Canal Panamania

Canal Panamania

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]

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Jacksonville surprised by Air Force One Anniversary

Jacksonville surprised by Air Force One Anniversary

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]

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Osmosis in Riverside

Osmosis in Riverside

JACKSONVILLE —  Jim Jeroo is back and brings gifts with him (mainly a perfect segue to another blog post for me). The soon-to-be-famous artisan went There and back again (Nov.11, 2009) to Londontown late last year. By sheer “osmosis” Jim Jeroo said he nows lives in Riverside, which is the very same location featured in Flipside Florida‘s [...] [...more]

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A perfectly preserved RAP

A perfectly preserved RAP

The Financial Times [of London] according to itself, is one of the world’s leading business news organizations.  The newspaper published in its House and Home section a  lovely article, Perfectly Preserved, which features Jacksonville’s avant garde Riverside and Avondale neighborhoods.  The community was  naturally delighted.  I was impressed because Flipside Florida‘s whole premise of Jacksonville as America’s Logistics Center is neatly [...] [...more]

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On a tour: Curitiba, Brazil

On a tour: Curitiba, Brazil

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]

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There and back again …

There and back again …

Being this post is the first since late in September, I feel I owe an explanation to anyone who may be interested as to why.  So inspired was I by dolphins being jerks, I sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in search of sushi. Of course that’s not true, but it’s as good a reason as [...] [...more]

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Cattle in Space!

Cattle in Space!

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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Pirates are Ruining Everything?

Pirates are Ruining Everything?

AVAST ME HEARTIES!! AVAST ME HEARTIES!! SAVE THE DATE!!   SAVE THE DATE!! September 19, 2009 is The Original INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY! Apparently, seven years ago Dave Barry [you know, the extremely boring columnist from the Miami Herald] mentioned an amatuer pirate crew who talked like pirates one day a year in [...] [...more]

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Les Machines de L’ile Nantes!

Les Machines de L’ile Nantes!

JACKSONVILLE - The Star is  Malaysia’s most widely-read English language daily newspaper –  the publication ran an online feature on Aug. 29th  about Machines of Isle of Nantes [France]. (Why the article ran in Malaysia at all is probably a story unto itself, so we won’t concern ourselves with that today). “On the Ile de Nantes [Isle [...] [...more]

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Hill City, Kan. – Wind Power 101

Hill City, Kan. – Wind Power 101

HILL CITY, Kan., March 30 – “An old feud between two factions at Hill City has broken out again. Hill City is the seat of Graham County.” According to the New York Times, in 1896 a riot was “narrowly averted” when the post office was moved across the street in the middle of the night. [...] [...more]

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