by libraries:

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#126 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (21.05.12)

GEOGRAFREE Front Line ·

2012/05/21

Episode #126 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: Noise. Links: - San Francisco department of public health on noise: http://www.sfdph.org/dph/eh/Noise/default.asp - San Francisco noise map: http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/general_plan/images/I6.environmental/ENV_Map1_Background_Noise%20Levels.pdf - Austin City Code - chapter 9.2 - noise and amplified sound:

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#125 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (09.05.12)

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2012/05/09

Episode #125 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topics: Asparagus, Society and Jobs. Literature: Rahman, Masudur (2007): Market - State - Civil Society Relations and Development in Post- Independent Bangladesh: Some Theoretical Reflections. Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology 4(2), 4-15. Web: http://www.bangladeshsociology.org/Market%20-%20State%20-%20Civil%20Society%20Relations4.2.pdf Jobs: Internship (3-6 month), The Antinea Foundation, Geneva: http://www.changingoceans.org/en/

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#124 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (30.04.12)

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2012/04/30

Episode #124 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: The Asparagus Economy. Links: - Homegrown: Asparagus. Why is Hadley, MA, the asparagus capital of the world?: http://www.yankeemagazine.com/issues/2007-05/food/asparagus - US asparagus industry sees slight recovery: http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9UB51C00.htm - The German Market for Asparagus: http://www.asparagus-friends.com/cultivation-of-asparagus/the-german-market-for-asparagus/ - Asparagus angst. Stemming the flood of Polish

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#123 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (23.04.12)

GEOGRAFREE Front Line ·

2012/04/23

Episode #123 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: Historicism. Links: - Wiesbaden - Jewel of Historicism: http://www.wiesbaden.de/en/tourism/themes-tours/city-tours/walking-tours/themed-tours/historicism.php - Historicism in Wiesbaden: http://www.wiesbaden.de/en/culture/historicism/index.php - 100 Examples of Historicism: http://www.wiesbaden.de/en/culture/historicism/content/100-examples-historicism.php - Historicism:

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#122 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (20.03.12)

GEOGRAFREE Front Line ·

2012/03/20

Episode #122 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: The Domain. Links: - The Domain: http://www.videocityguide.com/austin/listings/the-domain# - The Domain (Austin, Texas): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Domain_(Austin,_Texas) - The Domain. Austin Continued: http://www.thedomainaustin.com/ - Simon on The Domain: http://www.simon.com/Mall/default.aspx?id=1207&rsItem=NewsEventItem121318&tab=2 - About Simon Property Group: http://www.simon.com/about_simon/our_business/default.aspx

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#121 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (12.03.12)

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2012/03/12

Episode #121 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: Mercator. Links: - Mercator Projection: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercator_projection?utm_source=wordtwit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wordtwit - Mercator´s 500th birthday: http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2012/03/05/mercators-500th-birthday/ - Peters Projection vs. Mercator Projection: http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa030201b.htm - The Beauty of Maps - Episode 1 - BBC Four:

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#120 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (05.03.12)

GEOGRAFREE Front Line ·

2012/03/06

Episode #120 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topics: Hydraulic Fracturing and the High Line. Links: - Hydraulic Fracturing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gvxFBvHRUY - Hydraulic fracturing on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing - Hydraulic Fracturing 101: http://www.earthworksaction.org/issues/detail/hydraulic_fracturing_101 - Hydraulic Fracturing Facts: http://www.hydraulicfracturing.com/Pages/information.aspx - Montana Fracking: Meeting On Potential Oil

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#119 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (21.02.12)

GEOGRAFREE Front Line ·

2012/02/22

Episode #119 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: Soundscapes. Links: - The World Soundscape Project: http://www.sfu.ca/~truax/wsp.html - World Soundscape Project on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Soundscape_Project Literature: - Leyshon, A, D Matless, and G Revill. "The Place of Music: [Introduction]." Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 120, no. 4 (1995): 423-33. http://www.jstor.org/stable/622973. - Johansson, Ola, and Thomas Lee Bell. Sound, Society,

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#118 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (13.02.12)

GEOGRAFREE Front Line ·

2012/02/14

Episode #118 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: Urban Renewal II. Links: - Diocletian Palace: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletian's_Palace - Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/97/ - Split, Croatia: Modern City on Ancient Roots: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4sw6Zasv4U&feature=youtube_gdata_player - What the History of Diocletian's Palace Can Teach Us About Adaptive Reuse:

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#117 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (06.02.12)

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2012/02/07

Episode #117 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: Urban Renewal. Links: - Background: Environmental Impacts of Tar Sands Development: http://www.sierraclub.org/energy/factsheets/tarsands.asp - Lost Spaces and Urban Reuse: Hovering on the HighLine in New York: http://weburbanist.com/2007/06/29/lost-spaces-and-urban-reuse-the-highline-in-new-york/ - Urban Reuse Goes Underground: Subterranean Community

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#116 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (23.01.12)

GEOGRAFREE Front Line ·

2012/01/24

Episode #116 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: Tar Sands. Links: - Book Review: A History of the World in 100 Objects: http://www.dayonbay.ca/index.php/book-reviews/book-review-a-history-of-the-world-in-100-objects.html - Obama nixes Keystone pipeline: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKuag05wlKg - Keystone Pipeline: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone_Pipeline - The sticky problems with tar sands: http://news.discovery.com/earth/what-are-tar-sands-110902.html - What Are Tar Sands

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#115 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (16.01.12)

GEOGRAFREE Front Line ·

2012/01/17

Episode #115 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topics: Cruise Ship Tourism and Yarn Bombing. Links: - Filling the Cracks With Art http://blog.grdodge.org/tag/yarn-bombs/ - Yarn Bombing Philadelphia´s Blue Line: http://www.woostercollective.com/post/yarn-bombing-philidephias-blue-line - Wall Street Bull Warms Up With Custom Crochet: http://gothamist.com/2010/12/27/spotted_wall_street_bull_warms_up_w.php - Book Review: Yarn Bombing:

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#114 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (21.12.11)

GEOGRAFREE Front Line ·

2011/12/22

Episode #114 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: A place for Christmas. Literature: - Tim Edensor and Steve Millington: Illuminations, Class Identities and the Contested Landscapes of Christmas. Sociology 2009 43: 103-121 - Patrick McGreevy: Place in the American Christmas. Geographical Review 1990 80 (1): 32-42 Music I: Jingle Bells - Rogic Podcast Conglomerate - Single podsafe music network music.mevio.com find more about the artist on www.rogic.com Music II: Feliz Navidad -

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#113 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (12.12.11)

GEOGRAFREE Front Line ·

2011/12/12

Episode #113 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: Yarn Bombing. Links: - Graffiti Art: An Essay Concerning The Recognition of Some Forms of Graffiti As Art: http://www.graffiti.org/faq/stowers.html - ArtWorks presents MuralWorks: http://www.artworkscincinnati.org/muralworks/index.shtml - WHAT'S WORKING: Art program transforms neighborhoods and young people: http://www.wxix.com/story/15038059/whats-working-art-program-transforms-neighborhoods-and-young-people - ArtWorks Public Art Projects:

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#112 GEOGRAFREE - Front Line (05.12.11)

GEOGRAFREE Front Line ·

2011/12/05

Episode #112 of GEOGRAFREE Front Line. Today´s Topic: The Art of Gentrification. Links: - Art Basel website: http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/go/id/ss/ - The Most Artistic Cities in America: http://www.theatlanticcities.com/arts-and-lifestyle/2011/11/most-artistic-cities-america/592/ - Wynwood street art gets wall-to-wall revival: http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/26/2426610/wall-to-wall-revival.html - Here Comes The Neighborhood: http://hctn.tv/category/episodes/ Announcements: - For the

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