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Monday, 30 May 2011
Sunday, 29 May 2011
Friday, 27 May 2011
Bursary Opportunities
There are 6 Bursary Opportunities available from Vodacom, Spoornet, South African Institute of Race Relations, Old Mutual, De Beers and the South African Weather Service. CPUT Graphic Design students are invited to apply for these busaries.
Please email Janet on vangraanj@cput.ac.za in order to receive the application forms or comment below this post leaving your email address and I will get the forms to you.
Wednesday, 25 May 2011
“What a 60’s Rock n’ Roll Band Can Teach Us About Digital Marketing”
Come hear Fred Roed speak in L1 at 13:00 on Wednesday 1st June
Some points covered:
· How an aging rock n’ roll band managed to build and maintain a passionate community of fans (over 800,000 fans on Facebook)
· How that band converted its community members into customers making the band $60m per annum in merchandise a decade after they disbanded.
· The biggest problems we’re facing with the new age of digital marketing
· Why is building an online community important to modern day brands?
· Some profitable case studies in building online communities
· 8 key lessons we can implement in sustainable strategies
Presenter: Fred Roed of Worldwide Creative, who has just delivered this talk at Cape Towns recent Marketing Indaba.
Tuesday, 24 May 2011
Sunday, 22 May 2011
Monday, 16 May 2011
Thursday, 12 May 2011
Tuesday, 3 May 2011
Friday, 22 April 2011
Supporting the Karoo fracking is just plain wrong. Here's why.
"If we damage our limited water supply?and fracking will do just that?we will have conflict again here in South Africa. Look around the world. Wherever you damage the environment you have conflict."
Although this is really lengthy read is covers the subject matter really well. It is worth your while reading the comments at the end of the lengthy article and the responses from the author Donald Paul. Please read the knowtoneed post below this for a descripton of fracking with a video included.
Either way get on with reading the lengthy article at The Daily Maverick
What the FRACK!
What is fracking and what are people talking about with Shell and the Karoo.
From Hydraulic Fracturing Facts
About Hydraulic Fracturing
Hydraulic fracturing, commonly referred to as fracking, is a proven technological advancement which allows natural gas producers to safely recover natural gas from deep shale formations. This discovery has the potential to not only dramatically reduce our reliance on foreign fuel imports, but also to significantly reduce our national carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and accelerate our transition to a carbon-light environment. Simply put, deep shale gas formation development is critical to America's energy needs and economic renewal.
Experts have known for years that natural gas deposits existed in deep shale formations, but until recently the vast quantities of natural gas in these formations were not thought to be recoverable. Today, through the use of hydraulic fracturing, combined with sophisticated horizontal drilling, extraordinary amounts of deep shale natural gas from across the United States are being safely produced.
Hydraulic fracturing has been used by the natural gas and oil industry since the 1940s and has become a key element of natural gas development worldwide. In fact, this process is used in nearly all natural gas wells drilled in the U.S. today. Properly conducted modern hydraulic fracturing is a safe, sophisticated, highly engineered and controlled procedure.
Read more from Green Frac
FRacking by Lewis Gordon Pugh (the human polar bear)
SHALE GAS FRACKING IN THE KAROO - PUBLIC HEARINGS
This is the content of a short speech given on Friday night in Cape Town by Lewis Gordon Pugh OIG (a.k.a. the Human Polar Bear) about the proposed fracking for gas in the Karoo, by Shell. He received a sustained standing ovation! Please read it and pass it on if it matters to you….
Ladies and gentlemen, thank for the opportunity to address you. My name is Lewis Pugh.
This is the content of a short speech given on Friday night in Cape Town by Lewis Gordon Pugh OIG (a.k.a. the Human Polar Bear) about the proposed fracking for gas in the Karoo, by Shell. He received a sustained standing ovation! Please read it and pass it on if it matters to you….
Ladies and gentlemen, thank for the opportunity to address you. My name is Lewis Pugh.
Read more on this here especially the readers comments at the end of the article.
Monday, 11 April 2011
Saturday, 9 April 2011
Infographic: Which Countries Are Most Reliant on Libya for Oil?
As unrest continues to mount and conflict rages on in Libya, questions surrounding the North African nation's oil exports remain in the air. The international Energy Agency said in March 2011 that the country's oil production has "slowed to a trickle" as the fighting has prompted international companies to halt their operations and close ports.
What does this mean for the countries that receive shares of Libya's typical daily output? Here's a breakdown of which ones depend most on the turbulent but oil-rich nation.
www.good.is/post/infographic-which-countries-are-most-reliant-on-libya-for-oil/?utm_source=supr
Thursday, 7 April 2011
Photographic Exhibition: Billy Monk - Nightclub Photographs
 Michael Stevenson is pleased to present a selection of 47 images by the legendary photographer Billy Monk taken in Cape Town nightclubs in 1967-9. The unusual narrative of his life and work has often been related and embellished upon, and has become entwined with our perceptions of the images. In essence, he was born in 1937, and worked as a nightclub bouncer for Les Catacombs Club in Cape Town in the late 1960s when he was around 30 years of age. He later moved to the West Coast and lived in Port Nolloth periodically until his death in 1982. |  |
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