JACKSONVILLE – Curitiba, Brazil is known as Capital do Natal, or the Christmas Capital, for good reason – the metropolis celebrates the season with parades, festivals and fairs of music and light from the end of November through the start of the New Year. The highlight of Encantada do Natal is the Children’s Choir of HSBC’s [...] [...more]
JaxPort announced its application to the U.S. Department of Transportation for $25 million from the (TIGER) for the construction of a $45 million Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) at the Dames Point Marine Terminal [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — As mentioned on Beyond CSX and ethanol, I intended to look at industry advances in the biofuels market. Algenol Biofuels, an algal-based ethanol company in Bonita Springs, has made some impressive strides (especially when viewed from the vantage of a Sept. 15th Review Summary in the Gulf Coast Business Review). Firstly, the company received a $25 million [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The year began for Beto Richa at Palácio Iguaçu as he was sworn into office as Governor of the state of Paraná. The Palácio Iguaçu (Devil’s Palace) is the seat of government located in the capitol city of Curitiba, where Richa was most recently its mayor. Saturday, January 1, 2011 Beto Richa [...] [...more]
PANAMA CITY, Panama, May 5, 2010 — Global corporations, financial institutions and governmental agencies gathered at the Panama Business Forum to explore investment strategies in the country as the Panama Canal’s expansion is completed by 2014. Panel discussions explored global commerce, trade and transportation, as well as the Panamanian government’s plans to meet its future energy demands. The [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE — Flipside Florida commemorates the first anniversary of Air Force One’s disastrous April 27, 2009 flyover of New York City in an ill-conceived public relations photo op. This AF1 commemoration miraculously coincides with an equally disastrous mistake which resulted in wiping out a new post while this old one published instead. At this time, Flipside Florida would like [...] [...more]
Just the other day, again on twitter, a tweet from ForbesOpinions (Forbes.com) with an article link caught my eye: World’s Smartest Cities: … today’s “smart” cities tend to be smaller, compact and more efficient: places like Amsterdam; Seattle; Singapore; Curitiba, Brazil; and Monterrey, Mexico. This is not an entirely new notion: Between the 14th and [...] [...more]
Now that the thrill of Talk Like A Pirate Day has ebbed, we can continue on our deep-sea journey – this time to the blog, Southern Fried Science. The blog doesn’t have much to do with Jacksonville, but it is authored by two marine science graduates who love the ocean. Since Jacksonville’s most eastern border [...] [...more]
JACKSONVILLE – Let’s face it. Maritime shipping isn’t a glamourous subject. Just look at Crowley Maritime Corp. Ship Assist and Escort? A bunch of tugboats dragging cargo around Oakland Harbor. Although just last week its TITAN Salvage team [was] involved in the dramatic, 12-hour cliff-top rescue of the 25 crewmembers onboard the grounded cargo ship [...] [...more]
TALLAHASSEE? [Several weeks ago] – According to Clean, The Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy’s blog, Brandon Miller reported a galactic cattle drive is underway. Disguised as photons, the cows are being herded by sixteen Japanese companies under the guise of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The Japanese discovered the secret of turning cows into solar space [...] [...more]
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